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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1938
Page
1
A speaker advocates self rule and self dictatorship to avoid external control. They seek to master circumstances by appointing themselves as sole ruler, viewing others as less favorable authorities and embracing inner discipline.
The phrase passing the buck refers to shifting responsibility and began in card rooms where a marker called the buck was placed to remind a player of their deal turn. The buck moves from player to player as the deal circulates to prevent order errors.
A meditation on how much human happiness and unhappiness arise from dwelling on what has been, what could be, what might have been, and what might still be.
A brief note on pigeons tending to sit on a hatch only briefly beyond their usual incubation, with the birds delaying or shifting their egg-sitting schedule by a day or two. The observation suggests flexible nesting behavior rather than strict adherence to a set timetable.
A rare pontoon bridge of the Milwaukee railroad over the Mississippi at Prairie du Chien is shown in a new view. The 230 foot pontoon is being hauled up on the riverbank for repairs. An immovable piling blocks the pontoon’s original position, forcing river traffic to use the west channel.
Sunday in Edgewood a large fire destroyed the town’s central area with expected losses around $35,000. Rev. Gallagher leaves M E church for East Dubuque, successor R. T. Western named. Local births, marriages, and civic notices include a new baby, weddings at Elkader, cemetery committee appointments, property purchases, and road incident minor injuries.
A travel letter from Aug 29 1938 aboard the Visby in the Baltic continues from Aug 6 arriving at Uppsala. The writer details university life in Sweden, Uppsala University as Oxford of Sweden, student nations, May Day events, and a summer course with 72 students from 14 nations. They note costs, accommodations, and social customs including formal greetings, gardens, and receptions at Stockholm's Nation. The tour includes visits to Uppsala Cathedral Vasa Castle Skokloster Sigtuna and a large student reception with dinners and dances.
The Shetland group contains over a hundred islands, about a third inhabited, located roughly 110 miles north of Scotland and near Norway. Once Norwegian territory after King Harold, they were later held as security by James II of Scotland for a loan to Christian I, who failed to repay, leading to Shetland passing to Scotland and then England.
The Indians used 1,112 wild plant species for food, per a U S Department of Agriculture list. Nuts and berries were common, but the catalog also notes buttercup sprouts and water lily buds, dodder seeds, thistle stems, pokeweed greens, Gogtooth violets, bittercot, and in the Southwest the yucca roots, agave hearts, and cactus fruits.
The first accordion was patented in 1820 by Z. Damian, a Venetian. Seven years earlier an seventeen-year-old German, Christian Buschmann, released a crude instrument based on similar principles.
The duck hawk reaches an average speed of 165 miles per hour with a maximum of 180 miles per hour as observed in flight.
A tour of a historic castle reveals an intact top floor used as school rooms 239 years ago for gentry sons under tutors. Entrance fees support the castle’s finances with government aid, then a visit to Sko with lunch under beech trees leads to Sigtuna’s 11th century St. Peter's ruins, the old town hall, and a people’s school for adult education, detailed by Miss Schroeder’s photos.
George Washington begins the first inaugural ball with the wife of New York mayor Mrs James Duan still en route to the city. The cotillion is led by the President with Mrs Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Mrs James Homer Maxwell assisting in turn.
A fragmented passage notes pre 1787 plans by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to connect the Ohio River and Lake Erie by artificial waterways. It also mentions Madeira Islands sled transport, amethyst sources from India and Brazil, and the blood weight being one eighteenth of body weight.
Echo Exclusive Photo Service reports that two tornadoes path through Charleston last week left bricks and heavy frames as remnants. Twenty six people died, many injured, with damage estimates reaching five million dollars.
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