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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
1
R P Strauch is listed as entering the Elgin post office in Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter for official mailing status.
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A talkative reminiscence blends from Rich's where a typewriter and an electric razor spark a joke about early shaving days. The writer reflects on rapid societal speedups since 1910, wonders about balancing work and leisure, and spars with notes on work, patience, and old time humor from a Salem story about paying debts.
The text reflects on the concept of relief as a historical subject found in a book. It contrasts past self-reliance and self-improvement with today, noting a shift away from self-help ideals. It cites Grover Cleveland and H. W. Beecher on government roles and the value of self-reliant citizens.
Gustave Adolph Hanson born November 3 1898 in Freeborn Minnesota died September 27 1910 at age 1 year 10 months 24 days after appendicitis led to an operation at Iowa City Hospital on August 27 He received medical care and nursing but did not recover A deal was closed this week.
E. H. Hoag disposes of the Fair Store to Alma and Lena Berger who will run the business and keep the telephone exchange from the store. E. J. Halverson buys an electric washer and operates it at home. Archie Tomkins breaks a bone in his foot after slipping on damp boards while hauling dirt for Dr. Hutchinson. Dr. C. O. Fothergill and family head to Cincinnati for Claude’s health check at Eclectic Medical College. Johnny DeSart suffers a scalp wound while helping remove an old sidewalk at the schoolhouse. Efford Hunsberger and Fred Kohler are noted progressive farmers with electric lights at their homes. A new schoolhouse in German Bottom, Marion Township, is ready for occupancy with Miss Flossie Capper as teacher. Mrs. Frank Kimball is in Decorah tending her sick mother.
The Peacocks, coached by John Dorman, begin the 1940 campaign with Penn College in Fayette Saturday afternoon. They showcase a strong front wall and a stout ball carrying unit for a marquee conference clash. All home games are at Dorman Field with a 2 30 kickoff.
Boston selectees name Mile J. Warner of Toledo Ohio as National Commander at the American Legion annual convention last week. Warner is an attorney and World War I veteran who will lead the organization.
A renowned copper reserve ranks among the world's richest, located across Africa in Cape Province, Northern Transvaal, and near the Northern Rhodesia-Belgian Congo border, underscoring the continent's vast mineral wealth.
A description explains that a tungsten filament in an incandescent lamp glows at temperatures higher than typical man made heat sources, emitting bright light as it reaches extreme heat levels. The passage emphasizes the filament’s hair-thin form and the intense heat produced during operation.
Justice Thomas Todd of the United States Supreme Court wed Lucy Bayne Washington in the White House on March 1, 1811, marking the first such ceremony conducted there.
A St Joseph Missouri group of 100 youths formed the I Wanna Be Captain Too club protesting Elliott Roosevelt’s captaincy appointment. The charter members vowed a big protest meeting and a goal of a captaincy for each member.
West Union resident Albert Freema was gored by a bull while working on the farm and taken to the hospital with a broken arm. He lives in Union. the incident occurred Thursday at the shed.
London reports blame on General Charles De Gaulle and Brigadier General F E L Spears for the failed Daker operation in French Africa. Spears allegedly urged Churchill to back the mission, which ended with a British withdrawal after three days of bombardment.
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