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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1936
Page
6
St Pauls M E Church announces worship at 10 a.m. led by Minister J J Snyder with Mrs Louis Klingman as pianist. Sunday school follows at 11 a.m. Regular parish activities and schedule details provided.
Grace Foxwell will lead piano at Sunday school 10 15 a m and church worship 11 16 a m A picnic supper at 6 30 p m will precede a program and Thanksgiving evening service at Illyria Church
Elgin Baptist Church announces Sunday worship at 10 AM with Sunday school at 11 AM. Evening service at 7 45 PM and B Y P U at 9 PM. On Wednesday December 2 Women’s Missionary Society meets at 2 PM, prayer meeting at 8 PM, and choir rehearsal at 2 PM with Pastor Paul F. Zoschke and Organist Lillian Jacobs leading.
No services at Marion church and St. Olaf Chapel for Thanksgiving. English service at Marion at 11 o clock. St Olaf Chapel 7 30 p m with Luther League. L D B at J F Johnson home Nov 23. Pastor J Strandford invites all to attend each service.
A Friday evening gathering at the Baptist church parsonage brought together German speaking members. Rev Zoschke led as MC with Hans Grether Amelia Hackmann and Rosa Muehlethaler in charge. Readings by Kate Bauman Marie Krueger August Scheel and others followed by two duets. Refreshments included coffee and cake.
Researchers show pollen arams fossilize with remarkable precision, allowing botanists to examine pollen grain structures thousands of years old and infer historical plant life and environmental conditions.
The passage blends notes on a Bloodhound said to have lived in the Crusades era with reflections on autobiographies and a list of repair services offered by W. E. Baumgartner, a jeweler in Elgin, including glasses, lenses, pens, watches, clocks, and jewelry. It ends with a social note of Mrs. Regina Thiede and her daughter visiting St. Paul and meeting local acquaintances.
Mrs Mary A Callender of Chat taray Washington writes Echo readers that she enjoys her hometown weekly paper and notes frosty nights with little snow. She recalls the death of former neighbor Mrs Wm Meisner and mentions Elgin friends in the west. Chas Muehlethaler, her son, bagged a 600 pound elk with 13 point antlers, celebrated with an elk dinner.
John Lantz R P Strauch William F Miller and W F Kohler visited El kader last Saturday to interview county engineer Hoover about east side road improvements. Hoover promised to bring the requests before the board of supervisors after the year’s first meeting and outlined steps to advance the project. He noted the Elgin Gander road could be completed next year though not guaranteed, with heavy work after the current contract and cheaper balance work on level ground.
The Tabitha Society gathered at the Baptist church last Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Marie Muehlethaler leading the meeting on Christian Hospitality. Doris Miller read scripture, and Mrs. Celia Kohls led prayer. A paper by Marie Muchlethaler and a duet by Yates Kiple and Mrs. Anna Heck followed. Hostesses were Charlotte Krueger, Mildred Hackmann, and Lillian Jacob. Clermont visitor Mrs. Caroline Miller visited Elgin friends. Mr. and Mrs. John Falb Jr and daughter visited Postville family. Thanksgiving dance by Ernie and his Gang set for Elgin opera house. studio offers family group photo specials.
A fragmentary inscription from ancient Delphi, dating to the fifth century BC, remains legible and warns against entering the stadium with the risk of punishment. The text notes a prohibition on carrying objects into the arena and mentions a penalty related to rival shouts.
Jod Tunkins remarks spark local chatter on flexibility of opinion in a town famed for its newOne Wiky branding. Residents weigh whether changing views is prudent or a sign of indecision in public discourse.
A fragmentary report mentions a South African plant described as half-man by natives, noting a curious group with long heads and maplike tops. The passage hints at strange beings or impressions connected to sightings or legends.
The highest point in Michigan is reported near Porcupine Mountain in Ontonagon County at 2,023 feet above sea level.
The French Academy founded by Cardinal Michelieu in 1635 during Louis XI's reign was reorganized in 1816 under Louis VII. Membership remaining limited to forty and elected for life.
The School of the Netherlands also called Belgian or Flemish Rehan supplied a supertone musical education during the late Middly ages, nourishing music through its unique traditions and prominent teachers.
Report notes the human body contains sufficient iron to forge five carpet tacks, highlighting the metal's presence in blood and tissues and its essential role in oxygen transport and metabolic processes.
The excerpt discusses the trio of personas a man presents, those he possesses, and those he believes himself to hold. It explores inner psychology and social perception, noting how self-view, public image, and true nature may diverge in everyday conduct.
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