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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1930
Page
6
A compact update from Elgin covers neighbors, local events, and everyday community matters. Readers learn about forthcoming gatherings, small business notes, and messages aimed at strengthening civic ties within the district.
A collage of society notices, visits, and ads. Dentists and studios in High and Oslwein are mentioned alongside weekend visits by Fayette residents and Cedar Rapids travelers. Car and oil ads promise miles gained and reduced prices July 12 to 26. Franchises in Cresco and New Hampton are discussed as Skelly Oil seeks gas franchises. The text notes census figures for Iowa and forecasts a business upswing with renewed activity.
Advertising in this newspaper puts your goods before every reader. Clear compelling messages about your products and prices attract attention each week. Good, live, truthful ads are the best goodwill builders merchants can employ.
Sunday service at 10 a m led by Rev A W Cant with Jesus the Good Shepherd illustrated by stereopticon. Sunday school at 11 a m. Meeting at the county p m. July 15 8 p m Brainard meeting. July 16 8 p m prayer meeting. 9 p m choir rehearsal. Church closed its financial year with all bills paid. Officers elected include Clerk Edwin Buser Treasurer Karl Hackman assistant Ben Baumgartner Organist Hans Keiser Trustee Emil Potratz Standing Committee member George Duracher. Sunday school superintendent Hans Keiser first vice president Gustav Hackman second vice president Ben Baumgartner Secretary Reuben Hackman assistant Clarence Muehlethaler Treasurer Ervin Miller ushers listed. Pastor Ph Lauer.
M. E. Church notes show J J Snyder as minister with Mrs Louis Klingman as pianist. Morning worship at 10 and Sunday school at 11. The Ladies class meets at Mrs H Klingman’s home this Wednesday afternoon. Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society meets at Mrs Robert Peters’ home Friday afternoon July 11. The article urges attending services next Sunday and mentions local chautauqua dates listed as 20, 20, and 31.
J J Snyder minister La Fonda Shaffer pianist Sunday school at 10 15 Worship hour 11 15 Epworth League meets at Mrs Nancy Ernst home Friday concert by Volga City Presbyterian church members in our church Cemetery Assn and Ladies Aid Society to be entertained at Mrs Andrew Yearous home on Wednesday afternoon July 14
The B Y P U plans a Sunday program featuring Captain Alfred Baechler and Anna Mae Haas piano solo Hans Keiser instrumental Clarence and Lawrence Muehlethaler piano solo Gertrude Grether pianologue Mrs Fred Muehlethaler Bible questions Paul Zurbriggen paper Alfred Baechler and Guy Probert vocal duet Mrs Tofield Heck and Mrs Ear Kiple reading and song by Wilma Schaer ay choir
July services are listed for Marion Norway and McGregor with English and Norse rites. Local residents J Strandford and family visited J D Shaffer, H H Gilbertson reports rye harvest progress, and a cement mixer arrived from Waterloo for Otter Creek bridge finishing work with expected midweek arrival of crew and steel in Elgin.
A compendium of household guidance covers cleaning and decorating methods. It notes turpentine or alcohol to dissolve paint on glass, proper dustpan use, gilt-safe dish care, cucumber preparation, varied French dressings, garnishing with popcorn and whipped cream, and home economics designs for boys suits from U. S. Department of Agriculture. It also gives spring onion prep and a weekend visit by Mr and Mrs Chas Frieden and daughter Leila from West Bend.
Francis DeSart of Mason City spent a week with grandparents in Elgin. Several relatives returned home from visits in Missouri and other towns. Eda Zurbriggen and Ilo Dummermuth visited Fayette a day. Dr. Roy DeSart and Lawrence Knudtson traveled to Mason City then Clear Lake for drum corps. Harry Nicklaus of Chicago visited for the Fourth, later extended stay. Vern Randolph and wife completed a Niagara Falls and Cleveland trip then moved to Bloomfield. Carl Schori visited Cedar Rapids relatives, with several others attending Elgin church and visiting kin in Sumner and Minneapolis areas.
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