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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1938
Page
4
Halloween Play Cast Announced This Week
The article notes Halloween play cast details for 6th and 8th grade pupils, with activities in music, geography and hygiene classes. It mentions committee appointments for October, a health poster project stressing milk, puppet shows in 4th grade English, and literacy work in art classes. Lavern Dennler joined the second grade this week, bringing enrollment to 11.
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Sir Galahad
Great Britain
British Empire
United States
Norma Torkelson
Lorraine Larson
Doris Hanson
Roy Martin
Vernon Wede
Alma Grimes
Lavern ‘Dennler
U. S. U. Broadcast With Upper Town University_
U. S. U. cooperates with Upper Town University to provide an amplifier and microphone for a campus broadcast Wed Oct 12 at 4 00 p m The 30 minute program features the ladies sextette May Dawn Smith soprano Dean Mangold talks on the historic bell then the bell will be heard over the air Doc Dorman and selected squad members discuss future games The Upper Iowa song and a college bell titled A Cannibal King will be aired.
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WHT
Upper Town University
May Dawn Smith
Dean Mangold
Doc Dorman
Upper Iowa
Cathedral Organ Long in Use at St Stephen’s Sens France
The organ in St Stephen’s Cathedral Sens France has served for about five centuries and undergone three renovations. The cathedral, oldest Gothic building in France, was designed by Guillaume de Sens with influences seen at Canterbury. Ponte Vecchio in Florence Italy is noted as the only bridge with shops along both sides and is linked to Dante and Beatrice’s first meeting. The bridge dates to Roman times.
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St. Stephen's Cathedral
Sens
France
Ponte Vecchio
Florence
Italy
Dante
Beatrice
Rice as a luxury in northern Chinese diet
The article notes white rice, common in the Orient, is a semi luxury for about 150 million poor people north of the Yangtze in China. Millet remains the staple there, with rice reserved for festive occasions, highlighting uneven food access across regions.
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Orient
Yangtze Valley
China
Bill Curves to the Site
The wry-billed player of New Zealand a compact sand piper is unique for a sideways curved bill caused by feeding among stones.
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New Zealand
Amethyst and Religion Tie to Catherine the Great
Amethyst linked to faith, Catherine the Great sent thousands to Ural mines seeking the stone. The term cappella evolved from a mantle for St. Martin to denote church association and later a choir singing without instrumental accompaniment.
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Catherine the Great
Uralian
St. Martin
Right to Wear Amethyst At Pleasure of the King
A Montreal Herald writer recalls amethyst a royal stone linked to dignity and resistance to intemperance. The gem, ninth in Moses’s breastplate, a popular symbol in Egypt and medieval wars, was worn for protection against alcohol, death, witchcraft, and evil thoughts.
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Montreal Herald
Moses
Egypt
Dionysus
Diana
Lamerie the famed French silver craftsman
Paul Lamerie, born 1688 and died 1751, was a renowned French Huguenot silversmith who settled in England. His work defined early 18th century refinement, influencing Queen Anne period pieces with rococo ornamentation and advanced repoussé, engraving, and piercing techniques.
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Paul Lamerie
Descont
England
Lamerie
Alice R. Rollins
Los Angeles Times
Atup
Burning Nile Scene Echoes in Casabianca Poem
The August 1798 battle of the Nile is memorialized in the poem Casabianca. Louis Casablanca, a French naval officer, died aboard the Orient after Brueys was killed. His ten-year-old son Giacomo Jocante Casabianca refused to leave his father as the ship exploded.
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Roy
the Nile
Casabianca
Louis Casablanca
Giacomo Jocante Casabianca
Louis Casabianes
Orient
Brueys
Woman Sculptor Winnie Ream Chiseled Lincoln Statue
Winnie Ream became the first woman awarded a federal art commission to sculpt Lincoln’s statue. The contract dated August 30, 1866, paid five thousand dollars on completion. The statue, long displayed in the Capitol rotunda, required Ream to study for about five months while holding a government post and being allowed to be absent if her art work did not affect her duties.
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Lincoln
Winnie Ream
United States
Capitol
Washington
Miss Ream
The Fogleman and the Island Rhythm of West Indian Labor
West Indian workers in Jamaica, noted for strong rhythm, perform in short songs led by a fogleman who earns more than others. He initiates each tune, prompting a chorus, and must maintain an extensive repertoire as new songs begin roughly every five minutes.
Community Socials Across Grand Meadow and Nearby Towns
Residents from Grand Meadow and LeRoy hosted and visited relatives and friends through the weekend. Many couples and families including the Burgases Olsons Lyngaas Omundsons and Sampsons shared Sundays and Fridays at various homes across Gilbert LeRoy Clermont Castalia and Marquette. Florence Erickson attended Cedar Rapids teachers’ institute while Waterloos Cattle Congress drew attendees from the area.
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Clifford Osmundson
Vivian
Delores
Bert Lyngans
Gilbert Burnas
Carolyn Erickson
Ernest Holt
Julia Landsgard
Waterloo
Bert Lyngaas
Henry Olson
Clermont
Florence [Erickson
Teachers’ Institute
Cedar Rapids
Slavery Abolition Bill Defeated In Virginia Assembly
Thomas Jefferson Randolph, the eldest grandson of Thomas Jefferson, introduced a gradual abolition of slavery bill in the Virginia legislature in 1629, but the proposal was defeated.
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Thomas Jefferson Randolph
United States
Virginia
Local Notes From Elgin And Nearby Visits And Travel
Mrs. Floyd Arnold of Manchester spent last Thursday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Chris Schweitzer. Albert Hochanson, Chas Cars tens and Dail Stewart occupy upstairs rooms north of the blacksmith shop. Mrs. Edwin Krueger picked ten quarts of red raspberries Tuesday morning. Mrs. Dail Stewart and daughter Joan Beverly visited with her husband here from Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Soren Sorenson and daughter Gladys of Rochester MN and Mrs. Minor Homie and daughter were guests last Thursday at the Schweitzer home. Roy Heide of Mascot Colo and Mrs. E. Y. Syring of Las Animas Colo visited with Rosa Muehleteher and the F. C. Muehlethaler family. Chas Capper, W. C. Falb and W. F. Kohler with John Falb Jr. of Postville went to Chicago Tuesday night for the World Series games at Wrigley Field, Cub fans. William Strauch returned to the University of Ann Arbor Sept 21 after summer school and junior year work. he will pursue a two year post graduate program in business administration and actuarial science.
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Soren Sorenson
Gladys
Rochester, Minn
Minor Homie
Chris Schweitzer
Chas. Capper
W. C. Falb
W. F. Kohler
John Falb, Jr
Postville
Chicago
Wrigley Field
Cub
William ©. Strauch
University
Ann Arbor, Mich
Masquerade Common Practice on Train Views
Uncle Eben muses that there is always some masquerade in life as a young man returning from vacation hopes strangers on the train will judge him as a capable prospect for a major business firm. The dialogue hints at appearances shaping opportunity in a business world.
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Eben
Danube River Source and Course Noted in Card Lore
The Danube origins lie in Germany's Black Forest and it winds through Europe to reach the Black Sea. While postcards and a well known waltz call it blue, the river otherwise resembles many ordinary rivers in its journey.
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Danube
Black Forest
Germany
Black Sea
Oldest Strauch Son Visits Scranton Ties Carry On
William Strauch is the oldest son of O. F. Strauch of Scranton. He last visited two years ago with the R. P. Strauch family and Mrs. F. W. Hughes, reflecting ongoing family ties in Scranton society.
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Scranton
Tribune
William _Strauch
O. F. Strauch
R. P . Strauch
F. W. Hughes
Morning Chapel Broadcast by University of Iowa Station
A daily devotional program titled Morning Chapel has started on WSUI at the University of Iowa. The program airs each weekday at 8 o clock a.m. Speakers include university faculty members and Iowa City religious leaders from Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish communities.
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WSUI
University of Iowa
Iowa City
First Tourists Named in Ancient Travel Book
An old travel book lists Moses Abraham Jonah Ulysses Plato Strabo Cleopatra the Queen of Sheba Marc Antony Julius Caesar Daedalus Herodotus Aeneas of Troy and Alexander the Great as the first tourists.
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Moses
Abraham
Jonah
Ulysses
Plato
Strabo
Cleopatra
Sheba
Marc Antony
Julius Caesar
Daedalus
Herodotus
Aeneas of
Troy
Alexander the Great
Pound Weights Across Noted Ton Standards
The English ton equals 2,240 pounds avoirdupois, the U S short ton is 2,000 pounds, and the French tonne equals 1,000 kilograms or about 2,204.6 pounds. This comparison outlines the three major ton measurements used in trade and science.
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United States
Panama Canal Idea Traced to 1653 Proposal
The record notes an early notion of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, with the first suggestion directed to a Spanish engineer in 1653 as a precursor to the canal concept.
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Panama Canal
Panama
Glecial Period Era Estimate Referenced in Clone Study
Scientists estimate that 20,000 years passed since the clone of the Racial period, with a revised total of about 20,600 years ago in the broader geological timeline. This assessment updates previous dating and outlines implications for understanding early evolutionary stages.
Mule-Hide Nu-Life Roof Coating offers renewal and repair
The message pitches Mule-Hide Nu-Life Roof Coating as a remedy for leaks and aging roofs. It urges a free inspection and promises rebuilt strength and extended life through application now.
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