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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1939
Page
6
Local residents share weekend visits with relatives across Elgin and surrounding towns. A Methodist Ladies Bazaar draws crowds, with homemade candy and fish pond for children. Numerous social calls, travels to Red Wing Waterloo Cedar Falls and Chicago noted, plus real estate transfer and club meetings on upcoming dates.
Methodist Church St Pauls holds worship at 10 a m and church school at 11 a m with Mrs Ed Klingman as superintendent The Methodist Aid Society sets a bazaar for Nov 18 with afternoon and evening sessions More notices forthcoming Clyria Church lists 10 a m Sunday school I F Shaffer superintendent Worship at 11 15 a m Union Church welcomes all to a 730 p m service J C Warton pastor
The text lists upcoming Lutheran Church services on November 19 with Marion at 9 30 a m English services, Norway at 11 o clock English services, and St Olaf at 7 30 p m Luthera League. It includes an offer to render comfort and helpfulness and an invitation to attend, signed by Dr J Strandford, Pastor.
Sunday worship at 10 o clock with Chrystal Miller as organist, followed by Sunday school at 11 o clock. Evening service at 7 45 p m and B Y P U at 8 35 p m led by M Zurbriggen. Wednesday prayer service at 7 p m and choir rehearsal at 9 p m led by Pastor Paul F Zoschke.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for birthday greetings and visits on an 84th birthday. Various social interactions are listed including visits by Ed Gehring and Frank Gehring, hunting near Lawler, and dinner guests with Rev Zoschke. A son named Charles Maury Kiple born Nov 1 in Oskaloosa. multiple pastor and family movements noted including Rev DeWitt Clinton’s funeral in Hampton and Rev Erich Gutsche preparing for a new post in Benton Harbor.
Elgin Iowa council met November 6 1939 at town hall with Mayor Weibel and councilmen Falk and Torkelson present. No quorum so adjourned to November 7 at 1 pm. November 7 1939 meeting held with Weibel Yenney Muehlethaler Falk Torkelson present Absent Kuster minutes approved and bills allowed including labor supplies and taxes.
Miss Bonnie Bell daughter of Mrs F E Bell of Waseca Minnesota became the bride of John A Carson son of Mr and Mrs W Carson of Des Moines on Monday morning November 6 at 11 o'clock Rev B A Snyder officiated at the Sacred Heart rectory in Waseca in the presence of immediate families A three course dinner followed at the Pheasant club for 29 guests A reception was held at the bride's home later that day They will reside in Des Moines where Mr Carson is employed by Bond Clothing Co The bride a Waseca Central grad wed Drake University graduate Mr Carson The couple left for a brief trip to the Twin Cities with plans to return Thursday
Jacob Kurth born March 15 1866 in Canton Bern Switzerland died November 1939 at university hospital long city age seventy one. Married Emma Fleckeger December 2 1904 emigrated 1905 farmed Lamont three years moved to Elgin vicinity lived there until death. Survived by widow three sons Gottfried Bennie Louis three grandchildren and many relatives. one son Walter preceded in 1924. Funeral services conducted by Rev S J Strandford Marion Lutheran church at 12:30 p.m. family home Gander. Final rites Apostolic church by Jacob Gehring and Emil Moor burial Apostolic cemetery.
Oyster fishers along the North Carolina coast still rely on sails for motive power to drag the bottom of Pamlico Sound with basket-like iron scoops, scraping oysters from their rocky lairs. This traditional method, in use for hundreds of years, persists as part of the regional fishing practice.
Across the United States more than a thousand statutes remain in force that discriminate against women. The issue persists despite decades of protest and reform efforts, highlighting enduring legal inequalities nationwide.
We extend heartfelt thanks to relatives neighbors and friends for kindness during sickness death and burial of our husband and father Mrs Emma Kurth and Children thank the Ladies Aid Society of Marion Lutheran church for comfort and support.
A new word hospitiology appears, defined as the science of hospital organization and management, expanding the vocabulary around hospital operations and health care administration.
A Mary statue titled Alma Mater marks the Bonn university entrance and gave rise to the custom of students calling their college or university their Alma Mater. The Latin phrase means Beloved Mother.
Phone subscribers may use a chat device that records the hour of return. Callers in their absence will be informed automatically when the party will be back.
John Bull first described England in Dr. John Arbuthnot's satire Law Yaw Bottomless Pit, where the figure represents the English nation through a pointed portrayal of national character and folly. The piece helped establish the cultural use of John Bull as a national emblem.
Goyo the elephant at the Mehan Gardens in Manila is famed as an accurate time keeper. At 3 30 each afternoon he blows his trumpet, and his bellowing is said to set the watches of nearby Philippine army officers whose headquarters are adjacent to the Gardens.
A historical note reports the U S birth rate dropping from 25 live births per 1000 in 1915 to a record low around 16.6 by 1935 and mentions a continued decline into 1937. This item highlights demographic trends and poses questions about underlying causes.
Researchers date the life of Boeddhi to roughly 2,440 years ago placing Buddha's life between 580 and 400 B.C. The finding adjusts traditional Buddhist chronology and situates key events in early Indian history.
Ireland's famed Lakea of Killarney were long private property as part of the Killarney estate until 1930. The land was auctioned, purchased, and donated to the Irish Free State by William B. Bours of California.
Requesths Education Fung Herbert B. Whilden a bookkeeper who died at Charleston D C left 1250 each to North Carolina and South Carolina to be used for educational purposes.
Honey is used in baking to prevent bakery products from drying out quickly.
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