Elgin News Notes From Fayette Homecoming Weekend
Paul Tate officiated at two football games in Tripoli and Arlington. Residents hosted visitors from Waukon Milwaukee Bever Dam Des Moines and Chicago while others traveled to Fayette for Upper Iowa homecoming and Ames State College events. Local marriages illnesses and property updates were also reported along with renovations at several homes and visits with relatives.
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Paul Tate
Tripoli
Arlington
Harvest and Mission Festival Program at Baptist Church
The Harvest and Mission Festival program lists hymns and readings at the Baptist church on Sunday. Participants include Norma Mille, Evelyn Kruege, Margaret Miller, Charlotte Tebbe, Marilyn Kohls, and many others with songs such as The Old is Good and Count Your Many Blessings and a closing benediction.
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The
Baptist Church
Norma Mille
Evelyn Kruege
Margaret Miller
Charlotte Tebbe
Marilyn Kohls
Clarence Ruckdaschel
Marilyn Boleyn
Bobby Boleyn
Walter German
Ruth Boleyn
Geraldine Burkdoll
Leo Lehman Tesus
Rose Marie Hackmann
Marian Probert
Ruth Krueger
Carol Kohls
Maxine Lehman
Margaret German
Shirley Miller
Lois Miller
Carol Miller
David Hackmann
Elgin Baptist Church announces Harvest Home rally day
Elgin Baptist Church schedules Sunday morning worship at 10 with Paul F Zoschke as pastor and Lillian Schroeder as organist. Harvest Home and Rally Day program features evening service at 7 45 and B Y P U at 8 35 led by Marie Erhardt. Wednesday November 2 Women’s Missionary Society meets at 2 with prayer at 8 and choir rehearsal at 9.
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Paul F. Zoschke
Lillian Schroeder
Marie Erhardt
Women's Missionary Society
Lutheran Church Mission Talks Set Across Two Towns
Lutherans schedule October 30 services in Marion at 10 30 a m and 2 00 p m with a historical talk by Prof S Reque in English. November 6 Norway hosts 10 30 mission service with Rev O Glesne, Marion at 11 30 Dorcas dinner, Norway at 2 p m talks by Rev O Glesne and Prof David Nelson. You are welcome at each service by Pastor Dr S J Strandford.
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Marion
Prof
S. Reque
Norway
Mission Ser
Ion
O. Glesne
Dorcas
David Nelson
S. J. Strandford
Pre Nuptial Shower Honors Kathryn Strauch at Home
Margaret Strauch hosted Progress Club members and friends for a pre nuptial shower for Kathryn Strauch who will wed October 31. Prizes went to Lula Francisco Emma Jansen and Mrs Paul Tate. Gifts were opened and refreshments served. Other items note Mrs Geo N Sehori ill and confined at home and local updates from Elgin and Iowa City.
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Margaret Strauch
Progress Club
Kathryn Strauch
Lula Francisco
Emma Jansen
Paul Tate
Progress Club Meeting Highlights Famous Women Program
Edna Hunsberger hosted the Progress Club at her home on Monday evening. Twenty two members attended. The program titled Famous Women featured music with Delila Oldag reading a paper on Galli Curci and Erma Jane De Sart recounting Mme Schuman Heink. Betty Crowell performed a violin solo with Lula Francisco on piano. New member Imarian Patterson attended and joined the club.
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Edna Hunsberger
Progress Club
Prese
Delila Oldag
Galli Curci
Erma Jane de Sart
Mme. Schuman Heink
Betty Crowell
Lula Francisco
Imarian Patterson
Study Club Meeting Held by Mrs Yack Hosts Review
Mrs H D Yack hosted the Study Club at her home on Tuesday evening. Mrs L L Kiple reviewed the book Deep Summer by Glenristow. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs L L Kiple.
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H. D. Yack
L. L. Kiple
Glen Ristow
Dads to Watch as Iowa Faces Purdue in Dad's Day Game
Iowa meets Purdue in the seventh Purdue Iowa series clash on Dad's Day at Iowa City. Nile Kinnick headlines a rebuilding Hawkeye lineup as the hosts seek to extend dominance against a Boilermaker squad that now leads the series nine to seven.
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Purdue
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
Iowa City
Iowa
Nile Kinnick
No Horsehair Snakes and Blushing Findings
Parasitic wrigglers called tre matodes resemble horsehair worms and affect grasshoppers and sometimes skunks. In rain barrels under roof spouts they are often found. Blushing extends beyond the face and neck, with anthropologists noting bluish coloration in primitive tribes.
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Collier’s Weekly
Resourceful Man Brag Sparks Fence Panel Story
Uncle Eben mocks a boastful man who brags of being resourceful. The tale recalls a man who ripped eight fence panels to stove firewood to avoid sawing wood, illustrating questionable ingenuity and its consequences.
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Uncle Eben
Okapi Relative of Giraffe Lacks Long Neck and Spots
The okapi, a relative of the giraffe, does not have a long neck or yellow spots. It shares ancestry with giraffes but has a shorter neck and a different coat pattern.
Local social notes list guests and travels across towns
Mrs Mabel Grover and son Roland plus Hazel Howard were dinner guests at Harold Fischer’s. Mabel Holzer returned from Rochester after hospital treatment. Chas Greenley and son Robert visited sister Nella Capper at the Frank Greenley home. Sam Butikofer and children visited him in Rochester where he is hospitalized. Duane Pinney remains in Town City hospital after mastard infection operation, improving. Mrs Norman Clothier of Waukegan has taken a position with Abbott Laboratories in Chicago. Aulden Oelberg hosted Ruby Boyle and others for dinner and sewing. Otto Blockhus family and others spent the weekend in Hudson, South Carolina, returning Sunday. Nelle Schori attended Grand Chapter of Iowa OES in Cedar Rapids as delegate. George Metzger hosted多 guests including the Metzger and Kellenberger families. Nella Capper is vacating her Kohler store apartment to move to California. Lyle Light will occupy the vacated apartment. Floyd Dummermuth of Cedar Rapids visited his mother Mrs Dena Dummermuth. Alfred Imhof plans a Peoria sale and will stay until settled. Carl Reeder of Waukegan visited over Sunday. Enabait and Mel Kohler hosted brief visits from Manley on the way home from Iowa City.
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Nella Capper
Kohler
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