Elgin Notes Record Social Visits and Local News
Elgin community notes recount visits by Wm Weibel and family to Clermont, dining guests at Falk home, and several travelings to Postville and Chicago. Parties attend funerals in Rock Valley. teachers and students return to duties. local sports and meetings with the fair board discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Strauch
West Anthievette
County
Fair Board
Rex Hotel
H. W. Falk
W. C. Baylor
Davies
Clermont
Wm. F. Miller
Pontiac
Mich
Elgin
Falk
St. Paul and Union Church Services This Week
Methodist and Union churches present worship times with Church School at 10 a.m. Mrs. Ed Klingman and J. F. Shaffer serve as superintendents. Services include 10 a.m. church school, 11 a.m. worship, and a 7:30 p.m. service at Union Church. A hearty welcome is extended to all without a church home. J. C. Warton, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's
Ed Klingman
Union
J. C. Warton
Elgin Baptist Church Service Schedule
Sunday worship at 10 o clock Sunday school at 11 o clock evening service at 7 45 o clock IB Y P U in charge Wednesday January 24 prayer service at p m choir rehearsal at 9 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
F. Zoschke
Chrystal Miller
Lutheran Church Notice Shapes January Services In Norway
Church notices announce no services in Norway on January 21 with St. Olaf English service at 9, Marion English at 11 and 7:45, Luther League on January 28 in Norway at 11 for a special confirmation service. Pastor Dr. S J Strandford invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
St. Olaf
Marion
Luther League
S.J. Strandford
Obituary: Rudolph Muehlenthaler of Rock Valley
Rudolph Muehlenthaler died at home in Rock Valley on Monday January 3 from uremia after a week of illness. Born in Neuenck Switzerland on April 17 1862 he lived in Elgin Garfield township and Rock Valley, married Rose in 1891, retired in 1937, survived by wife and six children, two sisters and many relatives. Funeral held January 11 at Peace Lutheran church with Rev Hugo Beyer officiating. Burial in nearby cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Muehlenthaler
Rock Valley
Rudolph
Frederick
Elizabeth Muehlenthaler
Neuenck
Switzerland
United States
Elgin
Rose Muehlenthaler
Garfield Township
Peace Lutheran Church
Hugo Beyer
Lea Clary
Fred Yonker
Oscar
Wesley
Ernest
Fred A. Miller
Wim
Clara
Emma Zimmerman
Ella Christen
Amelia
Aljbert
Mary Miler
Jand Nirs
Louisa Lehman
Fred Muehlenthaler
St.Paul, Minn
Ernest Christen
Clara Muehlenthaler
Lous Lehman
John Maurer
Harold Edwards
Forest
Ing
Ss. D
Leap Year Advice From Iowa Highway Safety Chief
The Iowa Highway Safety Patrol urges women to judge suitors by driving behavior. A one handed driver is warned as a danger and couples are urged to keep both hands on the wheel. The message ties leap year caution to road safety and temperament. Traffic figures up to January 12, 1940 are listed with a note on injuries and deaths compared to 1929 and 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Highway Safety Patrol
Iowa Highway Safety Chief
Iowa
Youth Opinions On War And Local Calendar Notes
Students from freshman to senior express mixed views on United States entering another world war, citing debt, power, or desire to stay neutral. Calendar lists Clermont Hawkeye Arlington and county tournament dates. The United Entertainers to perform The Carrington Marionettes January 30 at 3 p.m. admission ten cents. First and Second Grades report flu-related absences. art class making fireman and policeman cuttings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Clermont
Waucoma
Hawkeye
Alpha
West Union
Arlington
Maynard
The
United Entertainers
Carrington Marionettes
School Activities and Attendance Report Summary
Third and Fourth Grades plan butter and cracker snack time while carving soap animals and birds. The science group with Mrs. Martin Johnson travels to the African jungle. geography studies peasants of Northern France. Perfect spelling honorees include Bleckhus, Boleyn, Crider, Falks, Gilson, Tebbe, Grimm, Pinney. Bobby Hanson out sick with flu. Fifth and Sixth Grades note Hobby Lobby officers Lau Mark, Torkelson, Grimm. Absent due to illness are Fascher and Hanson. perfect semester attendance lists include Chris ten, Grimm, Mark, Schori, Falk, Howard. Fifth graders study Colonial Life for reports. best work to be compiled in a booklet. The new book is The Little House on Wheels. Seventh and Eighth Grades report perfect attendance for Bu tikofer, Adrian, Nelson, Grimm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Johnson
France
Gerald Bleckhus
Bobby Boleyn
Barbara Crider
Karolyn Falk
Marilyn Falk
Lauretta Gilson
Charlotte Tebbe
June Grimm
Phyllis Pinney
Bobby Hanson
Hobby Lobby Club
Avis Lau Mark
Dorothy Torkelson
Dorothy Grimm
Kenneth Fascher
Doris Hanson
George Christen
Avis Mark
Ben Schori
Jane Falk
Geraldine Howard
Geraldine Butikofer
Letha Adrian
Maxine Nelson
Lester Grimm
San Francisco Disaster Echoes of a Great Earthquake
Fragmentary report notes a historic San Francisco quake around year 1000 with numerous casualties and widespread property loss. Details are unclear but reference counts and vast damage imply a major early catastrophe.
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San Francisco
America
Life of Planets: Venus and Mars Could Support Life
Venus and Mars are the only planets in our solar system that might support life as we know it, but there is no evidence that life exists on either world.
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Venus
Mars
Workers Reject CIO and AFL Unions in Local Election
Johnson City employees of the Endicott Johnson Shoe Co staged impromptu street parades after an unofficial holiday to celebrate the overwhelming rejection of unionism in a National Labor Relations Board election. The incident reflects a local backlash against organized labor as scores left their benches to cheer the vote result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Endicott-Johnson Shoe Co
Union
Ism
National Labor Relations i Board
Gifts to Sylvan Hougs by Dover Union F B
Mr and Mrs Sylvan Houg married in October attended a Dover Union township farm bureau meeting where they received a service tray relish tray coffee maker and cream sugar receptacles. Harry Olesen presented the gift and both thanked the group.
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Sylvan Houg
Dover-Union Township
Eastward Burial Rituals Reflect Resurrection Hope
The article notes a long standing custom of burying the dead with faces toward the east, symbolizing resurrection. It traces ancient practice of turning toward the future region, and cites Eusebius describing heavenly Jerusalem to the east as the sun rises, with Christians adopting the practice as an attitude of prayer.
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Eusebius
Martyr
Jerusalem
Also Mentioned on This Page
Virtus Yack
Wau‘kon
Mrs
H. H. Wolf
John Falk -Home
Leo Hutchinson
Wingiels Maronhall
Postville
Gene Schori
Kenneth Barker
Boyt
West Elgin
Wm. Weibel
Osege
A. A. Weibel
MM. Zurbriggen
BR. P. Strauch
Fred Wede
Fath
Herbert Ash
Paul Doan
Waukegan
T. W. Doan
Clifton Wilson
St. Paul
Minn
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Helen Weiner
Neee
Postville Hospital
Postville Herald
H. F. Becker
Waterloo
Walter Delaney
Louis Lehman
Christen
Miss Muehlenthaler
Helen Muehlethaler
Shell Rock
Paul Zurbriggen
Kanawha
Miss Muehlethaler
Mr. Zurtriggen
Bess Stohr
Geo. Falk
Chicago
Ruth Mosby
Samuel Mosby
A. M. Weibel
Roy Knight
Mrs. Wm. Weibel
Betty Wenger
Chris Wenger
Ethel Kohler
Ern Schori
W. C. Harrington
Lyle Light
Con
Jane
Winifred Sullivan
Ruth Gibson
Ruby Olson
O. J. Olson
Frank Greenley
Oelwein
Mae Potter
H. B. Greenley
G. H. Falk
C. O. Christ
W. F.kohler
Eddie Klingman
Fayette
Luther
Upper Iowa
Independence
Republican Central Committee
Evenning
Gov. Geo. A. Wilson Ias
W.C. Falk
Dick Carlsen
Elkader
M. Zurbriggen
Creighton
Harold Conner
Crystal Lake
Klingman’s Cafe
Mell Kohter
John Berndt
Dr. H. H
Wolf
Lorence Muehlethaler
Leo Schori
Elmer Lantz
W. C, Falk
W. F
Kohler
Chas
Gruver
Kuster
Rey
Vernon Knight
Migria Church
Shaffer
Elgin Baptist Church
Lutheran Church
M. Yenney
Ed Schmid
University Hospital
Iowa City
Clarence Schneider
Calif
Robert, Burg
Progress Club
Mary Baechler
Study Club
G. J. Mosby
Severin Blockhus
Charles Knight
Oliver Torkelson
Lou Dennier
Louis Becker
Reuben Howard
Sheldon Boyle
Walter Hovis
Division of Safety Education
Rudolph Muaehlenthaler
CIO
AFL
Wolverine
Catsup
Max Thoma
Elgin, Iowa
Sylvan Hougs
Dover-Union F. B
Bissell
Elgin Furniture Store
F. C. Muehlethaler
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