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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1930
Page
4
A mosaic of quirky lines and spoof snippets from a periodical page. Phrases range from jokes about luck and golf to light banter in everyday scenes. The snippets show playful wordplay and mock dialogues across unrelated topics.
A compact 19th century style collection presents aphorisms on beginnings, honesty, kindness, patience, and happiness. It cites figures Baxter Whittler Tillotson and offers meditative maxims on guilt, regret, and time’s healing effects.
A brief meditation on overestimation in courtship and the onset of disillusion after marriage. The piece notes that those lacking justification may still boast, seeking vanity in other areas, and introduces daily Colyums highlighting such misplaced wit.
Mrs Worcester Reed Warner donates a flawless crystal sphere to the United States National Museum in memory of her husband, noted astro nemical instrument maker. The sphere weighs 106 pounds and measures nearly thirteen inches in diameter. Cut in China from Burma quartz and polished in Japan, the process took eighteen months.
The world’s highest suspension bridge near Canon City Colorado now carries automobile traffic over the Arkansas River. Completed last December the structure soars 1053 feet above the stream with a main span of 880 feet and a width enough for two cars. Flying Fire Engines Planned Fire Department plans five all metal airplanes to fight forest fires each carrying seven firemen plus crew. Not Up to Him A clerk humorously responds to a honeymoon question about length of absence, implying the bride dictates.
In Chieazo, a playful quote has a man declaring I am the father of seven girls. When told that means seven mouths to feed he corrects with a twist noting there are fourteen mouths since all seven daughters are married. The remark highlights a local humorous exchange in daily life.
Within ten years Americans have advanced three centuries of progress at the Rio Grande crossing Brownsville Texas far ahead of the Mexican side. A witty exchange about caution and cigars follows with odd constraints and humorous asides involving Crabbylake and Codpiece.
The article notes tuberculosis causes deaths annually, with an estimated figure around 95,000 in the United States. It discusses the severity of the disease and its impact on public health.
A collage of classroom quips and humorous exchanges from Elgin School, a poem on Life’s Fools by Alice Hanson, and local notes. The piece mentions study costs, a Chicago world runner idea, Paul Revere in radio, and male stage characters representing fools such as bootlegger, gambler, sleeper, cheater, and spendthrift. It ends with advice on self study and self critique, plus local notices and ads.
Mrs Dort Opperud Mrs Jessie Loftegard and children Donna Georgia and Junior Constance Hutchinson Gertrude Grether and Mrs Elmer Hoag and daughter Helen visited the primary room last week Jimmie Christ Theresa Snyder Bobby Fath and Glen Schupbach received surprise cards for learning twenty number cards During language period Friday Bobby Falk read Red Hen Theresa Snyder read Wee Wee Sees the World Jimmie Christ read Goats in the Turnip Field and Glen Schupbach read The Cat and the Mouse These stories were studied outside class and read before the lass on Friday Jane Fahey had a rating of ten in arithmetic work last week The Intermediate room had a Halloween party last Friday afternoon Gertrude Hackman and Constance Hutchingon visited in the high school last Wednesday The fourth grade is making interesting booklets on The Pilgrims Clara Baldwin Betty Elkema Ronald Hong Gladya Miller Lewis Carter Margaret Crider Elmer Hong George Mock Arthur Nesteby Ethel Thoman and Elaine Urbriggen had Perfect in arithmetic all last week.
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