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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1936
Page
8
Oak Grove reports weekend visits and meals as many residents hosted or visited friends and relatives. Listings include Dennlers, Howards, Muncies, Thomans, Pollocks, and others visiting in homes near Volga City Brainard Oelwein and Elgin with several dinners and excursions noted.
A fragment from the Iowa region lists numerous social visits and hospitality events. Marie Frieden receives treatments at an Iowa City hospital while relatives and friends share gatherings in West Union Volga Elgin and near Lima.
Mrs Walter Rothlisberger and others hosted discussions on products for the home while farm bureau activities were noted for February 13. Visitors included Pollock and family at the Christ Dennler home in Oak Grove. The Foxwell and Rothlisberger families received callers, with Paul Martin visiting from West Union and J D Shaffer helping cut wood near West Union. A large attendance from the vicinity attended the creamery dinner at Wadena last Saturday.
Harold and Arthur Meisner visited John Dernier’s home last Thursday evening. Mrs. Rosa Schlupp's illness keeps care by Mary LaValle and others. Francis Wests, Wests and Knudtsons and several families joined meals and hosting across Elkader area. Additional visits include Friederich, Butikofer, Hanson, Christen, and Dennler households with neighbors sharing chores, dinners, and birthday celebrations across multiple farms and towns.
The description notes St Georges in Bermuda resembles a Spanish town with white stone houses built irregularly across cleared cedars, creating a maze of narrow streets and crooked alleys. Names like Malde lane Shin bone alley Featherbed alley Breakneck alley persist in the walled gardens landscape.
An English diary from the American Revolution era recounts the king bathing with notable success. Accompanying the monarch, a royal machine enters the sea while fiddlers play God Save the King as his majesty plunges in.
A humorous line from Uncle Eben remarks that if a man always knew exactly what he was saying there would be little need for micregilence in the world. The quip reflects rural dialect humor and social chatter.
A New York World Tribune writer cites Dr A M Main of the Institute of Animal Genetics Edinburgh describing rat behavior. He notes male rats often display gallantry in mating, even amid cage conflicts, with one case where a female confined a male for six to seven hours before a truce emerged.
A breezy column quotes on optimism and skepticism, noting honesty tested by action and the perils of open mindedness. It highlights a new snow flyer snowmobile concept used to move supplies in western Arctic conditions, with a home made example delivering to a Canadian airway base on the God’s Sake run.
Archeologists on the Duchy of Cornwall land near Dorchester unearthed gold coins and a gold ring on Maiden Castle estate. The prince of Wales could exercise rights to claim the treasure, as land ownership and excavations are tied to the prince.
Collier's Weekly notes that Japanese Americans number 159,000 while Chinese total 75,000. It contrasts street presence with gender ratios and clarifies women per 100 men: 25 for Chinese and 70 for Japanese. The piece argues impressions of Chinatown dominance are misleading.
The Hindlowe game reserve in Zululand Africa reports several deaths among wildlife after locust dust dropped from government aircraft allegedly contaminated the area. Two white rhinoceroses five waterbuck and several smaller animals were found dead and scrub grass losses noted over a wide area according to the Montreal Herald.
An exchange unfolds as a bank teller warns a woman that her account is overdrawn while she defiantly asks if she can do as she pleases with her own account. The dialogue highlights class and gender tensions in a disputed banking scene.
An exchange puns on aging logistics with a humorous line about “gelling furniture” and a quip about one’s own “0 for.” The quick back and forth plays on language and aging in a lighthearted, cobbled conversation.
A playful note questions a fresh pancake purchase and a friend named John. He resists wearing the item, claiming it evokes memories of his own flat appearance. The exchange reads as lighthearted banter between close companions.
Henry Olson and family visited the Gilbert Office home near Clermont on Sunday. Mildred Odegard spent the weekend at the Chas Odegard home. Eliza Nelson, who stayed with her aunt Mrs Gilbert Loftsgard, returned home Saturday. Mrs L P Larson and La Verne and Mrs Ben Erickson were dinner guests at the John Hellum home last Thursday. Q T Knudteon and family visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Gun ner Lands gard. Mr and Mrs H E Lands gard of Clermont called Friday. Gunner Lands gard visitors in Elkader Saturday. Oscar Knudtson spent Monday at the Gilbert Loftsgard home. Arthur Lands gard spent Sunday afternoon with uncle H H Gisle Son and family. Almer Amundsen spent the weekend at Ole Amundsen’s home near Clermont. Martin Nelson, who had been operating the Clermont school bus, sold to Ed Burns last week. Most Legion boys in the area were at Clermont Saturday to sign up for bonus payments.
The skylark and hedge sparrow are cited as dawn heralds in song and story. The English nightingale remains the famed night singer, yet one can hear night song without traveling to England.
Uncle Al notes that pursuing happiness remains elusive for many readers, framing the quest as a routine struggle and urging practical steps toward contentment.
Uncle Eben says handsome decorations don’t ease tasks and a golf alarm cock wouldn’t cheer up getting up after a dut’s chosen plate. The rustic remark reflects humor about daily work and social customs.
Red Sea exploration by Egyptian scientists uncovers a hilllike formation on the sea bed near Shedygh, rising about 800 feet high and suggesting unexpected underwater topography.
A Czechoslovakian law grants individuals copyright over their own image and bans photographers from taking street pictures without consent. The new rule aims to protect personal likenesses, affecting news, journalism, and artistic work.
An unclear report describes apes changing color and behavior, with men affected in a surprising and puzzling scene. The fragmented text notes gray apes moving, with possible references to environmental or scientific observations.
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