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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
8
An Elkader Iowa advertisement highlights J. R. Withell D C Chirofractor offering X ray and Neurocalometer services at the State Bank Building. The copy contrasts approaches of different chiropractors in the area.
Oak Grove residents hosted friends and relatives from Missouri to Illinois in a flurry of Sunday visits and weekday gatherings. Families including the Howards, Wilsons, Weigands, Butikofer, Frieden, Pollocks, Mingers, and Bennets shared meals, meetings, and casual calls. Local teachers, Legion members, and ladies’ aid groups also held events in community homes and churches.
Jimmie Wilson is visiting this week at the home of his grandfather Vern Northrup in Arlington.
A longlist of visits and social events unfolds in Farmersburg and nearby towns as Harold Glass and relatives host and entertain guests from Oregon to Garner. Extended families attend picnics, birthdays, and fairs, with trips to Mason City and Decorah noted along the way.
A group including Mrs Walter Rothlisberger and others had a picnic at Echo Valley park last Tuesday. Last Thursday morning the Mitts family head to Elgin when the back car door opened, causing Aldine Mitts to fall onto gravel and roll into a ditch, yielding scrapes and a headache.
Cheery Valley residents share visits with relatives and friends across nearby towns. Mrs. Francis Corkery and daughters joined Mary Kennedy of Wadena in the Martin Minihan home, Alma Hanson stayed with Aunt Orlin Mason, and many families from Volga Fayette Decorah and Quincy hosted dinners and calls.
Last week in the Martin Wenger and Guernsey Smith homes Fred and Edwin Hanson spent Sunday with Oscar Baumgartner. Junior Hanson spent the weekend with Reuben and George Christen.
Grand Meadow: Dorothy Joan Helgerson named in baptism of infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Helgerson. Sponsors listed as Austen Helgerson Irene Helgerson and Sylvan Hoag. Community notices include visits, meals, and social events among local families and relatives across Ames Monona and Inwood areas.
Chicago residents Mr and Mrs Richard Olson and family spent Monday evening at the Ewald Lyngans home. Sophia Groth of Clermont visits Willard Martin home as Echo advertisers patronize to save money. Deaths per mile show a 17 percent decrease since 1925 despite more traffic.
Ogdensburg N Y striking dairymen dump hundreds of gallons of milk in gutters near Ogdensburg as New York City faces a milk shortage. Violence flared upstate with a shooting reported as Mayor Fiorello La Guardia called a conference to resolve the dispute.
The earth measures about 7 900 miles across its axis and the moon about 2 160 miles. The earth’s surface exceeds the moon’s by about 13 percent, its volume about 50 times larger, and its mass roughly 81 times greater due to higher density. Lisbon Portugal features odd street names such as Street of the Little Englishman and Alley of the Faithful of God.
Brilliant has sired several successful race horses. His offspring include Brilliant Plan Miss Brilliant Star Bud Glittering Brilliant Duke and Brilliant Baby. Mas da, the dam, is a full sister of Man o War.
Doctors say perspiration drains salt and salt tablets aid workers in General Motors factories nationwide. The tablets replace the mineral lost in warm weather helping prevent fatigue and dehydration among workers.
The piece notes that about 380,000 retail gasoline outlets exist in the United States, roughly one filling station per mile of paved highway, yet drivers still experience fuel outages and run out of gas.
The article notes General Robert E. Lee had dark brown eyes that sometimes appeared black in certain depictions. It discusses the shading and lighting effects in portraits and references the Confederate leader’s likeness in historic images.
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