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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1932
Page
2
Local residents and visitors filled a Sunday schedule with calls and hospitality across Wadena and nearby towns. Families including Hicks Poor Poor and Foxes hosted and joined gatherings while illness led to quarantines and hospital visits. Marriages, birthdays, and a Mount Vernon birth are noted alongside community events and Farm Bureau activities.
Rev. C. L. Randall, Pastor, announces Sunday school at 10 3. m. A. 5. Christian Endeavor at 7:15 p.m. Evening worship at 8 o'clock. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at Mrs. J. 8. Moore home. Monthly Missionary Society meets with Mrs. Clarence Randall Wednesday afternoon. Harvester Band meets Saturday afternoon at Randall home. Mid-year council postponed. Bishop A. M. Johnson of Huntington, Ind., could not be here.
Rev H C Rundell pastor leads Sabbath school at 10 3 am morning worship at 11 Junior choir practice Saturday evening 730 Ladies Club to serve dinner Thursday April 7 in the church hall.
Second grade studied subtraction combinations while Mary Kennedy and Daryl Voshell scored 100 percent. Darrel Johnson celebrated a birthday with classmates. Several students were home ill, and others returned after absences. Fourth grade completed an imaginary trip to France as geography class. The fifth and sixth grades planned homes and castles for art. Mrs. Parl Wetzel and others attended the Friday literary program led by Leona Welch.
Frank Livingston born October 25, 1852 in Huron Michigan, died March 28, 1932 at his Wadena home at 79. He married Lilly Herriman on May 5, 1894 and had two children, Earl and Mary B. Survived by widow, son, daughter Mrs Earl Wetzel, four grandchildren, one sister, and many relatives. Funeral held at Wadena Presbyterian Church with Rev. Rundell. interment Elgin cemetery.
A correspondent remarks that not the big things trouble 08 but the subtle limits. He notes we can show hill but not OD, highlighting a terse, cryptic reflection on focus and scope.
A short Globe note argues that many men who boast of free thought are only free in their talk, not in action, highlighting a critique of pretentious intellectual independence.
Mrs E G Guyer hosted Farm By Their Home gathering after a midweek meeting. Oliver Rowland spent weekend with Earl Havenstrip and called on H K Johnson. Mrs Mary Scott visited relatives YH Wagner Fern then returned to West Union school after vacation. Mrs H K Johnson and two children visited Mrs R F Learn Thursday evening. John Olson and family attended Friday dance.
In Gunder and nearby towns last weekend and week, residents hosted visitors and conducted errands. Anna Mae Kimball and Tina Nelson joined others in the Bilden home while H T Lofts gard hosted guests. Switchboard changes at Gynder and the resignation of Bessie Olson as operator began a vacation period for her successor Elvina Gisleson. Herbert Peterson, grandson of Gilbert Peterson of Glenwood township, died after an appendectomy at Postville hospital.
The April 3 1982 correction from the Elgin Echo asks to fix a previously published Gunder news item stating Mrs Alfred Gisleson helped with housework at the Lloyd Bigler home last week. The correction apologizes for the error and invites further corrections.
The warden of Bing Bing prison says tracing ancestry among bluebloods leads to grim roots, with the gallows or prison appearing in family trees. A South Bend Tribune piece examines how lineage ties to crime and punishment echo through generations.
The text explains how rivers carve alluvial fans when fast mountain streams slow on plains, forming cone-like deposits called bars that shift with conditions. It also describes flood plains created when rivers overflow during floods, spreading fine sediment that enriches agricultural land.
A collage of aphorisms and clipped sayings on virtue, folly, progress, love, and society. The text blends quotes from ancient sources with modern musings, contrasting moral ideals with human foibles and the quirks of daily life.
A fragment notes a biotopical discovery in a United States forest area tied to Mod Inked and the Biderada region. Details are sparse but indicate a national forest context and environmental interest with unnamed sources.
A critic suggests it is easier for monarchs to move from the throne to a post office than to govern. The discussion centers on a figure linked to Spain and the head of King Alfoun, with commentators noting political ease in the transfer of power.
The source text is unreadable and mixed with stray characters and quotes, offering no coherent names places or dates to summarize into a news item. Unable to extract a definite incident or person.
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