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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1934
Page
4
For Sale Victrolas in good condition with original price $250. Also a large quantity of good records and a record book offered cheaply for cash. Contact Bee R. Strauch at the Echo office, 52tfp.
Feed for hens in winter favors leafy alfalfa or clover hay and marking pullets that lay early for breeder stock. Farm product prices and purchasing power slid in the period ending Oct 15 while feeder cattle shipments hint at reduced Iowa and Corn Belt feeding.
Local businessmen in Waukon are warned about fake advertising salesmen and their companions. The note suggests a retail credit bureau for Allamakee county to curb such fly-by-night solicitations. The piece also mentions origin claims about macaroni and notes Italians learned it from the Germans in the Fourteenth century.
Residents of Espyville explain legends of bog monsters and buried ship hulls as water from a state dam rises over 5 to 14 feet, erasing ancient stories of an earlier era and turning the swamp into a submerged relic.
Paris tradesmen on Faubourg Saint Honore transform the ancient street into a walking museum with items of great historical value. Exhibits include tools from Francois I era, Napoleon I spurs, a gold toilet set gifted by Louis XV, a fancy cabinet resembling a lady writing desk, and Napoleonic accounts from a perfumer. Napoleon's glove spending and eau de Cologne cost details illustrate his frugality.
The piece notes Lancashire weavers adopting green uniforms and flower-decorated mills as part of a broader green color movement in British industry. It cites Coventry airplane factory painting machinery green to reduce eye strain and reveal dirt, arguing that green is restful and may improve worker performance.
Ray-Bome Sutton writes in the Los Angeles Times that classic ethnology claims all babies are born blue eyed. Dr W C Beasley at Johns Hopkins tested newborns with a magnifier and found 89.5 percent of white infants and 89.3 percent of black infants had brown pigment in their eyes exceeding blue.
A Jacksonville Times Union excerpt describes a father reading by the fire, mother knitting, and a singing Italian contralto that goes on while the cat remains inside. The moment emphasizes domestic calm and subtle humor as the father asks his wife to open the door for the cat.
A Pennsylvanian observer from the American Nature Association reports a starling and a robin nesting about 20 feet apart. The robin was killed while the starling raised both broods. The starling refused to permit the male robin to help feed the young and chased him away whenever he appeared.
A Swedish report outlines plans to produce one million tons of sugar annually from wood. The process would supply cattle feed and enable production of alcohol yeast and motor fuel.
In a candid exchange the manager explains why the duet with his wife felt off while he delivered a solid performance with Mia. The tenor frames the issue as not wanting to interrupt his wife during the performance.
In a whimsical exchange, a court clerk prompts if love at first sight matters for the stenographer Miss Vampert. The response hints at frequent prior dating and a belief in swift leads to lasting impressions within the workplace dating norms.
Several families hosted guests from nearby towns including Waterloo and Clermont. Visits included baptisms and dinners with the Gruver, Keiser, Muehlethaler, and Falb households. A Chicago visitor arrived for a weekend with Schori relatives and a local tale about a long marriage linked to Maquoketa closes the item.
In his final years Grant wrote Memoirs to settle debts and support his kin. The work earned Mrs. Grant about half a million dollars, the era’s greatest single-book success to that date.
Historic Old City of Tima Peru hosts magnifi cent private mansions and Torro-Tagla residence. The University of San Mardop stands as the oldest institution in the Americas, a century before Harvard. The National Museum at Linn rivals Cairo in showcasing life of ancient races.
An ostrich egg is boiled for two to three hours, shelled, and cut into steaks for refrigeration. Each egg serves a family for about a week or 80? The text notes excess eggs gathered fresh are eaten by allies after being hard boiled.
Henry Morgan, the famed pirate and Jamaica's former governor, died away from his colony. He fell out of favor with the people and even his burial place is uncertain, with no tablet or monument marking his past glory as a scourge of the West Indies.
The note explains that Nazi is pronounced Nah tse and derives from the abbreviation of Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. It clarifies the full party name in German and its commonly used shortened form.
A marine biology note argues for sea star over starfish, citing consistency with echinoderm terminology and the broader taxonomy. The guidance emphasizes scientific accuracy and invites consensus among researchers and educators.
A Romanian government rule restricts employment for women under forty in certain sectors. The measure draws criticism from advocates who say it limits women’s work opportunities and violates equality principles. Authorities defend the policy as aimed at labor market regulation.
The sage Hi Ha of Chinatown laments power as envy and suggests success only makes others appear less fortunate by comparison. A cryptic reflection on happiness, influence, and social comparison.
A fragment notes the dangers of extreme cold for a person exerting themselves, risking freezing lungs and contracting pneumonia or tuberculosis. cautions about deep frost exposure and health hazards in 40 degree below conditions.
Sunday school glee turns into rustic joke as a teacher and children riff on prodigal parable reactions. Aunt Martha guides Jimmie in milking a cow while he questions practice on a calf.
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