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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1936
Page
4
Want Ad rates set at B5 cents for each insertion up to 25 words. For insertions over 26 words, 1 cent per word applies. An extra 10 cent per week handling charge if replies come to this office. Cash with order. telephoned ads allowed but payment due before month end. If billed, 10c per line monthly. Growth of rocks not biological. movement due to freezing and thawing.
A reflective verse note on how love transforms hurt into joy and prompts sacrifices, portraying love as a guiding force that seeks gains rather than losses, and crowns the beloved with reward.
The article notes separate sections for colored and white members of the military service in Arlington cemetery, highlighting racial segregation in burial areas and the persistence of Jim Crow era practices within national memorial spaces.
Mr and Mrs Donald Gilson and children visited H B Gilson family. Frances Pinney received a miscellaneous shower from the Tabitha Society. Numerous locals visited kin in Elkader Cedar Rapids and Decorah. The junior class play When a Feller Needs a Friend set for Friday Nov 18 at the high school. Several moves and visits noted among families including the Grimes Doan Frieden and Frieden families.
Bernice E. Topp filed a petition in Buchanan county district court at Independence asking for divorce from Ernest C. Topp. They married in Buchanan county on June 16, 1914 and lived together until June 12, 1934. She cites cruel and inhumane treatment and desertion, saying he left two years ago. They have three children aged 9, 17 and 20, and she states she is fit to care for them while he is regularly employed and able to contribute.
An estimated 15,000 people attended Waukon's Corn Day last week. The celebration featured a mammoth parade, the crowning of the corn queen, free acts, window displays, a doll buggy parade, two dances, corn judging, and band concerts.
Elgin high fell 88 to 0 at home Friday as Fayette dominated with a heavier lineup. Despite injuries, Elgin fought hard with many substitutes stepping in and delivering strong play throughout the battle.
The land of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table lies in England’s Cornwall and Devon, steeped in Guinevere Tristan and Tacult tales. St Michael’s Mount near Maragton is linked to Jack the Giant Killer’s first encounter, a dreamlike sanctuary withdrawn from the world. Travelers focus on thatched roof cottages in Devon.
Originated Fletcherism and Horace Pletcher, a food expert and lecturer born in Lawrence Massachusetts in 1849. Educated at Dartmouth, he traveled widely and pursued many occupations. In 1895 he focused on sociology and nutrition research, views on mastication sparked the Fletcherian cult, and he died in 1919.
The oldest species of tree in the world is the ginkgo or maidenhair, existing essentially unchanged for over 10,000,000 years. It grows very slowly, with many trees requiring as long as 75 years to mature and bear fruit. Edith Pulver, New York City, in Col Uer's Weekly.
A law bans foreigners and naturalized Haltens from engaging in certain retail trades. The restriction targets non natives and limits participation in specified commercial activities within the Halti region.
The Rough Ashler club plans an October 27 Tuesday evening meeting at Maynard and invites local Masons to attend. The seven lodge group, modeled after the N. E. Iowa Fellowship Assn, will include a school of instruction.
Alsatians or police dogs trained to attack intruders patrol the grounds of major industrial sites. Collier's Weekly notes large numbers nightly guard the De Beers Uamond mines in South Africa and the bandit-infested areas of the South Manchurian railway in Manchukuo.
The text outlines how early mirrors were prepared with tin foil backed by mercury. The glass was cleaned, foil laid on, mercury poured over, and excess removed with a sponge.
Scale on trees shrubs and plants is easily recognized as a hard shell like covering. The tiny insects under the shell protect themselves against water and implement a sturdy armor. Their rapid reproduction makes control difficult for scientists and gardeners. Sucking insects drain the plant sap and resist stomach poisons that cannot penetrate their protective walls.
Iron lamps dominated the era with crude angled wicks in saucer shapes. Betty lamps, oval or pear shaped, hung from hooks over the fireplace and featured wick supports to stop dripping grease beyond the vessel.
A fragment notes two winter coal thefts and promotes Celotex insulation and storm windows to prevent loss. It also observes a motorist hint about safe driving. A teacher remarks that some countries permit polygamy, contrasting with Christian nations.
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