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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1939
Page
6
Elgin readers learn of dinner guests and hosting duties across families including Baumgartners Burrows Wen ger Millers and Wengers. The column lists visitors from Postville Cedar Rapids Chicago and West Union, a hospital checkup for Robert Gruver, births and illnesses, travel to Chicago and Brookings, and community club activities.
Sunday worship at 10, Sunday school 11. Epworth League meets February 1 at 8. Lois Brandt leads missionary work. A Wednesday social followed Citizenship talks with contests and popcorn. The spelling bee with cash prizes was the highlight of the evening.
Elgin Baptist Church announces evening service and baptism at 7 45 with Pastor Paul F Zoschke and organist Lillian Schroeder. B Y P A service at 8 35 led by Mrs Erwin Miller. Wednesday Feb 1 Womens Missionary Society meets 2 pm, prayer and Bible study 8 pm, choir rehearsal 9 pm.
On January 29 Marion church services at 11 o'clock Norse services at 7 30 St Olaf and Luther League invite all to attend each service Pastor Dr S J Strandford extends welcome to every service.
At a January 28 meeting at Mrs Ern Schori home the Elgin Ladies Cemetery Association elected Ida Thoma as president Lulu Schmid as vice president Tille Hanson secretary Myrtle Muehlenthaler treasurer. Directors are Nee Schori Mary Falk Edith Berg Emma Olson and Irene Yack. The annual financial report shows cash on hand January 1 1938 161.54 receipts from sales and care of lots interest and trust fund and park bond totaling 1513.70 with payments for labor tarpaulin miscellaneous and secretary and transfer to trust fund leaving 881.62 cash on hand and 632.08 total expenditures. The report lists security bonds TD State Bank trust certificate and total cash in bank fund for permanent care of lots totaling 1925.09
The Confederation of Cantons Switzerland is a union of 22 cantons bound by a federal constitution. Each canton retains substantial local authority, balancing national framework with significant regional control.
A quoted African American saying suggests that a man with a million who listens to every piece of advice loses time to reflect on how he acquired the wealth. The voice attributes prudence to restraint and cautions against overthinking origins while pursuing prudent use.
In 1924 amid French tensions with China, Paris classified rice as contraband. The move reflected wartime economic controls, affecting trade and supply lines during the period.
Grand Central Station in New York City is the largest station in the world covering 79 acres and able to accommodate 30,000 people in its public rooms at once.
William Kimpson born in Ontario February 4 1968. He moved to Iowa later living in Illyria township and worked forty years for Northern Pacific railroad as chief clerk in Brainard and Staples Minnesota. He died January 20 at age 77. Burial in Illyria Cemetery near family tributes from siblings and friends.
A Philadelphia Record writer explains how sapodilla trees yield chicle the basic gum ingredient. Chicleros in Central America harvest sap by machete, boil it into bricks, and U S factories convert bricks into gum, with Belize serving as the contract hub for native crews.
The camphor tree is an evergreen resembling a linden with smooth bark white flowers and red berries. It takes about 50 years to reach usable size, camphor is extracted by heating chipped trunk and root sections, yielding a vapor that is condensed. Workers’ tears are triggered by camphor fumes while Venetians and then Dutch monopolized refining before widespread knowledge.
Bolivia, called the Switzerland of South America, has been governed by a few Spanish-American families for 120 years while its population includes many Indigenous groups. The Quechuas and Aymaras trace Inca heritage, the Chiquitanos dwell in lowlands, the Chiriguanos inhabit Andean foothills, and the Tobas are described as robust and untamed.
Reelfoot Lake lies in Obion and Lake counties Tennessee near the northwest corner extending into Fulton Kentucky. The 18 mile long shallow lake formed by the 1811 earthquake receives Reelfoot Pawpaw and other creeks and drains via the Reelfoot river into the Obiona. Widely known among sportsmen for bass fishing. Phone your news to 20 early.
The American Dental Association identifies age 3 6 9 and 12 as crucial for a child’s dental checkups. Betty Roberto a dental hygienist demonstrates the method to Jean Kreuser Alvin Steck Leela Pope and Judith Marie Nicholson.
The American Wildlife Institute notes toads have a uniquely mounted tongue attached to the front of the upper jaw. It shoots forward like a rubber band to impale prey, a design aiding efficient feeding with little effort. A separate line mentions potential savings on a $50 suit if hidden taxes are eliminated.
A scientific note states the greater portion of the sea floor lies at depths ranging from 1000 to 3009 fathoms, indicating vast unseen terrain beneath the waves. The text emphasizes the extent of deep-sea regions beyond shallow shelves.
Mesopotamian cities produced marps horns and trumpets creating music, while the violin as a string instrument was developed later in India.
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