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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1928

Page

4

ILLYRIA GUESTS AND COMMUNITY NOTES AT A GLANCE

Pata and family visited I Kling man and several residents attended a Wadena poultry school. Various locals spent time with relatives and neighbors, farm bureau meetings were held, and many called on friends. Fresh produce advertised and Echo office tickets noted.

Pata I. Klingman Walter Rothlisberger Henry Holzer Chas. Medberry Wadena Jerome Alice Lantz Harry Reichert Will Lantz Gander Farm Bureau Martha Chapman Andrew Yearous A. L. Craft LaVern Burrow Albert Dennler Harry Palmer Albert Schupbach Cheery Valley Ray Herwig Wenger Fred Burrow Rex Medberry Max Lehman Lucille Mattocks Ruth Rothlisberger Fred Schneider LaFonda Shaffer Fayette Ralph Shaffer Oelwein I. F. Shaffer Adolph Hanson Jerome Yearous Ellen Hunsberger Ed Wenger Baby Elmer Frieden Chas. Rothlisberger Lucy Walter John Christen

Riverside cemetery meeting and small town notes in Wadena

Wadena items report a Riverside cemetery association meeting at the hall last Saturday, church events at Union and U B churches, and visits among locals. Residents mention dinners, travelers, and modest earnings, with several outings, church revivals, and community chatter about neighbors and pets.

Monumental Pyramid Block Estimate Debate at Gleek

WoLftdrant contends the Great Pyramid site at Gleek holds over 200000 blocks averaging two and a half tons each. He asserts the pyramid would weigh at least ten thousand tons in this context.

WoLftdrant Gleek

Ad Bait and Subscriptions Highlight Local Paper Sale

The notice urges readers to subscribe to the Telegraph-Herald via the home agency and Echo Office, offering both papers for five dollars per year. It promotes reading all advertisements this week, promising enough savings to cover the subscription cost.

Telegraph-Herald Home Echo

Cheery Valley Social Rounds At Nearby Homes

Local residents enjoyed Sunday visits and gatherings at multiple homes including the Lerchs Hoters Christen Smiths and families. Social rounds featured dinners parties and following a note on egg production, even temperatures in the laying house influence egg production.

Local notes from Brainard on ill children and social visits

The Brainard column reports two young daughters of Mr and Mrs Geo Howard of Oak Grove have pneumonia, with improvements noted. Other families including the Nyder and Rowland households encounter illness. Social visits occur across Oak Grove and West Union while roads remain nearly impassable. Birthdays and gatherings are noted at various homes, with care for a sick child at Vern Boyer’s.

Ern Lerch Ben Hoter Geo. Christen Prank Christen Harry Palmer Albert Schupbach Guernsey Smith Robert Smith John Butikofer Ernest Friederich Lavdia Harry Dennler George Christen Celia Frieden Near West Union Fred Sublupp Martin Hanson Willie Esther Friederich Tofield Lehman Ellen Alice Alma Hanson Elizabeth Christen Ole Benson Celia Meyer Oscar Baumgartner Jake Christen Frank Christen Walter Ernie Christen Ellen Hanson Ernest Lerch Lawrence G. Friederich Ben Nagel George Leuchtenmacher Jake Denmiler Will Meisner Elkader Geo. Howard Oak Grove Will Barker Elmer Boyer Joe Peters Phyllis Rowland Mary Veasy George Howard Reuben Howard Vern Boyer Jim Bartlett West Union Herman Boyer George Craft Frank Lyons George Boyle Elgin

Petrified Trees Explain Stonelike Wood Process

A description explains petrification where standing trees turn to stone as quartz and chemical solutions replace wood particle by particle. The process requires especially favorable conditions for petrification to occur.

Restlessness and Peace Etched in a Rolling Mind

A fragment reflecting on restlessness and the mind likened to a rolling stone leaving dirt behind. The verse comments on the difficulty of clinging to good will and achieving lasting peace and quiet, with an uncertain note on the path to calm.

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