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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1929
Page
6
A long list of visitors and residents in Elgin recounts social visits across Iowa and Wisconsin. Names include Dr L Hutchinson, Mrs L D Smith, Clyde, Earl Jacquette, George Falb, Georgiana, N P Kerr, Leona Olson, Sheldon Boyle, R W Muehlenthaler, and many others. The piece notes trips to Fayette Luxemburg Piet and Prairie du Chien, plus family gatherings and birthday celebrations.
Church calendar lists Friday August 2 8 pm covenant meeting and 6 pm choir rehearsal. Sunday August 4 German service communion 10 8 am, Sunday school 11 am, dinner 12 15 pm, junior meeting 12 45 pm, committee meeting 1 pm, English service 2 pm. Friday August 9 8 pm prayer meeting and 7 pm choir rehearsal. Pastor Ph Lauer notes attendance from County Home and Elgin and mentions conference at Burlington Town August 20 to 25. invites attendance.
Regular morning worship at 10 o’clock and church school at 11 o’clock. The Ladies’ Aid Society meets in the church basement Thursday afternoon with a picnic lunch. The Ladies’ Sunday school class meets Friday at 2:30 at Mrs Franc De Sart’s home.
A compact set of kitchen and craft notes covering salad dressing choices, bloomers for children, Lyonnaise potatoes, gravy flavor enhancers with lamb or mutton fat, linoleum care with wax or varnish, stain removal for washable fabrics, and flavor upgrades for lamb or mutton gravy using capers and related liquids.
Mr and Mrs George Hyde visited in Strawberry Point last Tuesday. Friends and relatives frequent visits marked the week with callers at the Kohls, Fox, Howard, Shaf fer, Bennett, and Reed homes. Several families traveled for work and leisure in Marshfield and Forest City.
Cheery Valley residents and families reflected a busy period with visits across towns. Albert Schubach and Lena Schupbach, along with Mrs. John Grimm Sr, were seen at multiple homes including G Friederich and Emma Miller in Rock Valley. gatherings involved the Frieden and Dennler families at the state park near Lamont and several calls at Elkader, West Union, Volga City, and surrounding homes.
Day by day reports from Davis Illinois and surrounding towns list visits among Pulfer, Friederich, Sutter, Dennler, Metzger, Hanson, Lerch, Bossard, and Christen households. Attendance at the Winneshiek County Fair baseball program announced with four days of games featuring the Giants and Little Eight stars. Boise Capper and Mrs Capper travel from Postville hoping to see Elgin play, then head to West Union after Elgin is unavailable.
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