Elgin and Area Spend Holidays Visiting Home Folks
Several Elgin residents plan Christmas visits with relatives in Postville Cedar Rapids and Chicago. Families including Wegner DeSart Boyle Thoma Tripp Swegman and others traveled or will travel to spend the holidays with parents and kin across Iowa Illinois and South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Crowe
Clermont
Cedar Rapids
Anna Dennler
Harry Keiser
Chicago
H. H. Wolf
Anna Schupbach
Elgin
Elgin Baptist Church Service Notes
Elgin Baptist Church led by Pastor Paul F Zosechke invites worship at 9 30 o clock on Sunday with Sunday school at 11 and evening service at 7 45 Organist Lillian Jacobs provides music. B Y P A meets at 9 p m watchnight service on Tuesday Dec 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zosechke
Lillian Jacobs
Snappy Blasts of Wit and Wisdom
This collection of quips and aphorisms offers wry observations on manners, money, and morals. It plays on language and social norms, noting that clever phrasing, public behavior, and economic realities shape perception and fate.
St Pauls M E Church Service and Sunday School
St Pauls M E Church with minister J J Snyder and pianist Mrs Louis Klingman. Worship at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
Louis Klingman
Grace Foxwell
Nicklaus Rennison Funeral Remembered In Elgin And West Union
Nicklaus Rennison, army physician and Elgin High School graduate, died of heart failure December 19, 1936. Services were held December 23 at Elgin Baptist Church with Rev. Paul F. Zoschke officiating. He was survived by his mother Celia Rennison and sisters Ethel Mabel and Anna, with extended kin including aunt Louise Schori.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicklaus A. Rennison
Allen C
Celia Rennison
West Union
Sumner
Elgin
Nicklaus
A. C. Rennison
Boise
Idaho
State University of Iowa
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Iowa City
Fort Snelling
Minn
Methodist
Madison
Wis
Camp Sturgeon River
Waucedah
Michigan
Ethel
Mabel
Anna
Louise Schori
Ethel Rennison
CCC
Mich
Iron Mountain
Elgin Baptist Church
Paul F. Zoschke
Keep Air Humid In Winter To Help Health
A reader notes winter dryness harms membranes and invites humidification options. Suggestions include installing a humidifier in heating systems or adding wall humidifiers with a connected water line to emit mist for a five to six room house. Elgin visitors from Waukegan plan Christmas at J. F. Berndt home. Louise Schort travels from Guthrie Center to Elgin after the death of her nephew Dr Nicklaus Rennison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Benson
Postville
Boise Capper
la Crosse
Wis
Fred Falk
Louise Schort
Guthrie Center
Nicklaus Rennison
Elgin
Gas Protects Banks With Breaker-Triggered Tear Gas System
A 1920s era bank protection method uses a gas shell in a barrel above the safe. A magnet holds the firing plunger until a wire on the safe door is broken by forced entry. When broken, current stops and the magnet fires the plunger, releasing a gas shell to incapacitate robbers. Some banks also have gas shells above tellers windows operated by buttons to deter daytime robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D Popular Mechanics
Synthetic resin glass shown at Cardiff exhibition
A Cardiff exhibition displayed a synthetic resin described as "glass" from coal tar. It is as clear as glass yet half as heavy and reportedly unbreakable, one of the marvels highlighted by the department of scientific and industrial research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Cardiff
Answers Magazine
Fire Bell Alerts Ningland Village Phone System
A Ure bell installed outside the Derbyshire village post office wakes the only telephone in Ningland. When calls arrive, at least half a dozen villagers rush to answer or locate the intended person. All village children have been instructed in phone use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derbyshire
Ningland
Pigeons Lose Homing Instinct in U S Returns Decline
Officials of racing pigeon associations report about 70 percent of homing pigeons released in the United States last summer failed to return home. They say such a loss of the homing instinct has not occurred in thousands of years of pigeon racing.
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United States
Netrolr News
Suburbanites Ponder Shoes With Pancake Solution
In Detrait News two residents debate rising leather costs. One worries about footwear, the other proposes a pancake substitute as a novel remedy, suggesting domestic options may replace traditional leather in shoes.
Proverbial Act Magistrate Quizzed Over Iron Remark
In a witty exchange, Mrs Brown tells a magistrate her motto is Strike while the iron is hot, explaining a joke about throwing fat tlatiron at her husband. The magazine presents the humorous reply as a quip rather than a serious incident.
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Brown
Answers Magazine
Stenographer and Boss Debate Sense in Cents and Horses
A clipped exchange centers on stenographer spelling sense and the boss's use of dollars and cents or horse terms. The dialogue shows confusion over meaning and a push for clearer language. Renae is mentioned as a participant or reference in the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renae
Cracked Panes and Holiday Visits Across Town
Cracked window panes waste heat and may cut fuel bills if replaced. Helene Scholz visits Guttenberg for vacation with her mother Edna Scholz. Harriet Peterson and Jeanette Indaman spend holidays in Essex and Aplington. Lucille Berndt returns to Renwick for a weeklong visit with her parents J. F. Berndt. Myrlin Feller, son, and Josephine DeSart arrive from Moorhead and Soldier to spend holidays with Elgin. Lenore Russell, Raymond Jung and Walter Fitzpatrick travel from Rochester to attend a funeral before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helene Scholz
Guttenberg
Edna Scholz
Harriet Peterson
Jeanette Indaman
Essex
Aplington
Lucille Berndt
Renwick
J. F. Berndt
Myrlin Feller
Moorhead
Josephine DeSart
Soldier
Elgin
Lenore Russell
Raymond Jung
Walter Fitzpatrick
Rochester
Minn
Nicklaus Rennison
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Helen Wegner
Mrs
Chas, Wegner
Erma Jane DeSart
Zella Boyle
Ruby Boyle
Sheldon Boyle
Lewis Thoma
Atkins
Max ‘Thoma
Walter Wenger
Wilma Steinmetz
South Bend
Ind
Mrs. Milton Morgan
Chifton Kiple
Fredericksburg
Mrs. M. W. Kiple
Bess Stohr
Elkader
S. Halstenson
Max Medberry
Clifford
Sioux ‘City
Elmer Arneson
John Johnson
Huron
S. C
Eldon Johnson
M. Yenney
H. L. Sawvelle
Sioux Falls
Mrs. Sawvelle
Ziba Tripp
Mary Lou
Myron Chapman
Gloria Swegman
Janesville
Wiz
Mr. Tripp
Mr. Chapman
Miss Swegman
Mrs. Tripp
Ula
Tille Maibach
Bay City
Ruth Schupbach
Robert Steele
Fayette
H. 8. Steele
Elgin High School
Kenneth Evans
Viola Berndt
Upper Iowa University
K. E. Mark
R. A. Crider
Alpha
Lou Liddle
James Walkera
North
Ireland
Lowell Graver
Janesville, Wis
Mabel Graver
Hattie McKellar
John McKellar
Burton
Everett Wiethorn
Lonegomeneas
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
Illyria Church
Lieut
Newman
American Legion
Gene Schori
Anna Cox
Gilma Olson
Jorgenson
Minneapolis
Ellen Stillman
Houston
Richard Stolle
George Snyder
Mt. Vernon
C. H. True
Edgewood
Oscar Bauder
Decorah
Sam Reinhart
Alta Vista
Edward C. Olsen
Our
Hershey’s
Kohler Elgin
Iowa
Dilles Berndt
Norman Clothier
Eric Erickson
Waukegan, IN
THE
Elgin Echo
Pathfinder
Washington, D. C
Washington
National
Zoe
Max Shoma
Elgin, Iowa
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