Wadena P T A Highlights And Community News
The P T A met in the Wadena high school assembly room with a program including community singing, a reading by Merle Bond, a ladies quartette, two playlets and district readings. Many local residents visited, helped, or attended services and funerals across Wadena and nearby areas, with notes on volunteers, hospital care, and upcoming Cemetery Association meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed
A. J. Knutson
Merle Bond
Don Leonhart
Adolph Weber
Roy Leonhart
Alfred Johnson
8Rh
John Erickson
Robert Young
Kentucky
Esther Sniffin
Allen
Waterloo
Forest Moore
Albert Felder
Thad Walters
Don Gooden
Robert Whittenbaugh
Stella
Arthur Jones
Waukon
Will Campbell
Garden Prairie
Rev. Randall
Nina Davis
Morris Gorman
Lima
Gorman
Archie Brooks
Arlington
James Davis
John Staffenhagen
Mary Fox
Jim Fox
Bert Sackett
Delaware
J. S. Moore
Echo office sales trim Old papers at six cents a bunch
Local notes report Elgin residents and visitors, illnesses, and social visits. Georg N Schori learns of cousin Will Reinhart's death in Cresco, with Lehman family planning funeral attendance. Otto E Otzon of Chicago visits over Easter, tied to S A Healy tunnel project and rescue squad training under federal safety oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. N. Schori
Will Reinhart
Cresco
Lehman
Otto E. Otzon
Chicago
Elgin
S.A. Healy Construction Company
Ole
On the Stot and Small Town Moments in 1920s Elgin
A scrapbook style note recounts strolling with friends by a forming lake named Lake Clevel, a padlocked boat, and a playful critique of dogs guarding finds. It also lists local personalities from Louie Carter to Ivan Torkelson, then recalls 1924 standpipe removal plans, Bryan’s 1925 debt stance, and a 1926 Womanless Wedding at the Elgin opera house with wide audience amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Anderson
R. C. Jorgenson
Clevel
Clermont
Elgin
Ivan Torkelson
Ivan
Fayette County Court Yard
Bryan
United States
William Jennings Bryan
M.E. Ladies’ Aid
Elgin Opera House
Local ministers join joint union meeting in Oelwein area
Reverend J J Snyder attended a West Union gathering Wednesday with members from the Oelwein and Est Union units. Also present were Dr Bergstaller of Cornell College and Harvey Travis the Oelwein superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
West Union
Oelwein
Est
Bergstaller
Cornell College
Harvey Travis
Tripp Family Visits in Easter Stay at Dean Home
Mr and Mrs Ziba Tripp and daughter Mary Lou from Janesville Wisconsin visited T W Dean home for Easter weekend. They drove there Saturday and left Sunday, Mary Lou staying two weeks with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Thompson
Forest City
Thore Thompson
Mia
Emma Jennings
Max
Mary
Bessie
Waterloo
Ted Larson
Lyle Herrling
Kansas City
A. G. Herrling
Herbert Fay
Gordon Fay
Franklin
George Fay
Raymond Fennell
Will Probert
George Kahner
The
Cemetery Association
Will Whittenbaugh
Ole Johnson
John Erickson
Elkader
Frank Poor
Grace
Volga
Bess Tschantz
Clermont
Fred. Tschantz
Mike Tynan
Iowa City
Alden Gell
la Fonda
West Union
Mrz
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Kenneth Frey
Robert Frey
Esther Sniffin
Kentucky
Mart Frey
Chris Morse
Hawkeye
Frey
Ziba Tripp
Mary Lou
Janesville
Wis
T. W. Dean
Cedar Rapids man ill six weeks reports recovery progress
J. E. McCoy of Cedar Rapids writes that he has been in bed for six weeks with illness but believes he is now on the road to recovery. He hopes to be out again in about a week after becoming ill a few days after his last trip to Elgin seven weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. McCoy
Cedar Rapids
the Echo
McCoy Ibecame
Elgin
The Smoke That Sounds at Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls in Africa, named by Matabales as the Smoke That Sounds for the visible spray and audible roar that can be heard for miles around.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Falls
Africa
Land Bargains Steep Discounts On Farms Near Fayette and West Union
Real estate ads advertise numerous farms and properties for sale or cash deals in Iowa towns Fayette Clermont West Union Elgin Arlington Oelwein Postville. Listings include 109 acres 80 acres 320 acres and more with prices from 5 500 to 75 00 per acre and mortgage terms 100 down to long finance. Hotels and farm homes profit potential highlighted, many with modern buildings timber soil and utilities. Agencies Grether Real Estate Elgin and partners solicit buyers and listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Clermont
West Union
Elgin
Arlington
Olavus Knudison
Oelwein
Cler‘mont
West End
Postele
Postville
Hawkeye
Insurance Company
Bremer
Blackhawk
Chickasaw
Butler
Floyd
Grether
Towa
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Wadena
Loretta Mattocks
Hartley
Adelina Smale
Owen Snirley
Don Leonham
Glen Stannard
Earl Stannard
Cedar Falls
Floyd Stannard
Eliza Boleyn
Len Hummel
Echo
Billy
Andrew Dummermuth
L. Crider
R. A. Crider
Harry Baldwin
Strawberry Point
Lew Grover
Wendall Koch
Buffalo Center
Esther Manns
Thompson
Karl Miller
Donna Wenger
Margie Strauch
Ernestine Holzer
Margaret Grimm
Eva Mae Frieden
Corrine Wenger
Clive Helms
Helms
Benjamin Franklin
Mike
Franz
Pep
Louie Carter
Lew Gruver
John Johnson
Joe V. Schneider
Harry Becker
Rev
Gunston
Geo
Pete” Anderson
Vic Topp
Chicago White Sox
George Nydegger
Allen Habeger
Gene
Floyd Knudtson
Charlie Holzer
Caornstalks
Keith Kohler
Orville Berg
Joop
Des Moines Register
Arthur Darling
West Union High School
Fairfield
Art
Firestone Tires
Firestone
John Fale
Chevrolet
Elgin, Iowa
Elgin Echo News
Iowa
D. &. Boleyn
the Echo Office
Fayette & Adjoining Counties
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