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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1928

Page

3

Two Minute Talk on Energy Foods for Growing Boys

Nutritionist Miss Lydia J. Roberts of the University of Chicago explains that boys aged 16 to 18 need high energy foods alongside building materials. Butter eggs cheese cream and peanut butter enrich daily meals with vegetables milk fruit and cereals. Start with a nourishing breakfast and include cereals cooked in milk and dairy-rich puddings like creamy rice and tapioca with proper measurements and baking guidance.

Lydia J. Roberts University of Chicago

Will Rogers on Campaign Decay and Integrity

Will Rogers comments that the campaign has degenerated from a noble experiment to noisy accusations. He notes whispered rumors gave way to loud insults as the public life grows more combative. He praises the Anti Bank Party for maintaining dignity while detailing small local travels and a few family visits and events. Esther Durscher visits Rose Hadd, and Rev Schrode visits Fredericksburg for evangelistic meetings.

Brainard Area Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Mr and Mrs Ziba Tripp of Janesville Wis were guests Sunday at the Clarence Tripp home. George Craft went to Wisconsin last Thursday to seek a farm to rent. Frank Lyons Lewis Martin and family visited Monticello and the George Moats family. Mrs Joe Peters and family visited the Georges Howard home. The community heard Rev Todd of West Union preach his last Baptist sermon and Rev Bathelow will fill in for the rest of the year. Lew Martin Clifford and Merle from Glenfield are visiting nearby.

Ziba Tripp Janesvile Wisc Clarence Tripp Elmer Boyer George Craft Wisconsin Frank Lyons Lewis Martin Merl Clifford Monticello George Moats D. H. Craft Arthurr Craft Illyria Joe Peters George Howard Roland Bartlett Sioux City Todd West Union Baptist Church Batehlow Lewis Becker Elgin Chas. Peters Sidney Patterson Paul Patterson Ira Cherry Waterloo Herman Boyer Glen Boyer Lew Martin Merle Glenfield North Dakota

Dover Mills Social Notes Chronicle Dinner Guests

Dover Mills reports a sequence of hospitality events with Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Rowland and Joe Bisbing visiting Cedar Falls kin, Mrs. H K Johnson’s family hosting, Chas Anderson and Clermont connections dining with locals, West Union visits by J H Learn, threshers cooks aided by R F Learn and Marion Scott families, Otto Vasby and Lars Vasby visits in Clermont, and Emil Weibel hosting A M Weibel for a weekend.

Ezra Rowland Joe ‘Bisbing Cedar Falls H. K. Johnson Hadley Johnson John Leaga John Bellis Chas. Anderson Clermont J. H. Learn West Union Chas R. F. Learn Marion Scott Marion

Social visits and church events in Highland township areas

Lillian Wells spent a week at the Melvin Benson home in Highland township. Various guests visited Clermont and Wagner township families, with honeymoon travelers from Minnesota and Wisconsin. A Center schoolhouse box social is planned for October 19 with a Dorcas Society rehicken supper in Marion church on October 21.

Lillian Wells Melvin Benson Highland Township Henry Wellersven Martin Nelson Clermont Carl Hellum Minnesota John Hellum Wisconsin Ed Butikofer Leslie, Lantz Marion Martin Olson Wagner Township T. T. Loftsgard Alfred Jenson Waterloo Oscar Nyborg Millien Anna Mae Mark T Thompson Julia Wettleson Rose McNally Guttenberg Richard Erickson Wadena Ole Loftsgard Anna Johnson Gunder Elmer Nelson N. T. Loftsgard Center School Gladys Munger Melvin Osage

Mr and Mrs Schaer Visit Planned in South Dakota Ties

Mr and Mrs Fred Schaer of Carter South Dakota are expected here the first of next week for a short visit in the Arnold Bauman home and with relatives. This weekend they visit their son Harry at the University of Sioux Falls and plan a return visit with Mrs Miller's parents at Buffalo Center.

Fred Schaer Carter South Dakota Arnold Bauman Harry University Sf Sioux

Surprise visit links old friends from Hooper and La Crosse

Mr. aid and Mrs. Anton Tunberg of Hooper Neb surprised A M Walber by driving in for a short visit last Thursday. They had not seen either for twenty years and enjoyed recalling old times. Tunberg and Weibel once played in the same band and Mrs Tunberg and the late Mrs Weibel taught in the same neighborhood. On their way home from La Crosse Wis they stopped here. About thirty friends from Elgin and Clermont attended Rev Ph Lauer's summer meeting at the Petratz home near Sumner, likely the last gathering of the year.

Fred Falb LaCrosse Wis August Benson Fredericksburg H. R. Schroder St. Paul Rev. Schroeder Tunberg la Crosse Wisc Elgin Clermont Ph. Lauer Petratz Sumner

Scientific brake testing at Beamer's Tire Shop

Scientific brake testing offered with a new electric hydraulic Jumbo brake tester by Beamer's Tire Shop in West Union Ia. Tein Hoy oversees the brake work with trained competence and the service is free. A family gathering at AB Jacob home Sunday included W Trudo, J Steffen, H Light, and H Trudo family from Lima. Rudy Xunker went to Prairie du Chien Wis Tuesday for the funeral of Robert Fritschie who died Sunday night.

Tein ‘Hoy Ae Oieg Beamer West Union A.B. Jacob W. Trudo John Steffen Harold Light Harry Trudo Lima Rudy Xunker Prairie du Chien Wis Robert Fritschie

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cMiss Rubyn National Dairy Council Will Rogers Ern Pfister Rosa Pfister Esther Durscher Rose Hadd Citizens State Bank Dover Mills E. O. Wagner Otto Vasby Lars Vasby Andine Vasby Millard Nelson Emil Weibel Fairbank A. M. Weibel Stoehr Drug CO Rexall Elgin, Iowa Schumacher Éinic Xifieirg I Sranes Aly John Falb
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