Local residents visit relatives and attend Cattle Congress
The Fayette area reports numerous weekend visits with relatives in West Union Waterloo Cedar Falls and Postville. Highlights include Irvin Brackin’s critical hunting accident in Cresco and several gatherings at the Cattle Congress. Families travel for illness visits and evangelistic meetings in George and North Freedom Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Stoeri
North Freedom
Wis
Stoeri
George
Stocr
Rosa’ ‘Muehlethaler
Lutheran Church Services and Luther League Schedule
The notice lists St. Olaf Lutheran Church at 9 30 senior bible class, Norway at 11 English service, and Marion at 7 30 p m Luther League. It invites all to attend every service and signs Dr S J Strandjord as pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf
Norway
Marion
Luther League
S. J. Strandjord
Elgin Baptist Church Hosts Week of Special Services
Elgin Baptist Church led by Pastor Paul F Zoschke and organist Lillian Schroeder offers Sunday morning service at 10, Sunday school at 11, evening service at 7 45, and B Y P A at 8 35. Rev John Wobig of St Paul Minnesota preaches at all Sunday services and each night this week and next. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
Lillian Schroeder
the Baptist Church
John Wobig
St. Paul, Minn
Death of Mrs Fred Reichert in Elgin after long illness
Mrs. Fred Reichert died at her Elgin home Sunday evening after a prolonged illness. She had been homebound for over a year following a hip fracture from a fall. A life sketch appears elsewhere in this issue. Carlton, infant son of Mr and Mrs Edward Krueger, has been ill with a cold but is improving. The notice also records several social tidbits and local moves including theater owner Carl Parsons’s wardrobe mishap with air conditioned trousers at his Keota cinema.
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Irvin Brackin
John Brackin
Cresco
Sunday
Lyle Krueger
Edwin Krueger
Fred Reichert
Elgin
Carlton
Edward Krueger
Carl Parsons
Keota
Parsons
Roger Williams Embraced Tolerant Rhode Island Birth of Liberty
Puritan minister Roger Williams resisted religious persecution in England and early Massachusetts. Bannished from Salem for opposing compulsory church support and land seizures from Indians, he sought refuge with the Narragansetts. By 1644 Providence received a charter from England and became Rhode Island, famed for religious tolerance and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Williams
England
Roger Willames
New England
Salem
Massachusetts
Williams
Roger
Leslie Hartley
Washington Star
Providence
State of
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Union
Burial sites of Mad Anthony Wayne in Pennsylvania
The article notes two graves for Revolutionary general Mad Anthony Wayne, details his burial at Old St. David’s churchyard in Delaware County, and mentions his original grave at Presque Isle. It recalls his wish to be buried “at the foot of the flag staff” and notes removal of remains to Old St. David’s in 1809 and a 1908 memorial at Valley Forge.
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Anthony’ Wayne
Pennsylvania
Washington
Chester Comunty
Wes
Old St. David’s
Devon
Philadelphia Inquirer
Presque Isle
Lake Erie
United States Army
Old St. David's
Valley Forge
Cave Lighted by Glowworms in Waitomo
Waitomo cave in Auckland province is famed for glowworms lighting the walls, not with electric light but with millions of insects. Visitors number in the hundreds yearly, as silence preserves the glow. Glowworms and fireflies are common in tropics and have been used to aid night reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Waitomo
Auckland
London Tit-Bits Magazine
India
Oldest Gaspe coast lore records icy explorers and birds
Historians note Gaspe as the oldest part of North America, visited by Icelandic and Greenlandic adventurers as early as the twelfth century. The rugged coast features the giant rock Perce where herring gulls and cormorants have bred for centuries, making local seabirds a notable study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Gaspe
Iceland
Greenland
St Perce
Gaspe Coast
Tropical Names Dot Virgin Islands Map
The nautical chart of the Virgin Islands lists numerous tropical sounding landmarks such as Privateer Bay Compasa Point Whistling Cay Lagoon Paint Mermaids Chair Rendezvous Bay Flamingo Paint Limetree Bay Chocolate Hole Cinnamon Bay Watermelon Cay Prune Bay Grapetree Bay Sugar Bay Ramgoat Cay Cowpet Bay Lizard Rock Hogsnest Point Shark Island Ham Head Turtleback Rock.
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Virginalands
Tropics
Privateer Bay
Compasa Point
Whistling Cay
Lagoon Paint
Mermaids Chair
Rendezvous Bay
Limetree Bay
Chocolate Hole
Cinnamon Bay
Marijuana Use Tied to Ancient Asia Minor Traditions
The piece traces marijuana use back 3,000 years to Asia Minor and India where priests used it to induce religious frenzy. It notes a 1845 French doctor study on hashish and insanity and observes global spread, including U S claims of hired killers using marijuana to bolster nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia Minor
India
United States
Community Club to Meet at Wengers
The Elgin Community Club will meet next Monday evening at Wengers at 6 30 for the usual dinner which precedes the business meeting. All members are requested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Community Club
Wengers
Local C. E. S. Celebrates Forty-Fourth Anniversary
The Eastern Stars and guests held a pot-luck supper at the lodge hall Monday evening to mark the local chapter forty four year anniversary. Afterward the group played bridge and other games. Mr and Mrs G N Schori Mr and Mrs Ed Gehring and Marie and Lester drove to Waterloo Sunday to attend Cattle Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Kohler
Robert
C. Koevenig
Jimmie
Postville
Waterloo
Koevenigs
Lodge Hall
G. N. Schori
Ed Gehring
Marie
Lester
Character and frugality mark independent manliness
A concise reflection notes that economizing to gain independence signals strong manly character. It emphasizes thrift as a virtue reflecting self-reliance and discipline in pursuit of personal autonomy.
Burglars Ransack Webster Lumber Office in Waucoma
Otto burglars rifled the Webster Lumber Co. office in Waucoma last Tuesday night, taking little cash and skipping valuable papers. Entrance was through a window. Two hitchhikers arrested nearby were released as they could not be tied to the burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Lumber Co
Waucoma
North Pole Not Coldest On Earth Claim Debunked
A claim that the North Pole is the coldest point on Earth is challenged by temperature records showing extreme lows in high latitude deserts and mountainous regions. Scientists note Arctic winters are severe but other sites exceed it in cold exposure.
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North Pole
Earth
Patronize Echo Advertisers Save Money Today
The newspaper urges readers to use Echo advertisers for cost savings and effective results with want ads. It promotes trying a single ad to see tangible benefits. The call to action emphasizes value and quick outcomes.
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Echo
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Jack Wenger
West Union
Chris Wenger
Helen Reed
Cedar Falls
C. B. Schori
Kenneth Meyer
Calmar
Harold Fischer
Clarence Muehlethaler
Fred Falk
la ‘Crosse, Wis
Lena Benson
J. T. Colgrove
Russell
Paul Zurbriggen
Kanawha
Mrs. M. Zurbriggen
A. O. Rennison
Boise
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Celia Rennison
L. F. Klingman
Georgia Grimes
Mrs. Klingman
Pat Raffia
Wa‘dena
Herbert Dummermuth
Watterloo
O. M. Benson
la Salle
Chester Norton
Clyde
Elmer Sorenson
Lois Giese
Rochester
Minn
Soren Sorvenson
Gladys
Elmer Pinney, Sr
C. M. Peterson
Bud
C. J. Harrington
Patty Peterson
Edith Hall
Oelwein
F. D. Welch
J. I. Phillips
John T. Anderson
Postville Hospital
George Miller
Maggie Zimpher
Hazelton
Whitney
Lois Lehman
Anamosa
Mrs. L. G. Lehman
Margaret Strauch
Fred Waters
Keith
Betty Wenger
Elkader
Rudy Yunker
A. Rennison
Boise, Idaho
Louise Schori
Spillville
Bill Bros
Rosa Muehlethaler
Katie Bauman
P. F. Zoschke
Charlotte Tebbe
Robert Clothier
Cedar Rapids
Tille Hanson
N. M. Fritz
J. F. Bailey
Verlie
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Ralph Shaffer
Shirley
Janet
Wadena
I. F. Shaffer
Wm. Frederick
Victor
H. B. Gilson
C. L. Gibson
Chicago
J. V. Murray
Ruby Olson
Wm. Ensing
Allen Habeger
Eugene
Cedar ‘Falls
Justin Howard
Lutheran Church
Elgin Baptist Church
J. J. Snyder
Iowa City
Robert Gruver
Gipp
Ern Baumgartner
Hadsel
Center-street
Grace Martin
Falk
West Elgin
Chase Chapman
Ray Chapman
Martin
LaVern Troup
Leglion Hall
Franklin Street
Myrlin Feller
Ray
Anita
Paul Liddle
van Cleve
Chas
C.E. S
RFI Oy Ani
Elgin Echo
Central States
Power & Light
Feller
Coats
Kohler Elgin
Iowa
Big Smith
Kellogg’s
Ibe
Camay
Crisco
O.S
Reep
Max Thoma
Elgin, Iowa
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