Elgin Local News Roundup of Visits and Health
Elgin neighbors share visits from Clermont West Union and Cedar Rapids. Local residents travel to Janesville Cresco and Bowley for visits and contests. Several ill or recovering individuals include Grace Weibel, Leo Grether, Vern Sires, and Mrs Bergen with continued health concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Erickson
Clermont
Elgin
A. M. Weibel
Max Thoms
West Union
Emmett Morris
Marquette
John Falk
Elias Benson
E. A. Weibel
Grace
Fairbanks
Bowley
Albert Stoffregen
Schultz
Postville
Ward ‘Brabham
Leo Grether
A. J. ‘Phillips
Walter Falk
Charles Huebner
Sumday
E. L. Morris
John Falb
George Falb
Kerr
Lime Springs
H. W. Falb
George Falh
Oelwein
Vern Sires
Floyd Sires
Bergen
East of Elgin
Falh
Abe Fox
Rick Conner
Clyde Fox
Forest City
Million Cattle Under Supervision in 1928 Report
The Bureau of Animal Industry notes 19 299 094 cattle under cooperative tuberculosis eradication in 1928, highlighting vast program scope. Iowa records a warm wet February 1928 per the Weather and Crop Bureau, with pattern linked to prior decades. Groundhog predicts lingering mild winter effects into spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Philosophogrin and the Midnight Scare Verse
A fragmented poem-like satire blends mock legal talk with quirky lines about treasure, burglars, and the fear of night. It references the ideal justice system and moral rewards while musing on English sparrows and petty theft within a scattered, archaic style.
Da Vincis Genius Shifts Mood Across Masterpieces
The passage portrays Leonardo da Vinci as a restless genius who alternated between intense focus and sudden retreats. It notes his preference for geometry over long painting sessions and cites anecdotes of alternating long studio days with abrupt absences, shaping works like the Last Supper and Madonna of Florence through changing moods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
da Vinci
Michelangelo
Guitter
Leonardo da Vinci
Alfresco
Brom 9 Cloister
New Florence
Ecclestratic
Fulddig
Bill Ludwig
Eye Exercises as Regular Routine for Eye Health
A beauty specialist urges daily eye drills to ease eye strain, insisting eyes need exercise like the body. She describes slow upward and downward eye rolls with a still head, then horizontal gazes, finishing with an eyebath of boric acid solution or weak tea, plain water preferred.
Keeping Order in China Prot. Ky. LT Williams Tale
A fragment describes Chinese village governance with the interior minister at Peking as key. It notes elders and the whole village hold collective responsibility for conduct, while the principal elder bears duty for peace, order, and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Gay
Peking
Vilage
Ancient Rip Van Winkles Echo in Legends and Tales
A comparison to Rip Van Winkle traces to Taenides who, in Crete six centuries before Christ, spoke of a man who slept fifty years and returned with hair and beard grown. Epimenides likewise slept long and gained vast knowledge. A German tale linked to Washington Irving centers on Peter Kinus, a goat herder in Sittendorf near Kyffhauser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rip van Winkles
Rip van Winkle
Taenides
Legen
Isle
Crete
Rip
Epimenides
Odd Garden Adornments Along New Jersey Coast
A coastal garden near a New Jersey village features ship figure-heads as lawn ornaments. Readily visible are a Norse goddess in gold blue and red Neptune with trident and a regal king or prince. The owner once captained a sailing ship that visited distant ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Tong Aga
Neptune
Word to Game Hogs Questioned by Americon Magazine
A provocative Americon Magazine editorial accuses self styled egoists of creating deadly technologies while moralizing about a tiger that kills humans. The piece frames humans as monopolists of invention and condemns hypocritical hunts while millions fall to scientific progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americon Magazine
Man buys wedding outfit in Elgin before Wisconsin trip
A man bought a wedding outfit at Your Clothing Store in Elgin then planned to head to Wisconsin for his bride. The writer notes a few similar cases and jokes about not finding an Iowa girl, praising Elgin shopping judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Elgin
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary Hanson
Postvile
Cresco
Louis Koevenig
Jennie Bendict
Cedar Rapids
Augusta Benson
Pierce Moser
Nunda
Dakota
Rudy Moser
Aon
Phil
Elkadar
Harry Nicklaus
Chicago
C. W. Nicklaus
Fahey
Nicklaus
Delwe
Falb
Munsingwear
Max Thoma
Dr. L. 8. Hutchinson
John A. Grover
Lew Grover
Mr. Smith
Volga City
Edith Grether
Baxter
Alberta Esslinger
Gertrude Grether
Cedar Falls
Hans Grether
Philosogrin
Houston
Sdnglasta Coven
Wesats
Eloriyetsibe
the Gardner Nursery Company
Oshkosh B'Gosh
Qshkosh Bgosh
Kohler’s Store
Elgin, Iowa
China
Schumacher
Ames Reliable Minerals
Rigin
Weibel Mill Company
Berg
Editorial
Fred R. Berg
NEW Hart Sch’fner & Marx
Sonneborn
J. A. Boleyn
West Elgin
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