Multiple Obituaries and Community Notes From Local Echo
The notice covers Ernest Prillwitz’s death in Eau Claire Michigan and funeral details, Mrs. Lara Carter Harrington’s death at Maquoketa Hospital with funeral in Miles, plus numerous local happenings. It lists attendance at funerals, farm rental changes for Lyle Olson, letters from Mrs. Rudy Yunker of Long Beach, birthday observances, visits, and travel by local residents to Iowa City and Amés for Institute of Wood Technology meetings. It notes improvements in Dr. Kerr’s health and ongoing recovery plans for the doctor after Oakdale Sanatorium treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F. Zoschke
Ernest Prillwitz
Eau Claire
Michigan
Zoschke
Eau Claire Aris
Lara Carter
C. J. Harrington
Maquoketa Hospital
Miles
Ivan Torkelson
Decorah
Ja Conner
Vinton
John Falk
Lyle Olson
Herbert Dummermuth
Elgin
Brainard
Clermont
Gunder
Rudy Yunker
West First St
Long Beach
Calif
Echo
Dick Jones
Erma Phillips
Willard Martin
West Union
Walter Marie
Wayne
Postville
Alton Statte
Joe Wander
Lars Larson
Millard
Elmer Johnson
B. J. Baumgartner
Wm. F. Kerr
Charlotte Tebbe
C. B. Schori
Chicago
Betty
Ardmore
Okla
Fred Schultz
Sheldon” Boyle
Oelwein
Robert Miller
Miller
Roberta .Annn
Leo ‘Schori
D."o' Dean
Amés
Institute of ‘Wood’ Technology
Kenneth Schori
Iowa City
Gene Schori
Cedar Rapids
Alfred Jacob
Leon Jacob
Ida Grether
Leo Grether
Volga
Charlotte Tebcbe
F.C. Muehlethaler
Chas. O'Neill
Vera’ Conner
Mesdames
Hulda Stoehr
Carrie Steele
Tille Hanson
Fred Gehring
F. D
John Luchsinger
Alk
I. D
John, Tii Mg
Quere
Lester Luchsinger
Linda
Ted Neuman
H. H. Wolf
Mel Kohler
Oakdale Sanatorium
Devotional reading notes on scripture passages
A compact devotional note references 1 John chapters 1 to 3 and John 21 verse 1, guiding reflection on faith, love, and abiding in Christ. It also cites 1 Corinthians 13 as a thematic anchor for love as the essential virtue in Christian living.
Way of Love Lesson for November 23 1947
Dr Newton outlines John s writings on God and love in a lesson urging daily acts of kindness. He cites I John 4 21 and John 21 15 22 to show love as the path to happiness, urging readers to love neighbors across fences desks and halls and to overcome loneliness through practical acts.
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Ohn
Methodist Church announces Sunday worship and events
Morning worship at 10 oclock and church school at 11. Youth Fellowship meets Friday evening November 28 with games. A Dubuque district School of Christian Education and Young Adult Rally is at First Methodist Church Oclwein on Sunday afternoon and evening with a pot-luck supper. An inspirational address at 7 and a screening of Beyond Our Own follows. The choir will present a Christmas cantata Sunday evening December 21 to start the Organ Fund. Rev. Bruce D. Jones, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian Elgin
Protestant Film Commission
Organ Fund
Bruce D. Jones
Lutheran Church Notes and Local Obituaries Update
Lutheran notes report Marion gathering at 7 30 with Luther League and Pastor Helgeson presenting Milwaukee convention pictures. Norway choir and Clermont leagues guests and social hour after. Double funeral held for Frank Fallensbee 83 and wife 80 with relatives from Clermont Janesville and Calmar attending. Oil truck debut from Elgin Oil Co and Bucheit Produce opening attended by local residents. Warnings on seed quality cite weed seed from cheap seed as a risk to farmers.
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Marion
Luther League
Russell Helgeson
Lansing
Wil
Milwaukee
Lima
Frank Fallensbee
Fallensbee
Lou Dennler
Follensbee’s
Dennler
Margie
Thomas
Carl Martin
Clermont
Irvin Etter
Janesville
Wis
Frieda Etter
Alice Frieden
Martin Wenger
Elgin Oil Co
C. J. Mulford
Reuben Howard
Walter Denkler
Guernsey Smith
Bucheit
Calmar
Local Guests Dine And Visit In Clarion Matthys Home
Weekend social notes list guests from Elgin and nearby towns visiting the Clarion Matthys home near Hawkeye as families travel and host meals. Other items mention guests at Clothier's cafe and visits among local residents with health updates and birthday celebrations. An agricultural tip notes deep litter in laying houses improves insulation, ventilation, and egg production.
Courthouse Conveyances From Wadena Area Listings
Court actions list transfers involving Marie Dennler to John Howard Jr. and wife with one dollar deed. Henry Anderson to Floyd Berg eson for twelve hundred on multiple lots in Cler mont area. L P Cline to Albert Morse for one dollar on several lots in Herriman’s Add Wadena. J and adj R R Carroll to Keith Jennings and wife for one dollar on Lot G and adjacent Lots in Herriman's Add Wadena.
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Marie Dennler
John Howard, Jr
WSW
Henry Anderson
Floyd Bergeson
Clermont
L. P. Cline
Albert Morse
Marriage Licenses Granted for Gerald Wilhelmi and Donna Stein
Navy .7: Gerald J. Wilhelmi of Arlington and Donna Mac Stein of Minneapolis received marriage licenses as listed in the naval personnel records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Gerald J. Wilhelmi
Arington
Donna Mac Stein
Minneapolis
Warming Leftover Vegetables With Steam Relieves Sogginess
To refresh warmed over vegetables set a colander over boiling water and steam them. This technique helps restore texture and flavor, making leftovers resemble freshly cooked vegetables without prolonged reheating or drying out.
Elgin Echo Dial Notice From Early Mailing Record
A fragment note records Elgin Echo Dial at 3711 with second class mail status under the 1852 act. It references Fayette County and establishes historical mailing registration as of Sept. 1, 1891.
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Elgin
Fayette Caritowa
Echo renewal reports mud and slow progress in Oregon
Fred L. Reitz of Siletz Oregon writes from deep mud along the Siletz river describing slow progress renewing REA lines. He notes half the low land under water much of the time and the other half rugged mountains making daily headway slow, with rain most of the past month. He mentions the Oregon ball team nickname Webfeet and a duck as mascot.
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Fred L. Reitz
Siletz
Oregon
Treated Dolls in Ancient Japan Used as Child Protectors
In ancient Japan, humanlike dolls were cared for as if alive, dressed and fed, and given to mothers to ward off evil from their children.
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Japan
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CSET
Ray DeSart
Roberta
Wilson
R.D
Wison
Dale DeSart
Irene Erickson
Dean DeSart
Wm. ‘Schupbach
Marsha
Fayette
Anna Schupbach
Herman Schupbach
Pontville
Dr. Newton
Unday
John
God
Christ
Jesus
Wales
Edaducation
Stokely
Steele’s Grocery
Neil
Lutheran Church Notes
Jacob Hoover
Richard Neuman
John Friday
Clarion Matthys
Hawkeye
Ern Holzer
California
San Francisco
Ernestine
Lyle Nelson
Pleasant Valley Drive
Concord
F. D. Welch
Clothier’s Cafe
Vernon Knight
Charles
Judith
Pueblo
Colo
Mia
Ed Wenger
Alan
Leonard Roberts
Billy
Roy Knight
Virgil Troyer
Dickinson
Coluumbus
Georgia
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Lizzie Gunderson
Clarence Thorson
Gunderson
Bertha Frisbie
Edwin Olson
Maynard
Mary Skarshaug
Sae Lins
Emma Olson
Ernest Bauder
Sue Bovis
Jim
Mary Sue Bovis
James Bailey
Walter Bovis
Mary Sue
Guttenberg
R. L. Grimes
Iowa
B. & K. Insurance Agency
W. F. Kobler
Dial 3581
Elgin, Iowal
B & H Cash Store
Gartner
Harold Halverson
West Elgin
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Elgin Echo
DIAL
Elgin, Iowa
Max Thoma
Elgin Furniture Store
Fred C. Muehlethaler & Sons
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