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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1936
Page
6
Local Elgin residents and visitors are seen in this social notes page. Harold Conner hosted dinner in Postville. Betty Ann Meier visited in Postville. various families of Elgin and surrounding towns shared weekend visits. Several locals and relatives are listed with travel plans and University or school ties.
St Pauls M E Church lists J J Snyder as minister and Grace Foxwell as pianist with Mrs Louis Klingman on piano duties for Sunday school at 11 am. No services next Sabbath due to annual conference.
Elgin Baptist Church with Pastor Paul F. Zoschke and organist Lillian Jacobs announces Sunday morning worship and Sunday school at 10. Evening worship is at 7:45. B P U meets at 9 p.m. Wednesday September 30 Tabitha Society gathers at 2 p.m. Prayer meeting at 8 p.m. Choir rehearsal at 9 p.m. Karl Miller leads.
No services listed for Sept 27. October 4 Marion at 11 oclock Norse communion St Olaf Chapel 7 30 Luther League. October 10-11 Norway Mission festival Come to church You are welcome at each and every service 8 J Strandjord Pastor.
Frank A L Seaver born December 19 1855 in Marysville California later lived in Wisconsin Indiana and Illinois. He married Anna Dilla McMillan on May 20 1896 and worked at Elgin Canning Co before moving to Gilmore City where he died. Surviving are his widow two sisters and several relatives with many attending the funeral and local visits noted.
Cherokee lore portrays the wren as a busybody who learns and reports others' affairs to the birds muici. It notes the wren’s birth notices of children foretell fates. a son brings sorrow while a daughter brings joy for later feeding on her leftovers.
The Columbus Cathedral on Emprady Street in Havana, built in a Latin Gothic style, houses old master works and jeweled vestments. Its silver altar is valued at 10 million dollars. The cathedral once claimed to hold Columbus remains after a 19th century conflict before they were moved to Spain after the 1898 war.
The Ta Han and most eastern and northeastern Indian groups trace descent from the sky at earliest humanity, while mountain and plateau peoples of the West and Southwest say their ancestors emerged from an Underworld.
The parimutuel betting method was invented around 1872 by a Frenchman named Osler. It was not until 1903 that the system was methodically exploited in the United States, and in the spring of that year it was adopted in Kentucky.
The game of caber is a competition where a contestant grips a log balances one end against the chest lifts the other end high and runs to heave the log the farthest wins the event.
The article explains jasmine tea blends using two Jasmine species. It notes that 40 pounds of the Jasmine mixture scents 100 pounds of tea, with noted quantities of Jasminum paniculatum and J. sambac and a final ratio involved in the scenting process.
Aviators may perish without oxygen, but shepherds in the Himalayas drive flocks to elevations as high as 18000 feet with villages thriving at 16500 feet, illustrating hardy adaptation to extreme altitude.
Crutches carved from forked tree limbs cushioned with hide were found in a cliff dwelling in Utah. They are attributed to around 1100 A D indicating early tool and mobility practices in the region.
A historic Elks feature explains how members greet each other with Hello Bill and fill gaps with the word Til when a name is unknown. The piece notes this convention dates to the early days of the fraternity and reflects traditional camaraderie among members.
A claim that the oldest theater was discovered in Crete suggests a structure over 4,500 years older than the famed Athens theater. The report notes the Crete site predates existing Greek theater known in Athens by millennia.
Acid treatment revived low producing wells in limestone regions by pouring solutions into deep reservoirs to boost flow and recover more oil. The method aims to stimulate aging wells where production has waned.
A fragment describes a primitive lifestyle with Austrian natives refusing clothing. They allegedly endure freezing temperatures by sleeping between two snail fires as a warming method.
The excerpt discusses taste composition by percent, noting flavor involves feel and scent alongside taste. It suggests the overall savor comes from multiple senses, with specified shares of taste and other factors shaping our perception of food.
A fragment notes that camels have undergone minimal visible evolution since their early ancestors, suggesting a remarkable stability in their form through time.
A baptismal fant minde from King John’s era was discovered in a hedge near Nimmeridge. Local officials report the object was found in a village church enclosure and appears ancient though details are unclear.
The expression stone broke is traced to an old custom of breaking a craftsman's stone bench when he defaulted on debt. The custom served as a public signal of a debtor's status, linking financial failure to a permanent workplace alteration.
More than 12,000 mountain sheep or bighorns inhabit national forests in the United States. The statement notes that weight of air is lighter when damp or moist air weighs less than drier air in the same volume and pressure.
A fragment notes that the Titus Cavaro Bottomless Explorers have not yet found a bottom to the great Titus cavern in California. The report emphasizes exploration status without concluding discovery.
Residents assist at the post office in R W Muehlenthaler’s absence. Dorothy Olson helps at the post office while R W Muehlenthaler is away visiting Dunlap and Moorhead with relatives. Numerous trips and visits to Waterloo Des Moines Cedar Falls and Arlington are noted along with a weekend accident near Marcroft hill with no injuries.
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