05 Oct 1939
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1939
Page
1
The Filgin Echo, a Thursday publication in Elgin Fayette County Iowa, is entered in the post office as second class mail matter under R. Pp. STRAUCH.
A local note reports Richs column on Thanksgiving date ideas and a moralist query about punishing love. It also covers St Pauls church dinner where men and women cooperated, with rotating serving shifts and satisfied crowds, though concerns about food lingered.
A lively street gossip recounts cooks and men at a dinner where wives take over the kitchen, noting envy and embarrassment among regular Riders who struggle with the shift in who does the work. The writer promises a future tale from an upright local.
The Arab World comprises about 30 million people living under various flags and governments from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Caspian Sea. The National Geographic Society traces its cultural and political range back 13 centuries to the Arab conquests beginning in Arabia.
A 1904 cablegram from John Hay to the American Consul in Morocco contains the phrase Perdicaris alive or Baisuli dead. The incident involved American citizen Ion Perdicaris kidnapped by the Moroccan Raisuli, with his release coming two days after the telegram.
Japanese physician traces high appendicitis rates in Japan to polished rice eating. He proposes minute sand particles from polishing irritate the appendix, causing the condition.
Washington scene shows William Z Foster as un-American inquiry proceeds. Foster is alleged to have said he would defend the American flag with arms if needed after questioning by Martin Dies. The hearing prompts strong charges about the Communist movement.
The article reports John Falk and Guttleo Denler traveling toward St Paul to locate Hans Christensen who vanished after leaving Cashmere on September 4. A telegram from Spokane notes an uncle dying there and asks whether to ship the body. Additional items cover a Bryant hotel farewell, local personal notes, a wolf encounter with a farmer's dog, and various weather and sports updates.
Autumn snacks call for cold milk and crisp butter cookies. The base dough divides into three parts with candied cherries, chocolate, and nuts or poppy seeds, offering variations with dates or coconut. Bake thin in hot oven about ten minutes for delicate browning.
Fragmentary notes indicate literacy rose to 96 percent in 1923 with the remainder illiterate, while Turkey shows about 40 percent literacy. The text is incomplete, but cites striking contrasts in literacy levels between regions.
A new Polish administration formed in Paris names Wiladislaw Raczkiewicz as president and Raczkin Lugmer as governor of Pomer. The intermeda president Ignace Mrscaki earns office as the government moves toward establishing roots outside exile.
Ownership and circulation disclosure for Elgin Echo weekly Elgin Iowa covers editor managing editor business manager publisher and owner R P Strauch with bondholder Mrs F W Hughes holding 1 percent or more. Sworn September 25 1939 with official seal.
University of Oklahoma paleontologist Willis Stovall reports discovery of large wild dog skeletons, estimated to be twice the size of lions, suggesting ancient predators roamed Oklahoma millions of years ago.
The earliest tanneries used ground pits filled with bark extract juice from hemlock or chestnut to preserve hides. Today tanneries are low rambling structures with sunken vats and storing shelves, emitting moist gloom and unpleasant odors. Early plants were located near streams and forests to access water and bark for tanning chemicals.
A regional overview notes that California encloses four national parks within its borders. The state’s landscape is highlighted as hosting diverse protected areas.
Dialogue scene reveals a young woman declaring engagement to a beloved man while her mother cautions that a prior deceit involved a watch as a disguise. The exchange hints at trust and potential hidden motives in a rural domestic setting.
On the remote island of Badu in the Torres Straits a woman named Mrs Ethel May Rachel leads 350 natives and five whites. One of her officials is an elderly native who walks the aisle during church services and prods sleepy worshippers with a long stick.
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