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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1940
Page
8
E R Withell D C Chiropractor advertises x ray and neurocalometer testing from the State Bank Building Elkader Iowa. The notice contrasts chiropractor practices and lists available services and location.
A dense list of visits and gatherings covers Illyria area families. The report notes guests and hosts across Strawberry Point Elkader Oelwein Hawkeye West Union Fay ette and Fort Wayne tied to the Popenhagen Medberry Rothlisberger and Hermen families, with dinners picnics and Sunday hospitality shared among relatives and friends.
Brainard residents shared Sunday visits at Clermont in the John Barn house and at the Frank Lyon and George Boyle homes. A Farm Union meeting convened in Fayette last Friday evening with local attendance. Numerous families, including the Nuttings, Patersons, Tripp and Lyon groups, visited and helped with chores as Lyon and Patterson families traveled to Chicago for a week.
Sunday school at 10 a m. Choir practice Friday evening at the Levi Learn home. A E Burroughs, Pastor.
County Line News notes numerous visits and family gatherings across Clermont West Union Decorah Decorah area. Names include Hanson Schmid Blockhus Everson Reierson Seeger Larson Tape Kimball and others. Residents host relatives, attend picnics and Sunday visits, with several members traveling from McGregor Tope and Bismark North Dakota.
Grand Meadow area residents spent weekends and Sundays visiting relatives and friends including Mrs. Julia Landsgard with Mrs. Olivia Olson and others. A funeral for Theodore Bilden at East Clermont drew a large crowd, while The Study Club held a picnic at Clermont park.
Oak Grove residents hosted and visited relatives and neighbors over the weekend and early week. The Wilsons hosted Silas, with others traveling to Minneapolis and plans to Canada. Albert Dennler and Opal called on Arthur Chapman, while Shirley Boyle stayed with George Howard.
Mrs Adeline Friederich spent several days last week with the Will and Arthur Friederich home. Earl Meyer of Des Moines vacationed a week at the Oscar BHaumgartner residence with relatives. Mr and Mrs Fred Butikofer and children visited Jake Friederich on Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Orlin Mason were dinner guests Sunday at Lena Meyer near West Union.
Several families and guests share meals and visits this week. Names include Oscar Baumgartner Dennier Friederich Dennier Dennler Meisner Torkelson and Larson households with Sundays Mondays and Wednesdays noted for gatherings and overnight stays.
Cards sent to about 200 people in the Greeley trading section asking their attitude about a lock ier plant received a good response with about 80 percent in favor. Sponsors view this as encouraging and expect plans to install the plant to begin soon. A campus legend from Cornell College at Mount Vernon Iowa notes a Gingko tree sheds its leaves in one night and a woman who combs her hair at midnight under it will have her wish granted.
Adolf Hitler addressed the German Reichstag today urging Great Britain to make peace with Germany or face destruction. He claimed harmony with Soviet Russia exists despite Britain’s efforts and the speech was transmitted from Berlin to New York by radiophoto after censor approval.
The report recalls Iowa’s 74 state parks and preserves totaling 20.315 acres near Dubuque where the first Iowa newspaper originated. It mentions public, private, and Catholic school enrollment, a monumental world portrait in the state capitol, and a giant willow photograph of the 268th infantry after World War I. It also notes Iowa Indians owning 3600 acres of state land paid in taxes, though none held by title.
Tore Stansell of Osenla intends to travel to Hollywood California soon to pursue opportunities as a young comedian from Missouri who aims to become a movie star.
Cleaning varnished flpers and flners that have never been waxed should not wear ule. If badly soiled they may be wiped with a cloth wrung from slightly soapy water, followed by a wipe with clean water. Wipe dry immediately and polish with an oil-treated map.
An air photo shows the Jamestown Bridge spanning Narragansett Bay opening to traffic on July 26 and to be dedicated August 22. The bridge links Conanicut Island to Rhode Island’s mainland for the first time, replacing the Jamestown Saunderstown ferry founded in 1675. The new span, with the remaining Jamestown Newport ferry, shortens the trip along the Shore route between New York and Cape Cod and other New England points.
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