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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1937
Page
3
Elizabeth Priest, noted local editor and member of the Iowa Press Association, has been entered in the Clermont post office, Fayette County, Iowa, as second class mail matter.
Some drivers seek horsepower as a status symbol and drive as if 100 wild horses were released. Under each hood are 4 to 100 horses, calm in mastery or dangerous in careless hands. “Ride ’em Cowboy” fits rodeos, not highways, where lives and property are at risk. Combine horsepower with horse sense and drive carefully.
The Gulf Stream narrows to about 50 miles and widens to around 150 miles between Bermuda and the Carolina coast. Elephants are noted as clever and quick to learn tasks and to associate cause and effect.
NEA officers gather in Indianapolis for the second annual Butler University press institute. Left to right are W. H. Crim treasurer W. W. Loomis president and W. H. Conrad vice president.
The piece notes that fashion changed slowly in 1847 and a silk dress remained useful for three to five years with proper care. Clothing was home made in the 1840s emphasizing longevity and enhancing natural beauty, and children wore adult styles with no child-specific designs.
Rob ert M. McBride in Hilltop Cities of Italy recounts Giotto who tended sheep near Assisi and was spotted drawing on flat pasture stones by Cimabue. The teacher mentored the youth, leading to frescoes in the church of San Francisco that draw visitors today.
The article notes that milk with 3 percent butter fat weighs 8.60 pounds per gallon at room temperature. Cream with 28 percent butter fat weighs 8.37 pounds per gallon, while cream with 40 percent butter fat weighs 8.28 pounds. Cream rises in milk as oil and fat drops, lighter than the surrounding milk.
A concise note on the desert Arab daily diet, noting a handful of dried dates and a drink of camel or goat milk. For dessert, a small cake of dry cheese is sometimes eaten, illustrating simple fare shaping nomadic meals.
A nautical mile equals 6,090 feet and is 800 feet longer than a land mile. A knot represents one nautical mile per hour, defining ship and aircraft speeds in marine navigation.
The piece surveys theories on where the expression facing the music originated. It cites three main military explanations including drumming out deserters, militia muster formations facing bands, and horses reacting to bands, plus a claim from actors facing critics.
The emblem of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine is a crescent formed of tiger claws denoting strength and fury. The crescent has served as a religious emblem in ages and as a political ensign in some lands. The ancient Greeks used it to denote the universal mother of all living things with two horns pointing down to embody the setting moon and rising sun of the new faith in brotherhood.
Has Magnificent Harbor Rio de Janeiro is notable for its magnificent harbor acknowledged the most beautiful in the world. Its landlocked harbor is circled by a Perfect waterfront and the city itself gleaming white stands out against the mountains where Sugar Loaf and Corcovado rise from the sea.
The Brazilian boa constrictor yields a fine skin but the iguana, a large Central and South American lizard, provides the most valuable skin for fine handbags. Indians lasso the creatures with a cord they make themselves.
The text recalls Aphrodite’s mythical birth near Paphos on Cyprus, describing the flower covered island as timelessly beautiful as in the goddess’s legendary day.
The piece notes that Brother Jonathan was an early Loyalist term from 1776 to 1783 used against Patriots and later broadened to mean a country bumpkin. It cites Jonathan Trumbull, Connecticut governor, as a Washington confidant and repeatedly addressed as Brother Jonathan. Uncle Sam arose about 1813 as a jocular extension of U. S. initials.
The article lists fruits that contain citric acid including blackberries blueberries cranberries currants figs gooseberries grapefruit guavas lemons limes loganberries mangos muskmelons oranges papayas pears pineapples pomegranates raspberries and strawberries.
The text states that there are more than 260 000 known carbon compounds, with hydrogen forming the chief ingredient of natural gas.
A recount of black sheep in ranges noting one black sheep per hundred and herder counting ease with large flocks. Then a look at early singing schools offering thirteen nights for about one dollar, each pupil supplying wood and candles, described as crude precursors to conservatories.
The United States leads in patent grants among the world’s nations, with France second, Great Britain third, and Germany fourth.
A historical note explains Ulysses S. Grant received his first name from his mother's sister who was reading about the Greek hero Ulysses at his birth. As a boy his nickname was Lis.
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