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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1936

Page

2

Wadena and area residents host visitors and events

Wadena residents host guests from Bloomington and Arlington visiting Mrs Marie Dwyer Tom Baldwin homes. Tele phon e operators meeting held in Straw berry Point. Numerous social events include auctions bridge cards and pot luck dinners. Local youths, church and school activities noted with prizes and honor rolls among families in Wadena and nearby towns.

Dave Baldwin Patricia Bloomington Wis Marie Dwyer Tom Baldwin Roy Leonhart Strawberry Point P. W. Raftis Oelwe Arthur Herrling Auction Bridge Club Albert Felder A. J. Knutson A. G. Herring Pred Ernst Norma Arlington Walter Ernst Glen Minger West Union Robert Cramies Whittenbaugh Robert Whittenbaugh Dick Gage Lima Luther Crandall Hayter Oelwein Presbyterian Church S. V. Carnock Dubuque Seminary Lena Aeschliman Wenger Illyria William Minnie Fennell Chicago Robert Bigler Elwood Aeschliman Dubuque

Retirement Resolution Honors Fred Reichert at Elgin Farmers' Dairy

Stockholders of the Elgin Farmers Dairy Company of Elgin Iowa express thanks for 42 years of service by Fred Reichert who served as director for two years and president for forty. The resolution dated December 5 1936 acknowledges his faithful leadership and directs copies to be published in the Elgin Echo and presented to Mr Reichert.

Longtime Elgin Farmers Dairy official retires after 42 years

The Elgin Farmers Dairy Company of Elgin Iowa announces the retirement of a director for the first two years and 46 years as secretary plus several years as treasurer due to ill health. Stockholders express gratitude for forty two years of faithful service and wish him improved health and happiness as Luchsinger steps down on December 5 1936 at the annual meeting.

Whestad Naeneingers Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company Elgin Farmers Dairy Company Elgin Iowa Elgin Echo Luchsinger Elgin Farner’ Dairy Ca

Live Communities Are Not Accidents

An editorial from West Bend Journal argues that thriving towns rely on home trade and local business. It warns that patronizing mail order and distant stores hurts town growth, land values, and community welfare, stressing neighborly support and local institutions as a path to a stable, desirable locality.

Africa Tunities West Bend Journal

Retiring Elgin Farmers' Dairy Director Honored

Henry Frieden, longtime director of the Elgin Farmers Dairy Company in Elgin Iowa, retires after over twenty years of service. At the December 1936 stockholders meeting, the board expresses thanks and appreciation for his faithful, untiring leadership toward modernizing the plant and advancing the corporation.

Henry Frieden Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company Elgin Farmer Dairy Company Elgin Iowa

Elgin Farmers Dairy Stockholders Report May Be Published

A fragment notes time and services rendered by a director over a long period and requests a copy for publication at the Elgin Fedo, with another copy to be presented to Mr Frieden. The reference appears within a stockholders notice for Elgin Farmers Dairy Co.

Elgin Fedo Frieden Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Co

Illinois bill aims to ban wooden coaches on rail lines

A January proposal in the Illinois legislature would prohibit wooden coaches on elevated and surface electric lines following a Chicago elevated train wreck that killed 10 and injured more than 60. The piece notes readers’ fatigue with ongoing coverage and the newspaper’s need to sell extra papers.

Ilnois Chicago

Shenandoah Park spans 176 429 acres in Virginia

The Shenandoah National Park lies entirely in Virginia covering 176 429 acres and extending from a point near Front Royal to near Waynesboro. It contains waterfalls streams mountains valleys canyons meadows hollows and gaps offering varied scenery.

Shenandoah National Park Shenandoah Virginia Front Royal Waynesboro

Sheep Forecasters Among Weather Wise Animals

A humorous note describes sheep as among the most reliable weather forecasters. It claims they sense approaching rain by gathering under hedges or trees even before clouds appear and stay there until the downpour ends.

Determination Means A Tick Right When You Are Right

A compact reflection on determination as a steady stance that rewards correctness with a confident mark and prompts fresh grips when errors occur, emphasizing persistence and self discipline in pursuit of accuracy.

Newport jail inmate money mystery baffles officers

In Newport Kentucky a one year old inmate named Sam Malusch sparked intrigue by producing money from nothing. Police searched him multiple times finding no cash, then he handed a guard a five dollar bill for cigarettes, followed by a ten dollar bill. Over a week he waved a total of 98 dollars in cash despite repeated frisk searches.

Newport Sam Malusch Cold Spring Malusch

Breeds of Goats in Swiss Regions and Varieties

In northeast Switzerland within St. Gallen Toggenburg district a true Toggenburg breeder resides. The Sannen derives from the Sanen valley and other breeds include Alpine buck Alpine and Noblan.

Toggenburg Canton of St. Paul Switzerland Qhertoggenburg Sannen Switzerhind

Parole History From English Colonies to Norfolk Island

The history of parole traces to the ticket of leave system in New South Wales around 1790 and the mark system devised by Captain MaConochie at Norfolk Island in 1840, where prisoners earned conditional liberation through good behavior.

New South Wales

Black Bass Eggs Deposited by Black Bags

The bureau of fisheries reports that from 2000 to over 10000 eggs are deposited by a single black bag depending on size, with a hatching period of one to three weeks.

Bureau of Fsheries

Phosphate Mining in French Morocco Large-Scale Operation

French Morocco mines phosphate rock on a large scale, supporting regional industry and export potential. The operation highlights significant bulk extraction and processing activities shaping the local economy.

French Morocco

White Sulphur Springs in early American history

White Sulphur Springs sits on a fertile plateau near the Allegheny crest with a natural east west passage. The area, once remote, saw sanguinary combat as Revolutionary patriots clashed with English soldiers, leaving the soil drenched in blood.

United States

Denials and Negatives in a Dark Voice

A reflective fragment on denial and negation, suggesting self-erasure when seeking certainty. The lines juxtapose giving up conviction with becoming a negation, contrasted with calls for a voice and light in a communal sense. The piece reads as a meditation on identity and response.

Men with facial crucifix tattoos in northeast Shberia

Still men display facial crucifix tattoos, such as the Chukehl people of northeastern Shberia, reflecting cultural adornment and identity.

Fermented Milk Beverage Seen Used Across Regions

Clarence Kohls of Volga City visited on the afternoon business. A note mentions a Turkish Persian Caucasus beverage made from milk with a special ferment used as a medicinal agent in the country.

Turkey Persia Caucasus Clarence Kohls Volga City

Who Is Next Call at Kiple's Service Station Saturday

A local promotion urges residents to call at Kiple's Service Station on Saturday evening to win a $2.00 cash prize. The ad also notes underpricing on tires chains and tubes.

Kiple

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Wadena Legion Auxiliary Tancheon Helen Willis Harold Marrow Waucoma Mildred Minihan Luella Dahlgren Mayme Molumby James Bowles George Eleanor Damke Delwein Will Frey Robert Frey M. J. Frey Mike Leonhart la Fonda Gell Weet Union Maggie Whittenbaugh Alden Gell la Fonda United Brethren Church Herman Larson Henry Larson Kithy High Schior Marybelle Aylsworth Mary Dicey Leonhart Virginia Messerli Burdepa Moore Virginia Herwig Dorothy Minihan Mary Snif Fin Nellie Whittenbaugh Irene Kennedy Jean Jones Betty Minihan Earl Runge Gladys’ Shafter Francis Walters Elkader Thad Walters Oclwein Dale Minger Forest Moore Vayette Harry Grimes Carrol Grimes Don Henry Fred Reichert Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company of Elgin Towa Lerehy Reichert Eddie Wally Kildall Mother Hubbard Falb’s Syam Tee America Zenith Grimm & Hellum Elgin, Iowa
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