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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1923
Page
4
Local notes recount Marie Frieden visiting a bar friend Ruth Schneider in Allen last Friday. Many residents, including Fred Schneider and family, L. V. Humphry, Ida Wenger, and Ruth Rothlisberger, visit relatives in Elkader West Union Decorah St. Lucas and Fort Atkinson. The piece closes with community reflections on a successful 4th Annual Day and upcoming Sunday services.
Mr and Mrs Martin Hovey and son Beverly drove to Calmar Sunday. A number from here attended the picnic at Alyria Friday. Mr and Mrs George Tripp attended the reunion at West Union last Tuesday. Albert Dummermuth shipped a car of ham from this station Saturday night. Mrs Sheldon Boyle and two daughters were passengers for West Union Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Emock Helms left for Minneapolis to make that place their future home. Thelma Lyons, visiting near West Union, returned home Tuesday. News reached of the Albin Crain family of Oelwein losing their daughter, who had been ill for some time. this is the second death in the family recently. Sympathy to the bereaved family.
The Strawberry Point Press reports a $15,000 town bond proposal to buy land, modernize the power house, and convert to alternating current failed by 8 votes amid low turnout of just over 200 ballots.
Local residents report visits and gatherings across Elkader West Union Wagner and surrounding townships. Oscar Nyborg did business in Elkader while Billy Miller decorated interiors in Elgin. many trips to West Union Saint Olaf and Fayette noted along with a Dorcas Society event and an auto accident with no serious injuries.
Mrs. Reinhart and Mary returned home Tuesday from Pentyidle. Miss Georgia Roberts of Oelwein visits Florence Baumgartner. A barn dance occurred at the George Leuchtenmacher place Saturday night. Albert Butikofer and family visited Toreld Lehman Sunday evening. Fred Obersox and family stayed Tuesday night at Fred Nydegger’s near Elgin. Martin and Elfen Hanson with Lillian Frieden went on an outing to Guttenberg last Saturday. Gottfred Frieden and family along with Mr and Mrs Gotlieb Pulfer were dinner guests at Pred Frieden’s Sunday. Sam Butikefer and family and Emil Moore left Friday by auto for a visit with relatives in Fairfax, Minnesota. Marie Muehlenthaler, visiting here and at Slater, returned to her home in Hohenwald Tennessee last week. Paul Bossard, Gertrude Muller, Elsie and Helen Butikier attended Evangelical church services at Tlkader Sunday forenoon. Mr and Mrs Alex Yunker and Verna, and Mrs Rikie Miller and Emma of Rock Valley visited Adolph Baumgartner and T Hanson homes. Mr and Mrs Fred Abergox and children arrived Sunday from Shellsburg Wisconsin to visit L Christen and other relatives.
Arnold Bauman and neighbors warn against thefts from gardens vineyards and orchards after multiple depletions. Suspects warned that any culprit will be turned over to the sheriff and prosecuted. Victims urge swift action to protect ripening fruit and deter further vandalism.
A quirky remark notes that resilience of the digestive system is no special trait but a common feature misattributed as extraordinary. It reframes strength as ordinary biology rather than a remarkable skill.
A southeast Asian prince in Annam stored jewels and gold in sealed teak logs sunk in a water basin. He kept two crocodiles to guard the pool, feeding them just enough to stay hungry. Any boy attempting to fish the logs would become prey.
The article notes ants rely on smell via sensory pits in antennae to recognize nestmates and enemies. It describes species with sound-producing organs, including a flelke apparatus on the abdomen, a stridulating organ, a second-segment band of raised lines, leaf-tapping by heads, and scraping their abdomen on dry leaves to generate audible sounds.
A northern visitor in Pinehurst asks an elderly man about the boll weevil. The old man recounts a folk tale claiming the pest beat cotton stalks and that he chased the weevils with a lantern, saying he laid hands on many with a big stick for not moving at once.
The text discusses that a child born abroad to U.S. citizen parents remains a citizen, revisions to citizenship for those traveling, and that a person must be a natural born citizen or a citizen at the Constitution’s adoption to be eligible for the Presidency. It notes Europe’s citizens’ rights and the restriction on naturalized citizens becoming president.
A Westminster organist recalls a lottery story where a girl, claiming a dream guided her, bought a ticket and selected No 28 after dreaming No 7 three times. She explains three sevens total twenty one, then adds it equals the number for her.
Liewallyn Powys praises the Canterbury Yates poem for its intimate Englishness. He notes how deftly it weaves tales with real world encounters and caustic malice, making readers feel part of the company as it travels through Kent.
Keota Hagle argues a Jefferson Social Service League should intervene with professional beggars. A beggar with two withered legs accused of exploiting merchants in Jefferson reveals pensions and ambitions. He previously collected money in Oklahoma, prompting league action to remove him.
Bondurant Iowa inventor B Baker unveils a color light system for cars to show speed at a glance. The device uses colored headlights green blue orange to indicate speeds from under 15 to above 25 mph and is powered by a governor linked to the car. Baker hopes to have it tested by safety experts and made compulsory by state law, at an estimated cost under ten dollars.
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