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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1938
Page
6
Local social notes recount visits and calls by residents and visitors in Elgin and nearby towns. The column lists numerous name checks including Mr. and Mrs. Bird of Davenport, L. F. Klingman back at his cafe after illness, multiple family and neighbor visits, weekend trips, and community events across Oelwein Decorah Cedar Falls Waterloo Ames and surrounding areas.
St Olaf church holds senior bible class at 9 30 with 11 o clock English services. All welcome at each service. Pastor Dr S J Strandford invites parishioners to attend.
Elgin Baptist Church announces Sunday morning worship at 10 o clock and Sunday school at 11 o clock. Services at Sumner at 3 p.m. Evening services at 7 45 p.m. Tabitha Society meets Wednesday Oct 19 at 2 p.m. Prayer service at 8 p.m. Choir rehearsal at 9 p.m. Pastors Paul F Zoschke and Lillian Schroeder noted.
The M. E. Aid Society divisions held reorganized meetings with new officers elected. First division hosted by Mrs. W. C. Falk with 11 members and 6 guests including Mrs. Carrie Whitney of Fayette. Second division chaired by Mrs. R. P. Strauch. third hosted by Mrs. S. W. Kuster. General aid meets Thursday Oct 20 in church parlors with first division hosts.
The Baptist Mission Society met at the church last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. P. F. Zoschke led the meeting while devotions were given by Mrs. Thos. E. Stoeri of North Freedom. Rev. John Wobig spoke on The Women's Society as a Teller of Good Tidings.
Rev John Wobig announces topics for remaining meetings in a series of special services. Tonight The Fate of Lingering Friday A Waiting Savior Sunday morning The Acceptable Sacrifice for the service at Sumner The Y in the Road Sunday evening Pressing Toward the Mark Public invited.
Helen Muehlethaler and Geneva Lantz of Janesville, both USA students, visited over the weekend with Mrs. Muehlethaler and other families. They spent a week in Rochester, Minnesota visiting relatives and arrived home Sunday night.
Paris dispatch reveals 1848 Rouen bound timetable from St Lazare listing quaint rules. Advice includes notifying conductor on seat changes, no smoking in stations, no unruly packages, discouraging familiarity among travelers, no tips, no responsibility for unregistered items, and dogs must arrive 10 minutes early.
In tales from the Samoyed people near the White Sea, dogs are the prized household property aiding travel, hunting, and herding. The bond with dogs fostered an almost human understanding, shaping the breed as guard, hunter, sled and herd dog, later seen in England through images of noble appearance and gentle expression.
A compact portrait recalls Israel Putnam hearing of Lexington and Concord while plowing in Connecticut, racing to Cambridge to join the patriot army near Boston, and serving at Bunker Hill where he swore at his men during the retreat, later confessing in church that cowardice nearly cost a victory.
Washington was a farmer and surveyor. Harrison studied medicine but pursued the army and politics. Taylor was a soldier and cotton planter in Louisiana. Johnson was a tailor. Grant was a tanner, farmer, real estate agent, hardware clerk and soldier. Theodore Roosevelt pursued politics from age twenty two. Harding was a newspaper man. Wilson was a lawyer turned lifelong teacher. Hoover was an engineer. All others began in law.
The article explains aquaplaning as a plank pulled by a power boat using ropes to lift the front and steer its motion. Surf riding is described as an old Hawaiian sport where the rider uses waves to return to shore, while aquaplaning is noted as a comparatively recent origin.
The article traces color name origins with magenta tied to the battle of Magenta shirts, carnation from the Latin carneus meaning flesh colored, and notes Green as one of nature’s most diverse colors with about 3,000 shades, per Pearson's London Weekly.
Florence Casper hosted the Study Club on Tuesday evening. The discussion centered on Washington Through the Years with papers read including As Washington was Planned and Washington Today. Delegates chosen for the fourth district convention in Charles City were Mrs. Allen Habeger Mrs. B J Baumgartner Mrs. L L Kiple and Mrs. W C Falk with alternates Mrs. H H Wolf and Mrs. Allen Habeger.
Betty Kohler hosted a Progress Club meeting this week at her residence. The program committee announced the coming year’s plans and three new members joined: Helen Reed, Donna Wenger, and Hilda Meyer.
Paul Zurbriggen of Kanawha and Paul Nettling of Wesley visited relatives in Waterloo over the weekend, spending time with Mr and Mrs M Zurbriggen Mrs Wesley Barker of West Union and Mr and Mrs Wm Barker and sons then with Robert S Matt. H H Gilbertson expects to finish a 575 font well at the Will Paige home near Elkader by midweek and notes a busy season ahead. Six Elgin high school boys began a late trip to Iowa City to catch a football game after delays traveling by gallopy and interurban from Maynard to Cedar Rapids.
Minor Rore came back to Elgin on Saturday night after a week in Rochester Minnesota visiting relatives. New oil burning circulating heaters were shown at Feller’s Hardware in West Elgin. Mrs Walter Dummermuth and Mrs Dena Dummermuth visited Cedar Rapids with Floyd Dummermuth. Mr and Mrs Ern Frieden from West Bend and Mrs Rosa Frieden from Kiowa Kansas stayed with Rose Garber and relatives, marking Frieden’s first Elgin visit in twenty three years.
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