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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1939
Page
8
Cheery Valley residents and relatives from Darling ton Shullsburg Argyle Monona and Arlington attended dinners visits and social events across multiple homes including the Dennler Christen and Friederich households. Notable mentions include Sam Hofer illness visits and a 500 card game with high scores recorded.
West and surrounding towns report a string of weekend and Saturday visits. Alma Hanson stayed with Hanson Bros while Ben Dennler hosted guests. Sam Hofer and others visited Volga City. Rosa Schlupp and family hosted in West Union area. multiple gatherings at Dennler and Christen homes plus Detailing visits by Meyer Maynard Baumgartner Meisner and Pollock families.
Oak Grove area residents hosted and visited relatives and neighbors Sunday through midweek. Notes include dinners in Alton Medberry John Howard and Harry Gilson homes, guests with the Pritchard, Dennler, Dennler, and Kohls families, farm moves around Illyria and West Union, and several households reporting colds and throat trouble.
Mrs Henry Olson of Clermont spent last week with relatives including Ed Nelson and family of Paost sville and Mr and Mrs Mellien Loftsgard. Kenneth Hellum recovered from the flu after a few days at home. A Gospel team from Luther College performed at Marion church to a large crowd. Dorcas Society elected officers at its Jan 7 meeting with Gladys Peterson as president and Lilian Loftsgard as vice president.
Ruth Rothlisberger visits West Union relatives while Eugene Wenger stays with Carroll Klingman. Robe Rothlisberger family dine with Walter Boys in Volga City. Lulu Rothlisberger with Ella Kerr in Waterloo’s St Francis hospital. Farm Bureau gathering at Fred Rothlisberger home. Ladies study club and New Orleans talk noted.
A hypothetical aircraft traveling at 200 miles per hour would take 50 days to reach the moon, 27 years to Mars, 63 to the sun, and 195 million years to Betelgeuse, illustrating astronomical scales and the limits of flight in space exploration.
A wildflower preserve honoring Confederate general Stonewall Jackson is located near Fredericksburg Virginia. Local officials unveil the tribute to the historic figure amid regional remembrance events.
Grand Meadow residents posted in households around West Union and Clermont with visits Friday through Monday. Notable gatherings included Ed Johnson, Clemens Loftsgard, Ola Thorson, and the Lyngaas families hosting kin and friends at the homes of Martin, Lands gard, Olson, and Reinhart.
Sepia is a dark brown pigment obtained from cuttlefish ink sacs. The sacs are removed dried to prevent putrefaction then digested with dilute alkali the solution is altered and the color precipitated with dilute hydrochloric acid washed filtered and dried. The violet family has many shades and contributes this expansive array of hues.
Must Protect With Dikes The Netherlands, about 40 percent of whose land is below sea level, is the only country forced to protect itself with dikes from inundation. Collier's Weekly notes since Roman days the sea walls have totaled about 200000 miles in length.
The name Corsa Cora is a short form of Corinna from Greek origin meaning maiden. Corinna was a noted Greek lyric poetess who won multiple poetry contests over Pindar. The modern form Corinne is also the name of a hummingbird species.
Plants thrive over minerals in various mineral deposits. Collier's Weekly notes a violet species signals calamine zinc ore in Belgium, while beech trees erupt over limestone beds in England.
Collier's Weekly notes the Nama camel like beast of burden in South American countries can carry heavy loads willingly yet refuses to move when hitched to any vehicle.
The report lists expected heights for ten year growth of several trees. Sugar maple, American elm, and Oriental plane projected at 20 feet, Norway spruce 12 to 15 feet, and hemlock about 10 feet.
A brief humor item featuring Uncle Eben quipping that honesty is the best policy and may become the best politics, reflecting a rural voice on integrity and political virtue. The line hints at evolving public ethics with a folksy tone.
The Cape Verde islands lie off the west coast of Africa and comprise ten islands and five islets with Praia as the capital.
The statue of Rochambeau stands in Lafayette Square Washington DC and was unveiled with ceremony by President Theodore Roosevelt in 2002.
The Sudbury district in Ontario produces virtually the world’s nickel, a key component of steel for armaments, according to Collier’s Weekly. The piece notes how the word corn varies by country, listing maize in America, rice in China, oats in Scotland, barley in Norway, wheat in South Germany, and rye in North Germany.
The flysat is described as the sacred swastika of Buddhists used centuries before Christ. By the fourteenth century Christians regarded it as a symbol of strength in their tradition.
The New Zealand industrial conciliation and arbitration act of 1894 established the first minimum wage framework. It set standardized pay scales and collective bargaining avenues guiding employers and workers in industrial relations.
A government calculation states that the 50 million board feet of wood consumed annually in the United States could build a boardwalk one inch thick and forty feet wide from Earth to the Moon. Degrees of Manslaughter In some states three or four degrees of manslaughter are recognized. Wales Ruled by Sovereign Princes Wales was ruled by sovereign princes until the death of Llewellyn.
Colon el Jacob Ruppert owner of the New York Yankees died of phlebitis at his Fifth Avenue home last week. A photo shows Ruppert with Joe DiMaggio, the West Coast phenom who joined the Yankees after Babe Ruth departed.
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