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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1925
Page
7
Classified ad rates and local notices appear with miscellaneous society items. Mentions of subscriptions, dental ads, lost gloves, visitors, farm sales, harnesses, and visits by residents to nearby towns fill a page of Elgin community notices and advertisements.
A Dean of neighborhood visits plus Friday callers and Saturday gatherings are noted among residents including Mr and Mrs Wim Walthers and Fooni of Hilikaner, Miss Mildred Hartington as a visitor, and Edith Kelger with John Graham of West Union visiting. Alma DeAn and friends celebrated Ning DeBart’s eighteenth birthday with dance cards and lunch. Mrs Raymond Heins and baby visit, Herman Friday’s return to town, and O. S. Kniel and Gurney Smith recovery updates. Odd Fellows held a Tuesday meeting. dairy plans emerge as Fred Schneider and the Bhaffer brothers ship Holstein cattle from Lime Springs. local jewelers offer watch calibration services. several residents are mentioned in passing as sickness, visits, and social events fill the week.
Mrs Shaffer and fellow Reading Club members gathered at Mrs D N Holmes residence for a three course luncheon. The event honored Mrs Shaffer, a charter member, with old friends and neighbors enjoying a pleasant reunion at the home near Bikader.
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