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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1934
Page
3
Published each Thursday morning the Clermont publication notes Mrs H B Greenley as local editor and member of state and national editorial associations while detailing post office mailing status in Fayette County Iowa.
C.H. Graver and B. C. Graver attended a dinner at Mrs. N. M. Fritz home in Elgin on Monday honoring the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Graver of Cedar Rapids. W. R. Sperry and daughter Maida left for Minneapolis to visit Horace Sperry and family. Dr. and Mrs. Brandt and others drove to Waukon for golf and a picnic at the Old Stone House.
Col Willan Armstrong of Columbus Ohio, inspector of foreign consuls under Grant, studied world figures and wrote The Greatest Living Man. He concludes the greatest living man is Thomas Alva Edison, once seen as a dull pupil in Milan schools.
Wild rice is not true rice but a food product growing in shallow waters in central and southern states. It carries a smoky flavor that suits wild ducks and pairs well with many meat dishes.
A South Carolina editor lampoons a couple in a mock wedding notice. Billy Henway and Miss Alice Lovekin wed at noon Monday at the bride's home. The spoof targets the groom's alleged laziness, the bride's scandalous past, and their future plans to sponge on the parents, predicting a five month wait for a major event.
The American Boy Youth's Companion cuts annual price from two dollars to one and three year rate from three fifty to two. Editor Griffith Ogden Ellis says savings make the cut possible and invites boys to spread the news. The magazine promises new stories featuring Douglas Renfrew, Bone-head Jim Tierney, and other popular characters, plus sports and travel color from noted writers and interviews. Subscription details: 7430 Second Blvd Detroit Michigan.
Fayette youth will sing carols in two shifts on Christmas Eve. The Fayette Leader notes the community bid farewell to two elders, 94 year old Grandma Skeets last week and 98 year old Grandma Grim who died on Saturday night within days of her birthday, marking a solemn week in local life.
A fragmented dialogue sheet shows characters such as Junior, Louise, Milton, and Milton discussing debts, sleep positions, rent, and greetings. Betty Brown’s absence from school is noted as she awaits the arrival of a sister, reflecting domestic concern and light banter.
A quip filled scene features a jabbing exchange about marriage and infatuation. A lawyer jokes about retaining a case for $30 while a client asks the cost to release it. A pun inspired by a mustard yellow dog stand delivers playful banter and rustic humor with dogwood and bark imagery.
President George Gordon of Magdalen College explains why crude terms like graft onceover foolproof and step on the gas are included in a new Oxford Dictionary supplement. Other terms such as all of a do do da and give it the once over are also noted as added in the past 50 years.
Pennsylvania assistant state geologist Ralph W. Stone notes meteorites fetch 5 to 10 dollars per pound for museums. A Pennsylvania farmer paid off his mortgage from a meteorite sale. About 15 to 20 million meteorites enter the atmosphere daily, with most burning up before reaching the ground, as Popular Mechanics reports.
Honey is placed in a round stout rubber sac and forced in under tremendous pressure before being wrapped in rubber to form a golf ball. The non evaporative honey is claimed to resist time and temperature, producing a ball that endures under all conditions.
English book lovers protest a new customs ruling that books bound in silk or with silk ribbon bookmarks be classified as silk and taxed accordingly. A bibliophile asks whether calf binding would be quarantined and taxed like silk.
Twenty years ago widows in Mexico wore weeds, kept indoors and faced long. Now thousands have entered business and professions as dreammakers, milliners, clerks, office and factory workers, and other small-scale enterprises.
A UK store chain commits to a long term contract by ordering 10,000,000 anti Belanti stockings. Deliveries are planned at regular intervals over the next eight years as it signals confidence in future business.
In London a year long course teaches housekeeping, baby care, biology, politics and sport to daughters of wealthy families. Many students are brides-to-be, training in domestic arts and social duties under tutors at the new school.
A garbled note discusses a shipment related to light bulbs. The dialogue hints at a possible electric bulb trade or display, with questions about its importance and how it should be handled. The text remains unclear on parties, dates, or specific actions.
A collage of aphorisms on equality aging work art and travel spans humor critique and daily life. Observations touch on poverty wealth literature culture farming family and self expression, weaving a mosaic of reflective witticisms.
Bedford Times publisher Charles P. Butler extols advertising in newspapers as the best return for merchants, citing Wrigley anecdotes and a fast-running train metaphor. Pork chops at 30 cents a pound provoke self‑justifying price thoughts, while Gen John J Pershing marks his 74th birthday. In Allamakee county, children find a 20,000-year-old prehistoric buffalo head near a creek. Guttenberg hosts Town Women’s Republican club on Oct 9 for Clayton county Republican women.
Food Industries Magazine notes a 16 year cow population cycle with peaks roughly every sixteen years. The piece links rising dairy herds to social unrest, predicting bloodshed, murder, riots, and milk strikes as the supply increases from the low mood period since 1926.
Wisconsin gulls learned to drop shelled clams from height to break shells and obtain meat, solving a food problem. The behavior has left broken shells on concrete highways, causing numerous blowouts and littering the roadways.
Sweden allocates special road sections for bicycle riders as cyclist numbers rise sharply. A recent traffic census shows bicycles on roads increasing nearly 30 percent in 1938 versus 1937, reflecting a growing urban transit trend reported by American Swedish Monthly.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals urged the National Sporting Club to ban steer roping wrestling bull dogging and riding unbroken or vicious horses in rodeos citing potential animal suffering.
A Kansas City Star cartoon caption features Pretty Girl teasing a young man about his pug nose. The reply notes noses only puff in cold weather, conveying a light humorous exchange between two characters.
Mr Dustin Stax weighs regulation of stock gambling noting support only for formalities that aid those who insist on losing their money. The remark highlights a skeptical stance on curbing risk through rules.
Barbara asks Basil what his father will say about their engagement and Basil responds that he will be delighted, noting he always is.
A quirky etiquette note contrasts a child’s honesty with politeness. It contrasts a smaller boy’s request for politeness through “No thank you” versus saying “Yeu” in response, exploring manners and truthfulness in social manners.
A brief dialogue shows an exchange where Robert is asked what he is doing and replies he is listening to the teacher while correcting his own initial question about learning. The scene captures a classroom moment reflecting attention and guidance.
A small community tradition highlights neighborly care as residents share hot rolls with one another, turning everyday meals into acts of generosity and friendship.
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