This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
6
Elgin residents welcome relatives from Chicago Decorah McGregor and other towns for holidays. Illnesses and homebound residents noted. Teachers and officials head home for Christmas as winter opens. Community events include printing services and a vaudeville show at the Elgin opera house.
Mr and Mrs H L Sawvelle of Huron South Dakota will spend their Christmas vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs John Johnson and with other friends Eva Mae Frieden returned home last Friday from Cedar Falls and will spend two weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Frieden Mabel Frieden came home Saturday and brought her friend Eva Roseburrough of Nevada who stayed over the weekend Alvina Frieden came home from Volga City Wednesday to spend her two weeks vacation at home.
Elgin Baptist Church presents a Christmas program on Thursday at 8 o clock featuring Scripture Luke 2 8 20 and songs including Christ The Lord is Born The Christmas Song The Gift of Love Luther s Cradle Hymn In the Manger Bed and Joy to the World Performers include many Miller, Krueger, Potratz, Zurbriggen and Boleyn family members with groups Sunflowers and Buds of Promise Children and Juniors participate in the program with a rotation of solos duets and choruses.
Christmas Eve program at St Pauls M E Church features a junior choir, recitations, solos, and a play including The Merry Day and A Brave Boy among other acts. A benediction by Rev Zoschke closes the service. many local families attend and visit afterward.
J. 3, Snyder, Minister Mrs Louis Klingman and pianist to lead church worship at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11 a m. The event invites parishioners to attend services.
Illyria Church announces Sunday school at 10 15 a m and church worship at 11 16 a m led by Minister J J Snyder with Grace Foxwell accompanying as pianist.
Paul F. Zoschke, Pastor Lillian Jacobs, and an organist lead Sunday worship at 10 oclock with Sunday school at 11 and an evening service at 7 45. B P U Christmas program is set for Thursday December 24 at 2 oclock followed by a watch night service.
December 24 St Olaf Chapel 7:30 tree and program December 25 Norway 11 English service 7:30 tree program December 26 Marion 11 English Christmas Service offering to Mission of our church First Lutheran 7:30 tree program December 27 First Lutheran 11 Christmas Service Come to church all are welcome Pastor S J Strandford
The final tally confirms Roosevelt leading with a nationwide plurality of 11,070,433 votes over London. Rumors mention a large typewriter pad promotion at the Echo Office with 10 cent pads at the Register office.
B Y P U program to be presented Sunday evening December 27 features Trumpet Solo Song Scripture Prayer Reading piano solo and various vocal and instrumental numbers. Soloists include Barbara Kamm Louise Baumgartner Lillian Jacob Mary Baechler Eda Zurbriggen and Gladys Yearona with readings by Florence Ruckdaschel Robert Kamm Rev Zoschke and others. The event will be followed by a dinner guest report and a later performance by The Harry Evans Show returning to Elgin for a vaudeville night starting at 8 30 PM.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.