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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1928
Page
4
A bustling Elgin social page lists farm bureau church meeting last Thursday, Woodman picnic in Arlington, and numerous visits across Madison Elgin and Chicago. Residents including Rothlisberger Chapman and Brabham families socialize, attend reunions, and host guests from Janesville Elkader and West Union.
Mr and Mrs Earl Dummermuth and son and Mrs Dina Dummermuth stopped at Wm Brabham home Tuesday. Silas Wilson and family visited Tim Thoman Sunday evening. Hazel Howard visited Frances Griesinger in Elgin. Tommy Howard and family were guests at Reuben Howard home Sunday evening. Clint Ambrose and wife of Kansas stayed a week in local homes.
Mr and Mrs Levi Shelton and daughter Mildred of Cedar Rapids visited over Sunday at the Martin Hovey home. Mr and Mrs Ray Thompson and Mrs Flory Thompson came from Chicago to attend the Bartlett reunion. Mr and Mrs John Craft Sr of West Union spent Sunday at the Sarah Helms home. Mrs Alts Thompson of Arlington, Mrs Gladys Simmons and daughter, and Mrs Buelah Towner and son and daughter from Cherokee visited Monday at the Sarah Helms home. Gale Hovey spent Sunday in Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs Sidney Patterson and family attended the East Community Club picnic at the park in West Union Sunday. Merle Martin spent Sat and Sun with Mr and Mrs Reuben Howard. Rev Todd of West Union has been
Julia Wettleson worked a business call in Elkader on Saturday. Clermont residents Mrs. Edwin Olson and others visited, while several households hosted visitors. Parochial school term closed with plans to visit Milwaukee and St. Paul. Multiple social gatherings and outings traced through Clermont, Postville, Oelwein, Monona, and Garnaville with relatives, picnics, dinners, and church events noted.
Town council met in regular session at town hall with Mayor Weibel and five councilmen present. Absent Yenney. Minutes and election board report read and approved. Audited claims include labor on water main from Schupbach Hope Schweitzer Gehring and Schupbach, Chandler Pump Co. materials, Russell Grader Co. blade, Sehori Kuster Shr Co. coal lumber cement, Town League dues, and IT Down salary totaling the listed amounts.
Des Moines officials announced major features for the August 22 to 31 Iowa State Fair. The 1928 exposition will cover over 300 acres with more than 5 million dollars in attractions, including a National Livestock Show, grains and farm exhibit halls, a 2,000-student boys and girls fair, a motor show, educational buildings, and extensive entertainment, races, and fireworks. Attendance is forecast near 500,000, aiming to surpass prior records while railroads offer reduced rates and highways are upgraded.
Nearly 2 000 Jewish farm boys and girls have entered statewide contests for the junior department of the 1923 Iowa State Fair and National Livestock Show set for August 22 to 31. About 1 600 head of livestock and poultry will be shown by junior farmers with judges and 4 H Club participants from 99 counties. Prizes totaling 13327 dollars and 50 cents are offered.
A demonstration at the Iowa State Fair will showcase operating an automobile by radio from an aircraft overhead. The 90 airplane will transmit signals to start the car, shift gears, turn on lights, sound the horn, and stop, with no operator in or near the vehicle. Demonstrations run daily at the new State Fair Amphitheater beginning August 22.
The Iowa State Fair program lists daily big racing events across auto, motorcycle, harness and running disciplines. Auto and motorcycle racing open the August 24 program, Derby Day follows on August 25, then harness and running events through August 30, with a final auto and motorcycle day on August 31 offering eight dirt track classics and over twenty thousand dollars in horse racing purses.
The Midwest's largest free campground, able to host 20 000 campers, will reopen August 23 alongside the 1928 Iowa State Fair. It offers city water, electricity, sanitary facilities, a grocery and post office, on 80 acres of rolling bluegrass adjacent to the fairgrounds, expected to be a popular Midwest summer spot.
For the first time since World War the famous Governor's Review will occur this summer at the State Fair. Governor John Hammill and War Department dignitaries will review Iowa's military forces on August 25 at the fairgrounds.
A formal parade will precede the Governor’s box with equipment and units forming the state’s military organization. A military field day follows with teams from across the state. Fast paranit planes from a military aviation field may participate in maneuvers. The review is timed to allow full races and hippodrome features later.
Three young people Miss Margaret Westenberger of Hawkeye Burl Brown and Thomas Wright of West Union were injured when a Ford sedan wrecked after attempting to pass on No 18 west of West Union. All injuries nonfatal with Miss Westenberger remaining in hospital.
A surprise parcel shower was held Monday evening for Miss Edith Grether who wed earlier that week. About twenty friends gathered at her Le Mars Iowa home to present gifts for the newly formed home.
Fragmentary note reflects a moralizing line about personal restraint and self-discipline. No clear individuals, places, or events are identifiable in the readable text.
A British scientist argues the brain is the only part of the human machine that cannot wear out or be overworked, implying it remains safe from fatigue while other parts age or deteriorate. The remark frames the brain as uniquely enduring among body systems.
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