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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1937
Page
8
Cheery Valley News records a flurry of Sunday and weekend visits among local families. Numerous interactions include Gehring, Leuchtenmacher, Dennler, Christen, Hanson, Butikofer, Fraiderich, and Wenger couples hosting gatherings and sharing dinners and card games. A birth notice for a daughter to Milton Voelker is noted at Postville hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Craft visited Marshalltown last Friday to stay until after holidays in the Ray Gilbert home. Raymond Mays, Mrs. Mays, Nuttings hosted an oyster supper Saturday. Gladys Yearous of Elgin visited Sidney Patterson's Sunday. Don Cummings spent Friday with Harry Stillman. Joe Peters family and Mrs. Nutting and Jimmie dined with Frank Lyon Wednesday. Rev. Clair Brown of Manchester was supper guest in Sidney Nutting’s Tuesday. Lola Hoyer has been in town the past week.
Sunday school at Brainard Church announces a Christmas program after Sunday school. Rev Clair Brown of Manchester will hold services Tuesday evening December 21. Visitors include Mr and Mrs John Barnhoume and families, Sheldon Moats, Millan Gudys, and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kjosa of Clermont.
Local Illyria church plans a Christmas program on Christmas Eve featuring songs by the congregation and a play titled At the Inn. Cast includes Gerald Frieden Glen Yearous Earl Medberry Albert Lee Dennler and others with recitations and instrumental music by local performers.
A reading shows a program featuring Forgetful Earl and Rosella Strong with Marian and Lowell Gehring Kathleen Yearous and Donna Lou Med Vocal Solo. Florence Ogle dialogues with Dewayne Medberry as The Baby Jesus. Bangs and The Stars Pantomime present Silent Night, performed by Norma Thompson.
Local transfers reported within two weeks ending December 10 include Mra Anie Howard Admx transferring to Reuben Howard Admx D for 700 dollars covering lots 1 2 81 and 32 block 7 Conner's Add Elgin and Madge Hall Erwin and husband to Herbert Dummermuth and wife WD for 1 dollar NE SE 20 SE SE NW and NW SE and N 1 2 SW SE and N 1 2 SW and N 1 25E SW and N 1 2 SW SW 21-84-7 ExRry
Report notes Louis Philippe later king of France visited Coshocton Ohio during his exile in the early 19th century. He appeared in the role of a schoolmaster and allegedly shortened his stay after aristocratic notions clashed with frontier democracy.
Reverend John F. O Hara announced a new Doarn scholarship at Notre Dame to aid students in financial need. John Doarn, a 1927 Notre Dame football monogram winner under Knute Rockne, earned his L L B in 1929 and died after a 1935 heart attack in Omaha Nebraska. the scholarship gift comes from his mother Mrs A J Doarn of the Conant Hotel.
Hutchinson Minnesota provoked wide comment by erecting a statue of Indian Chief Little Crow, leader of the 1862 massacre. The Park Board arranged the monument honoring a man seen as remarkable in many respects. Boy artist Leslie Kouba molds the concrete statue in the photograph.
A Kansas City Star piece traces ostrich plumes and fans as 19th century fashion icons from Egypt to Cape Colony. It explains the early ranching boom beginning in 1880, the value of wing and tail plumes, and the humane clipping methods used to harvest feathers without harming birds.
The Boston Herald quotes Walter Damrosch praising music as both servant and master of life and death. He declares music as the breath of prayer, war, love, and worship, shaping souls and guiding humanity through every aspect of existence.
In Sofia at least twelve clubs for the poor organize funerals and ensure a proper send off for members. The popular groups include Last Aid and Last Duty. Members contribute funds for funeral costs, a meal, hearse, flowers, and to join the procession.
In Kashuiir forests, hunters use a narrow necked rice jar to trap clever monkeys. A greedy monkey reaches in for a single handful, then cannot withdraw as the fist cannot pass the jar neck, ensuring capture when approached.
The electric ray is described as the worst shark type fishermen face. It grows up to four feet across, delivers electric shocks via its tail, and has a whip like tail with a poisonous sting. It is often caught in nets and valued for its skin used to make jade shagreen.
A man who wants to count for anything must stand where he can be counted. When right and wrong divide a community, he must choose a side and cannot be on both without harming his manhood. A once spoken sinner may do less harm than a cowardly giant.
On Friday December 24 customers paying cash will receive a free candy bar with purchases. Also 105 percent off on all book accounts settled that date. Visit Kiplea Service Station in Foller'n Hardware, West Elgin to see oil coal and wood burning tank heaters and more.
A fragmented line about happiness and gratitude notes that joy arrives after silly moments. It observes how every happy face prompts thanks to heaven, reflecting a whimsical mood rather than a clear event or report. The text lacks concrete names or places.
The chorus girl and stage-door world of Broadway began in 1808 with the premiere of The Black Crook in New York. The show featured one hundred American girls and marked the start of Broadway as a major theatrical entertainment hub.
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