Remembering 1925 Echo Highlights and Local News
A collage of items from the Oct 1, 1925 Echo files notes Lizzie B Lyons teaching her 24th year in Zigin public schools and a county record. Rev J Starr reports return to Elgin-Ilyria charges. Local visits from Hanson and Neuen schwander from California. Birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Wm Sutter. Upper Iowa St Thomas game ends 6 to 6 in Minneapolis. Lime Kiln school program includes Wizz Helen Baechler and other feats. Fire Prevention Week urged as Iowa farms face rising fire totals but deaths remain high though counting varies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie B. Lyons
Zigin
J. Starr
Mt. Vernon
Elgin-Ilyria
Ed Hanson
Chas. Neuenschwander
California
Wm. Sutter
Andy Little Gir
Miss
Pat
Marcelle Paule
P. Stoehr
E. Reque
Fay Hlingman
Walter Falk
Fred
Frank Pinney
Lime Kiln
Wizz
Helen Baechler
John Schaer
Elizabeth McMillan
Henry McMillan
Margie Christ
Clara Baechler
Stevenson
Don Helms
Winifred McMillan
Emmet
Shenansdeeh
U Fa
Shenandoah
Lyle Light Marie
Margaret Erhardt
Elgin High School
Marhall Helms
John Johnson
Fred Luthi
Wadena
Dede
Dede Johnson
West Union
Hazel Davia
Hierencé In
Minerva Weibel
Freshman Initiation at Elgin High Sparks Pep Rally
The Elgin High School campus buzzed as 29 green freshmen endured classic senior hazing featuring costumes from brides and grooms to Indians princes and a floor-mopping serenade. The day closed with senior-freshman gifts, a bowing ceremony, and a town park weiner roast after a spirited snake dance through Elgin. A Friday pep rally, drum line and Hawkeye beat, capped by the school song, fired up the squad for opening game. The Home Ec Club held its first meeting with officers listed, while freshmen and sophomores prepared sewing projects and pennant plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanine Cook
Stanley Boyer
Daisy Mae
Erna Baumgartner
Lip Abner
Loreen Ittermann
Karl Lembke
Donna Robinson
Karl
Mavis Frieden
Irene
Denny Boy
Sara Ogle
Holland
Elgin
Hawkeye
Home
Mary Becker
Janice Torkelson
Jannan Mark
Wanda Shaffer
New Lights Improve Classroom Illumination At School
Aiming to reduce glare two grade rooms, Miss Groth's and Mrs Kobler's, received fluorescent lighting raising desk illumination to 30 foot candles. Students report less eye fatigue after two weeks of the upgrade and teachers note brighter, clearer boards. Separately, Dr John Sloan demonstrated liquid air wonders on Sept 18, freezing grapes and bananas, frying an egg via boiling artificial ice, delighting physics students. The piece also lists chorus members and introduces English teacher Bernard J O'Brien, a Geneva Ia native and former actor and war veteran, now considering his future in teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Groth
Kobler
John Sloan
Sloan
Bernard J. O'Brien
Elgin High
Geneva
Geneva Consolidated High School
Italy
Iowa State Teachers College
Lambda Gamma Nu
College Players
Baker Hall
Stadium Hall
O'Brien
Rankin Spankin October 6 8 15 16 weiner note
Marilyn West first class entry notes Shirley Howard October 6 Beverly Benson October 8 Bobby Medberry October 15 Barbara Medberry October 16 and Arthur Larson listed with the phrase a weiner in a local clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin
Spankin
Shirley Howard
Beverly Benson
Bobby Medberry
Barbara Medberry
Arthur Larson
Marilyn West
Little Re Inatt Class Peters Peters Bimpkin Eater's Wife
A playful fragment notes a quirky tale about Peters and a pumpkin shelly. The item hints at humorous character names and a light, whimsical mood from a local story page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Peters
Peter
Bimpkin Eater
Pumpkin Shelly
Elgin Local News Social Notices From Elgin Area
Local social column reports numerous Sunday and weekend gatherings in Elgin including visits by the Kohler family Estherville and Britt families West Clare, nursing student Betty Schneider leaving for advanced study at the University of Minnesota, and several guests at area homes such as the Thoma and Noethe households. Community members attend Brotherhood of American Railway Trainmen meeting and others visit relatives in Spillville Decorah and Patch Grove Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Holm
Doana Scheden
Donald Schmelter
Moa
M. R. Yenney
Huron
Ing
Moride
Brotherhood of American Railway
Yenney
Louis Thoma
John
Sorinceville
Max ‘Thoma
Lloyd Meyer
Postville
Max Hunebergerome
Fred Waters
Keith ‘Waters
Frankville
R. P. Strauc
L. J. Kohler
Estherville
Elgin
Wadena
F. M. Britt
Douglas
Regina Hutchinson
Spillville
Decor
Fred Schneider
University of Minnesota
Rochester
Minn
Hog Pasture Needs Fresh Water Supply by Piping
Farmers say hogs require ample fresh water. Piping water to the pasture is an effective method to ensure consistent supply and keep hogs healthy and productive.
Edna Remarks On Noise In Morning Clatter Source
Edna described the morning clatter in brief remarks noting the racket and its impact, reflecting local chatter and daily disruption in the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elgin Echo
Iowa
Fayette County
Bowe
Strauch & Hermen
LL Editorial Jasspetqr
U. S
Grace Gehring
Dean Pollock
Miss Clute
Ruth Tillotson
Pat Minihan
Shirley Age
Shirley Reuaser
Shirley Shaffer
Sarah Ogle Slade
Jean Little
Barbara Rainey
Merv Becker
Earl Lembke
Honpemere
Roberta ‘Mos
Beverly Frie
Barbara Med
Ruth Boleyn
Janice Pinney
Castalia
Hampshire
John Deere
Kewanea Harrow
Stahmer
Powession
Cecil L. Cocking
I Executrix Waters & Dean
Auds
Zostville State Bank
Barbara Gilbert
Mary Hecker
Janiice Schori
LaFonda Miller
Roberta Mosby
Barbara Boleyn
Sharlene Gruver
Karen Kiple
Gunderson
Clermont
Sarl
Russell Jennings
Bric Britt
West
Regina Utchinson
Clare
Baumgartner
Bertha Lehman Neaser
Ida Grether
Leo Grether
Frere
Charles City
W . Seidler
Robert
Waterloo
Bertha Lehman
Einhard
Laws
Towa
Joe Marsh
U. S. Brewers Foundation
Sil
Otis Rothlisberger
Elgin, Towa
Chevrolet
Sonal
Olae
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