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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1932
Page
6
Elgin residents and relatives shared Christmas Day visits and meals across Fayette Fairbank Preston and Postville. Families including Schori McKellar Halsteneson and Habeger hosted kin while others traveled to Chicago Britt and Houston. A county school earned November honor roll for perfect attendance.
Church activities outline December 20 prayer meeting and 1982 close. Choir rehearsal January 1 communion Sunday and Sunday school at 11. Dinner at noon with listed members. Junior and committees meetings. church service at 2. Ladies Aid to meet January 4 at parsonage. prayers and New Year greeting.
Illyria church notes announce Sunday school at 10 15 a m and worship at 11 15 a m with a special New Year service and choir numbers. Young folks chorus provides music. A wood hauling and sawing bee is planned for Saturday December 31 with a noon picnic dinner in the church basement and invites the entire community.
A compact collection of aphoristic musings and observations on money, honesty, love, self doubt, and social quirks. The piece reflects on ambition and restraint, the pull of comfort versus effort, and the humor found in everyday human foibles. It cites famous lines and broad cultural references to underscore its themes.
Local notices report church events at the M. E. Church with J J Snyder and Mrs Louis Klingman. New Year services at 10 a m. Sunday School at 11 a m. Epworth League at 7 p m. quoir practice Thursday. the Loyal division of the Ladies Aid to meet at Mrs Leo Schori’s on Jan 5. Also, tidbits include visits by Mr and Mrs Wm Walther of Elkader, Mel Kohler’s return to town, Snyder and family dinner guest Adella Chapman, a 1933 Chevrolet delivered by Walter Falk to Don Stark at Cedar Rapids, a New Year’s dance at Elgin Opera House for 25 cents, and various visits to nearby towns.
The Confederate battle flag originated from a wartime need to distinguish troops on a dusty Manassas day. After Beauregard and Johnston discussed a clear banner, the flag design known as the Southern Cross with a blue saltire and eleven white stars was chosen at Fairfax courthouse in 1861.
Rev. Snyder and family dined at the J. Fred Rothlisberger home Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. George Pollitt traveled to Luana Sunday to spend Christmas with her sister Mrs. Lyle Engelhart and returned Monday. Paul Sires, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Sires, is ill with bronchial pneumonia under Nurse Mrs. Walter Dummer care after lingering bronchitis. Relatives learned from Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Baumgartner in Rochester, Minnesota, they plan to return home later this week pending his lung drainage two weeks ago and continued improvement after the operation last summer.
In Sir Alfred Yarrow's will the shipbuilder rebukes women who lead idle lives and praise those who have justified their existence. He leaves legacies to a select group including six London hospital purse holders, each receiving $175, as part of his bequests.
A German chemist has produced a form of aluminum by substituting substances in an alloy that retains metal properties while allowing light to pass. The current light shows a yellowish tinge, and work continues to remove the color to yield a glass-clear product.
A brief exchange notes that the speaker moves locations often. The other party confirms the fiancée is connected to a traveling circus, implying a nomadic lifestyle linked to Muskete theater in Vienna.
Stray Bits notes joke about Murphy climbing the ladder to wealth with a sly taunt that his quick riches came at the expense of skill, as he allegedly cannot saw a golf club without spitting on his hand.
Frances Skarshaug of Collins visits her mother Mrs. Mary Skarshaug for a week. Ole Jensen's Jesters perform at the Elgin opera house New Year's dance with admittance 25 cents. Various local families share Christmas dinners and celebrations with guests from St. Olaf and Elkader.
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