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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
8
A brief notice notes two differences in chiropractic practice items including X ray and Neurotalometer. References to Btate Bank Building Etkader in Iowa appear as fragmented details. The readable portions suggest a filing or ledger entry regarding equipment names and locations.
Illyria items and social notes describe residents visiting relatives at Marshalltown and Ames, cattle sales, dinners with the Medberry, Frieden and Rothlisberger families, and various Sunday gatherings. The piece mentions a March 28 picnic, cantata Hosanna on Easter, and rural school director elections.
Chapman, Albert Dennler and family were guests at How ard Medberry's home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Floyds Frieden were copper-guests Sunday of Frieden family. Mrs Fanny Frieden sewed for Mrs Levi Pulfer from Monday to Wednesday of last week. Mr and Mrs Walter Medberry and Bobby and Ida Frieden were dinner guests Wednesday of Willis Lamphier in El kader.
Oak Grove residents and families are listed visiting, hosting, and socializing across multiple homes on Sundays and weekdays. Names include Wilson, Kerr, Dennler, Jones, Leuchtenmacher, Larsox, Howard, Gilson, Chapman, Nelson, Pollock, Looby, Meyer, Muncie, Winkler, Klingman, Nydegger, Dinnan, and others among gatherings at Silas Wilson, George Howard, Harold Leuenberger, and adjacent homes near West Union Randalia Volga and Rochester.
Mrs Bert Allen phoned to report Winkler home Sunday afternoon and noted visits by Mrs Fanny Frieden and Mrs Edith Bauman last Friday.
Grand Meadow and nearby residents share visits and gatherings through the week. Guests include Clarence Ulstad at Henry Larson’s home and Thelma Lyngaas with Fern Buraas at Olivia Olson’s, with several others from Clermont Fayette and Castalia noted visiting relatives and attending services.
Mrs Sven Blockhus and Mrs Barbara Berg visited the Otta and Severiern Blockhus homes on Monday. The brief call appeared in local social notes.
Walter Lehman traveled to Rochester Minnesota Thursday to be with his wife and son Eugene who has been hospitalized for two weeks. Sunday they returned home. Numerous local residents spent time visiting relatives and assisting on farms and at homes across Cheery Valley.
Gov. E. D. Rivers of Georgia was arrested at the City Auditorium by federal agents on a contempt order issued by Judge Bascom Deaver as he left a Georgia Educational Assn. meeting. He was later released on his own recognizance. The action stemmed from Rivers and his effort to oust Georgia State Highway Board Chairman W. L. Miller, a long-running dispute.
The annual critic music festival at Upper Iowa campus drew over 600 participants from twelve Fayette county schools with Alpha and Oran absent. Friday featured soloists and small groups while Saturday showcased glee clubs choruses bands and orchestras for critique by judges. This third annual event emphasizes constructive feedback with no ratings to reduce contest spirit.
County Line News lists numerous dinner and guest visits across area homes. Emma Gunderson, Buela and Verla attended meals with Mr and Mrs Dan Kloster and Clara Blockhus stayed with the Elmer Larson family.
The Apis Florio bee of India is the smallest honeybee with two inch square honeycombs and pinhead cells. In contrast Java bees in Holland reach combs six to seven feet long and four feet wide, full weights 300 to 400 pounds. Arnhem suburbs show Java nurses caring for children of East Indies executives retired to villas in their homeland.
The honorary freedom of the city of Canterbury, England, was presented recently to the Archbishop of Canterbury. The ceremony underscored the archbishop's long service and ties to the city, reflecting a historic civic honor bestowed by Canterbury authorities.
Volcanic glass quarried by Indigenous peoples in California's Mojave Desert was used to craft knives, a detail noted in a fragmentary historic report.
The article notes traffic laws were in effect in Inland as early as 1835, well before automobiles. It mentions gypsies from India and a study of brine stress, with scholars uncertain about whether gypsies originated in India.
A fragment reports an irregular incident prompting local officials to monitor the scene. Details are unreadable. no names, dates, or places could be confirmed. Further legible material would be required to establish participants, location, and outcome.
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