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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1933
Page
2
Wadena residents hosted and visited relatives and friends across Iowa. Many families welcomed guests from Waukon Waterloo Hastings Delware Arlington Fayette and Cedar Rapids. Notable items include church youth activities suspending August services and local families traveling to Rochester for a relative’s reforestation assignment.
Elisabeth Aeschliman visited Osbornes Tuesday to see Mr and Mrs George Feller. Ed and Fred Gernand attended a Volga birthday party for Mildred Gernand. Dr Rady Minger and family visited from Gregory SD and planned a trip to Chicago for the Century of Progress. Fishermen Voyl Leonhart Earl Carpenter Luther Crandall head to Trade Lake Wisconsin for a week. Anthony Wagner and son visited from Dubuque. Alden Gell and La Fonda of West Union stayed with relatives. Elisabeth entertained the Presbyterian choir with a weiner and marshmallow roast in Hoper's Hollow last Thursday.
A reflective verse about household tasks and the balance between asking for help and taking action. It questions who should do the work and warns that promises mean little without decisive effort. The piece emphasizes thinking first, then doing to accomplish goals.
Grand Meadow residents and guests active in social visits church work and farming. Lance Candee of Clermont called on Bert Lyngans Tuesday while Trene Helgerson helped Mrs. Martin Amundson cook for threshers and families gathered for reunions. Multiple visits to Mrs. Carrie Nelson at West Union hospital and various home could be inferred with neighbors and relatives aiding during the week.
Mrs Arthur Olsen and Mrs Esten Landsgard helped cook for threshers at the Albert Olson home last week. Mrs Sam Erickson Selmar and Florence and Mrs H S Groth began a trip Tuesday morning to Erskine Minnesota to visit the Albert and Elmer Erickson homes. Andrew Reinhart helped with threshing at the Selmar Holm farm Tuesday.
A resolution from Silverleaf Lodge No. 618 A F and A M notes the death of J. Schmid. The tribute commends his helpfulness and friendship, extends deepest sympathy to his widow Mrs Lulu Schmid, and directs copies for minutes and publication in The Elgin Echo. Committee members C B Schori and R P Strauch sign the resolution.
Alfred Bauder and Ed Anderson visited Elgin and West Union respectively while various locals hosted guests and attended gatherings. Nursing injuries are reported for Lila Grover and Albert Kohler, and many residents travel to Cedar Rapids Dubuque and Bloomington for work and family reasons. Morton’s Kleer Salt offered at 80 cents amid community notes on illness travel and dinners.
Regulars share news of visits and travel from Rock Valley to Mason City plus Chicago World's Fair trips. Families attend Bible conferences, threshing plans, and funerals while merchants advertise animal feed deals and corn for hog feed.
Golfers emphasize accurate stroke over target aiming to develop a sound putting action. Walter Travis used imaginative aids like a miniature cup and chalk lines to practice stroke control. Some players focus entirely on correct contact with the ball, ignoring final position to improve consistency.
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