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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1934
Page
3
Thursday morning notice from Elizabeth Priest, local editor and Fayette County journalist. Clermont publication serves as a community record for Iowa Press Association members and national editorial association affiliates.
Clermont reports a busy week with church and social visits. The Ladies' Aid Society plans a November 28 meeting at 2 p m hosted by Mrs D R Cottrell. Attendees include Mrs Adolph Frederick, Alice Sperry, and other local residents.
A Field Museum curator reports ancient Chinese practice of attaching reed pipe whistles to pigeon tails. Flocks released in wind create open-air music, supposedly to guide birds or deter hawks, but experts doubt practical purpose, suggesting the sounds serve human aesthetic pleasure. The serenade fills air in Peking daily, heard even indoors.
The dwarf elephant Nizie suffers stiff foreleg while performing with Nicola the Magician. GE X ray team uses a portable unit to expose the leg in 45 seconds, diagnosing arthritis or rheumatism and advising diet change.
The Montreal Herald notes a link between the French memorial for R-101 victims at Allonne and the land once owned by Bishop Cauchon, who presided over Joan of Arc's trial. The land, now offered to England, stands as a tribute amid reflections on grief and shared sorrow.
London’s new telephone directory comes in at 3 450 Smiths a decline from the prior issue. The Smiths are rivaled by the Joneses with more than 1 700 entries as the combined Davis and Dayleses total nine.
Official Permanence features Cactus Joe recalling three terms as sheriff with humor about being elected first for popularity and later for fear. The piece notes desert cactus gains popularity for indoor and garden use have spurred southwestern states to pass laws preventing wholesale removal of such plants.
A circus proprietor seeks a skilled female handler for wild animals. Applicant replies with experience as a saleslady at bargain counters, highlighting decades in retail.
A playful classroom exchange features Betty Bee and Tommy discussing the song How Doth the Busy Little Bee with the student noting knowledge of the line doth. The teacher smiles at the pun and the lighthearted punning on old English phrasing.
A flippant collection of wry aphorisms on aging, ambition, patience, and modern life. It muses on youth’s lure, the blunt edge of business, the slow pace of beauty trends, and social habits through pithy, sometimes paradoxical observations.
Dr. Alexander Winchell argues PreAdam posits man's birthplace in a region now under the Indian Ocean. Ransome Sutton notes Sir John Murray funded an expedition to locate lost land boundaries using the trawler Mahahlis, echo-sounding between India and South America. Prof Gardiner says findings support Lemuria as part of Gondwana that persisted to the Mammal Age with Madagascar and Seychelles as highlands.
Cosmopolitan essay by Rich ard Halilburton notes Persia’s machine age era limits with only about six hundred miles of railroad. Camel caravans still trek across rugged passes guided by stars, while lush gardens inspire poets. Modern Persia attracts travelers with beauty and artistry over ruins.
The floral clock featured a 100 foot diameter dial with a minute hand about 50 feet long and numerals 15 feet high. Surrounding the numerals were 12 plant collections each 26 by 15 feet. Steel hands rested in wooden troughs. 1,000 incandescent lamps lit the clock at night.
Colier's Weekly notes women take increased roles in dangerous work. In Europe they operate multiple women's prisons, in Chile they lead a major city's firefighting unit, and in Russia they command entire commercial ships without any men aboard.
Britain, with an average annual beer intake of 15 gallons per person, claims second place in global consumption behind Belgium at 37 gallons. Germany and Austria tie for third, rounding out a regionally detailed ranking.
In a garbled exchange a speaker requests a dumbbell and a pound of milk, while others debate weighing milk versus measuring by other means. The dialogue includes playful misstatements and a plan to take a yard as a crude unit, reflecting a quirky, nonsensical exchange.
Women undergo drills as part of regular training in Russia. They are admitted to many army branches with no restrictions, signaling broader gender roles in the armed forces.
A collage of quirky quotes and jests on marriage money and manners from various papers. Snappy lines touch on politicians, golf, vegetables, and social roles with a wink at domestic life and vanity.
Visitors in Funchal navigate crowded streets of Madeira on ox drawn cabs and a cog railway climbs 3200 feet to pine heights. Flower showered children beg pennies while sledge routes offer thrilling downhill runs with guide ropes and packed stone paths.
Ingham Queensland flooded after waters rose three to four feet and did not reach ovens. Bakers waded through water, mixed dough, and baked at night to avert famine. Next day they requisitioned municipal boats from ovens and delivered bread door to door as residents faced the deluge.
Reports from Wellington say eels blocked the Walrere Electric Power board turbine in King County New Zealand three times in a week. Each incident forced a plant shutdown until the wrigglers were removed after heavy rains attracted the invasions.
The tad winged blackbird is native to some states during spring and summer. It nests in marsh vegetation such as reeds canebrakes or cattails and spends most of its time feeding in that habitat.
A clipped fragment shows a quip about knowing too much in a hiring context. The speaker questions their usefulness to the office while recalling a prior exit after a boss warned of excessive knowledge. The tone hints at workplace paranoia and ironic self awareness.
A new railway completes a 160 mile link in the Andes from Cuzco to Quillabamba. The line offers 70 miles of travel per six bouts, a steep gauge for the mountain route to La Maquina.
A brief dialogue shows a friend predicting happiness after a breakup while a suitor resists, insisting he has spent too much on her on the installment plan.
Federal economists project light dairy output this winter while Illinois soybean production climbs at least 50 percent from last year. Iowa crops face drought stress with hay cut and lower bean yields, yet winter rye seeding remains viable for pasture. The 1934 soybean crop is forecast 20 to 30 percent larger than 1988, and threshers run beans pay 10 to 15 cents more per bushel than last year. Drought harms southern Iowa feed and livestock, with 53 percent of farms reporting 30 percent or less grain for winter stock. Save fall pigs as feed shortages and higher spring hog prices favor whole-litter profitability. Hog slaughter in 1934-35 may fall 25 to 80 percent, lifting late-winter and spring prices.
In Edgewood the ongoing well project continues with men drilling in Jordan Sandstone. The bucket recovered from the bottom is being smashed and will be discarded to resume work. The single active well, drilled since late June, now nears 1130 feet and provides ample town water.
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