Elgin Social Notes Include Visitors and Spring Prep
Elgin residents share visits with neighbors in Oak Grove and Calmar. Upper Iowa students returned home for weekend. spring track practice reported with meets planned in Davenport and Dubuque. Community notices include hospital recuperation, a birthday party, a Batoffé Club meeting, and a Saturday birthday celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Zurbriggen
Elgin
Dale Minger
Wadena
Upper Town University
Luther
la Crosse
Wartburg
Dubuque
Simpson
Iowa City
Marlys Wenger
Martin Wenger
G. d. Mosby
Mariya
Karolin Falk
Barbara ‘Ider
Loretta Gilson
Janaan Mark
Joan
Marlene Mosby
Helen Wenger
Myria Church Service Notices Include Snyder Foxwell
Myria Church announces regular services led by Minister J. J. Snyder with Grace Foxwell as pianist. Sunday worship follows the usual schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
Grace Foxwell
St Pauls M E Church Announces Schedule and Play
St Pauls M E Church led by Minister J J Snyder and pianist R C Jorgenson presents a 10 oclock communion and 11 oclock Sunday school. On Monday March 22 students from the U S A perform The Terrible Meek at 8 pm. Union Good Friday services will be held at First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Snyder
R. C. Jorgenson
Studentsrom U. S. A
Meek
Union
First Baptist Church
Elgin Baptist Church Sunday worship and events
Elgin Baptist Church led by Pastor Paul F Zoschke offers Sunday worship at 10 o clock Sunday school at 11 o clock and evening service at 7 45 B Y P U program. No prayer service Wednesday evening. Communion service Thursday March 28 at 7 p m Good Friday union service from 1 39 to 3 00 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
LiMan Jacobs
Organi
Lutheran Church Notes March Schedule and Services
March observances list confirmands at St Olaf March 21 Norway and Marion services March 24 Norse communion March 25 and 26 Marion 11 Norse communion. March 28 Marion 9 English Easter service Norway 11 English Easter service First Lutheran 2 30 come to church welcoming all strandsjord pastor.
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St. Olaf
Norway
Munion
Marion
Luther League
St. Olaf Chapel
Norse Communion
Strandjord
Shrub Lavender Compared With True Lavender
The shrub lavender Lavendula groechus grows about three feet tall yet lacks the fragrance of Lavendula vera. English and French perfumers favor Lavendula vera. It thrives in light chalky soil overlaid with loam and does not tolerate wet soil.
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England
France
Foot Priori Cushions For Feet A Century Ago In Europe
Collier's Weekly notes that European peasants slept with their feet raised on pillows rather than their heads, believing the feet did the harder work and deserved the greater comfort.
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Europe
Collier's Weekly
Froebel’s Kindergarten Founder Born in 1782 in Germany
The German educator Friedrich Wilhelm Froebel, who introduced the kindergarten system that bears his name, was born in 1782 and died in 1852, shaping early childhood education.
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Froebel
Hatia Rat Size Spotlight in Cuban Habitat
The West Indian hog rat, known locally as hatia, reaches up to 29 inches in length from tip to tail, with Cuba cited as the best known habitat for this large rodent.
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Cuba
Platinite nickel alloy used as bulb leads
Platinite is a trade name for an iron alloy containing 48 percent nickel. This base metal alloy is used as leads for electric light bulbs.
Pain Deadening Agents Since Ether Use In 1846
Since October 16, 1846 when ether was first publicly used at Massachusetts General Hospital, more than 200 pain reducing agents have been devised.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Possessions and Expectations Quote
A reflective line notes that people part with possessions more readily than with expectations for future joy, since expectation often surpasses actual enjoyment.
Folklore Explored as Art of Love and Longing
A reflection on folk music as the art of a love long past, portraying human emotion and shared aspirations. The piece considers how folk songs express innermost feelings across generations, linking past and present.
Reverence as Noble State Beyond Slavery
The remark frames reverence as a voluntary yielding of self to another, not slavery, portraying such devotion as a noble condition that elevates a person’s existence in this world. It emphasizes choosing allegiance and life in service as a dignified, liberating stance rather than oppression.
An Old Saying About Changing Names and Letters
An old saying warns that changing a name while leaving the same letter can worsen things not improve them. It suggests that superficial edits fail to improve the underlying situation.
Weekend visitors and travel to Chicago noted in local posts
Illness and bed confinement for M Zurbriggen last week. Hazel Howard stayed as guest with Ruth Grover at Mabel Grove. Shaffer and Knight traveled to Chicago on business and expect to return Thursday. Local families hosted relatives from Elkader Dundee Blairstown Wadena Cedar Rapids West Union Elgin Oelwein for weekend visits. Fayette County Veterinarian meeting in Mosley Hotel included dinner, business session, bridge, and theatre party with forty attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Howard
Ruth Grover
Mabel Grove
Howard Shaffer
Vernon Knight
Chicago
R.A. Crider
Oelwe
Fayette County
Mosley Hotel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Lawrence McKellar
John Falb
Elmer Christen
J. M. Shaffer
H.W. Falb
Thas
Jud Conner
Ed Boyle
Enos Howard
Oak Grove
Mrs. B. J. Baumgartner
Louise
Earl Kiple
E. J. Starr
Arlington
Fred Reichert
Decorah Hospital
Lub Lubben
Buffalo Center
Erwin Miller
Bertha Kiple
West Union
Wm. Howard
Mrs. Howard
Kenneth Evans
Viola Berndt
Robert Steele
Norma Dean
Upper Iowa
C. B. Schori
Calmar
Kenneth Meyer
Ellen Hanson
Cheery Valley
Wm. E. Baumgartner
Anna Lauer
Elkader
A. J. Phillips
Maude Stewart
Postville
W. C. Falb
Mia
John Feller
Duane
Eunice Leonard
H. W. Falb
Kiple
Max Hunsberger
E. Hunsberger
Sam Lehman
Alta Vista
Fred Heimerdinger
Geo. N. Schori
E. C. Olsen and Sons
Joe Yates
Fayette
Schori
Leo Schori
Batoffe Club
Hugh Casper
C. O. Christ
Mel Kohler
L. L. Kiple
Elmer Houg
COATS
Kohler Elgin
Iowa
Myria Church
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
Elgin Baptist Church
Lutheran Church Notes
M. Zurbriggen
C. L. Crider
R. A. Crider
Harry Bisbing
Cedar Falls
Jacob Yearous, Sr
Frank Kiple
Jesup
Oscar Lehman
Carpenter
Dundee
Celia Rennison
Henry Meyers
Albert Scholte
Blairstown
L. L.kiple
Louis Becker
Walter Humphry
Cedar Rapids
Harry Humphry
Will Frey
Matt Frey
Chris Wenger
Echo
Big Smith
Work Sox
Rockford
Peter
Stempoth & Fr
Narant
Baby Stuart
Rinso
Johnson’s
Max Thoma Elgin
Foot Comfort Store
Fale
Saline Werman
ASO “Hig Stock
Rarane
Guernsey
Jersey
Farrow
Poland
China
Mabel Holzer
Belle City
H. W. Fale
Elgin State Bank
Orvin Thompson
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