Private sale of E. G. Stoehr estate items in Elgin
The undersigned will hold a private sale of household goods and furniture from the E. G. Stoehr estate at the Elgin home, starting Friday October 3 and ending October 10. Inspect the articles offered for sale at the home any time. Mrs. Nelle Schori. Also notes cheap office supplies: typing paper ream 65 cents and typing pads 10 cents each at Echo office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Stoehr
Elgin
Nelle Schori
Echo
Brainard Church Notes and Social Guests Mark Week
Community dinners and visits fill a busy Brainard period with many Mansfield area families hosting and attending at the Robert Kerr home and Nutting residence. Puerto Rico density note closes the page with a population figure over 500 per square mile overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Hico
Puerto Rico
America in Europe Towns Named America and Nearby Villages
In Limburg, a small Dutch town is called America. Three hours from Berlin, Germany, lies New America with nearby villages named Pennsylvania Jamaica Saratoga Maryland Hampshire and Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Limburg
Holland
Germany
Berlin
New
Pennsylvania
Jamaica
Saratoga
Maryland
Hampshire
Florida
Wall Linoleums in Modern Kitchen Designs
Wall linoleum, used on side walls, mirrors the qualities valued in flooring. Harmonious wall and floor blends are now attainable. Builders note growing popularity for wall linoleum in shower stalls as well.
Inexpensive Original Accessories for Schoolgirls Craft
A compact guide for making a cotton thread bracelet and necklace set with crochet. It lists materials including size 5 cotton thread, a No 9 crochet hook, batting, and snap fasteners, and provides step by step rounds and stitches for the bracelet and necklace. It uses abbreviations and repeats and notes joining and finishing instructions.
Mary Makes Nut and Cork Jewelry For School Wardrobe
A teenage girl turns acorns corks and seeds into home crafted necklaces bracelets and corsages. Mary threads screw eyes through acorns and corks and strings them on boot laces to create a miniature jewelry factory on the kitchen table. The project uses varnish crepe paper and colored threads to fashion wearable decorations for sweaters and outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Louise
Vitamin loss in canned vegetables tied to storage light and heat
Mrs S E C notes canning preserves vitamins but both light and heat degrade nutrients. Experiments show vegetables kept in a coal cooler may lose up to 5 percent of vitamins, while those stored in a warm or bright room can lose about 21 percent.
Boogie Woogies and the Failure of Fear Based Parenting
A reflective piece argues against fear and punishment as methods of raising children. It urges parents to abandon threats and bribes in favor of fairness, affection, and supportive guidance, comparing children to plants that thrive with sunlight and care.
Injury from pitchfork tine in Sheldon man foot
Rodney DeVries of Sheldon was injured when the tine of a pitchfork pierced his right foot. Will Pruit of Britt reported killing a badger, noting the species once common but now nearly extinct in the area. An 1784 New York census shows about 1,000 families relying on aid out of a 12,000 population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney DeVries
Sheldon
Iowa
Will Pruit
Britt
New York
Family keeps glass making tradition alive in Toledo
George Falls, a 24 year veteran at Libbey Owens Ford glass in Roseford, tends 20 pots and masters the cooking craft learned from his father. He has two brothers in the glass industry, continuing a family tradition central to the plant’s work.
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Toledo
George Falls
Roseford
Libbey-Owens- Ford Glass Company
Elgin Social Guests Visit and Farm Purchase Noted
Elgin locals hosted and visited widely with business and family ties last week. Notable events include visitors Hy Balb Jimmie Christ from Daylexport Mia and several callers at Allan Habeger home. Mrs Ernest Baumgartner visiting sister LaVerne Retz in Ariington. Roy Potter farm sale discussions with John Lint and John Whitcomb of Cherokee. Ed and Chas Martie Lemon and others from Monticello Wis and Forestburg So Dak gathered at J B Miller home before plans to visit Chicago. Elgin Study Club hosted Clermont Study Club with members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy Balb
Jimmie Christ
Daylexport
Mia
Carmen Swenson
Mary Kay
Allan Habeger
Ernest Baumgartner
LaVerne Retz
Ariington
George Vaughn
Allen Habeger
Mra
Ed Gempler
Chas
Martie
Win Lemon
Monticello
Wis
J.B. Miller
Sumner
Andrew Edwards
Harold and
Maynard
Forestburg
Dak
Peter Luchsinger
Luchsinger
Chicago
Mack Storen
John Lint
John
John Whitcomb
Homer Hill
Roy Potter
Lima
Elgin Study Club
Clermont Study Club
Theo. Ressler
Elgin
Mesdames
H. H. Wolf
L. L. Riple
H. D. Yack
Walter Falk
S. W. Kuster
Walter Bovis
Leo Schori
Gordon Mosby
Max Thoma
C. B. Schori
C. D. Torkelbon
F. D. Welch
C. J. Robinson
Terrific Whiting refinery blast claims life at loading platform
In Whiting Indiana a powerful explosion at Standard Oil's world largest refinery sparked a fierce fire. One man died and at least five were injured on a loading platform as flames engulfed the plant. An aerial photo shows burning tanks.
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Whiting
Ind
Standard Oil Company
Explorer John Cabot Rewarded by Henry VII for Discovery
The article notes John Cabot, an Italian explorer and Columbus’ fellow townsman, received $40 from King Henry VII for his North American voyage. It mentions boxing pundits predicting Joe Louis’s final fight, with Louis stopping Lou Nova by technical knockout in the sixth round as Louis plans to join the U.S. armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cabot
Henry VII
Cabot
Columbus
New York
Joe Louis
Brown
United States
Air Corps
Lou Nova
California
Louis
Mystery Plays and Home Improve Tips Parade in Ad Pace
Readable sections urge neighbors to attend mystery plays featuring Lillian and Jim while promoting modern shutters and color samples for homes. The notice teases insulation and heating savings, coal orders for winter, and church clothing donations, plus a wry quip about the wise man not blowing out a light.
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Want
McCormick-Deering
Torkelson Bros
Chrysler
Plymouth
Ernest Bauder
Poland
Frank Christen
Orvin Ome Trucker
Clermont
Chester
Berkshire
Jacob Gehring
Riverside Dairy Farm
Mary Benson
Oreall Ed Bauder
Et al
CTA
Imittelstadt
West Union
Kirkestue
Lehman’s Hardware
Lawrence Brause
Duroc Jersey
S. E. Monona
Frank Possehl
Jersey
Elmer H. Larson
Walter Haigh
Manchester
Reusser
Bath
Hans Grether
McCormick - Deering Implements
Lawrence Gehring
Gander
Orvin Thompson
Passville
W. F. Mittelstadt
R. F. Kneeskern
Castalia
Howard Boyle
Ed Bauder
Thos
Howard
George Butikofer
Louis Becker
Reuben Howard
Bonnie
Chas, Peters
Arthur Patterson
Joe Peters
Robert Kerr
Wm. Nutting
Raymond Mays
WCTU
Zoschke
West Union and Brainard Missionary Society
Brainard
Woodard
Vern Darnell
A. E. Burroughs
Graydon Hackett
Barker
Ruth Hope
Anna McGee
Delwein
Gary
James Davis
Della
Frank Lyon
Sidney Nutting
Melvin Nutting and
Myron
E. R. Nutting
Lorenz Hope
Cleve Erhardt
Brainard Church
Elgin Oil Company
10Wa Child Welfare Research Station
The
Lillian
Jim
First Presbyterian Church
Schori & Kuster Lbr. Co., Elgin, Long
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