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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1946
Page
8
An Iowa advertisement lists X-ray and neurocalometer services at the State Bank Building in Elkader. The short notice mentions E R Withell and D C Tor as contacts or providers for medical imaging equipment in the town.
Tilyria village church notices list Sunday school at 10 20 a m and service at 11 20 a m with many local families visiting callers and supper guests. Community clubs and residents are named along with recent travels, birthdays, hospital visits, and 4 H activities at Fayette and US I A gym.
Mrs. Chloa Lyon called at the Mrs. Mary Bartlett home last Monday. Harold Leath was a supper guest in the Ray Gilbert home Thursday evening. Mrs. Clarence Baldwin and daughter of Oelwein visited several days in the BE Nutting home. They returned home Sunday. Mrs. Mary Bartlett, Mrs. Dan Craft and Ray Gilbert visited Harlan Bartlett at the West Union hospital Tuesday. Due to cold weather only four people attended Sunday school: William Peters, Peggy and Robert Helms, Barbara Gilbert. Robert was pianist and Barbara superintendent. Collection 56 cents. Mrs. Marshall Helms and children visited Milton Miller’s home Tuesday evening. Mrs. E. R. Nutting called at the Wim Nutting home Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Etta Nutting and Mrs. Mary Bartlett visited Dan Craft’s home Wednesday. Harlan Bartlett returned from the hospital Sunday. Mrs. Dan Craft and Barbara Gilbert called on Mrs. Tom Reeder Saturday afternoon. Willis Lyon visited Ray Gilbert Friday evening. Mrs. Raymond Mays of West Union called at the Ray Gilbert and Wm. Nutting homes Friday afternoon. Gilbert visitors Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Bartlett and Barbara Gilbert visited Mrs. Chloa Lyon on Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Boyer and family were dinner guests Sunday at the John Barnhouse home in Clermont.
A crowded listing details numerous visits and dinners in Ossian area homes. Names include Veller sven Halverson Loftsgard Anderson Olson Kirkeberg Medberry Nelson Leftsgard and others with stops in Iowa City Decorah Elgin and Cedar Rapids during the week and weekend socializing in the Henry Larson Rex Medberry and Carrie Nelson households.
Cheery Valley residents, including Wilbur Schultz and Lanka Van Garder, spent evenings with friends in Postville Waterloo and Arlington area homes. Ceilia Andreae and multiple families hosted events while Marie Blunier Eli Sutter were honored guests. Evening activities featured 500 with high scores by Ethel Thoman and Fred Butikofer.
A family network around the Lawrence Butikofer home hosts numerous dinners and gatherings through the week. The Butikofer circle includes relatives such as Wm Torkelson, Willard Schroeder, Walter Lahman, and others. A daughter was born to Harry and Mrs Butikofer on Feb 2, and Merlin Butikofer stays with grandparents as his mother is hospitalized. Read the Wants Ads regularly for needs.
Beauty tips emphasize organizing cosmetics to ensure reliable results. Keep rouge and lipsticks matched and cleansed. Clean eyeshadow boxes and brushes, maintain mascara hygiene, and wash bottle necks for a sanitary makeup kit.
An old toothbrush a hand brush and a cup belong in shoe cleaning kit especially with children in the home. Use the handbrush to remove most mud saving the shoe brush for polishing. Dip the toothbrush in suds and clean edges of sole and heel for a neat professional look.
A fragmentary ad mentions another Vicland car and urges readers to contact the seller at once for details. The note hints at available vehicles and a call to action, typical of classified listings from a local paper.
The report states that falls caused the highest number of fatalities in American homes for 1944, totaling about 26,000 deaths. It notes the danger of household accidents and urges precautionary measures.
The vegetable pear or chayote has a firm squash like pulp and is usually eaten cooked. Some eat it raw when young. It is washed cut boiled in salted water then the pulp is removed from the skin and seasoned with butter or other seasonings.
The 1845 apple harvest in New England proved the shortest since 1910 and fell below the 1921 crop, once deemed a terrible disaster by longtime observers. Local growers faced disappointing yields and tighter supplies across the region.
The wet base boiler circulates water under the ash pit, allowing placement on a combustible floor for basementless homes. Innovations include foot-treadle door openers, ball-shaped air-cooled handles, and side shakers to ease door operation.
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