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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1931
Page
7
Dover Mills residents report numerous social calls and visits to area homes including the H. K. Johnson and J. C. Matthews households. Families travel to Elgin and West Union for gatherings, picnics, and a local funeral.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for sympathy after a bereavement. Notes visits and dinners among extended families across multiple towns, including Larson, Gutcher, Gunderson, Adsem, Gunsten, Kellys, McSweeney, Monroe, Peterson, Sehave, Gress, and others. Also a humorous item about snoring, contrasting human and hippo sounds in a Detroit News style.
The Junior MacDowell Club of Clermont met at Mrs. G. E. Jorgenson’s home last Thursday. Gretchen Bolts won the monthly prize with Irene Erickson in second. William Crowe was elected president for the coming year.
The Clermont Union Sunday school hosts an ice cream social on Thursday evening July 16 on the lawn north of the Larrabee office. Ice cream cake coffee and cones will be served all evening.
Cedar Falls student Myrtle Amundson spent the weekend with home folks. Ed Bilden family and Esther Moe of Chester visited the Jim Bilden home. Sylvan Hoag joined friends in Minneapolis while Mrs. Wesler Delaney visited from Waterloo. Castalia visitors Mons Hanon and relatives hosted by C. C. Peterson party. Frank Lauretta and daughter Dorian from Chicago visited Anna Knudson’s family. Jennie Mae Luabben Burdett Anderson and Ervin Miller from Buffalo Center spent the weekend with J. F. Miller. J. T. Kelleher daughter Blanche visited A. Cheesman of Elkader. Herman Rolfs and family visited George Grimes at West Union. Dr. I. Jerdee and Gladys Ostlie spent Sunday with Alton Saunders in Charles City. Richard and Ruth Skarshaug of Cedar Falls and Sumner parents enjoyed the Fourth at home. Emma Gunderson family visiting Red Wing Minnesota. Raymond Steffens Castalia and others met for a picnic dinner at Festina.
Two new Iowa measures take effect July 4. The first requires buyers of livestock to keep time of purchase seller details and livestock descriptions, with records open to peace officer inspection and a fine up to 100 dollars for noncompliance. The second mandates white or tinted lights or red reflectors on horse drawn and other vehicles from one hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, with some visibility rules up to 200 feet rearward.
Startling Hawkeye news reports that G B E Pratt committed death by own action. About 4 45 p m Wednesday he fired a fatal shot in the woodshed behind his harness shop after discussing a heavy wind storm. The bullet entered above the right ear and he collapsed without a chance to respond. Hawkeye Beacon.
An old observation notes the oak is much likelier to be struck by lightning than beech trees. It explains oak roots extend deep and reach electrical fields, drawing more bolts. Advice emphasizes avoiding trees during storms and preferring open spaces or getting thoroughly wet if no shelter is available.
Divine services at West Clermont Church are in Norwegian at 9 46. Luther League meets at 8 p.m. East Clermont Church holds 11 a.m. services. A picnic dinner follows, then the children's day program in the afternoon.
The U S Department of Agriculture offers methods to improve fertilizer use. Keep fertilizer away from seeds, mix with soil, distribute evenly, and apply in light repetitive doses rather than heavy single applications. Avoid fertilizing freshly transplanted plants and when soil is dry.
A heart nut is a variation of the Japanese walnut. The tree has large foliage and the nut is heart shaped, smooth and brown with excellent quality and a butternut like flavor.
In a whispered scene before a crowded candy kitchen window, little Lyman repeats his craving for a father’s “treatment,” prompting his mother’s growing confusion as she realizes the underlying meaning.
The West Clermont Luther League will meet next Sunday evening, July 12, with a program including song, Scripture reading, prayer, a vocal duet by Beryl Miller and Alice Tatro, topic discussions led by Gerhard Gunsten and Viola Roland, piano and cornet solos by Elsie Schave and Eileen Aanes, and a closing collection.
Milton O Work states the Mile Biasippi heart hand is a legendary gambler’s ploy on Mississippi river boats. He argues the supposed strong hand is in reality easily beaten by savvy opponents and reflects risks seen in riverboat and train pick up games.
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