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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1930
Page
6
Local notes from Elgin area feature visitors and events
Dr L B Hutchinson of Elgin hosts visitors Anna DeSart and Dorothy. E L Morris of Marquette and Mary Hanson of Oelwein visit Elgin relatives. John Falk accompanies W W Davidson from Elkader. Boyle family rents John Berndt house. Elgin hosts political chatter and thrift auction at Berg’s. ice harvest begins as frost returns.
M. E. Church Notes Sunday Services and Events
M E Church notes announce 10 a m worship with sermon by the pastor and 11 a m Sunday school with a class for every family member. New members in Prof Carter's class. Thursday afternoon Mrs Clem Schmid hosts Ladies Aid at her home. Ladies' class meets Friday at 2:30 p.m. Music includes Dr Roy DeSart as choirmaster and William Weibel as pianist. All welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
Louis Klingman
Carter
Clem Schmid
Ladies’ Aid Society
Roy DeSart
William Weibel
Baptist Church Notes Sunday Schedule and Events
Baptist church notes list English services at 10 a m and 3 p m, Sunday school at 11 a m, B P U prayer meetings at 7 30 p m, a Thursday 8 p m prayer meeting, choir rehearsal at 9 p m, and a special B P U program planned for Sunday February 26 at 8 p m. Pastor Ph Lauer invites all to attend.
Friendly Church on the Hill Hosts Morning Worship
WLLYRIA CHURCH NOTES invite all to Sunday school at 10 15 am and morning worship at 11 15 with sermon by Pastor Snyder. Music praised and a hearty welcome guaranteed at The Friendly Church on the Hill. Also listing Lutheran services for February including Norway Marion and McGregor with times and languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
McGregor Lutheran
Marion
St. Olaf Chapel
Domestic rabbit dishes and home economics notes
Domestic rabbits resemble chicken in flavor and may be cooked by most chicken methods. A roast thermometer shows exact doneness. Bureau of Home Economics urges use in meat guides. New winter play suits aid self dressing for preschoolers. Radio in alcove aids homemaker while meals and notes are taken. Charl Whitney rushes to Britt for mother’s pneumonia illness. mother improving on return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Home Economics
Cookery
Extension Service
Sammy
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Charl Whitney
Britt
Local Socials and Illnesses Mentioned in Echo Notes
Mrs L B Mattoon was a dinner guest in the Or Stoehr home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Dan Sutter and Mrs Sam Lehman spent Tuesday at the Mrs Eliza Friederich home where Anna Frieedrich hosted a quilting bee. Mrs Wm Baumgartner was ill last week with tonsillitis. Anna Mae Schupbach has been sick but is better now. Mrs Harry Becker and family visited in Clermont at the Ed Delaney home Friday. Helen Pfister was ill a few days last week. Take out my want ad, I'm sold out reflects Echo notices about ads and buyer-seller ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Sutter
Sam Lehman
Eliza Friederich
Anna Frieedrich
Wm. Baumgartner
Anna Mae Schupbach
Harry Becker
Clermont
Ed Delaney
Helen Pfister
Echo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elgin
Anna DeSart
Dorothy
West Union
E. L. Morris
Marquette
John Fglb
Georgia’ Elkema
Iowa City
E. G. Stoehr
W. W. Davidson
Elkader
John Falk
Sheldon Boyle
John Berndt
Main Street
Mary Hanson
Bertha Mearey
Oelwein
A. M. Weibel
Elmer Schori
Des Moines
Gilmen Knutson
Renner
South Dakota
Estherville
James Boyle
John Schrug
West Bend
Boyle
Rudy Lehman
Lehman
Martin
Tay
Paul Sires
Postville Hospital
J. F. Berndt
Fayette
Mia
Frank Capper
Herbert Falk
Mrs
O. P. Stoehr
Kenneth Saunders
Postville
John Johnson
Chas. Feller
Rochester
Minnesota
H. D. Yack
Fred Schultz
Chas, Huebner
Chris Schweitzer
California
C. “Merry” Green
South Pasadena
Tigera
Tiff
Willl
Elgin-Gander Telephone Co
Center School
H. W. Falk
J. O. Lind
Gunder
Bers
Wolverine
Lion Brand
Richelieu
Rex
Max Thoma Elgin
Iowa
M. E. Church Notes
Baptist Church
Ph. Lauer
Wllyria
A A. Snyder
Marion and Norway Lutheran Services
W. C. Falk
W. F. Kohier
Chicago
Kohler
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