Community notices reflect visits and events around town
A flurry of weekend visits fills the community pages as Mary Larson, Eda Zurbriggen, the Falks, and many locals welcome friends and relatives from Osssian, Decorah, Chicago, and Chicago area. Travel, hospital stays, birthdays, anniversaries, and holiday plans populate a broad scan of townspeople and households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Larson
Osssian
Delbert Lyons
Eda Zurbriggen
Donald Jensen
West Union
Fred Schultz
Post~ville
John Falk
J. J. Snyder
Decorah
Fred R. Berg
Waterolo
Edwin P. Anderson
John Barnhouse
Erginard
Lew Gruver
E. L. Morris
Marqnette
Dubuque
Constance Hutchinson
Chicago
Mae Bopp
Constance
L. S. Hutchinson
Charles Wenger
Lou
Joe Becker
Madison
Wis
H. F. Becker
Joe
University Hospital
Wy ria Church Christmas Program and Services
J J Snyder minister Grace Foxwell pianist lead Sunday school at 10 16 a m worship at 11 15 a m The Christmas program is scheduled for Monday evening at 8 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Snyder
Grace Foxwell
St Pauls M E Church Christmas Program Monday Evening
The St Pauls M E Church announces a Christmas program Monday evening at 7 30 oclock led by Minister J J Snyder and pianist Mrs Louis Klingman. Worship begins at 10 oclock a m with Sunday school at 11 oclock. Choir practice is set for Thursday evenings and all are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
Louis Klingman
Elgin Baptist Church Christmas Week Schedule
Elgin Baptist Church announces a busy Christmas week with prayer meetings on Thursday and Sunday. The choir rehearses at 9 p.m. and English services are at 10 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. A luncheon follows the 12:15 p.m. service and the B Y P A meets at 8:45 p.m. Christmas program rehearsals are planned and Mrs Casper Stocr of Estherville has died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Jacob
Casper Stocr
Estherville
Elgin
Second Illyria Fairfield Farm Bureau Training Held
The second training school for farm bureau women led by H D A Miss Lewis and Mrs W 8 Rothlisberger met Friday Dec 14 with nine Illyria and ten Fairfield attendees. Topics covered costs of adequate meals and practical food planning. Lunch was served. Fairfield hosts next session Feb 8 at Mrs Louis Nusa's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Miss Lewis
Illyria
Balfe
Fairfield
Louis Nusa
Denver mint robbery solved by prison and death record
The 1922 Denver mint heist involved $200000 in currency and five men and two women, all now either imprisoned or dead. Harvey Batley, linked to Charles Urschel kidnaping, reportedly drove the robbers’ car. The piece contemplates moral reflections on viewpoints and kindness amid criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Mint
Harvey Batley
Charles F. Urschel
Relief rules urge pension, vehicle, and beer limits
The Chickasaw county board of supervisors may require old age pension applicants to file immediately or lose relief. Relief recipients with autos must surrender license plates and stop driving. The paper urges further that relief users avoid beer parlors, citing a reported incident of a relief worker buying drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Elgin Cooperative Company
Iowa
Dead Moines
High Bridge
T. V. Power
Alcatraz
Santa
Old Age Assistance Board
Clarence Moser
Strawberry Point
Moser
Clayton County
Clayton Co
Register
Buckles
Firestone Tire Co
Repass
Bowes
Towa
Lew Wallace
State Motor Vehicle Department
Chickasaw
Nashua
Conscripting Wealth as War Measure Proposed
The writer praises President Roosevelt for a plan to conscript wealth and industrial resources the same as men in war. He argues that removing profits from war could deter future conflicts and urges support for the president’s plan to take all profit out of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
United States
Ociwein Register
Untitled reminiscence on fashion and gender roles
A fragment reflecting on historical gender norms and attire, musing about lingerie and social status. The speaker speculates on women’s positions and justice, contrasting past expectations with modern trends and ladders to success. The tone is ironic and contemplative about gender power dynamics.
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Lyle Wilson
Walter Kohls
W. C. Falk
Helene Scholz
Cedar Rapids
Marquette
Verle Kniel
Anna Rennison
Princeton
Celia Rennison
J. Service
Washington, D. C
P. D. McKellar
Minneapolia
Minn
Hattie McKellar
Phoenix
Ariz
John Falb
Hang Keiser
M. Zurbriggen
C. S. Kniel
Verle
Anna Falb
Charles Beucher
William Ewing
Paul
Bert Watera
Postville
Dorothy Olson
Ernestine Holzer
George Falb
Falk
Bobby Falb
Nathy
Jean . C. Falb
H. W. Falb
Jean
Manor House
Kohler Ergin
Wyria Church
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
Elgin Baptist Church
Second Illyria-Fairfield Training School
Feller's Hardware
Strutwear and Allen A
Richelieu
Marx Shoma
Elgin, Iowa
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