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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1930

Page

3

Breakfast planning for Boy Scouts Eagle Patrol hike

The Briggs family details a weekend field trip for the Eagle Patrol to Pond's Grove with Tom Jr as patrol leader. Menu plans for Saturday and Sunday cover fresh fruit, eggs, meats, breads, milk, tomatoes, and hot buttered beverages to feed fourteen adolescent boys, noting high energy needs and a sample healthful bill of fare.

Boy Scouts Tom Jr Eagle Patrol Pond’s Grove Philadelphia

Local Want Ad Notes from Clermont Area Visits and Birth

Clermont residents and visitors are listed with visits to family homes churches and hospitals. Arthur Loftsgard and family welcome a baby girl Armella Corrine born August 6 with mother cared for by Emil Larson. Legion Auxiliary collects carpet bags for Knoxville hospital and Mrs Wm A Kneeland elected county chair.

Arthur Loftsgard Armella Corrine Emil Larson the Legion Auxiliary Martin Nelson Ole Christianson Agnes Kneeland Dan Burke Westgate Wm. A. Kneeland Knoxville

Cedar Rapids man visiting, locals host guests

Lyle Gress of Cedar Rapids is visiting this week with home folks. Mr and Mrs Ernest Holt and Julia Sampson of Decorah were dinner guests Sunday of Mrs Laura Holt. Mrs Herman Rolfs returned home after visiting Minnesota and Canada. Mr and Mrs Ernest Larson and family spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Arthur Loftagard.

Julia Riser Earlham H. H. Follett Martin Nelson Gunder Ruth Opland George Lillahamer Manston, Wis N. H. Nelson Nelson Lloyd Larson Esther Frederick Roy Shepherd Elgin Theo. Loftsgard Arthur Loftsgard John Burrow Marcella Postville Walter Follett Wm J. Olson H. H. Follett Home Lyle Gress Cedar Rapids Ernest Holt Julia Sampson Decorah Laura Holt Herman Rolfs Minnesota Canada Ernest Larson Arthur Loftagard Mary Dwyer J. W. Dwyer Oelwein John Crowe Glen Webb John Graver Cecil Mabel Graver Rockford Iowa Clifton Pringle Albert Christianson Gladys Elmer Sanders the Backbone State Park Phyllis Lubke Will Starkey H. T. Loftagard Leonard Lofstuen Nina Stimson Inez Wolfs Osian Carol Nelson Council Bluffs Fred Maurer Myrtle Fox Waterloo Anna Larson Alfred Madson Hartland, Minn Gerhard Johnson West Union Ed Burt Paul Cooley Rice Lake Wis Immauel Larson

Clermont area notes bring dances and visits to town

Clermont residents share travel and social news from visitors and relatives. Ralph Considine of Waterloo and Frank Pringle visit relatives as Don Pettit's concert entertains at West Lutheran. A Clermont Legion chautauqua is set for August at the high school auditorium. Local families from Cedar Rapids to Chicago send greetings and attend picnics, birthdays, and park outings.

Clermont Legion

Men Caught Driving On New Pavement Near Swea City

A car with Hancock county plates carried seven men after crashing a barricade three miles east of Swea City and drove the entire length of the fresh pavement into Swea City. The men appeared intoxicated and the car number was obtained. Prosecution likely with a minimum fine of 10 dollars per hundred feet driven, estimated at 1584 dollars. Nashua Reporter.

Swea City Hancock County Nashua

Bank Bandit Identified In Union Bank Robbery

Sheriff Chris Larson says the man who rented the car used in the Union Bank and Trust Co robbery has been positively identified as Rogers. Rogers, released from Ft Madison recently, had been housed at Bixby's Park near Edgewood last year. No arrests of Rogers or accomplices have been made, authorities still pursue them.

Dubuque Union Bank and Trust Co Chris Larson Rogers Ft. Madison Bixby's Park Edgewood Strawberry Point Press—Journal

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