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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1933
Page
4
The world's oldest tree is believed to be in Yosemite National Park with an age exceeding 3800 years and a maximum diameter over 84 feet. Researchers describe the ancient giant as a landmark of natural history and enduring resilience.
An iron spike joined the east and west ends of the Great Northern in the Cascades on January 16, 1883 while a gold spike was deemed too expensive for the project. The note underscores cost considerations in the ceremonial completion.
A tropical Africa plant known as A Glass-Eating Vine grows beside windows and clings to glass, eating away the surface. Mentioned by Oollier's as a noted habit, the species is reported to damage window panes where it establishes contact.
The column covers school program events led by Miss Olson including music and drill, initiations on October 27, and sponsorship by the Good Sports patrol. It notes Elkader’s loss to Fayette and previews Friday’s football trip to Fayette with Arlington recap promised on another page. It outlines activity awards, health requirements, and sportsmanship contests with point values and progression.
In two years of commercial work students may receive five typewriting and five shorthand certificates. most should come in the second year. This week’s Complete Theory certificates went to Pearl Grimm, Elmer Meyer, Gladys Yearous, Marjorie Larson and Marie Schupbach. Sixty word transcription certificates were awarded to Dorothy Olson and Erma Grether. Aden Hanson serves as the commercial department stenographer, contributing to a new beneficial project. The Dows Iowa class requested penmanship correspondence to compare progress, and the first letters were exchanged this week as they begin replies.
This state wide program in Elgin schools promotes cleanliness health and mental well being for girls. It rewards a school letter for participation and leadership with rules emphasizing simplicity and fair play. Activities include basketball baseball captain ball rhythms hiking stunts tumbling tennis track and volleyball.
Fern Kerr and Clara Holzer were welcome visitors in the high school last Thursday afternoon. Teachers thank the Ladies Aid Society for the fine reception at the Methodist church Monday evening. Their kindness is appreciated and will always be remembered.
Grammar Room Fifteen students attended the football game on Friday while those remaining at school had an arithmetic contest. Ellen Stillman won honors in addition for speed and accuracy, Lola Mae Martin won honors in multiplication. Fire prevention posters are being made this week. We had two visitors last week, Mrs. Elmer Houg and Gladys Amundson. Grades of YA plus in spelling went to Levit Carter, Bessie Grimm, William Haag, Elmer Houg, Merriel Johnson, Ethel Thoman, Mary Goetz, Robert Kohler, and Lillian Nelson.
Intermediate Room Ardis Groth achieved a perfect spelling paper in a six week test. Those with a rating of nine in self testing drills Monday were Ron Ald Hoag Dorothy Krueger Betty Elkema James Davis Clara Baldwin Lola Burrow and Ardis Groth.
Verlie Bailey led the second primary with perfect scores in all six weeks tests. Several students achieved high marks, with many earning 100% in last week's spelling average including Alice Becker Gerald Boyer Lois Miller Betty Schori Anna Schupbach Vern Sires Betty Strauch Otis Torkelson Verna Groth Gene Habeger and Victor Topp.
The first and second grades begin a health program with daily inspections. Children must complete health chores or their names won t be on the chart. This week they study color and autumn leaves and practice muscular movement in writing by drawing oval men.
Charles E Mohr a Read leg Pa naturalist asserts bats are not blind or unclean. He is cited as an authority on Pennsylvania cave fauna.
Only girls take the court in a South 4 trea matchup as the basketball game continues with female players leading the action.
The Echo invites residents to share reports and general happenings in the community. Readers are urged to bring or send news items to the office to help publish local interest content.
Do not pasture new seedings and lime for spring seedings. A New York study finds a hen needs about a half pound of feed per egg. Iowa State economists report insurance firms hold most corporate land in towns. Drying fruit can replace canning for winter meals. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes butter stocks at record highs. About 90 percent of Iowa wheat growers sign to reduce acreage. A large fire tax hinders recovery, rural fires rose in 1932 with 702 farm dwellings lost and $1.83 million in losses. Barberry eradication is underway in several Iowa counties under the public works program. The workers are being used in barberry eradication efforts.
The survey activity is conducted by state reemployment committees in counties including Allamakee Winneshiek Dubuque Johnson Guthrie Boone and Clayton. Work is currently in progress across these counties as part of ongoing efforts.
The custom of tipping began in a London coffee house where patrons deposited money in a box for prompt service. On the bar the words To Insure Prompt Service appeared, and the initials formed the noun tips.
The date palm’s importance to the Janda is best understood by noting Fezzan inhabitants depended on this palm for food clothing and shelter for more than nine months of the year.
Budapest, the capital of Hungary, is a union of Buda on the right bank and Pest on the left bank of the Danube. The city spans across six bridges and hosts a population exceeding one million.
The blue of the sky forms chiefly in the atmosphere about two to ten miles above Earth. High mountains pierce the belt and, from their summits, the sky appears a deep blue violet.
The stocking loom first arrived in Pennsylvania with John Camm around 1724 and other looms followed during the Revolutionary period. The hosiery industry did not expand rapidly until 1881 when the power loom became common, marking a turning point in production growth.
A witty remark notes that if the average man could live life again he might become a bigger fool, implying a humorous critique of vanity and self perception.
A observation notes the day length at the equator between sunrise and sunset is about twelve hours and seven minutes. The comment highlights near equal day and night length, reflecting near equatorial daylight balance.
A fragment from a historic paper notes a claim that a German entity named Ought to Be Clean holds the world’s largest oneimption. The text is incomplete and its specifics are unclear.
A garbled snippet discusses a circular petition form and signature dynamics. It notes omitting a person’s prominence by signing under a pseudonym or initials. The passage hints at leaders avoiding visible ranks in a social campaign to prevent targeted attention.
University of Oregon biologists uncovered fossil bones including leaf imprints and a skull fragment in John Day area. The discovery adds to paleontological record from the region and hints at ancient fauna once inhabiting Oregon lands.
Department of Commerce experts estimate American drug stores can fill more than ten times the current demand. The assessment highlights the ready availability of medicines and the potential for oversupply in the wholesale and retail drug trade.
German experts report coal as a plant fertilizer in squid or powdered form, with successful results noted especially for orchids.
A breaking-in program compares training a new recruit to riding a young horse, requiring firmness, gentleness, and persistent method to build discipline and compliance. The article emphasizes balanced approaches and gradual conditioning in basic drill.
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