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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1939
Page
4
A Dumfriesshire inventor named Daft Pate MacMillan created the first pedal bicycle a century ago. The wooden contraption featured front wheel steering a rear driven by levers and cranks with a saddle in the standard position. The piece notes the historic milestone of human propulsion by pedals.
Farm Bureau News reports last minute planning for the Pageant of Foods Cooking Schools highlighting lard meat dairy products and honey. Sponsored by Fayette county farm bureau Oelwein Chamber of Commerce and West Union Citizens club the shows run November 7 8 in West Union High School auditorium and November 9 10 in the former Woolworth store building Oelwein each session from 1 30 to 4 00 pm with 1 45 pm prize registration. Loreen Jacobson will lead the sessions sharing homemaking expertise.
Lourdes, famed Catholic pilgrimage center, welcomes about 600000 visitors yearly. The town developed around a medieval castle and after Bernadette Soubirous canonization a basilica was erected near the grotto where she said the Virgin appeared in 1858, drawing pilgrims.
In Spanish households a clay carafe with a long slender side spout lets a drinker tilt the vessel and pour wine directly into the mouth without the spout touching the lips. This clever device avoids washing wine glasses as an efficient labor saver.
The phrase signals hard times among loggers, once tied to Washington’s Great Depression era when pauperized workers survived by eating clams. The expression endures in camps as a vivid reminder of economic peril and seasonal hardship.
In Lawicz Polish peasant women wear vibrant striped dresses in orange green black and yellow. These dresses are highly crafted and valued at 50 to 60 dollars, built to last a lifetime despite modern developments.
A travel basket is offered by the tourist man for journeys. The Cestino di Viaggio includes hot veal cutlet or roast beef, vegetables, hot macaroni, bread, cheese, oranges, chocolate and a bottle of wine for under five cents.
A legend from Mohamadan poet Ton Khasri foretold that Jerusalem would be taken on foot by a great conqueror. In 1917 General Allenby captured Jerusalem and entered the city on foot, fulfilling the prophecy.
The note lists Meerschaum components including Magneala 40.25, travel soil 45, carbonic acid and water 10.15, and very fine porous clay 4.60. No broader context or dates accompany the fragment.
The Aztecs in southwestern America prior to European contact enforced severe penalties with death for nearly every crime. They valued religion in daily life, used gambling as ritual, allowed slaves to own property, and traded with barter plus cocoa beans as money. Wealthier Aztecs held large sums of beans. gold nuggets and tin pieces served for expensive transactions.
In London Answers, T C Bridges notes the yeast plant is essential to bread, with no real substitute besides baking powder. He argues that while many crops like banana yam and oil plants feed large populations, the yeast fungus quietly sustains daily bread for humans.
A survey notes why some animals live far longer than others. Whales may reach 500 years, elephants 150, turtles 340 summers. birds include golden eagle 104, swan 150, parrot 100, goose 80, sparrow 40. Bears reach 60, humans 45. house cats 20 to 30, dogs shorter. rabbits live 10, mice six, squirrels six, hogs 20, and toads 40.
Lead mixed with tin forms a protective coating for steel to resist corrosion and improve machinability. Substances are used in roofing tanks machinery and other products. The United States leads in lead production and consumption, importing from British Malaya the United Kingdom Netherlands and India for tin.
The rocking chair likely originated in America with usage in 1774 noted in a Philadelphia cabinet maker’s bill. European adoption came much later. Tradition links the flat rocking chair to Benjamin Franklin, though he did not document the invention in his writings. A remarkable chair described by a visitor in 1787 is noted.
Advisory notes cover rural electric cooperatives sourcing power privately, plus extensive farming guidance. Topics include pig and poultry management, pruning, weed control, pasture use, feed strategies, and winter egg production. Practical tips emphasize timely pruning, humane culling, price trends, seed purity, and balanced rations for livestock.
Sporting goods shops feature floor to ceiling mirrors to help golfers and tennis players practice their swings with new clubs and racquets. As outdoor snow recedes, players view themselves as the pros will soon.
Americans buy about 1.5 million pounds of crackers annually spending around 275 million dollars. Per capita this equals 11 pounds and 2.50 dollars. The figures illustrate a sizable U.S. cracker market with steady per person consumption.
In Australia a hot spot dispute pits Ivanhoe against Marble Bar and Bourke. Ivanhoe boasts 24 days over 100 in shade, Marble Bar cites 106 days over 100 and a record 120.65F, Bourke counters with 125F set in 1909. Sydney hosts official tabulations of the claims.
Stephen Daye arrived in Massachusetts in 1638 under contract to Rev. Samuel Glover who brought a printing press but died on the voyage. Daye set up the press in Cambridge and in 1639 issued The Freeman’s Oath, the first printed piece in the Colonies.
A Bermuda Gazette advertisement from 155 years ago notes Thomas Ker informing Bermuda's gentlemen of his misfortune to be cast on the island. The ad implies arrivals may not find luck on the enchanted shores.
A string of quirky lines shows family banter and social quips. A mother warns a misbehaving child while a daughter jokes about dating. A lumber yard touts well-dressed lumber and a husband wife exchange closes with a paint brand cue.
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