01 Jan 1953
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1953
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial is identified with its Elgin Iowa address and Fayette County location. It notes second class mail status and entry date of September 1 1891 under the act of March 8 1852.
Items from 1928 include John Falk and Sons receiving their first 1928 mode Chevrolet on January 1, Clermont Enterprise and Elgin Echo combining to serve their territory impartially. Emil Dennler and Hulda Muehble at Hohenwalder, Tenn. wed at the M E parsonage with witnesses Sam Denner and another. Harry Wenger named manager of the Elgin Brainard Farmers Coop for the coming year.
Syria Community Church events include Sunday school at 10 15 a m and worship at 11 15 a m with Holy Communion observed. The article also lists numerous Christmas guests and visits across families in nearby towns, naming Walter Huggins Walter Morris LaVern Lantz John Hofer and others, plus various dinners and travel notes.
Numerous families from Elkader Befoit Postville and nearby areas hosted Christmas guests. Names include Oscar Baumgartner Orran Bane Fred Burrow Lowell Strong and others visiting relatives in Befoit Bettendorf Houston and Clermont. The list highlights extended family gatherings with multiple households noted.
Elgini area notes week end guests in West Union and Postville visits. Families from Clermont Cedar Falls and Wa terlog attended Christmas and New Year gatherings. Residents also hosted and visited relatives in Randalia Postville Luana Cedar Rapids St Louis Missouri and nearby communities.
Local families and friends held Christmas meals and social visits across Postville and surrounding towns. Hosts included the Wenger, Schultz, Hoover, Mays, Blockhus, Frieden, Luch singer, and Lantz families with guests from Eldorado, Waterloo, West Union, Monona, and Des Moines areas. Orran Bane Jr and Joe Ogle plan a twelve week agriculture course in Ames.
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