Elgin Local News Highlights From Decades Ago
Decorah visitor Berney Graham was in Elgin last Saturday. Local residents report illnesses and care, with Mrs. Mary Moser, Mrs. Rosa Rousser, and Mrs. Ann Cooley among those mentioned. Travel and visits include Dr. Roy DeSart family’s arrival, Alice Becker in Atlantic City, and Lucille Clemens returning from Kalama, Michigan. The week also notes weather, shopping, and social visits across Elgin and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berney Graham
Decorah
Elginc
Alice Becker
Atlantic City
Roy Becker
Baptist Church Notes Sunday Schedule and Finances
Sunday services at 10 p. m English, 11 a. m Sunday school, 7 30 p. m B U prayer meeting, 8 p. m English service. Thursday 8 p. m Bible study on Luke 15 16. 9 p. m choir rehearsal. Treasurer reports all new furnace bills paid. Church invites attendance.
Wadena News Briefs From Arlington and Nearby
Local notes report Marie Fox visiting relatives in Arlington, families visiting in Independence, and New Year gatherings. Burns and illnesses appear, including Alden Gell’s facial burn from a stove explosion and Will Flanagan’s medical visit. A newborn boy to Adolph Weber, condolences for Mrs. Ray Darnall, and several residents traveling or visiting relatives around Arlington, Britt, Monticello, and Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Fox
Arlington
Raymond Poor
Carl Cox
Independence
G. P. Clark
L. C. Popenhagen
Dr. Wood
Alden Gell
Adolph Weber
Tom Flanagan
West Union
Ray Darnall
The
Missionary Society
Birdsall
Tom Murray
Cleremont
Maggie Corbin
Loretta
Vera Mattocks
Britt
Vera
Monticello
Charles Wilson
Ames
Ivan
Virginia Flowers
Russell
Will Seward
Corn Hill
Will Gehring
Elgin
Glen Hall
Local items note visits and everyday life
Day after holidays Maggie Whittenbaugh visits kin while H D Walters visits Elkport daughter. Missouri farm news covers Elmport to Clermont and Arlington notes. Court fines for bad checks and a Corning radio disturbance ordinance are reported along with several social calls and small-town comments.
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. .C.falk
Ed Fahey
Mary Moser
Rosa Rousser
Ann Cooley
Will Cooley
Geo. N. Schori
C. B. Olsen
Fred Reusser Jr
Iowa City
University
Bert Puffer
New Hartford
Iowa
California
Los Angeles
Mra. Roy DeSart
Mason City
Franc DeSart
Lucille Clemens
Kalama- 200, Mich
Mrs. Ann Cooley
Mabel Olson
Agnes Bilden
Clermont Enterprise
Ruth Skarshaug
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Chas. Feller
Myrlin Feller
L. G. Brubeck
Erma Jane DeSart
J. J. Durscher
George
Esther
Milton Miller
Rock Valley
Walter Durscher
Wm. F. Miller
Wikader
Ed Conner Ie
Forest City
Torkeléon
Inez Cook
Frank Capper
Mrs
Chas. Greenley
Greenley Home
Frank Kiple
Nicklas Rennison
Postville
Lucille Clemena
Kalamazoo, Mich
Hazel Cave
Pittsburg
Kansas
J. D. Shaffer
Ziba Tripp
Janesville, Wise
Fisher Body Corporation
Joseph Becker
Des Moines University
H. F. Becker
Dan
Ben
T. C. Hutchinson
L. 8. Hutchinson
Eeho
Hazel Davis
Post Office
Elgin Savings Bank
Baptist Church
Wadena News
Maggie Whittenbaugh
H. D. Walters
Clarence Allen
Elkport
Cecil Flanagan
Alice Fierce
Fayette
Aurora
Lyle Whittenbaugh
Strawbery Point
Maggie Whitenbaugh
Clark Corbin
Cline
Eliza Boleyn
Delwe
Thelma Davis
Rob. Ernst
Harry Pierce
Elmer Jackson
Clifford Barth
Georgia Probert
Leona Voshell
Erie Ayer
Agnes Nordhus
Clermont
B. A. Jennings
Bessie
Dave Fox
Qelwein
Cecil Dobbs
Will Russell
Oelwein
Frank Poor
Miss Plagman
Fred Wilbur
Mary
Chas, Ritter
Chicago
Fred Reichert
Florida
Corning
Citizens State Bank
Boy’s Wool Sox
Richelieu
Oxfords
Max Thoma
M. Zurbriggen
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