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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1938
Page
8
There are two different chiropractors named R Withell D C offering X Ray and Neurocalometer services at the Biate Bank Building Elkader Iowa.
Cheery Valley notes list visitors and guests across several households including the Butikofer and Frieden families. Frequent gatherings occur at the Butikofer, Frieden, and Mason homes with multiple guests and supper events cited. Aileen Frieden underwent tonsil removal at Decorah hospital, and community members share visits, cards, and hospitality throughout the week.
Gladys entertained guests including Mrs Ernest Christer Mrs Orlin Mason Mrs Frank Christen Clara Muehlenthaler and Lucy Christen at a Thursday luncheon party for Lucy Christen's birthday anniversary. Harry Butikofer visited the Lawrence Butikofer home last week. Robert Gehring of Kenmare N D visited with his father Jacob Gehring Sr and other relatives.
Mrs. Walter Dennler returned from Iowa City after goiter surgery. Locals attended funerals in St Olaf and mixed visits across Oak Grove, including Dennler and Nydegger families, Brabham, Powell, Wilson, King, Thoman, Kohls, Schupbach, and many others. Community members hosted and visited kin in Cedar Falls, Volga City, El kader, West Union, Illyria, Epworth, Dubuque, and nearby towns with birthday and Legion Auxiliary activity noted.
Illyria residents Mr and Mrs L C Popenhagen of Anamosa visited their daughter Mrs Walter Medberry and family Sunday. Rex Medberry and family spent Sunday at Mr and Mrs E E Kelly near Lima. D. visited his sister Mrs Fred Schneider and family Sunday night.
Local families gather for dinners and visits across West Union and Arlington. Postponed Farm Bureau and Progressive Home Study sessions shift to Alton Medberry home, while Cemetery association supper and program draw a large crowd at the church Friday. Families and guests include Yearous, Rothlisberger, Doty, Kimball, and Shaffer households with multiple dinners and birthday tributes.
Brainard Items Chesley Boyer and Beatrice Boyer spent Sunday with Mrs. George Boyer at Waucoma. Numerous dinner guests gathered Sunday to honor Ethel’s mother at the Boyle and Nutting households. Visits include Mrs. Herman Boyer and Stanley in John Howard’s home and several Clermont and Cresco residents.
Marian Patterson guest of Gladys Year Ons Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ruthledge hosted Thursday afternoon in the Joe Peters home. Wilson, Marian Patterson, Elizabeth and Winnefred Mc Millan visited in Delwe Saturday. Mrs. Grace Howard stayed Tuesday to Sunday in Louis Becker home. Brainard church notes report Sunday school at 10 30 a m and preaching at 8 p m with choir practice Friday. Rev A R Belknap pastor.
Texas hunters argue the genuine wild pig is the peccary not the razorback. They say protection has increased its numbers in the only U S areas where it is found. Its range is limited to southern Texas Arizona and New Mexico.
Bone is 27 percent water and twice as strong as oak. Early fish hooks were made from bone before metal. A vast material from crushed bones financed the construction of the "white bones lowers" in Liangzhow, China.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, is the largest city south of the equator and the largest Spanish speaking city worldwide. It embodies exuberant wealth and extravagance, with one fifth of Argentina’s population residing there.
Chicago gathering of American Butter Institute members last week featured Miss Betty Roberts posing with a butter sculpture figure.
In Florida a small hamlet post office twenty miles east of Orlando gains fame for its Yuletide mail flow. Postmaster Jamnita Tucker says letters arrive from all parts of the country and from abroad to be postmarked and mailed to every state and many foreign destinations.
Hals Myron A. Johnson of Boone becomes the first Iowan to win the national livestock achievement prize. He handled 18 baby beeves 60 sheep cattle and corn across 31 judging and demonstration events earning 142 county and state entries and $1010 in prizes plus a $300 college scholarship. He attended the National Club Camp in Washington and plans to study at Iowa State College.
A proverb-like meditation emphasizes respecting every person and recognizing that each moment and object has its proper place. It urges humility and attentiveness to social roles and timing. The piece reflects a timeless ethic on judgment and order.
A descriptive piece portrays panthers as elusive predators roaming jungles and village outskirts. It notes their rarity in sighting, frequent involvement in village incidents, and the ease with which they can be domesticated when treated gently.
Collier's Weekly debunks a common belief that each star on the American flag stands for a specific state and that stars are arranged by statehood order. It argues the stars symbolize the union as a whole, with no government document supporting a contrary claim.
The epicontinental seas are shallow seas covering continental shelves and have periodically covered large portions of continents in geological past. In contrast the deep seas have been more persistent across Earth's history.
Honey is employed in chewing tobacco and cigarettes as well as cosmetics and tobacco pipe curing. It finds use in shaving cream and golf balls, while the wax serves in can dies cosmetics honeycomb foundations polishes and insulation.
The piece identifies major American marble sources in Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut New York Georgia and Tennessee. It notes the geographic spread of quarries and the distribution of marble products across industries with regional emphasis on supply.
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