Elgin Social Roundup Details From Week of News
Dr Crider and family of Elkader visited Elgin with Mr and Mrs R A Crider. An Elgin Opera House dance featured an eight piece orchestra with latest tunes. Esther Duracher and Clara Muehenthaler planned Rock Valley visits. Mrs H W Bauder arrived from Tulsa for Arnold Bauman funeral. Dr Harry Keiser of Chicago visited with his Keiser family. A ten and a half pound daughter was born to R P Strauch's family at Postville hospital. Henry G Strauch of Chadwick Ill died. funeral set for Wednesday. L G Lehman sold stove range to Yearous in Highland. Yearous home near ready. Fred Traub family and others visited Lansing. Lee Tomkins from Cherokee Town spent time with family. Mrs F J Keeling recovering from goitre operation at Iowa City. Ads note stamps, dentist L S Hutchinson, and Baptist Ladies Mission. Various local visitations and travel updates. new Yearous home praised for modern comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Lehman
Andrew Yearous
Highland
Yearous
Lee Tomkins
Cherokee
Olson Construction Co
F. J. Keeling
Iowa City
Endeavor and the discipline of progress
The piece argues that human endeavor has no limit and progress depends on fixed aims and proper technique. It urges wholehearted effort, attention to detail, and persistence, noting failures stem from faulty methods rather than lack of effort, and encourages retry until success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Houg
Las Mountains
Conduct and Manners and Miscellany Highlights
A column by Hilda Meyer on good manners offers practical rules to be a gentleman or lady, alongside a mix of trivia and jokes. It lists 1920s era trivia about oysters, forests, height trends in Japan, and other curios, plus a long roster of Girls' Glee Club members and a brief personal note. The piece blends moral guidance with light entertainment and local school activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Meyer
Europe
South Africa
de Laval
Ygrimm & Hellum Elgin
Iowa
Sunday Worship and church society notices
J A Snyder, Minister and Mrs Louis Klingman, Pianist invite attendance at morning worship at 10 and Sunday school at 11. Ladies Aid meets Thursday with Mrs L B Carter. Ladies Bible class Friday at Mrs J C Schmid’s home. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets Wednesday Feb 11 at Mrs Jeugian Appelman’s Clermont. This church invites you to worship with us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Snyder
Louis Klingman
Browing
Ladies Aid Society
L. B. Carter
Ladies
J. C. Schmid
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Jeugian Appelman
Clermont
Illyria Church Notes Seeks Welcoming Worship Hours
J J Snyder serves as minister at Illyria Church with La Ponda Shaffer as pianist. Sunday school begins at 10 15 with worship at 11 15 a m. It affords genuine joy to gather Christian knowledge and a hearty welcome awaits at all services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Snyder
la Ponda Shaffer
Baptist Church Notes Sunday Schedule and Death of Arnold Bauman
Sunday services and programs at the Baptist church include English worship at 10 a.m. 11 a.m. Sunday school 7:30 p.m. B P U prayer meeting led by Gertrude Hackman 8 p.m. English service. Tuesday 7:30 p.m. teachers training class 9 p.m. choir rehearsal and 8 p.m. male chorus at 8 p.m. on Thursday Feb 12. The church mourns the Feb 1 death of Arnold Bauman. A Feb 15 program features music Bible questions and readings by various members. There will be a social for young people Feb 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Hackman
Arnold Bauman
At & v Elnck
Ed Kruger
Otto Kruger
Eda Zurbriggen
Local Visitors and House Guests Reported
Mr and Mrs Fred Drager of Hawk Eye called at the Arnold Bauman home last week Elmer and Harvey Stangke returned Sunday to St Paul after a stay with the Baumen family Mrs Bertha Kiple spends this week near West Union at the Howard home Mr and Mrs J B Miller and Mr and Mrs John Durscher with their little son were dinner guests Sunday at the Rudy Yunker home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Peterson
Palmer Bartholomew
West Union
Thos. Howard Sr
Fred Drager
Hawkeye
Arnold Bauman
Elmer
Harvey Stangke
St. Paul
Arnold Baumen
Bertha Kiple
Wm. Howard
J. B. Miller
John Durscher
Little Son
Rudy Yunker
Woman claims 17 pound fat loss in four weeks
A 1929 Lewistown letter from Mrs. Fred Barrington promotes Kruschen Salts as an easy weight loss method. She reports starting at 256 pounds and weighing 239 after four weeks, praising the product and urging others to try it with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Barrington
Lewistown
Montana
America
Stoehr
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Elgin
Dr. Crider
Elkader
Mrs
R. A. Crider
Elgin Opera House
Esther Duracher
Clara Muehlenthaler
Rock Valley
H. W. Bauder
Tulan
Okla
Bauman
Harry Keiser
Chicago
Hans Keiser
C. L. Husinga
Reiser
Floyd L. Sires
Postville Hospital
Deby
Mother
R. P. Strauch
Henry G. Strauch
Chadwick
Fred Traub
Margaret
Katherine
Joe Zaugg
Lansing
Raymond B
Mae Sarena
Mlgin
West Bend Journal
Echo Office
Baptist Ladies’ Mission Society
Rudy Yanker
Ruth Mosby
Josephine DeSart
Lois Lehman
Mabel Frieden
Cedar 'Falls
F. R. Berg
Ladies’ Bridge Club
Hulda Stoehr
Gamble Stores
Oelwein
Floyd Sires
Postville
J. E. McCoy
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Department
the Baptists
Leo Grether
John Jr. Falk
Town City
Hans Grether
Wm. F. Miller
Wm. Walther
Monarch
Kohlers
Alice Hanson
Alice Houg Frieda Miller
Lewis Thoma
William ‘Weibel
George Anderson
Alma
Ruby Boyle
Willie
Flora
Dora
Harry
Don
Glee Club
Beasie Anderson
Clara Baechler
Edith Bennett
Martha Berg
Bernita Bopp
Faye Brabham
Lillian Christen
Margie Christ
Iola Dummermuth
Opal Dummermuth
Erma Jane DeSart
Maurine Erickson
Eileen Evang
Elizabeth Foxwell
al- Vina Frieden
Erma Grether
Pearl Lyons
Ruth Gruver
Nola Hanson
Mayme Howard
Pearl Grimm
Stella Kjosa
Selma Knudtsgan
Marjorie Larson
Elizabeth McMillan
Winifred McMillan
Frieda Miller
Myrtle Nelson
Dorothy Olson
Alma Opland
Ruth Peterson
Marjorie Reierson
Rose Reitz
Norma Robbins
Coronel Rothlisberger
Gladys Schneider
Marguerite Schupbach
Kathryn Strauch
Gladys Yearous
Illyria
Baptist Church
Ph. Lauer
Carrie Larson
George Wilkinson
John Erickson
Here
Wadena
Herman Larson
Maurice Dwyer
Mr. Dwyer
Amos Eckhart
Richards Place
Tim Thaman
Messerli Farm
Messerli Hill
Arlington
Billa
Oxfords
Prunes
Elbo
Max Thoma
Elgin, Iowa
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