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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1939
Page
6
Elgin Wocel News notes Mrs Tille Hanson hosted the Kensington club Friday. Several locals hosted and visited guests from Postville Fayette and West Union. Wayne Gilson and Kenneth Evans appear in community notes with multiple visits, dinners, and local engagements across Elgin and surrounding towns.
The list ranks state capitol buildings by cost, led by New York at 25 million dollars followed by Pennsylvania 11.0334 million Massachusetts 9.575 million Nebraska 9.5 million Wisconsin 7.203826 million Illinois 4.6 million Missouri 3.775 million Texas 3.747668 million Iowa 3.29 million Kansas 3.2 million and Minnesota 3.77 million.
The term credit money covers monetary forces that function as promissory notes. United States notes and Federal Reserve notes are cited as examples illustrating this concept.
Elgin Baptist Church announces Sunday worship at 10, Sunday school at 11, and evening service at 7:45 with Mrs. Erwin Miller leading B P U at 8:35. Wednesday January 25 offers prayer service and Bible study at 8 pm and choir rehearsal at 9 pm under Pastor Paul F Zoschke and Organist Lillian Schroeder.
Sunday morning worship at 101 and Sunday school at 11 o clock. Epworth League meets Wednesday January 25 at 8 PM. The topic is Citizenship led by Bessie Grimm.
January 22 features Norway at 10 o'clock Norse services and Norway at 11 o'clock English services with Marion at 7 30 Luther League. January 29 lists Marion at 11 o'clock Norse services and St Olaf at 7 30 Luther League with a Come to church invitation from Pastor Dr S J Strandjord. You are welcome at each service.
Dr Leo S Hutchinson aged 60 a longtime Elgin dentist died Wednesday January 11 after major surgery. Born March 2 1878 he practiced in Elgin for about 34 years and was active in local civic affairs. He is survived by his widow Regina Kapinos two children Constance and Leo Jr a sister Mrs M J Soukup and a brother Herbert. Funeral services were held at St Benedicts church Decorah with burial there.
We extend heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness during our bereavement. Their support has been a great comfort and lightened our burden. Mrs. Regina Hutchinson, Constance and Leo Jr.
The first group of American painters included Copley West Trumbull and Stuart. Self taught at first they later studied in England. West helped found the Royal Academy and served as its second president.
Elgin school notes cover first grade dramatizing stories as second grade hunts dog pictures for booklets, new second semester schedule, illness absences, and geography on the Baffin Islands. Junior grades plan Iowa history scrapbooks, Hobby Lobby elects officers, and third through eighth grades outline perfect attendance, science and hygiene work, wind belts diagram, and a Who's Who list led by Roosevelt and Hull. Autobiography by Gerald Boyer recounts birth in Elgin and school memories. Commercial Department notes typing and shorthand progress. further details incomplete.
The record outlines responsibilities in typing II and I classes, personal typing, shorthand I, and Home Economics with roll calls, notebook checks, time charts, and treasuries. It notes top performers in typing tests, a music teachers meeting on Jan 11, and an upcoming Feb 1 program at Fayette high school. An illness advisory warns parents to keep sick children home to reduce spreading colds.
Frank Bauder, a Coe College student from West Union, won $25 first prize in the Bever oratorioal contest after besting 18 rivals. His address titled The Tangle warned that foreign investment could pull the U S into future war and urged youth to avoid the trap of foreign ownership.
The piece notes hounds have been in America since the era of De Sain, used to hunt natives in early times. It credits George Washington with shaping the breed by importing English hounds and later receiving French hounds, with these bloodlines contributing to today’s American foxhound.
Zona Gale the novelist and 1921 Pulitzer winner is highlighted with books at the Elgin Library Friendship Village and Mothers to Men. The library lists public hours on Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4 o clock and urges patrons to support Echo advertisers while noting legibility of color printing as discussed in Pearson's London Weekly.
A late restriction in England barred the use of prompted steel for bridge construction as of WT, signaling ongoing debates over material standards and safety in public works.
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