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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1934
Page
8
Cheery valley residents Jakie Gehring and Tofield Steffan of Elgin are visiting Gehring relatives, with numerous dinners and Sunday gatherings involving the Yearous, Christen, Butikofer, Lerch, Frieden, and Friederich families in Elgin and nearby areas. Several health notes appear with Will Christen’s foot injury requiring six stitches.
Friday visits featured Alice Friederich staying at the Hm Baumgartner home in Elgin. Sunday guests in Will Nydegger’s house included Alice Friederich. Thursday evening sees Ernest and Lucy Christen and Clara Muhlenthaler visiting Adolph Hanson near Volga. A card party at Bert Thoman’s home celebrated birthday anniversaries of Mrs. Ernest Christan and Mrs. Bert Thoman with ice cream and cake.
Illyria items recount weekend visits and dinners across Waterloo near Volga Elgin Cheery Valley and West Union. Families including Ogle Medberry Wenger Frieden Schupbach Rothlisberger Yearous and Shaffer share meals and quilts with relatives, birthdays noted for Mr Rothlisberger and several grandchildren attend Cornell College activities.
Marion Tripp arrived Monday from Cedar Rapids to visit his brother George Tripp. Ray Gilbert helps with farm work at Frank Lyon home. Martha Barker families visit D. H. Craft and Frank Lyon homes. Dorothy Craft guests Cecil Tripp. Evelyn Barker ill last week. Several Barker family members spend day at Elmer Boyer home. Eileen Shirley Bartlett and Letha Adrian miss school due to cold. B Y P A hosts Friday party at Cecil Tripp’s home with games and socializing.
A long list of visitors and guests recounts social visits at local homes including the Bartlett and Boyer families, with many relatives from nearby towns. The article notes B Y P U activities on January 28, a Sunday church schedule with services at 11 AM and evening events starting at 6 30 PM and 7 20 PM.
Oak Grove residents report a week of varied social calls and visits. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Dill hosted and traveled. families including Reed, Gilson, Dummermuth, Luch Singer, and Allen shared oysters, dinners, or casual calls. Farm bureau ladies held a follow up meeting with garment pattern talks and a picnic.
A kitchen tip warns against dressing salad ahead of time as oil and acids can wilt greens. The advice stresses adding dressing at serving time to preserve texture and fresh flavor.
Teachers meeting in Etkader last May and many local residents visiting relatives report a quiet period. Oscar Odegard returned from Oelwein after his mother's death. Mrs Anna Odegard died at her daughter H H Gisleson’s home after a brief illness, with many neighbors expressing sympathy.
A federal survey shows U S income in 1982 at 40 billion, 1982 figures. 1926 income at 81 billion. Local businessmen received Irish lottery tickets. post office seized them and filed documents for illegal use of the mails. The piece contrasts debt per capita with European nations and quotes Roosevelt on debt projections for 1985, arguing the debt level is not alarming.
Oliver Torkelson of Marion township east of Elgin will conduct a sale at his farm on Wednesday February 7 at 12 20 p m The offerings include about ten head of horses fifteen Shorthorn milk cows twenty five head of young cattle forty five hogs and four lots of machinery The farm lies 2 1/2 miles north of primary 56 and 1 1/4 miles south of the Turkey river bridge Watch for sale bills and Echo advertisement this week.
Anna Hatch informs the Gazette that tulips were up at her Sumner area residence yesterday morning. The East Community Club met with Mrs. Ed Bauder on Thursday at 1 pm for a luncheon and a round table on current administration efforts, including a house to house survey. Mrs. Henry Steinmiller led the contest with Mrs. Edward Olsen winning first prize as twelve members attended.
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