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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
1
Fayette resident Mary Carpenter visited her sister and family, while relatives from La Grange Missouri and Cedar Rapids joined gatherings in Elgin Clermont Monona and Waukegan. The social day featured multiple households hosting kin including Schori Grims, DeSarts and Falbs with extended relatives from Mason City Hollywood and Manila.
The Elgin Echo Swowa Press Association announces editorial alignment with national perspectives. Published weekly by R P Strauch, the paper notes its post office filing in Elgin Iowa as second class mail matter.
H J Metcalf resigns as Director of Publicity at Iowa State College to join Clinton Herald. In a letter to the Iowa press he credits farm news cooperation with Iowa farmers progress, noting about 3,000,000 inches of farm news printed in 1928 and expressing gratitude for decades of newspaper experience and friendship among editors.
Local families in Oak Grove and nearby towns noted a busy Sunday with multiple dinner and supper guests. Ralph Reed, L. W. Reed, and extended Reed families hosted visitors from Hawkeye and Volga City, while the Luchsinger and Kamper households welcomed relatives from Fayette and Arlingham. Several locals traveled to see relatives, attend reunions, and assist threshing crews, reflecting community ties and frequent cross-town visits.
Mrs Josephine Moellerman and daughter Ruth with B M Benson spent the first part of the week at the C H Larson home near Elkader and returned home Tuesday.
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