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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1922
Page
7
Local residents and visitors listed as transacting business and visiting in St Olaf, Clermont, Oakley and nearby areas. Repeated calls, church attendance, and social visits include Olson, Wald, Lindgren, Nerland, Nelson, Erickson, Nyborg, and other families with multiple weekend and weekday mentions. a fall injury to little Margaret Lindgren is noted with slight medical update.
Numerous local residents visited relatives and hosted guests over the weekend. Events include church members attending homes of Yearous and Rothlisberger families, a Fayette visit by Rothlisberger, and a plain box sociable at the Levee school house No 2 with a Valentine post office. County Agent Combs spoke on feeding dairy cattle at the church.
Cheery Valley items list numerous visits and sick notes. Angeline and Richard Wiltsie have chicken pox. Ada Dennler spent time at the George Metzger home. Alice Hanson stayed with Hulda Meyer, and Eilen Hanson visited her sister Mrs Martha Chapman. Ida Dennler visited Ben Hofer and Lydia Rietz homes. Minnie Bithofer enjoyed a visit at Aunt Mrs Oscar Frieden's. Ben Hofer and family, Louisa Denner and Fred Hanson were guests at Jake Dennier's home. Bert Thoman and Lacy Christen joined Adolph Hanson for supper at his home. Albert Brenet and Anna Frederick and Edwin Hanson attended Alex Baumgartner's Sunday evening. Rev Joseph Banwart and daughter Elizabeth and Mr Mrs Bilas Banwart of West Bend visiting friends. Fred Pulfer family returned home from Stockton Illinois after ten days with Ern Lerch Lydia Dennler Maria Schmid Fred Grimfi Mirabeth Christen Bijza Egseden and Ernost Christen with grade examinations.
Saturday visits and Sunday gatherings fill Hainard items with notices of Grace Medberry Clara Boyer and EB Boyle trips in West Union Miss Peters and George Howard families receive visits Gladys Craft improves with Arthur and Mrs Craft at home social oyster supper hosted by George Howard at the Reed home Martin Hovey’s ninth grade exam and church services at Illyria Will Cruzon stroke updates and Myron Burnside Clayton visits Weather turns cold prompting stay indoors Various local residents entertain remain and travel, with ice cutting, opera house events, and a new fire whistle in Clermont notes.
Mrs John Baldwin returns from Postville hospital after a lengthy surgical operation. she is improving steadily. A reward is offered and Mrs Mattgon is to be notified. protruding garbled text mentions spring corsets and new stock.
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