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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1929
Page
2
A chunk of practical kitchen and home life guidance covers lunch box surprises for kids, silk garment care with lukewarm water and neutral soap, a simple gum drop cake decoration idea, a fall dish of smothered ham with sweet potatoes, and note of wide gun shell price reductions at Gamble Stores plus a line about a wanted column.
A collection of aphorisms and witticisms on manners gender and behavior. It humorously critiques politeness dress gossip aging fortune love and self control with references to Browning Pythagoras and social norms. The tone mirrors old newspaper quotes and quips.
A Baltimore woman phoned the Maryland department of public service asking for a service engineer to drop by and care for her baby while she ran downtown to shop. The caller’s request sparked a critique of true public service as she urged the agency to rethink its duties and even change its name. In another note, a fashion designer drew inspiration from an atlas showing a map design on a pale silk dress with a back paneled view of Paris landmarks and the Seine weaving across.
In Cedar Rapids Iowa a workman tearing down a sixty year old house found a pint bottle wedged in the wall. He paused to inspect it and discovered the label nitroglycerin. The bottle was discarded into a river, averting a possible tragedy.
In Gibraltar the War Haig fund for disabled soldiers gained a boost as pennies laid edge to edge stretched from end to end of the main street. Governor Sir Alexander Godley started the penny trail, which rapidly grew as more people contributed.
A junior high student in Redding California found a lost school locker key inside a hog slaughtered by neighbor Jerda Garcia, who returned it to the Grants. The note quotes Senator Sorghum joking about hypnotizing audiences and voters.
Fragmentary dialogue describes a strained family dispute with insinuations about laziness and "Mr Moneyting" and "your daughter." The wording hints at a custody or financial tension, but precise facts and context are unclear in the Accessible excerpt.
The Elgin school calendar highlights a November 22 carnival. Students anticipate a Maynard football trip, teachers attend a Des Moines convention, and classes showcase maps, drawings, color studies, and spelling records. Hal loween events and perfect work shoutouts accompany weekly progress notes.
Mr and Mrs H W Falk and family and Mrs R P Schuel and daughter of Minneapolis and Mrs J Krothy of La Crosse drove to the Bily Bros farm last Friday to see the hand carved clocks Mrs R P Schuel and daughter of Minneapolis and Mrs J Krothy of La Crosse Wis came Friday for a few days visit in the H W Falk home Mr and Mrs George Vaughn and Mr and Mrs Frank Capper drove to the Bily Bros farm Sunday to see the hand carved clocks.
Sheriff Chris P. Larson arrested Richard Hiner, 80, and Lloyd Kahr, 19, both of Mederville, for entering and robbing Heights Garage in McGregor last Thursday and Schnepf General Store in Garber last Sunday. They confessed Tuesday and were sent to ten years in the Anamosa reform school by Judge H. E. Taylor.
Mr and Mrs A J Phillips of Post ville were dinner guests in the Walter Falb home Sunday evening. For sale a new Webster's International dictionary 2700 pages and 6000 illustrations price 15.00 at the Echo Office. Clarence Anderson of Decorah spent Monday and Tuesday in the Chas Capper home. Gertrude Grether came home from Palmer for a two weeks vacation during the corn husk era. Top repairing done at Lofstuen's Tire Shop.
A New England scientist reports a method to dye growing trees by injecting a dilute dye through drilled holes in the trunk. The dye travels with the sap, coloring the wood internally in maple, mahogany, birch, or walnut hues, potentially helping decay and insect resistance.
Mrs Chri Hrickson and son John join Olga Torkelaon of Decorah and Mr and Mrs Erick Halverson with daughter in a Sunday gathering at the O T Knudtson home. Also present were Mr and Mrs H W Falk and family, Mr and Mrs Reuben Wirkler of Monoria, Mrs R P Schuel and daughter of Minneapolis, and Mrs J Krothy of La Crosse.
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