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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1939
Page
6
Elgin residents shared visits and news from nearby towns. Elizabeth McMillan attended homecoming. Carl Brockhausen and friends traveled to Lansing to visit, while many others hosted relatives and friends in Elgin and surrounding communities. A theater production and Santa Claus card sale were noted alongside health ads for chiropody services.
St Paul's Worship service at 10 a m church school at 11 a m Mrs Ed Klingman Supt Hlyria Church church school at 10 a m LF Shaffer Supt Worship service at 11 15 a m Union Church Worship service at 7 30 p m A hearty welcome is extended to all without a church home J Warton Pastor
The Rev. Pieter Smit will speak at all services. Sunday worship at 10 o clock with Sunday school at 11. Service at Sumner at 3 p m and evening service at 7 45 o'clock. Special evangelistic services continue every evening this week and next. all are cordially invited.
A notice from Marion Lutheran Church lists events for Saturday October 28 at 10 30 am with speakers Rev E E Ramsey Clermont Rev M E Hendrickson Decorah and Rev O Hougstul Waterville inviting attendance A Sunday October 29 at 10 30 am features a mission service with Rev M B Quill of the Home Mission board and an afternoon talk by Dr S J Strandford pastor
Elgin residents report weekend visits and gatherings as Mr and Mrs Cyle Byke visited Postville and hosted relatives while Mrs Stoehr recovers from illness. Janesville visitors brought Frieda Etter home after a week there, and thanks flow for cards and letters received during hospitalization.
A historical note lists six great races by population. Mongolian group tops at 658,990,000, Caucasian 845,000,000, followed by Negro 190,000,000, Semitic 81,000,000, Malayan 52,600,060, and Indian 22,000,600 in a regional census.
A special photo for the Echo by Dick Crabb shows a 75 pound pumpkin grown on Al Hedlund's Moline farm. The caption notes that young Mr. Hedlund weighs considerably less than the fruit, highlighting the humorous contrast.
Arthur Stoehr died Thursday October 19 at the Deil bert Lyon home after a brief hemorrhagic decline. Born April 12, 1879 in Seward Nebraska, he spent most of his life in Elgin and worked in La Crosse Wisconsin. Survived by sister Lena Cooley Iowa City and Adolph Lehman Elgin. Funeral at Muehlethaler, burial in Elgin cemetery. Relatives from Iowa City Waterloo Minneapolis Decorah Cedar Rapids attended. The family expresses gratitude for sympathy, flowers and musical offerings.
The snapping turtle is a dangerous predator harming game fish and young waterfowl and muskrats. After a turtle matures it has few natural enemies, though skunks raid eggs to help keep the species in check, per the National Wildlife Federation.
During Kublai Khans rule 1280 to 1294 China reached its greatest development and power. The Mongol dynasty's realm stretched from the Dnieper in Russia to the Pacific and from the Arctic Ocean to the Straits of Malacca. Laws were codified and literature flourished.
The University of California dispatched a party to Robinson Crusoe Island to locate the unique tobacco plant there with the aim of transplanting it to the United States for cultivation.
The Edison Electric Institute reports that electricity in the average American home now costs about half as much as it did in 1913, reflecting long term declines in price through modern power systems and efficiency gains.
Lieut. Col. Philip B. Fleming, a New Deal trouble shooter, becomes assistant to the acting Wage Hour Division administrator after Elmer F. Andrews resigns. Fleming appeared in St. Louis last week after attending the Mississippi Valley association convention.
George Bovis son of Mr and Mrs Walter Bovis and Harold Fischer are convalescing at home after appendectomies last week. George returned Friday from West Union hospital and Harold returned Monday from Decorah hospital. Both are reported to be progressing well and hope to return to work soon.
About sixty friends and relatives gathered to honor Mrs. Olson on her birthday. A program featured songs, a poem, solos, and thanks, with the Olson family and friends performing and sharing refreshments as wishes for many more birthdays were voiced.
The High Study Club met on Oct 24 at Irene Kiple’s home. Programs included The Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Occupation by Adela Torkelnae and SGal History of the School at Vinton by Trene Yack. Mrs C J Robinson joined as a new member and an invitation from the Progress Club was read for Nov 20. Gladys Schori and Marie Muehlethaler were appointed to the sick committee for the coming year.
Turkey’s control of the Straits draws Allied and Russo-German interest as Britain and France seek to enforce the tripartite treaty signed October 19. The Dardanelles and Bosporus form a corridor between the Mediterranean and Black Seas, with Germany and Russia aiming to bar hostile warships from entering the Black Sea.
The material called fool's gold is iron pyrite, a sulphur and iron compound used in making sulphuric acid. Iron pyrite can be distinguished from gold by the sulfur odor released when heated.
In Seville residents inhabit roof gardens that double as living rooms, making the rooftop the true outdoor space of the city. Ground level streets feel detached from the vibrant life unfolding aloft, where visitors who enter homes only glimpse the roof’s social world.
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