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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1935
Page
8
Numerous dinners and visits filled the Oak Grove area as Frank Boyle, James Muncie, and other local residents hosted relatives and friends from Elgin, Arlington, Randalia, West Union, Des Moines, Bloomfield, and Rochester. The gatherings included multiple Sunday dinners, Tuesday visits, and a Mayo Hospital trip for James Muncie’s sister Mrs. George Thompson.
Geo L Miller of Maiden Rock Wisconsin notes a week of callers at Tim Thoman home including Mrs Ed Gehring Marie Mr and Mrs Christ Dennler Katie Bauman Mrs F C Muehlethaler and Mrs Rosa Muehlethaler Frieda Freiburghaus Reuben Howard and family visited aunt Mrs Lew Martin in North Dakota. Blanche Shaeffer and Ed Stroh from Des Moines joined others. Beryl Boleyn and Will Woodle visited Clermont and aunt Rose Mathes. Enos Howard and Ed Boyle hosted at Elgin.
Local social notes recount visits and dinners among Pulfer, Bossard, Thoman, Christen, and related families across West Union Des Moines Davenport and nearby towns. Entries mention hospital stays, a sudden infant death in an auto accident, funeral attendance, and multiple gatherings at homes and churches with numerous relatives and neighbors listed.
Will Lehman and several Christen and Thoman family members visited Sunday evening at the Adolph Elvers home near Elkader including Lillian John Will Elizabeth Lucy Christen Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Christen Clara Muehlenthaler Mel bert Robert Lilly Lydia Thoman and Edna Thoman.
Brainard area residents shared visits across Baxter Elgin West Union and Oak Grove with multiple families, farms, and friends. Community notes list gatherings at the Gilberts Crafts Barns Nuttings Peters Moats and Dummermuths plus church events and a brief culture note on Argens Arizona meaning a place of small springs.
Local residents and families across Randalia West Union Oelwein and nearby towns shared weekend gatherings and visits. Notable entries include Mrs Fanny Talcott with the Reynold Strong family, George Howard and family in Oak Grove, and numerous guests at the Rothlisberger and Howard homes. A rural teachers meeting occurred at Oelwein, and Fred Rothlisberger sustained a minor accident from stepping on a loose board. Visits extended to Cheery Valley Elkader Sumner and other communities, with many relatives spending time with kin in West Union Ossian and Webster City.
The article notes that Japan has no official national bird but highlights the red crowned crane, known locally as fancho-suru, as the most familiar white and black crane seen in Japan. It mentions six other crane species existing in the country.
Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra, was carried to Rome at age eleven as a captive of Octavianus after her parents fell. She rivaled her mother in beauty and ambition, pursuing power and status in the Roman world.
An elaborate clock known as the Miitver King, built for William II, has been played in London and carries a record of every person who wound it during its 150 year history.
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