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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
8
R. Withell, D.C., a Elkader chiropractor, notes a distinction in X ray neurocalometer based assessments at the State Bank Building office. The claim contrasts with other chiropractors and emphasizes method variance in diagnosing nerve involvement.
Oak Grove area residents share visits and gatherings this week. Mrs. Lyle Wilson and children visited Thursday afternoon with Mrs. D. Dean. Henry Holzer and guests attended a family picnic in the Lulu Roethlisberger home. Several Chicago visitors stayed with Leuchtenmacher and Sheeley families and joined local suppers and evenings. Multiple visits occur around West Union and local homes, with a wedding in West Union and a rodeo trip to Waukon noted. A funeral in West Bend was attended by local families.
Cheery Valley News lists weekend and weekday visits across multiple families. Names include Lehman Christen Schneider Butikofer Dennler Hanson Mason Metzger West Bend Rock Island Spirit Lake Kahoka Quincy and relatives in Cedar Rapids Strawberry Point Sioux Falls and Burlington. Several trips to hospital and wedding travel noted.
The Progressive Home Study Club plans a meeting with Mrs. Carl Gehring on Tuesday July 12. Family and church events populate Illyria with notes on visits from the Yearous and Moore families, Kinships in Cedar Rapids, and travelers passing through La Porte City Des Moines and Omaha. Local residents including Ruth Rothlisberger Dan Foxwell and the Foxwell family entertain and host relatives and friends from West Union Waterloo Canton and Chicago outlining a busy period of visits and gatherings.
Brainard Items note Howard Boyer of Hansgar and brothers Chesley and Russel Boyer spending the Fourth with relatives. Guests include Mr and Mrs Joe Peters and family and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Howard. Other visits feature B Litell and Effie Sumner in Waterloo, Fred Wede and Vernon Elgin, Ray Gilbert Marshalltown, John Barnhouse in Elgin, Marian Patterson Ced ar Falls, and Chesley Howard and others on a park picnic. West Union W T U regional conference and Alice Leigh Scott address reported.
A W C U play at West Union featured the line Experience is a Dear Teacher coached by Mrs. T A King with attendees Rev R A Belknap Junior Cummings and Mr and Mrs S S Patterson. Brainard farm union picnic drew attendees. many visits and guest stays noted at local homes. Brainard Church Notes report Sunday school 10 a m and preaching 7 45 p m by Rev R A Belknap.
Grand Meadow residents and relatives gathered at multiple homes Sunday and Monday. Thelist includes Lyngaas Olson Erickson Reierson Thorson Martin and others visiting families such as Osmundson Aanes and Holm, plus a note that many attended Milo Lee’s ordination near Decorah.
The Stone Shaft Memorial in Bennington Vermont is described as the highest stone shaft memorial in the world, marking a notable monument status.
The standard encyclopedia notes the cuckoo lays its eggs in foster nests and, after hatching, ejects the host chick. The mother cuckoo provides no parental care, leaving the young to usurp the nest through brood parasitism.
Alfred Nobel, a Swedish engineer, invented dynamite in 1866. His will established the Nobel prizes, creating a lasting legacy in science, literature and peace.
Early references to shell shock appear in the Sixteenth Century noting a wind of the ball. The term reflects historic war related stress observed by contemporaries in distant conflicts.
Civil War veteran John Meyer senior of Addieville Illinois, age 97, joins the Bies and Grays reunion at Gettysburg Battlefield July 1 to 6. An honorary badge is pinned to his coat lapel as one of Illinois oldest veterans, and he drives his own car to attend.
Washington D C Aubrey Williams Deputy WIA Administrator spoke to a Workers Alliance delegation urging keeping unemployed allies in government. Senator William H King Utah scored the remarks as improper and signaled possible investigation by the Senate Campaign Expenditure Committee.
The Echo notes Roy Gardner, once a mail robber, calls Al Capone a worthless man and states Capone will be released from Alcatraz next year. Gardner expresses his opinion while reflecting on adults’ memory of youth.
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