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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
8
E R Withell D C Chiropractor offers X Ray and Neurocalometer services at the State Bank Building Elkader Iowa. The ad notes a difference in chiropractic practitioners and invites patients to compare care and methods.
A long list of guests and locals attend gatherings at homes in Illyria and surrounding areas. Residents and visitors from West Union Waterloo Scio McMinnville Ardmore and Knoxville share meals socials and weekend visits while ranch and farm families host kin and friends, including 114 farmers touring the middle west from Baton Rouge.
The Oak Grove column lists multiple family gatherings and birthday anniversaries. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Howard and related families hosted a picnic at Forest Shaffer's home for Mrs. J. M. Shaffer’s birthday. Other visits include Dennler at Wilder home near Wadena, Gilson gatherings honoring birthday dates, and threshing helpers being fed by Mrs. Seevell and Mrs. Dennler.
Florence Thoma visited her grandparents the Winklers while Sunday found Mrs. Jim Muncie hosting. West Union visitors included Frank Boyle with George Howard, and Harry and Donald Gilson called on several local homes. Families from Elkader Volga City Wadena and Dennison joined multiple picnics and dinners at homes and fair grounds, honoring Mrs. C H Wilson and sharing meals with numerous neighbors.
Cheery Valley News lists numerous social calls and visits from Wednesday to Sunday. Families including Butikofer, Christen, Frieden, Friederich, Mason, and others traveled between Elka der, El Kader, Oakville, La Grange, Iowa City, and Arlington. Guests shared meals and evenings at multiple homes, with several families hosting relatives and friends.
Community members attended social visits at multiple homes Sunday including Dennler, Christen, Hanson, and Wenger households. Relatives Leo Dennler and Dan Butikofer family guests, with Harold Meyer from Gutawberry Point staying over weekend.
Brainard items list visits and weekend stays in homes across West Union Clermont and McGregor. Names include Brick Veasy Patterson Kjosa Paterson Archer Barnhouse Olson and multiple Boyer, Helms, and Appelman households with gatherings at McGregor Oelwein and the West Union fair grounds.
Mr and Mrs Louis Becker and family spent Sunday in the Chas Peters home. Brainard Church Notes report Sunday school at 10 30 and preaching at 8 p m. The Quiet Hour club meets Tuesday evening with Mrs Ray Gilbert as leader. Church members Rev C A Belknap and Rev and Mrs J C Warton and family travel to Clear Lake for several weeks in a cottage. Allen Habeger Gene and Joe Habeger visit Hollis Finch home in Fayette Sunday evening. Mrs C B Schori and Ben visit Fayette to see Carrie Whitney and Carl Cox. Ben will visit relatives in Calmar. C E B Brockhausen of Chicago and his mother Mrs Louise Brockhausen of Freeport Ill come to Elgin to visit Hulda Stoehr. they then travel to Lansing for a visit and return to Elgin for about a week. Albert Magdefrau Jr of Green Bay and Jim Magdefrau of Wayland, visiting Mr and Mrs John F Berndt, come to Elgin. Jim goes to Oelwein Friday to meet his parents. The Magdefraus return to Elgin and leave Sunday for Wisconsin.
Vitamins in raw apples noted as vitamin A and C sources. Early shorthand by David Robertson on the Virginia convention of 178?. A playful entry mentions Uncle Ab on spending and balance. The jumping mouse Zapus hudsoni is highlighted for leaping forty times its body length. Comenius’ 1657 Pictured World is cited as an early picture book.
The passage notes Herodotus describing gottan as wool from wild trees in India and an aside about boastful ancestors. An uncle remarks that many who brag of lineage have little else to claim.
New York District Attorney Thomas Dewey broke a 16 month silence to outline a ruthless mob war led by Lepke Buchalter and Gurrah Sapiro. The statement followed the slaying of Irving Penn, a music publisher, seen as a move to purge mob ranks and eliminate witnesses including state witness Philip Orlovsky.
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