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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1934
Page
6
D J Snyder serves as minister at Illyria Church with Grace Foxwell and Pishlat listed. Sunday school begins at 10 15 a m and worship hour at 11 15 a m. Church of Youth meets at Elgis Street.
The notes list St. Olaf Chapel English services at 10, Marion at an unspecified hour, and a children’s service. On April 15 Marion hosts Norse services at 11 and St. Olaf Chapel at 8, with Luther League inviting attendance. Pastor J. Standford welcomes all.
Morning worship at 10 o clock and Sunday school at 11. Church of Youth at 8 pm led by Pearl Grimm Eva Mae Frieden and Robert Steele with choir and orchestra practice Thursday. Church of Youth mixer Thursday night. Ladies Bible class meets with Mrs N M Fritz Friday afternoon.
Church activities list multiple meetings and services including prayer meetings choir practice and English services through April. Community notes cover visits by residents, teaching staff changes, spring vacation, and local social events.
Wm. B. Baumgartner of Tucson writes from the Arizona camp describing health, heat, and daily life. He mentions asthma, lung bleeding spells, gaining weight, and hopes to return to Elgin for a homecoming. He notes local gossip about Billy West and Dillinger sightings near Tucson.
A humorous note on local politics mentions a mayoral election in a nudist colony with a bare majority. It also covers social visits by Mr and Mrs Harry Palmer of Janesville Wisconsin to the C D Chapman home, and weekend guests Mabel Frieden and Eva Rosebo rough of Nevada. Two teachers at North Grant consolidated school are cited. Representative T F Schmitz of Ossian gains party support for state senate nomination. Local merchants include Mortons salt Pilot Ogata Shells Quaker Molasses hog and cattle feeds and International Milling Co flour brands Viz Seal of Minnesota White Lily Snow Flake Weibel Mill Company.
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