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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1937
Page
6
Numerous local families visited relatives in Postville and nearby towns over the weekend. Movements include Laverne Schneider moving to Ritzville Washington, Erma Redwinkle returning from surgery, and many neighbors hosting guests in Fayette, Des Moines, Brookings and West Union.
St Olaf Chapel 9 o clock English service Marion 11 o clock English service Marion 7 30 Luther League May 9 Marion 9 Norse service Norway 11 English service St Olaf Chapel 7 30 Luther League Come to church You are welcome at each and every service Pastor S J Strandford
Elgin Baptist Church lists Sunday morning worship and communion at 10 o clock with Sunday school at 11 o'clock Junior meeting at 2 p m and afternoon services at 2 o'clock Wednesday May 5 Women’s Missionary Society meets at 2 p m Prayer meeting at 8 p m Choir rehearsal at 9 p m Pastor Paul F. Zoschke and Organist Lillian Jacobs are named.
St Pauls M E Church announces Ladies Aid Society meeting moved to Friday afternoon from Thursday. The gathering will be in the church parlors after the 10 o clock worship and 11 o clock Sunday school. J J Snyder serves as minister and R Jorgenson as pianist.
Grace Foxwell named pianist for Illyria Church services with Sunday school at 10 15 am and worship at 11 15 am.
Donald Richard Boleyn, son of Mr and Mrs Sam Boleyn, was born in Elgin March 27 1912 and died at West Union hospital April 18 1937 at age 25. He worked for Schori Bros and lived with his parents during illness. Survived by parents four brothers Willis Clarence Melvin Alfred all of Elgin two sisters Helena and Margie two half brothers Ed Leo of Elgin three half sisters Mrs Esley Monnahan of Wadena Mrs Herbert Miller of Elgin and Mrs Clarence Conner of Des Moines two uncles J A Boleyn of Elgin and Alfred Miller of Wisconsin and other relatives. Funeral at Elgin Baptist Church Rev Paul F Zoschke officiating. Hymns by Mr and Mrs Edward Krueger, Mr and Mrs Abe Habeger with Helen Muehlethaler accompanying. Casket bearers were Leo Schori Ernest Larson Grant Dawson Loren Woodrow and Lavern Hyde.
Arthur Clair Gage, three months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gage, died April 15 at West Union hospital after a two day heart illness. Survived by five brothers and five sisters Alfred Levi J D Clifford Millard Catherine Lena. Funeral held April 16 at Burnham funeral home West Union with Rev. Dodd and Rev. Nielsen. burial in West Union cemetery. Relatives from out of town included Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Yearous and family, Elgin, Homer Bailey and Fayette, Mrs Yearous Hawk Eye, Mr. and Mrs. George Wilkinson Wadena.
Funeral services were held at West Union Sunday for John N. Howard a 71 year old retired farmer who died Friday from a heart attack. He retired twenty years ago and moved to West Union. His sons William and Bruce live on the family homestead north of West Union. The farmer married Flossie Kip e of Bigin.
Community visitors and travels fill a week in Elgin Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Notables include Pauline DeSart, Robert Steele and many residents visiting relatives, with updates on illnesses improvements and local events at cafes farms and homes across Fayette Monroe and West Union.
A 1938 world telephony report shows 35,028,682 telephones worldwide on January 1, 1986. The United States holds 17,423,871 devices, about half of global total, with Europe at 12,757,283. Germany, Great Britain, France, Canada, and Japan follow. private companies own 61 percent.
An Ita communication facilities report shows the nation leading globally with 13.69 telephones per 100 inhabitants, outranking all other countries. The figure highlights Ita’s advanced telecommunication expansion and urban coverage.
The Literary Digest explains the phrase nerve racking traces to the rack’s stretching pain as prolonged distress. It links the term to the Anglo-Saxon raxt or raxan roots rather than wrecan, noting the idiom conveys extreme discomfort and fear.
The Dead Man's Chest, a Pirates chant refrain yo ho ho and a bottle of rum, recalls Blackbeard marooning fifteen of his men on a barren Virgin Islands rock with no rum or water as punishment.
Jenny Lind the Swedish nightingale is buried in Malvern England in a notable early 19th century burial site. The statement notes the singer’s final resting place and identifies Malvern as the location of her grave.
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