Elgin Local News Highlights Neighbors Illnesses, Travels, and Visits
Reports note Lou Kern's serious illness, flu cases, and local sickrooms. Walter Nydegger travels to Manly after holidays with parents, while Mrs. J Service plans winter in Washington D C. Minnie Schneider and Otto Daniels wed at the Little Brown Church. Local car news, new routes, and a cheerful note on winter weather round out the column with mentions of Elgin residents, creamery work, and Christmas reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Service
Washington, D. C
Robert I. Service
Service
Minnie Schneider
Otto Daniels
Little Brown
Nashua
Mollie Schneider
Eli Schneider
West Bend
Church Notes Worship Hour at Ten A M
M. E. Church announces worship at ten o clock in the morning with Sunday school at eleven o clock. Friday evening service led by Pastor Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
We Snyders
Baptist Church Notes Sunday Activities Jan 8
The Marion Baptist Church schedules a German service and communion at 10 a.m., Sunday school at 11, church dinner at 12 15, junior meeting at 12 46, committees and members meetings at 1 30 and 2 p.m. Brother Karl Hackman reports and two trustees are elected. Prayer meeting is Jan 10 at 8 p.m. Choir practice follows. Luther League meets at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Ip
Karl Hackman
Nou
Christmas visits and dinners in Oak Grove area homes
Families including Albert and Dennler clans Walter and Dennier Arthur Chapman Lou Dennler and others shared Christmas gatherings at parental Chris Dennier home. Multiple guests visited various households in Maiden Rock West Union Arlington Elgin Dubuque and surrounding areas with dinners and calls noted through Christmas week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Dennler
Walter Dennier
Arthur Chapman
Lou Dennler
Mary
Celia Dennler
Chris Dennier
John Luchsinger
Walter German
J. D. Shaffer
Hazel Cave
Ray Shaffer
Raymond Miller
Maiden Rock
Wis
Harold Bennett
David May
Rob Wilson
D. O. Dean
Lyle Wilson
Enos Howard
E. Matthys
Ward Brabham
Ed Boyle
Walter Kohls
Wm. Kohls
L. W. Reed
Rob Ernst
Ea Boyle
Rosanna Boyle
West Union
Edwin Bauman
John Luehsinger
Henry Matthys
Earl Bennett
Ben Brabham
Barbara
Arlington
Vern Northrup
George Howard
Ruben Howard
Chas. Peters
Lena Buhr
Edwin Baumaan
John Wilson
Dubuque
Tommy Howard
Flapper Blessings to the Young Dames in Verse
An old poem salutes flapper youth with playful imagery of silken hose, short clothes, lipstick, bobbed hair, and a joyous sentiment from the speaker. The piece notes a boyish birth of joy and a lighthearted celebration of fashion and youth.
Bee Masters Disagree Over Ringing Bees in Early Note
A Detroit News writer cites 1804 treatise by Humanit Routhern on ringing bees, noting critics claim it angers hives and leads to swarms. Rector Samuel Puchas argues ringing can warn neighboring beekeepers of shared swarms but warns against overstepping property lines and civil law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit News
Humanit Routhern
Samuel Puchas
Hsex
Brick Making Through the Ages in Ancient Egypt Tale
The article notes brick making is ancient, predating Egyptian civilization. Plutarch cites a Spartan king’s remark about a wall as defense, while Herodotus references a brick tomb inscription praising brick over stone. It claims brick processes have changed little aside from vitrification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Plutarch
Herodotus
Royal encounter recalls Louis Philippe tales
In a note from Bivhyes Old and New Ralph Nevill recounts Louis Philippe visiting Twickenham. A man at his old home bowed and asked about his former role, claiming to have kept the Crown inn near Orleans home. Louis Philippe grinned and said the innkeeper had done what he could not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Philippe
France
Ralph Nevill
Twickenham
Orleans
Magician's Double Substitution Trick Fails
A famous magician with a goatee spots his perfect double in the audience. He plans a trunk substitution where the double emerges on stage as him. The trick collapses when the hired man in the audience has shaved off his whiskers, revealing the ruse.
Optimists and pessimists on tackling big life problems
The speaker argues both optimism and pessimism have roles. Small issues are best faced with cheer, but in serious difficulties one must identify causes and effects, accept unpleasant medicine, and not ignore deeper disease despite surface symptoms.
Fortunes of Writers Rise Beyond Book Royalties
The piece notes Thomas Hardy’s fortune of over 450000 dollars seeming modest next to George Latimer’s 200000 from Adam Bede and mentions several best sellers eclipsing that sum. It adds that modern novelists often earn cinema payments adding to book royalties, sometimes exceeding the books’ fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hardy
George Lat
Adam Bede
London
Misquotation remark at banquet cited by Broadway figure
At a Biltmore banquet a prominent Broadway figure included a line from an immortal poet in a speech. A guest nearby whispered that the Keats line was twisted, and the speaker replied he did it on purpose to avoid implying he had just read it that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Biltmore
Broadway
New York Evening Journal
Berg's sale drives town news and resolutions
A jumble of local items from Berg's store highlights the New Year sale rush and community notices. Mentions of Berg selling goods before 1929, shifts in staff, illnesses, a cream route bid, and residents visiting Arlington and Keystone weave through reflections on resolutions and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berg
Frank Kiple
Thoma
Ted Hungerford
Marian van Horn
Arlington
L. L. Kiple
Carl Nesteby
Near Postville
Winifred Schmid
Keystone
Iowa
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Gertrude Carpenter
Fayette
Mes. C. B. Scohri
John DeS8art
Cedar Rapids
Wm. Kendall
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Elmer Hunaberger
Otto Torkelson
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Georgia Elkema
Louis Stoehr
Geo. E. Schori
G. V. Zimmerlin
Towa
Samuel Mosby
Gordon Mosby
Marie
Ruth
Miles City
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C.theo
Mins Schidh
Mabel Olzon
Elva
Benson
Phlman Embertson
St. Olaf
N. W. Evans
Clarence Torkélson
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Clermont
Ending H. He Duncany
Waterloo
W. Ailen
Ehuldh
Blis
Ern Holzer
Louia Dennler
John Junior Falk
Janesville
China Schweitzer
Schweitzer
Holm
Claire Cunningham
Saunders
Donald Cunningham
Chicago
J. M. Cunningham
Freeport
Texas
Front Street
Cave
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H. T. Gregoraon
Drayton
North Dakota
Elgin Savings Bank
M. E. Church Notes
Baptist Church
Marion Lutheran Church
Luther League
W. Tyndal
Oak
Grove News
Ed Conner
Margie Wilson
D. C. Dean
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Lord Jesus
Ethel Rennison
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Citizens State Bank
Mike
Kohier’s Store
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