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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1933
Page
8
Local social notes list visiting relatives and neighbors from Tillyria to La Grange Waterloo and Mt. Vernon. Families including the Hansons Shaffers Ogles Rothlisbergers and Bergers attend dinners plays and Sunday gatherings. A farm bureau meeting and multiple guests mark a busy weekend in the community.
A crowded weekend of visits fills area homes as relatives and friends travel among Elgin West Union Arlington and Volga City. Notable guests include Anna Bevan from Elgin, Earl and Gene Medberry near Elgin and Lucille Hans on family homes in Cheery Valley. Community events include a Good Will Society meeting at John Probert home and an oyster supper at Harold Bennett home. Mrs Lena Hunsberger and Ruth Rothlisberger host callers, while Frank Crooks funeral is noted in Thuria.
Oak Grove residents share visits across Elgin West Union and Wadena. Families gather for illnesses and the Davis funeral in Wadena. New baby born to Harold and wife January 11. Mrs. Allen dies after long illness. Social Hour Club and Rock card club meet locally. Pneumonia leaves Lester Wilder improving. Sheldon Boyle and daughters noted in local sightings.
Local farmer readers are invited to inspect the new spring stock of work harnesses and horse collars at Feller's Hardware in West Elgin with promise of reasonable prices and quality. Community notes list social visits, hospital staff election, and park fencing efforts, along with funeral attendees from Sioux Center and Rock Valley.
In the Echo it states John Hofer is ill and confined to bed with bronchial pneumonia while Jake Pfister has recovered from bronchial pneumonia and is back at work.
In Fayette County Iowa the District Court will hear the last will and testament of Mary Benson deceased for probate. The hearing is set for January 24 1933 in West Union Iowa. Dated January 17 1938 Edgar A Traeger Clerk West Union Iowa
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