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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1940
Page
8
Advertisement for E R Withell D C chiropractor located in the State Bank Building Elkader Iowa offers X Ray and Neurocalometer services. The notice highlights a difference in chiropractors and directs readers to his practice.
Illyria residents and families visit across nearby towns with guests at the Hermen and Yearous homes. Ilyria 4-H and Progressive Home Study clubs met with local hosts. Social rounds include dinners, picnics, and weekend visits among Wenger, Doty, Foxwell, Smith, and related families in Arlington, Clermont, Decorah, and West Union.
Dennler and family were guests of the Thomas Pollock family last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Popenhagen of Anamosa are spending a week with their daughter, Mrs. Walter Medberry and family. Reynold Strong broke his jaw last Wednesday while working with his tractor. Mrs. Martin Wenger and children and Mrs. Ida Meyer visited the Guernsey Smith family Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Robbins of near Hawkeye and Thomas Ogle with family left Friday for a Canada trip to visit Arthur Kelly in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Maii Highlanders livestock club toured Friday and had a picnic at Levi Pulfer’s. Gene Wenger joined the group. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Mason of Cedar Rapids spent the weekend with her sister and husband, C. L. Klingman. They visited Wm. Kerr’s near West Union and relatives in Elgin. Celia Lehman spent the weekend with the Walter Rothlisberger family, Elmer Kohls and family attended a birthday party for Frank Kohls near West Union. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Shaffer and daughter Dalene, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Shaffer, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Yearous and Kathleen, and Donna Lou Medberry shared a picnic at Big Springs near Elkader. Lena Wenger returned to Cedar Rapids last Saturday after over a month with her brother Lew and Ed Wenger. Mr. and Mrs. Alton Medberry and children were guests Sunday at the Glen Boyer home at Brainard. Mrs. Martha Chapman spent Sunday evening with Mrs. Myrtle Medberry.
Local residents from Minneapolis and several nearby towns visited family homes and attended picnics and social gatherings in Waverly Decorah Oelwein Rushford and St Olaf. Numerous households hosted relatives and friends including the Berg Blockhus Thorson Reierson and Friederich families with multiple Sunday visits and daytime visits noted.
Gunder News reports numerous Sunday and Friday gatherings as George Larson and family, Lawrence West, Selma Groth, and others visit friends in Clermont and nearby towns. The piece notes the golden wedding anniversary at East Clermont church and a bicycle accident injuring Delores Wold and Carlyle Kirkeberg with stitches required.
Oak Grove reports show Mr and Mrs Henry Herwig of West Union called at the Wm Pritchard home Sunday afternoon. Robt Wilson visited Friday night in the Lyle Wilson home. Numerous guests gathered at the Oran Bane home Sunday including Gene Nutting, John Nydegger, and others from West Bend Volga and Sumner areas. Further visits included Mr and Mrs Chris Dennler and Mr and Mrs Arthur Chapman at Wylas ing state park and Warren Joyce from near West Union calling on John Howard.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Becker and Lucy drove to Des Moines Sunday morning and spent the day with her uncle who is hospitalized there.
Community members report visits and guest meals at multiple homes including Emery Buroden Ray Gilbert and Wm Nutting households. Families from Chicago Marshalltown Randalia and Manchester appear in a sequence of supper calls and calier visits. Church notes list Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preaching at 8 p.m. Rev. A. E. Burroughs leads Brainard.
The French government owns a large stake in the nation’s rail system, shaping subsidy decisions and railway mileage allocations. This policy outline discusses government ownership shares and fiscal support impacting rail infrastructure and service levels.
A terse sales notice urges immediate orders to guard against any price changes or short supplies of twine, emphasizing urgency and self-protection through prompt purchasing.
Mrs. Claudine Schatz resigns as deputy county recorder effective August 1 after four years in the post. Odney Blockhus, her assistant for several months, will assume the duties as deputy.
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