Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Elgin Echo in Elgin, Iowa

We have 14,353,121 pages in Iowa

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1929

Page

7

Social notes from Oelwein area gatherings and visits

Mrs. Fred Hoyt of Dubuque visited Elizabeth Sullivan and Mrs. Adolph Frederick with Alice at Elgin. Rita Rounds was hospitalized Monday with appendicitis. Families like the Halsten Halstenson and Johnsons hosted guests. G Gunaten missed services due to quinsy. Cedar Rapids trip for John Yauslin and wife. Kaltenbach move into Miller apartments. Dinner guests included Mrs. Dickey, Mrs. Adolph Frederick, Alice, and Ernest Larson. Visitors at the Fred Johnson home and a Parental Beau Larson gathering were noted along with Oelwein and Sublette connections.

John Yauslin Bes Day Mrs Jessie Johnson Cedar Rapids Adolph Frederick Alice Ernest Larson Beau Larson Arthur Loftegard Arthur Jr

Clermont school notes junior class play December 1

The junior class play will be presented Friday December 1. A Pep Club was formed at the high school last week to boost school spirit at basketball games. Girls will wear white middies with orange ties dark jackets white Rose and black shoes. Boys will wear white shirts orange ties dark trousers and black shoes. The high school closed Tuesday noon for sickness and will stay closed the rest of the week. Mize Helen Phelps visits Mt Pleasant for vacation. The junior class wears new class rings. the senior class visited Osceola last Tuesday for their class picture.

Iektrta Helen Phelps Mt. Pleasant Oslwein

Priscilla Band Holds Annual Sale This Saturday Afternoon

The Priscilla Working Band announces its annual sale to be held Saturday afternoon December 7 starting at 2 o'clock. Members should donate about one dollar and one article for parcel post and fish pond, plus items for the bakery and lunch. Officials oversee tables. lunch is sandwiches cake and coffee for 15 cents.

Priscila Parcel Post Fish Pond Andine Vasby Nels Everson Mra Emma Gunderson Frank Frisbie L. Candee Edmund Dugsted Louise Amundson N.H. Nelson Martin Anderson Anna Larnon

Triangle Art Club Meeting Postponed Due to Illness

The Triangle Art Club postponed its last meeting due to sickness. About six members attended with Andine Vasby reading a poem "Out Where the West Begins" and Mrs. Fred Cline presenting on art "Song of the Lark" by Breton. Ruth Anderson reported on Yellowstone National Park and Izzo read from the Decorah convention. refreshments were served.

Triangle Andine Vasby Fred Cline Breton Ruth Anderson Yellowstone National Park Izo Decorah

President Reclusive Rule Sparking Social Event Debate

The American Magazine notes that the U S President is customarily forbidden from accepting invitations to dinners luncheons or other social gatherings beyond a dozen official dinners highlighting a traditional restraint on private social engagements.

United States American Magazine

Community Notes Highlight Visits and Local Occurrences

Bee Lofstaen and J E Bilden family visits. Oscar Gilbert returns from Glenwood Ark. Pauleon family moves to Andrew Gilbertson place. Sunday school closed due to schools shutdown. Indian families hunting on Thomas Cavanaugh farm river road with canoe. Dibbles head to West Union for winter with daughters. Smallpox and scarlet fever cases rise, including Mrs Albert Christianson and Esther Gunsten, who stays with N H Nelson under quarantine. Business and professional women host Thanksgiving banquet at Olson cafe. federation clubs talk by Mrs Hoyt Young of Arlington. Mrs Wolfs and relatives extend stay. Inga Tierson visits Sanborn. Petersen couple celebrates 25th anniversary at Lutheran church parlors with picnic dinner and gifts.

Albert Christianson Esther Gunstener Gunsten N. H. Nelson Business and Professional Women's Club Olson Cafe

Tank Carriages the War Horse The Carden Lloyd

A London Tit-Bite report describes a small track vehicle by Vickers-Armstrong as a mobile, horse replacing warfare solution. The Carden Lloyd carries two men and a four-man trailer, crosses trenches, streams, and barbed wire, climbs 45 degrees, dodges fire, moves unseen, and mounts a machine gun.

Vickers- Armstrong London Tts Carden Lloyd

Soviet plan to end kissing sparks health driven drive

The Los Angeles Times reports Soviet leaders push regulations and education to end kissing, labeling Akins a germ spreader and claiming death lurks in a kiss. The campaign, “Think Before You Kiss,” targets health and sanitation, framing romance as dangerous in a grim future where Russia becomes an unhappy place.

Akins Russia Los Angeles Times

Gran ite melted to ease morgue foundation work

A Pittsburgh county morgue project used an oxygen welder and molten lava method to transform granite into a molten mass. Workers drilled a small hole, inserted a steel pipe to introduce oxygen, melting the rock faster than chiseling would have.

Pittsburgh Popular Mechanics Magazine

Herbartian Theory of Apperception

The article explains apperception as the clash between a new datum and the organized experience mass through which meaning and interest arise. It defines the apperceptive mass as the mental resultant formed by prior experience meeting new input.

Mnitesto Pert

Student answers differ on revolution and evolution at state university

An eight year old, Jean, is measured by a university professor while a college class observes. The professor asks the difference between revolution and evolution. Jean replies quickly that revolution means war and evolution relates to monkeys, admitting he does not know. The line is reported by the Indianapolis News.

Jean Education The State University Indianapolis News

Camouflage Mice Tools Aim to Catch Nuisance Rodents

Camouflage devices inspired by WWII camouflage are used in Europe to trap mice. Inventors offer a paper clip shaped catcher for desks, a benign can shaped trap, and a self resetting model that dumps caught mice into water.

Europe

Oslo's First Woman Shipmaster Earns Norway Certificate

Miss Gudron Trogatad, aged twenty one, wins the shipmasters certificate in Oslo becoming Norway’s first woman to reach this rank. She may captain vessels up to 280 tons. She trained at Oslo Seamen's school and gained practical work on a Norwegian lake steamer.

Gudron Trogatad Oslo Norway

Odorless Skunk Feeds Curiosity in Des Moines Cage

The state game and fish department in Des Moines holds five odorless skunks as a new miracle offering. Despite interest, some parents remain reluctant to let Uteri children near the cage.

State Game and Fish Department Des Moines

New Bedford Standard Notes Demand for Detail Oriented New Girl

A brief item reports a remark about preferring a cautious, meticulous housekeeper who notices small details. The quote emphasizes a keen eye for the tiny things that creep, crawl, or hop, attributed to a stated New Bedford Standard voice.

Troubles Talk Between Policer and Witness

Reading from a garbled exchange, a dialogue hints at misdirected confessions between a speaker and a policeman. The fragment suggests a reversal in who is narrating troubles in a casual, censored street scene.

Mrs Nelx Lyngaas Visit and Local Notes at Albert Lea

Mrs Nelx Lyngaas and grandson Arthur Madson with Mrs John Erickson visited last week at Albert Lea Minnesota. The item mentions a Coronado Radio at Gamble Stores priced 114.95 less tubes and notes Hazel Cara Davidson's divorce finalization. Also includes farming tips on fall pigs unhulled sweet clover seed sowing and pullet management discussed at a local club meeting with a Thanksgiving themed luncheon.

Nelx Lyngaas Arthur Madson John Erickson Albert Lea Minn Missouri Gamble

Stale checks and bank liability in six month window

A stale check is one not presented for payment for an unreasonable time, about six months. The bank may refuse to cash it, but the drawer remains liable for the amount.

Tell Em Chef Cooking Unmanly No Cooking Span Art

A Farm and Fireside note questions gender in cooking, contrasting modern cooks with historic artists. The line asserts that great art and culinary skill have been dominated by men, framing the discussion as a provocative public stance.

Arta

Also Mentioned on This Page

Clermont. Enterprise Echo Mixa Agnes’ Silden Clermont Payette County Towa Lotatoen Fred Hoyt Dubuque Elizabeth ‘Sullivan Helen Frederick Elgin Rita Rounds A. S. Hong E. E. Bilden Halsten Halstenson Home E. J. Kaltenbach Miller Apartments W. BR. Blake Joe Brorby F. K. White George Smith Lavanda Arthur Meckelson Helen Sampson Fred Johnson West Union Frank Pringle Boone Iowa Arthur Johnson P. Dickey Tom Colliton Mrs. Dickey John Crowe Amos Lauer Mr. Dwyer J. W. Dwyer John D. Dwyer Dick Boyle Oelwein Mary Levenne Wm. Crowe Mae Clermont School Priscilla Sale Triangle Art Club Fem Bee Lofstaen Alamite Service Lofstaen's Tire J.E. Bilden E E. Bilden Oscar Gilbert Glenwood Ark Julius Pauleon Andrew Gilbertson Lutheran Thomas Cavanaugh George Dibble N. J. Bretkner Arthur Ferguson Henry Wolfs Annanias Larson Inga Tiarson C. C. Petersen Albert T. Reid Hazel Cara Davidson Food, Drug and Insecticide Administration Jefferson Transportation Co Calmar Ossian Castalia Postville Luana Monona Elkader Strawberry Point Buick Waukon Conead Postville Herald J.C. Halverson Wm. Larrabee Jr Ibsen Lavanda Carr Janet Larrabee Griep Lavands Viola Roland Anna Bigler E. 3. Kaltenbach Sale Bilis Optometrist C. W. Heiserman West Union, Iowa Business Directory DR. I. C. Jerdee Clermont State Bank L. L. Carr Farmers Savings Bank Clermont, Icwa R. V. Brandt Calis Freiburghaus & Company G. A. Hackman
Search Courier

Search the Elgin Echo Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Elgin Echo?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication