Elgin Social Roundup and Local Visits
Mrs L B Carter hosted the Batoche Club Friday afternoon. Visitors included Mrs Leo Schori who held high score and several Elgin area residents returning from Decorah and Oellwein business visits. George Snyder and Thomas Shaffer, Cornell College students, came home for over two weeks. J C Heerenton and L C Koevenig hosted guests. Phyllis Kohler returned home from Postville. Ethel Feller reports improvement in San Antonio and asks for Echo deliveries. Wm Baumgartner Jr. and family returned from Elgin to Rochester for treatment after a lung abscess operation this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Carter
Batoffe Club
Leo Schori
Lewis
Harry Wenger
Decorah
Ziba Tripp
Rob Grimes
T. W. Dean
M. Zurbriggen
Oellwein
Guernsey Smith
Niear Elkader
Martin Wenger
Elgin
Harry Baldwin
Lamont
Lew Gruver
Gruver
George Snyder
Thomas Shaffer
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
L. C. Koevenig
Postville
C. J. Harrington
Phyllis Kohler
Melvina Hoover
Decatur
Jacob Gehring, Jr
Lil
Elgin Watch Factory
Wm. E. Baumgartner
Rochester
Minn
Christmas Visits and Local News in Waukon area
A roundup of weekend visits and social calls around Waukon and nearby towns. Names include Anna Bovan Gilma Olson Wilma Steinmetz Loraine Carpenter and others visiting Waterloo Fayette West Union and Elgin. Notes on hosting bridge clubs and high scores plus a furnace outage at the Mosby home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Mosby
Waukon
Anna Bovan
Gilma Olson
Wilma Steinmetz
Waterloo
Loraine
Mary Carpenter
Fayette
C. B
Sheldon Boyle
Art Earle
Anna Cox
Weat Union
George Pollitt
James Bailey
H. D. Yack
Mason City
Serene
Ne W. Evans
Harold Deviney
Ziba Tripp
G. W. Bauder
Fort Collins
Colo
Elgin
The
Echo
Colorado
Illyria Church Seeks Yuletide Message From Pastor
Illyria Church notes minister J. J. Snyder and pianist La Fonda Shaffer. Sunday school at 10 15 a m church service at 11 15 a m on Christmas Day with antethems and special music suited to the day Yuletide message to be given by the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
la Fonda Shaffer
Christmas Services Schedule at Local Lutheran Churches
December notes list St Olaf Chapel at 7 30 for Christmas tree followed by December 25 Norway at 11 English services First Lutheran of McGregor at 2 80 services Norway at 7 30 Christmas tree December 26 Marion at 11 Norse services Marion at 7 80 You are welcome at each service Pastor S J Strandford invites parishioners to attend all gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf Chapel
Norway
First Lutheran of
McGregor
Marion
S. J. Strandford
Baptist Church Christmas Week Schedule Notes
Baptist Church announces a week of meetings starting Thursday December 22 with an 8 pm prayer meeting and 9 pm choir rehearsal Also Sunday December 25 features Sunday school at 11 am Christmas service at 10 am and 11 am Sunday school A 7 30 pm B Y P U prayer meeting and 8 pm evening service All are invited December 29 includes a Tant prayer meeting and 9 pm choir rehearsal No watch night service on December 31 Church meeting scheduled for January 1 at 2 pm Pastor Lauer invites all members Merry Christmas
Christmas Eve Piano Recital and Church Program
Mrs Louis Klingman will play at the church next Saturday at 7 30 PM as part of a Christmas Eve program. Sunday schedule includes a 10 AM service of Christmas music and a reading by Mrs C B Schori, with Sunday school at 11 AM. League members to meet at 7 PM for a Christmas tour, bring flashlights. Echo ad invites noodle soup dinner by the Ladies Aid fourth division at town hall on Thursday night December 29. General Aid Society meeting at 2 30 PM followed by a program. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
Louis Klingman
C. B. Schori
League
The
Echo
Ladies’ Aid Society
General Aid Society
Official court reporter named for Judge Goheen
Carl Ashby of Oelwein is named as the official reporter for Judge T. H. Goheen who succeeds Judge Carl W. Reed and will take office January 1. The report notes Goheen's anticipated term and Ashby’s prior role. The piece also references Iowa farm land values and loan limits cited by A G Black from the Iowa State College bulletin, contrasting Reconstruction Finance Corporation appraisals with Federal Land Banks figures and noting farm foreclosures and stressed farmers amid high mortgage losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Ashby
Oelwein
Carl W. Reed
Reed
T. H. Goheen
Calmar
Argo- Gazette
A. G. Black
Iowa State College Bulletin
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Iowa
Decorah Journal
Ossian Bee Ad Rates Warn Local Merchants
The Ossian Bee notes local merchants spend less than 2 dollars weekly on ads, a pattern that leads Ossian residents to shop outside town. The paper suggests readers see bargains in nearby papers like Waukon RK, and that Ossian trades elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian Bee
Ossian
Waukon RK
Dubuque Hunters Question Odd Rabbit Find
Oliver Merz and Clarence Streeter of Dubuque wonder what species a rabbit they killed near town represents. The animal reportedly had woolly fur like a sheep or goat's winter coat, a sheepish tail, and a brown fur head-dress, unusual features for a rabbit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Merz
Clarence Streeter
Dubuque
Automobile License Sales Fall Sharply
Deputy Frank Limbeck reports that automobile license sales are much slower than last year. On Wednesday only 69 licenses were sold, while on the same date a year ago the figure was well over 1600. Many expect a large drop after the first of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Limbeck
Sleds and wagons featured as sensible Christmas gifts
Feller's Hardware in West Elgin promotes affordable Christmas gifts including sleds coaster wagons and velocipedes. The ad highlights a wide range of useful items at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feller’s Hardware
West Elgin
Christmas Vesper services and flu vacation in Oelwein
Several items note visits for Christmas Vesper services in Fayette and Oelwein, with Mary Hanson staying two weeks, plus flu closures in Oelwein schools. A newspaper item reminds mailing deadlines as post offices close on Christmas and the following day. A humor exchange about petting and girl babies closes the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Duracher
Mary Frances Hoyt
Fayette
C. B. Schori
Albert Schori
Gerald
Loraine
Mary Carpenter
Mary Hanson
Oelwein
Tille Hanson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amy
Howett
Illyria
Monarch Coffee
Kohlers Quality Store
Elgin, Iowa
Lutheran Church Notes
Baptist Church
Lauer
Pastor
Fred R. Berg Elgin
Grandpa
Ilyria
St. Paul’s Parsonage
Stoehr Drug Store
Jexell Drug Store
Greely
You
Merry Christmas
Merry
Mufflers
Hosiery
Max Thoma
EVANS
IGA
Carmel
N. W. Evans Elgin, Iowa
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