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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1929
Page
8
The Illyria area hosts a string of social activities including farm bureau meetings near Gunder, a Wagner farm program, and numerous visits among Frieden, Yearous, Gehring, Rothlisberger, and related families. Many relatives travel for reunions, weekend visits, and birthday celebrations across Elkader, Cedar Rapids, Volga, and Des Moines, reflecting a tight knit rural community.
Chas Medberry enjoyed a picnic dinner at the Elmer Frieden home. Sunday school is at 10 15 a m and worship at 11 15 a m. Ladies Aid and Cemetery Association meet with Mrs Chas Doty Thursday afternoon. Epworth League meets Thursday evening at Jack Shaffer home. Bales Books advertises Mc Casky and Crosby Wirth lines as top selling titles with low prices and quality. Elgin Echo note.
Mr and Mrs Will Barker and family attended the Farmers Picnic at Hawkeye last Thursday. Mr and Mrs Martin Hovey and son Beverly drove to Decorah Sunday to spend the day with the Walter Bachman family. Chas Peters entertained at dinner Sunday with George Howard Joe Peters Lewis Becker Guy Peters Reuben Howard and Arthur Patterson families and Pearl Peters. Azelia Nutting attends summer school at Fayette. Rev Butchier of West Union will hold services at the Baptist church Sunday June 28 at two o clock with a special program and attendees from West Union helping Portions note visits to Oelwein and Waterloo for social and family events.
The Echo Office advertises a combined subscription deal saving $1.00. New and renewing customers can get the Elgin Echo for $2.00 and the Telegraph-Herald for $4.00, or both for $5.00 at the Echo Office.
A busy weekend in Oak Grove features Herbert Dummermuth Jud Canner Merle Fox and Walter Kohls visiting the Albert Dummermuth home. Families visit and entertain across neighbors including Boyle Reed and Brabham with catechism trips and weekend stays noted.
Medieval armor and skeletal remains unearthed from two pits outside Visby on Gotland reveal a 13th century battle. A Danish army led by King Valdemar destroyed Visby in 1861. now archaeologists expose gear and graves from five and a half centuries ago.
In Germany food holds prime place. Germans enjoy two breakfasts with sandwiches or fruit by eleven, a habit seen from street cleaner to banker. Remarkably, many German waiters abound as people dine and drink coffee in numerous cafes. Inside the leather briefcase common to many is a bundle of sausage sandwiches, notes Isaac F. Matcosson in the Saturday Evening Post.
The Columbian Liberty Bell cast at Meneely Bell Co Troy 1808 weighed 13000 pounds with 88 inch mouth diameter and 76 inch height. A duplicate of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia 1876 from the same mold. Funds and exact cost unknown. It was bought by a committee of patriotic societies chaired by W C McDowell of Newark New Jersey and exhibited nationwide after the Chicago World’s Fair.
Two travelers on a train discuss a recent musical comedy. The girl praises the villain and a chorus of twenty two, claiming there were more than twenty, with everyone above thirty, while the young man resents the hair and fairness of the crowd in London Answers.
The selective service act of World War I exempted members of recognized sects formed by May 18, 1917 whose creed forbids participation in war. Quakers qualified, yet many members served in active U S forces despite exemptions.
The air temperature at a location hinges on sunshine and recent weather. Southerly winds on cloudy days can feel as warm as northerly winds on sunny days, especially after traveling long distances. Warm humid air also feels warmer than dry air at the same temperature.
Mrs. G P Clark returned from Arlington caring for Mrs. Hunter. Frank Poor visits from Chicago. Albert Kelly and Trene Flanagan wed at a Catholic church. Multiple families across Grundy Center, Oelwein, Dubuque, West Union, and other towns visit, move, or travel. Dr. J R Wood and Ainsworths visit Volga. families split between Cedar Rapids, Preston, and Jackson County towns.
Mrs Donald Leonhart and her daughter Dixie Lee are visiting Mrs A Weber and other friends Sunday evening, sharing social time and conversation with local residents.
Fayette county held its semi annual Vigilants meeting at Maynard Iowa on June 13 1929 attended by members from every town sheriffs from other counties and State Department of Justice officials They shot at moving and stationary targets and the group praised for accuracy after the event the Fayette County Bankers Association hosted a 6:30 dinner at Merchants Hotel with talks and questions Contributed
Cleveland Ohio derives from Moses Cleaveland founder with a numeral error fixed. Pittsburgh honors William Pitt and was once Duquesne named by the French at the river junction. In 1758 George Washington urged naming Pittebergh during British colonial service.
Community shoppers are invited to buy homemade candy at the Kohler's Store candy booth this Saturday evening. Proceeds support local activities.
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