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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1938
Page
8
Cheery Valley residents shared weekend visits and social calls across Cedar Rapids Postville Des Moines and neighboring towns. Families including Dennlers Lehman Schupbach Beers and Butikofer hosted relatives and friends while Imogene Pulfer returned home from Town City hospital after months as a patient.
Reuben Metzger was a dinner guest in the G Friederich home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Will Bellis of Pontville spent Sunday night in Mrs Rosa Schlupp home. Mrs Ed Metzger helped Mrs G Friederich cook for shredders last Thursday.
Illyria residents hosted and visited relatives and friends across nearby towns including Cedar Rapids Traer Ames West Union and Arlington. Guests included families of Klingman Rothlisberger Yearous Yesrous and others. Community events list a farm bureau meeting and Ladies Aid gathering with activity centered on November 16.
Mildred Halverson spent Wednesday night with Lillian Meyer in the Mrs. B. Nelson home. Pupils at Postville high school enjoyed a two day vacation while teachers attended a Des Moines meeting. Fr dwick Gisleson aided T. T. Loftsgard Friday and Saturday. A O Nyborg fell down stairs Saturday and cut his head, requiring several stitches. Henry T. Olson and family visited Cornelius Olson for dinner Sunday. Mabel Heuser returned home from Lofstuen’s near Decorah where she had worked a month. Mrs. Kenneth Kjosa left Friday for Decorah to nurse a hospital case. Christina Tollefson of Decorah stayed with friends locally. Bernice Peterson helps Mrs. Henry Kittleson with housework. Mrs. Martin Groth of Farmersburg spent the weekend in Lic parental T. J. Olson’s home. Lou Loftsgard assists Rev. Johaningmeyer with farm work. Martin Tilpher, Josephine and Millard Bid en left for Argyle Wisconsin for a cousin’s funeral. Merlin Burnden fell Monday breaking both arm bones. District No. 5 teachers and pupils enjoyed a vacation Monday for schoolhouse use and again Tuesday for election. Dorcas Society chicken dinner at Marion church drew many and the society thanks patrons. Mrs. John Smith and daughter Maria were guests in the Mrs. B. Nelson home Wednesday afternoon.
A mother describes a Illyria training school program led by Miss Weils on November 2 at Mrs. Ed Wengers home. The group explored how reading habits shape children, comparing old and new books, creating attractive covers, and outlining gifts of reading such as knowledge imagination and empathy for ages from infancy to ten.
Publicity Chairman notes a traveling library will be available between play times and meals. Books are to be returned at the next training school on December 7. Meeting location to be announced later.
The Elgin Farmers' Dairy Company will let twelve cream routes for one year starting January 1939 to the lowest responsible bidders. Sealed bids are due by noon November 17 1838 and routes set at 1 pm that day. Haulers must service the cream four times weekly during hot season as requested without extra pay. The board may reject all bids.
The red newt and the spotted newt are color phases of the same species. The red phase lives on land in moist areas while the spotted phase dwells in the waters of sluggish ponds. They are numerous but hard to spot and rarely exceed four inches. They pose no harm.
Sioux Falls report notes Ted Balko of Redwood Falls Minnesota captured the national corn husking championship by husking 22 24 bushels in 80 minutes to repeat his 1934 victory amid a strong field of competitors.
Special CFI photo shows the oldest Methodist church in Illinois at Shiloh four miles north and west of Belleville. Founded in 1794 and in continuous service since 1806, it predates Illinois statehood. Early settlers from Kentucky and Virginia faced marauding Indians in the region. Shiloh, a village of 400, ranks among Illinois’ oldest towns.
During a late medieval siege, an English army promised to surrender if not relieved by a set date. Rescuers never arrived, the French general died, and the English fulfilled their pledge by marching to the deceased foe’s tent. They knelt and laid the town keys on the coffin, honoring their agreement.
Street scene in Chesterton Indiana shows eight year old Donald Kessler beneath a hatched box shelter made from sorn stalks to protect from rain as he waits for the school bus. His dog shelters with him at night awaiting his return.
Mrs. Charles Wolk, 36, a fat woman who toured with carnival companies, died from dropsy after three months. She weighed about 400 pounds, with a 49 inch wide casket built for her funeral. Ten pallbearers carried the oversized casket to the cemetery. she hailed from a family known for great weight.
Royal bounty supported Oxford scholars in the era of Richard I or similar medieval reign. The fragment notes a grants program that sustained learning by funding students and teachers at the university, reflecting patronage practices of the period.
Special CFI photo to the Echo by C. C. Cass well. Farmers in southwest Iowa have cut oats a second time this season with grain headed out by Oct 20. The scene features Hobart Owen, a Clarinda farmer, cutting a five acre field after the first crop was harvested.
A concise reflection notes that solitude nourishes imagination as society builds character. The aphorism contrasts inner retreat with outward sociality, urging balance between private thought and public virtue for personal growth.
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