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Elgin Community Notes and Social Roundup
Local residents attend funerals and school events. Families visit, health updates, and new car purchases are listed along with upcoming dances, banquets, and a market day. Notable mentions include Edith and Dorothy Grether, Mrs. Light's relatives, Olive grandparents near Elgin, and several Schori households. Medical and hospital updates accompany social notices from Elgin and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Thoma
Ph. Lauer
Falk & Sons
Edith Grether
Baxter
Dorothy Grether
Iowa City
Gertrude Grether
Cedar Falls
Fred Light
Henry Wilson
Henry Berg
Lydia Martie
Julius Johnson
Alvin Amundson
Lois Marie Miller
Richard Miller
West Elgin
John Grover
Henry Miller
W. J. Grover
John Conner
Elgin
L. S. Hutchinson
Leo Schori
Albert Schori
Elgin Opera House
Thore Thompson
Wadenar
Clermont
John Falk
Postville Hospital