Elgin High School Play Sound Your Horn Pleases Crowd
The Elgin high school junior class presented Sound Your Horn at the school auditorium amid stormy weather. Under Helen Wegner's direction the comedy features a girl with a refreshment stand fighting landlord Mrs Van Dyke. Cast includes Ruth Zurbriggen Wilma Lehman Ethel Thoman John McMillan and others.
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Elgin High School
Helen Wegner
van Dyke
Roberts
West Union
Co. Supt
L. G. Meyer
Positive Poultry Outlook and Farm Price Trends Across Iowa
The outlook for poultry prices is good. Iowa remains a small share of US cropland but hosts about 2 percent of grade A and B land. Corn Belt cattle on feed up 15 percent from last year. Sowing dates affect yields. delaying oats reduces per acre yield. Seed supply for alfalfa and red clover tight. high fat feeds affect milk fat briefly but not long term. Canada’s hog carcass grade marketing proves advantages of carcass grading, with four key benefits for farmers.
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Iowa
United States
North Central States
Canada
Punishment to Fit the Crime For a Costumed Crossing
A Boston Transcript quip recounts a judge questioning a charge as a police officer describes a young woman crossing the street dressed as September Morn. The judge replies with a wry line invoking the calendar, delivering a terse thirty days.
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Boston Transcript
Banqueting Feasts Record Shocking 15th Century Feasts
A banquet of 146 percent in 1488 hosted by two British statesmen set an all time high for lavish feasts. Harvard Widener Library cites an ancient cookbook detailing 6000 animals 500 fish 31000 birds 6000 jelly dishes 6000 custards 2000 plea and 400 barrels of ale and wine served.
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Harvard University
Widener Lbrary
Progress Club Meeting Plans Helen Keller Week Fundraiser
Jeanette Lindaman hosted the Progress Club at the B. J. Baumgartner home Monday evening with eleven members present. Members answered roll call with facts from England and Erma DeSart reviewed Honourable Estate by Vera Britton. The club planned Helen Keller Week Feb 28 to Mar 6 and a public card party on Feb 18 to raise funds for a library donation. Lindaman served homemade candy at the close.
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Jeanette Lindaman
Progress Club
B. J. Baumgartner
England
Roll Call
Erma Jane DeSart
Vera Britton
Helen Keller
Plana
Lindaman
Mission Society Meeting at Baptist Church Parlor
The Baptist Mission Society met at the church parlors last Wednesday afternoon led by Mrs. Paul F. Zoschke. They voted to donate 50 to the orphans fund and discussed saving for a new organ. Devotionals were given by Mrs Wim. Kohls jr with readings from Romans. Members Mrs. Buser Mrs. Yunker Mrs. Won. Kohls jr spoke on the Grace of God that Brings Salvation. Hostesses included Mrs. L. Schutte Postville Mrs. Chris Schweitzer Anna Falb and Mrs. QO. W. Krueger.
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Baptist Mission Society
Paul F. Zoschke
Wim. Kohls, Jr
Buser
Mra.Yunker
Won. Kohls
Cemetery Association Elects Officers for 1938
The Elgin Cemetery Association met last Wednesday evening with Mrs. F. E. Kohler and elected officers for 1938. President Mrs. Max Thoma, Vice-President Mrs. Franc DeSart, Secretary Mrs. Tille Hanson, Treasurer Mrs. H. W. Muehlenthaley. Directors include Nelle Schori, Mrs. John Falk, Mrs. Lulu Sehmid, Mrs. F. R. Berg and Mrs. O. J. Olson. Finance Committee: Mrs. F. B. Berg and Mrs. F. C. Muehlenthaler. The annual report appears on another page.
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Elgin Cemetery Association
F. E. Kohler
Max Thoma
Franc DeSart
Tille Hanson
Mra
W.muehlenthaley
Birs
Nelle Schori
John Falk
Lulu Sehmid
F. R. Berg
O. J. Olson
F. RB. Berg
F. C. Muehiethaler
General Aid Meeting At Mrs Schori Home Thursday
The General Ladies Aid Society of the M E church will meet at Mrs Albert Schori's home Thursday afternoon February 17. Hostesses include Mrs S W ister Mrs T W Dean Mrs Pred Reichert Mrs Mary Bakeman and Mrs Thos Knudtaan. Program features song America the Beautiful devotions by Florence Casper roll call Valentine verse and a talk on Valentine Day by Mrs Kuster.
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General Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. ‘Church
Albert Schori
Mra
S. W.ister
T. W. Dean
Pred Reichert
Mary: Bakeman
Thos. Knudtaan
America the Beautiful
Florence Casper
Kuster
Farm Bureau News Highlights County Beef Producers
Olly Rothlisberger of Vmyrna township was elected president of Fayette County Beef Producers at the reorganization meeting held at the Farm Bureau office. Austin Wilbur elected secretary, with E. D. James Shorthorn, L. D. Hitch Angus, Harold Whitley Herefords, and Thore Thompson feeders representatives. Floyd Parka to lead County Planning Committee special meeting Feb 10 at 1 30 p.m. Topics include land use recommendations and whether soil conservation districts should be established by law. Farm women seek accurate accounting. 28 women requested account books. Training school provided books and assistance. 4-H clubs report members started personal expense ledgers as of January 1.
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County Planning Committee
Floyd Parka
Farm Bureau
State Planning Committee
Miss Veils
Miss Voila
Iowa State College
Humble Burmese Women Seek Rebirth as Men in Monastic Path
In Burma, women believe rebirth as men is required to join the noble yellow robe order. The quest centers on gaining humanity and access to monastic esteem, reflecting gendered barriers within Buddhist practice.
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Burma
Town youth warnings prompt concern for future reforms
A Sigourney News clipping quotes Fayette Leader warnings about local boys drifting into petty theft and worse. It urges careful intervention to steer youths away from crime before doors of a penitentiary loom, noting parents may not read the paper or believe the reference.
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Dad
Sigourney News
Fayette
Train last on Turkey River line runs via Elgin and Clermont
A wash-out blocked the Milwaukee Turkey River branch return to Turkey River Jct. Passengers and goods face disruption while merchants along the line protest loss of business. A mother asks where her daughter has been, and the daughter replies she walked home.
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Turkey River
Milwaukee Railroad
Elgin
Clermont
Postville
Hina
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Want
Gottfried Frieden
Elgin- Wadena Road
A. M. Weibel
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
Alay
Emil Zurcher
Farmersburg
Falk
Felco
Elgin Cooperative Co
Lester Chase
Echo Office
Hecho
Feller's Hardware
West Elgin
Boyt
Fetler’s Hardware
N. Schori
March
German Mutual Fire Insurance Association of
Eldorado
W. &. Rothlisberger
Henry Lauer
Elgin Cooperative Cable
Carl Herbert Ash
E‘gin
Hyns, Berger & Evhori
Zatfc
Elgin Eagers
Fayette County
Dale Patterson
Clarence Haas
Thomas Powell
Kenneth Schori
Cram
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Lincoln
Jianne Daniels
Jackie Kiple
Federal Land ‘Banks
Town State College
Mission Society Meeting
Cemetery Association Elects
Farm Bureau News Letter
R. A. Crider
L. S. Hutchinson
Elgin State Bank
Henry H. Wolf, M. D
Elgin, Iowa
West Union Rendering Works
Neptune
Earth
Clark
Bill
Schori & Kuster Lumber Company
OWA
Torkelson Bros
Chrysler and Plymouth
H. C. Farm Machinery
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