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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
8
In Elkader Iowa a report outlinesDe Shere and a chiropractic debate focusing on X ray use and Neurocalometer readings amid local interest. The piece notes Hank Bidg as a referenced figure in the discussion with emphasis on health claims and regional reactions.
Cheery Valley residents keep busy with visits and hosting across farms and towns. Several families, including Peeper Dennler Lehman and Christensen households, share Sunday dinners and weekend calls while Dorothy Minihan heads to Chicago for work. Walter Christen treatment noted. Hilda Meyer helps at jewelry store in Strawberry Point. many neigbors visit, host, or travel to Des Moines and Rock Valley for fairs and family events.
Illyria residents and relatives are listed visiting and hosting family and friends across Iowa Wisconsin and neighboring states. Visitors include Fred Schneider Ruth Betty Jacob Lavern L C Popenhagen Eva Ernst Walter Malkow and multiple Rothlisberger family members with weekend stays and long journeys to Madison Cedar Falls and the Iowa state fair.
A precinct of social visits is recorded with numerous families hosting relatives. Grace Foxwell returned to Clarence Groesbeck’s home after a week with her mother Nellie Foxwell. Ella Foxwell stayed with Charlotte Medberry in Fayette. guests included Alfred Johnson Fred Rothlisberger Rosanna Rothlisberger at Ed Gehring’s. Walter Mitts Milo Nicholas visited Jasper Mitts. Ida Frieden aided with house work for Mrs Walter Medberry. Helen Kilcher Eleanor Martin from near West Union and Reynold Strong visited at Madison South Dakota with Howard Johnsons. Harold Glass family hosted at Glen Meyen’s Dundee. Arthur Yestous hosted relatives from Fort Collins and Sloan.
Doris Johnson and Maxine Nelson visited in Roy Leuchtener home last Thursday. Many local families hosted and were hosted for Sunday dinners and weekend visits across Oak Grove, West Union, Cedar Rapids, Sabetha, and nearby towns. Attendees included Bert Reed and Eva Reed from Ponca City, and Delbert Chapman, Delbert Arthur, and numerous Gilson and Thoman family members at various homes and parks. Elmer Nelson traveled to Inwood for his mother’s funeral. Janesville Wisconsin visits were noted.
Louis Dennler home hosts Thursday gathering with the Tommy Howard residence. Mrs Earl Kiple and Mrs Earl Eaton with children travel to Mc Gregor to visit their brother Dr Reu ben Reusser. A pre-nuptial shower for Corane Rothlisberger is held at Illyria church with many attendees including Mrs J M Shaffer Mrs How ard Shaffer and Mrs Harry Gilson. Harry Gilson and family host visitors and a Winkler party visits the Gilson home Saturday evening.
Brainard church notes summarize local visits and illness. Mrs S S Patterson returns home from West Union hospital after shoulder dislocation and will not use her arm for about three months. Numerous neighbors and relatives, including Nuttings, Olson, Paulson, Bartlett, Reed, Moats, and Belknap, shared visits. Marian Patterson returns from Cedar Falls. church services held by Rev C A Belknap at 8 p.m. Sunday with Sunday school at 10:30 a.m.
Henry Christianson and Mrs. G Seeley with children from Waseka Wisconsin were weekend guests in the Arthur Landsgard home, sharing time with local family members and friends.
Relatives and friends visited in various homes over the weekend. Cattle were hauled to Ossian for T T Loftsgard. Several guests stayed with the Nelson and Kirke berg households. Mildred Halverson celebrated her fifteenth birthday with many friends and gifts. A Luther League picnic occurred at Decorah and Delores Nyborg planned a Des Moines trip while entering a beauty contest at the state fair.
The 211 million bushel apple crop of 1937 was largest on record and risked ruinous prices. A surplus drive by chain and independent stores moved the tonnage, raised the seasonal average by at least five cents a bushel, and put 10.5 million dollars into growers' pockets, per the American Fruit Grower.
A fragment notes that Dutch fish canning preceded the broader canning movement attributed to Nicholas Apperil, the so called father of canning, and that sealed containers helped launch modern food preservation in Holland and beyond.
A government survey covers 8,000,000 urban structures and finds over half were built before 1916 and one quarter before 1895. The Northeast has the highest share built before 1915 around sixty percent, while the Southwest shows the lowest at about thirty-one percent.
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