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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
8
E R Withell D C Chiropractor advertises services at State Bank Building Elkader Iowa noting use of X Ray and Neurocalometer with claims of distinct chiropractic practice compared to others.
Mr and Mrs Henry Frieden and Alvina and Eva Mae visited in Mrs Rachael Frieden’s home Sunday. Ethel Mae Thoman and Lucille Hanson weekends at Adolph Hanson home. Families including Schupbachs Roberta Mosby and Dennlers hosted guests. Several locals spent Sundays with relatives and birthdays celebrated at Larson and Butikofer households.
Emma Meiners of Minnesota Earl Scheffert and family visited Hilda and Meyer hosts over the weekend. Oscar Baumgartner Fred Han Mr and Mrs W L Peters of Ison Chester Hall Floyd Odegard Arlington Lizzie Ernst and Harry Dennler called at Gelwein and John Dennler homes Sunday. Chas Doty hosted after, Hilda Meyer and Emma Meiners stayed with Mrs Paul Larson, Bill Weber visits Harold Weber.
Oak Grove residents record a flurry of visits and callers including Mr. and Mrs. Jake Yearous, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chapman and son, Mr. and Mrs. George Howard, Mrs. Bert Allen, and numerous others dropping by homes of Mrs. J. M. Shaffer, Mrs. Arthur Patterson, Clyde King, Harold Strong, and Henry Matthys.
Illyria items describe Shirley Glass and Janette Nic haus visiting at the Wm Glass home in Dundee, Lucille Popenhagen visiting near Fayette with Helen Dennler, and Benson being ill and hospitalized. Reports cover numerous social visits, farm activities, a pony injury, a funeral, a farm bureau picnic, bible school, summer school, community events, and varied weekend gatherings in the West Union area.
Gunder News reports Vern Hofer of the Gunder store attended Merchants Day in Dubuque last Tuesday. Various local residents, including Mrs T Kjosa, son Lewis, and Milo Gisleson, visited St Olaf on Monday afternoon. A picnic at Clermont park celebrated Mr and Mrs Elmer Nelsons fourteenth anniversary. Parochial schools in districts No 5 and 6 closed with picnics. district 5 taught by Hilder Opsand, district 6 by Mrs C J Anderson. Charles and Rodney Loftsgard stay with Aunt Emma Larson at Clermont this week. John and Mrs Olson of Hillsboro were weekend guests of T J Olson. a Clermont park picnic honored them Sunday. Delegates Harry Olson and Carlyle Anderson attended a Marion Luther League convention at the Stone church near Ossian Friday and Saturday. Mrs Sarah Peterson visited Mrs T Kjosa Friday. The Marion choir attended a choral union at the Stone church near Ossian Sunday. Tina Nelson visited H E Landsgard at Clermont Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs T T Loftsgard and Orvin and T L Loftsgard were guests of Albert Olson near Ventura Monday. Lillian and Jeanette Loftsgard attend Bible camp at Clear Lake this week. Mrs Gilbert Loftsgard, and Charles and Rodney Loftsgard spent Friday afternoon with Mrs B Nelson.
A collage reads about rose trees grafted on crabapple stock in Clear Lake and various rural curiosities. Topics span found motor recovery in Clear Lake, a bottle letter 120 miles away, pinochle mischief, a wall brick mishap sparing card players, a tiny 21 pound Shetland pony, a mystery bird shot near Cylinder, turkeys killed in a storm, a burning accident at Union, voting booth access in Columbus Junction, Norway’s Independence Day honors in Decorah, a bus incident near Storm Lake, free water in Walcott, summer money schemes by Guttenburg youths, speeding truckers in Carroll, and Geo Getzenberger’s long-ago marriage suit.
Bertha Larson at the Andrew Thorson home transacted business in Minneapolis last week. Families and friends, including Reiersons, Bergs, and Fr iederichs, shared dinners and visits across Ossian and nearby towns. Luther League attendees and Bible camp participants gathered at Stone church and Clear Lake, with multiple households hosting relatives and friends over the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Herb Malcolm former Tama county residents own a home and acreage at Arvada Colorado. The homestead was left to the Malcolms by a now deceased couple whom they had aided with many kind deeds.
The National Consumers Tax commission estimates that taxes hidden in the price of retail goods account for 3 percent of all local, state, and national revenues.
In Greece the visitor may buy a ticket costing less than a dollar that grants entry to most national museums and also to the Acropolis and archaeological sites in Athens Piraeus and Epirus.
The General Sherman tree in Sequoia National Park is calculated to be about 4,000 years old. This ancient giant began as a sapling long before Babylon's glory.
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