Elgin Local News Highlights Neighbor Notes and Visits
Elgin community gossip column records visits and trips among residents. Mr and Mrs William Garlow of Springfield Ohio spent Friday night with J D Shaffer. Mrs Rudy Johnson and Mrs Melvin Johnson visited family in Friday. several locals traveled to Rochester Minnesota and Mediapolia Iowa to visit relatives and attend events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Garlow
Springfield, Ohio
J.D. Shaffer
Jack Malone
Waterloo
Melvin Johnson
Clermont
Nelsleon
Elmer Pinney
Erma Redwinkle
Rochester
Minn
Boren Sorenson
J. M. Yates
Don Don
Lea Baldwin
Mediapolia
Iowa
J.W
A. A. Jackson
Rose Lea Jackson
Town City
Deane Alfred
Myra Gray
Koevenig
Hespheyines
Elgin
Fort Atkinson
Boise Capper
Postville Herald
Herbert Olson
Elkader
Mrs. Olson
Rudy Johnson
Quotes on folly and human nature from Defoe era
A string of aphorisms on happiness, pride, flattery, temper, money, and wisdom. Observations on how fear, interest, and vanity shape behavior. Notable lines comment on solitude, youth, marriage, and social performance, with dated prose and older spellings.
Assam Bridal Custom Reverses Old Order
A historical note describes Assam bridal rites. The bride wears a jeweled gown and band, while the groom is sought and carried away in triumph. It states tea cultivation dominates Assam life and marriage follows harvest bustle.
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Assam
Telegram facsimile systems tested by Navy and RCA
Several systems for radio telegram facsimile are described. Francia Jenking and the Radio Corporation of America have experimentally used these methods for message exchange and weather map reception on ships. The Post Office department pioneered radio telegram transmission and reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francia Jenking
Radio Corporation of America
Navy Department
Post Office Department
Bait Between Halves Sparks Playful Local Banter
In a Los Angeles Times column, two fair coeds discuss a Trojan player during a U. S. 0. Wildcat game. One teases about pursuing him while the other jokes that her knee caps have long been set for him, hinting at a lighthearted crush amid the college crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Falr
Los Angeles Times
Little Meredith Compares Hen Huddle To Football Play
Meredith explains to her mother that when the chicks grow cold they huddle under the mother hen, a scene she likens to boys playing football on the playground. The simple comparison reflects a child's cheerful observation during a farm visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meredith
The Treasurer's Way at Neighborhood Theater
A theater treasurer describes a quirky habit after a patron left change on the counter. He explains he raps on the window with a sponge to handle such situations. Variety notes the anecdote as a quirky governance moment.
Expert Testimony Wite Sparks Domestic Chaos
A quarrel erupts as a wife confronts a hostess about infidelity claims. The husband reportedly hides in a room as tensions rise. The confrontation centers on accusations of cheating and personal impropriety.
Not me I can get three for a dime
A brief dialogue about dime novels and a joke on career prospects in genealogy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
M E Church Notes Public Worship and Conference
The M E church holds public worship at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 a m Mrs R P Strauch hosts the Ladies Aid Society Thursday afternoon in the church parlors The fourth quarterly conference of St Pauls M E and Ill Yr ia church met after a basket dinner with large attendance and high reports Dr Chalice district superintendent attended both services presiding and commending the churches for a successful year J J Snyder Pastor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Strauch
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal and Illyria
St. Paul's M. E. Church
Chalice
Dubuque
J. J. Snyder
Baptist Church Notes and Activities
Baptist church announces covenant meetings choir rehearsals and Sunday German service with communion. Meal and junior committee gatherings planned. prayer meeting and ladies aid meeting at Clermont. Epworth League to meet at Chapman home. budget pledges due Sept 18 may clear year of debt. Ziba Tripp and Harry Palmer escorted their wives from Janesville to visit relatives then returned Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Wesley Miller
Clermont
Ziba Tripp
Harry Palmer
Janesville
Wis
Elgin visitors attend West Bend fair and ball game
The West Bend Journal notes Elgin residents from Max Hunsberger and Mrs. Sherlock with two children visiting the John Kohler home. Elgin sent many townsfolk to see Calmar play ball, the day’s main event. Walter Reusser moved to 684 Walnut Street Waterloo, likely to continue teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Hunsberger
Elgin
Chris Sherlock
Algona
John Kohler
West Bend
Calmar
Walter Reusser
Iowa City
Walnut Street
Waterloo
Reusser
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Lloyd Swartley
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Hans Grethar
Fred Wenger
Emmetsburg
Virginia
Volga City
Beas Stohhr
Kohler's
Kohler’s
Louis Klingman
Charles Jones
Oelwein
Otto Olson
Anna DeSart
Dorothy
Edgar Riser
Postville
Gratrude Grether
Palmer
Iows
Henry Helmer
Rock Valley
Wm. Baumgartner
Louis E. Bigler
Wadena
Arizone
F. D. Welch
Harry Wenger
Cedar Rapids
Welch
Elgin Public
Elgin High School
W. C. Falk
Fothergill Place
Max Thoma
Elgin, Iowa
Flatterera
Goea
DeFoe
Genealogical Society
Ladies’ Home Journal
M. E. Church Notes
Baptist Church
Ph. Lauer
Myria
Epworth League
Arthur Chapman
Aaa
J.J. Snyder
Harry Gleim
Burlington
J. D. Shaffer
Gordon Mosby
Efford Hunsberger
Edna Hunsberger
Wall
South Dakota
George Stone
Focal
Kohler’s Store
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