Elgin News Notes and Social Snippets
The Baptist Mission Society met at Sumner with Mrs. Fred Drager as a large crowd gathered. Local ads promote gas and oil stores and Feller's Hardware. Reports cover visits, family news, travel to Chicago for the Century of Progress, and a new Lennox furnace installation. Local births, hospitalizations, and several travels across Iowa and to Chicago are noted, with community updates on residents and businesses.
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The
Baptist Mission Society
Sumner
Fred Drager
Baptist Church Notes for August Services and Programs
Sunday schedule includes communion at 10 a m, Sunday school at 11, church dinner at 12 16, junior and committee meetings, English service at 2 p m, and a B Y P U prayer meeting. Program committee lists many names. Wednesday prayer meeting and choir rehearsal follow. B Y P A group IV roster and welcome to all services.
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Cleve Erhardt
Wm. Kohls
Jra
Anna Schaer
John Luchsinger
Frank Kohls
Eliza Hadd
Clarence Kohls
Len Simek
Lawrence Etter
Wilma Schaer
Helen Baechler
Mildred Rowland
Frances Erhardt
Eva Grimm
Eli Habeger
Charlotte Krueger
Frederick Lauer
Lillian Krueger
Eda Zurbriggen
Lillian Jacob
Luella Miller
Carl Miller
Anna Rennison
Alfred Wenger
Esther Krueger
Karl Millar
Abe Habeger
Edward Krueger
Clarence Muehlethaler
Lloyd Jacob
Max Lehman
Louis Lehman
Norris Capper
William Krueger
Dorothy Etter
Clarence Holtz
Edwin Bauman
Earl Kiple
M. E. Church Notes Delegates and Meetings
The M E Church notes J J Snyder as minister Mrs Louis Klingman to play piano and choir practice Thursday. Quarterly conference Friday at 8 pm. Sunday worship 10 am Sunday school 11 am Edward Klingman elected delegate to annual conference at Waterloo Sept 12. Mrs Louis Klingman elected alternate. Ladies Aid divisions meet Thursday Aug 9 at listed homes and church with picnics at 1st division Lulu Schmi 2nd at the church 3rd at Stoehr cabin 4th at Mrs Powell home with Mrs Gilson assisting.
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J. J. Snyder
Louis Klingman
Edward Klingman
Waterloo
Ladies’ Aid Society
Gwith
Lulu
Schmi
Stoehr’s Cabin
Clifton Powell
H. B. Gilson
Iyria Church Notes and Weekend Socials in Elgin
J J Snyder minister Grace Foxwell pianist Sunday school at 1015 church worship at 1115 elect lay delegate to annual conference Walter Rothlisberger judge Kenneth Medberry and Kenneth Page tellers Fourth quarterly conference Friday at 8 in Elgin church officials urged to attend Mrs Henry Holzer Mrs Malwitz and others dined with Mrs Tille Hanson Elmer Hoag tonsil operation Decorah hospital home recovering Betty Alice Schori visits Fayette and homecoming plans Arvilla Shaffer Pittsburg Kansas invites friends to Elgin two weeks camping with Frank Cave family
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J. J. Snyder
Grace Foxwell
Walter Rothlisberger
Kenneth Medberry
Kenneth Page
Elgin
B. Schori
Ben
Fayette
Carrie Whitney
Betty Alice
Arvilla Shaffer
Pittsburg
Kansas
Hazel Cave
Minnesota
Frank Cave
North Pole twilight and Arctic light described
Stefansson notes no complete polar night at the North Pole with winter twilight from 10 am to 2 pm and occasional moonless conditions. Snowy ground makes a black-clad figure visible at distances, while only fog or heavy snow can create true darkness in the Arctic.
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Arctic
Where Redeness Is Polite In Rangoon Tales Of Tibet
Rene Chow Puttlay, a young Chinese traveler, narrates oddities of his wanderings on Tibet to Rangoon readers. He notes a local beauty cream made of honey and flour and contrasts rich and poor via clothing sleeves and food. The rich eat fat pork and wipe mouths with sleeves. the poor keep sleeves clean, using cheaper tea and chestnut oil.
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Redeness
Rene Chow Puttlay
Rangoon
India
Tibet
Women in Government Careers Open to All Fields
Women have practical opportunities in federal service across many roles. Notable fields include dairy farming ceramics industrial photography map making taxi dermy bridal counseling export management contract bridge teaching refereeing in bankruptcy lobbying and senctinying to recover valuable cargos.
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United States
Umbrella Lost and Found Idea Proves Effective
In London umbrella owners no longer roam to lost property offices. A test program issues cards when an umbrella is found. To claim, the owner must attach an address clip to the umbrella for identification.
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London
Uncle Sam and World Tech Reach Parity in 1920s
In a snapshot from 1920, global motor cars numbered 35 million with 26 million owned by Uncle Sam and 9 million abroad. Telephones stood at 35 million, 19 million used by the United States and 16 million scattered worldwide.
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Uncle Sam
Trouble Seeker and the Mara Telescope Mystery
A quirky note mixes lines about a learned astronomer with a suggestion that something has gone wrong on Mara. The speaker hints at trouble seeking via telescope and hints at a puzzling cosmic mishap. The fragment evokes a space themed mystery involving observation and potential error.
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Mara
Black marble deemed high quality for roads near Miskolcz
Stone from surrounding mountains has been used on roads in three villages near Miskolcz Hungary and declared by experts to be high quality black marble.
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Miskolcz
Hungary
Axperta
Mr and Mrs LeRoy Thomas Visit Edwards Krueger Home
Mr and Mrs LeRoy Thomas and their son of Muscatine visited the Edward Krueger home over Sunday, sharing a weekend gathering with extended family and friends.
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Fairbank
Celia
Ella Lehman
LeRoy Thomas
Muscatine
Edward Krueger
Dinner guests at John Falb home Monday
Allen Habeger and J F Bailey attended a dinner at the John Falb residence on Monday, according to local social notes.
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Allen Habeger
J. F. Bailey
John Falb
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Feller’s Hardware
West
Will Cooley
Fred
Iowa City
Rudy Lehman
Adolph and
Arthur
Ern Baumgartner
Martin Wenger
Elmer
Earl Meyer
Chicago
Century of Progress
Dale DeSart
Lennox
West Union
Ray Eggert
Waterloo Courier
Echo Office
Ray
Courier
A. M. Butler
Dows
N. M. Fritz
McGregor
Wild Life School
Butler
Eva Whet‘stone
Fred Kohter
Mr. Ohler
Gordon Mosby
Leach Lake
Gordon
Rock Valley
Towa
Toma Feller
West Elgin
Elizabeth McMillan
Fayette Monday
Sister
Winifred
Heston
L. Heston
Mechanicssville
Allen Wertz
Rodman
Iowa City Hospital
George Klock
la Porte City
Long Beach
Calif
Gottfred Zangger
Albert Schori
Gerald
B. J. Baumgartner
Edward C. Olzen
Robert Edward
Marie
Evelyn Dennler
Allyria
Wadena
Oak Grove
Playue
Schori
Baptist Church
Nile
McLaughlin
Monarch
Kohler Elgin
M. E. Church Notes
Ihyria
Henry Holzer
Malwitz
Mrs. Heitman
Madison, S. D
Tille Hanson
Elmer Hoag
Decorah Hospital
Office
Elgin Echo
Mason
Kerr
Ideal
Castile
Max Ohoma
Elgin, Iowa
Rhomberg’s
Northern Seas
Rhombergs
White Ste
Dubuque
Goodyear
Goodyear Speedway
Torkelson Bros
Iowa
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