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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
7
John Buechler returned home from Ames on Thursday evening and completed part of the journey on foot before receiving rides for the remainder. Mrs. Mary Callendar and her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Miller of Blunt South Dakota, have been visiting relatives here since the end of last week.
Grain bags noted. Dr. L. Hutchinson, a 22 year Elgin dentist, appears in the local items. Harold Kiple returns from a Des Moines trip. Wm. Walther and family visit N. W. Evans. Mary and Ruth Carpenter of Fayette join G. B. Sehori at home. Winifred Schmid resumes Keystone studies after Thanksgiving with her parents. Various local residents attend gatherings in Oelwein and surrounding areas.
A dense ad column lists multiple for sale items and services in Elgin including Poland China boar, heaters, a Cable Nelson piano, Holstein cows, and Guernsey heifers. Also notes on Berg’s hats sale, radio repair by Otto Blockhus, Buckwheat flour, Weibel Mill products, and a funeral car story. Local social notes mention visits and church activities in Elgin.
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