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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
8
Two jury lists include Elgin jurors Thompson Wadene Gehring Geraldine Behori Hane Winkler Edwin Gunderson Joyce Kerr Gilbert Meyer and Clermont entries for the January trial pool.
Fragmentary notes claim Belgium is smaller than Maryland and can hold two Belgians. It suggests Belgium as an ideal vacation spot for Americans seeking a European country with affordable travel.
Fragmentary notes reference chiropractor practice and a Neurocalometer, with a Bank ride in Eikader Iowa. The terse OCR hints at health devices and local travel linked to a bank event, containing names and places that require clarification from fuller text.
Mr and Mrs L W McKellar of Anoka Minnesota learned their son Glen was ill in a Minneapolis hospital with pneumonia. They traveled to the city to be with him and his wife Mrs Arthur Groth near Decorah hosted dinner guests and many relatives attended a funeral at Lima church for Mrs Roy Hines near Strawberry Point.
A series of household visits and social calls across Cler Mont Cedar Rapids Anamosa and surrounding areas are noted. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Fred Rothlinber ger and others with families visiting relatives such as Mrs Walter Medberry the John Puifer family and the Lembke and Smith households.
Oak Grove residents share a slate of visits and dinners with friends and relatives across West Union and nearby towns. The notices list numerous households hosting guests, including the Leuchtenmachers, Banes, Holzers, Gilsons, Winklers, and Dennlers, with frequent Sunday and Saturday gatherings and casual calls among neighbors.
West Union residents and neighbors filled Sundays with visits and dinners across multiple homes. Melbert and Melbert’s family from West Bend, plus Frank Christen, Bert Thoman, Edwin Hagon, Fred Yost, Jake Christen, John and Will, were part of gatherings in L Christen, Wilbur Lehman, George Schupbach, and Francis Meisner homes. Various trips to Guttenberg and Decorah, plus Chicago work departures, punctuated a season of social visits among the Christen, Butikofer, Dennler, Meisner, Hanson, Lehman, and Minihan families.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Christen and children Lucy and Will Christen Lucille Hanson Francia Schneider Clara Muehlenthaler and Mr and Mrs Fred Nydegger Jr visited the Nydegger home Sunday Ern Bigler and Walter German visited the Ed Metzger and Jake Butikofer homes Friday and were supper guests of Mrs Anna Pulfer.
Recent gatherings show Mr. and Mrs. George Boyle and others visiting Raymond Mays and Arthur Patterson households. Marian Patterson and Carl Appelman joined peers in Nutting and Boyer homes. The Brainard school to stage a Christmas program and play Grandma's Christmas Guests at Brainard Church Friday night December 22.
The Virginia, a two-master of 30 tons built in 1607 at Stage Island near the Kennebec river mouth in Maine, was the first American sailing vessel. She carried a small group of discouraged settlers back to England and made several voyages between America and England.
Scientists at the American Wildlife Institute within Alabama Polytechnic Institute set a one acre fenced field with cotton, corn, peanuts, peas and potatoes to study deer behavior. The deer repeatedly crawled under a wire fence only 24 inches from the ground. The report notes color blindness rates of eight percent men and five percent women.
A terse want ad urges quick tenant placement as a landlord seeks lodging for a renter without delay. The notice emphasizes immediacy and availability, appealing to prospective tenants who can move promptly.
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