Elgin Area Social Roundup and Out-of-Town Visits
A busy stretch with numerous visits and gatherings. Gus Boyer and Mrs. N. W. Evans with others spent Sunday in Elgin while relatives from Elkader and Postville joined the Old Fellows and Rebekah Picnic in Mason City. Many locals hosted and traveled to Lansing, Decorah, Waterloo, and McGregor Heights, while neighbors helped plan weed control and welcomed visitors such as Caroline Schoch from Greensboro, North Carolina. The list includes multiple family visits, a funeral in Oelwein, and a Charles City picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Boyer
N. W. Evans
L. 8. Hutchinson
Elgin
Elkader
W. C. Falk
Jane
A. J. Phillips
Postville
Mason City
Old Fellows and
Rebekah
Baptist Church Notes Sunday July 19
Baptist Church notes list services for July 19 including English review at 10 a m Sunday school 11 a m and a Sumner meeting at 3 p m B Y P U schedule with program on July 21 8 p m prayer meeting at 9 p m choir rehearsal and new church officers elected including Carl Hackman treasurer Hans Keiser organist and Sunday school superintendent details of assistants and lists of names follow with a friendly closing prayer for guidance and attendance Our Ladies Aid meets at Sumner July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Our Church
Carl Hackman
Ben Baumgartner
Ed Buser
Otto Kruger
George Durscher
Hans Grether
Fred
John Schaer
Elmer Kohls
Roy Buser
Hans Keiser
Gus Hackman
Clarence Muehlethaler
Edward Kruger
Marie Erhardt
Clara Baechler
Clarence Kohls
Lloyd Jacobs
Our
Ladies’ Aid Society
M E Church Notes and Picnic Announcement
M E Church notes Snyder, minister. Mrs Louis Klingman, pianist. Worship at 10 a m. Ladies Aid Society hosts at the church parlors Thursday afternoon. Sunday school picnic planned for Friday at the fair grounds in West Union. Carpool from the church at 11 o'clock with covered dishes and sandwiches. Parents urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Louis Klingman
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Ladies’ Aid Society
Friends of Our Church
Fairy Grounds
West Union
Illyria Church Notes and Local Town Talk
Illyria Church notes list J. Snyder as minister and La Fonda Shaffer as pianist with Sunday school at 10 15 and worship at 11 15. Epworth League to meet with Kenneth and Howard Medberry. Esther Kruger visits Maida Sperry in Volga City. A farewell party for Margaret Krogman is noted as she returns to Oak Park Illinois after a visit with Kathryn Kruger in Elgin. A town crier in Elgin and a whistle-happy water shutoff rule are mentioned, followed by a citizen’s view on voters and politicians urging independent thinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
la Fonda Shaffer
Epworth League
Kenneth
Howard Medberry
Otto Kruger
Margaret Krogman
Oak Park
Kathryn Kruger
Kruschen Salts Promises 22 Pound Loss
Detroit man Herman Rankis credits Kruschen Salts with removing joint aches and enabling a diet that shed 22 pounds. He advises taking half a teaspoon in hot water before breakfast each morning, noting an 85 cent bottle lasts four weeks and money back if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Rankis
Detroit
America
Weekend visits and requests highlight Elgin notes
The column lists several local moves including Quenrods and Taylors visiting Decorah and Minnesota, Mrs. Kohler's illness in West Bend, and numerous families staying or traveling between Lansing Prairie du Chien Webster City Buffalo Center and Elgin. Residents seek a donated picnic table and waste basket to improve the park and Otto Kruger reports good harvest quality despite June heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Weekend Visit Highlights From West Union and Nearby Families
Verle and Josephine Kniel and Mrs 3 W Bopp of West Union spent the weekend in the C B Kniel home. Mr and Mrs M J Yenney and daughters returned to Huron S D on Wednesday after visiting M Yenney and John Johnson homes. Boise Capper of Postville spent Sunday with her mother Lena Benson. Otto Blank and Mrs Jan Hale and Virginia of Chicago and Mrs Clif Thulin with son spent Friday in the Chas Capper home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Whitney
Fayette
B. Schori
Loraine Carpenter
Ward Price
St. Ansgar
Rosa Muehlethaler
Lydia Nichols
Jack Heins
Ray Henna
Chicago
A. M.weibel
Pete Miller
John Grimm, Sr
la Grange
Elgin
Millers
Mra. Ray Heins
Children of
A. M. Weibel
C. O. Torkelson
Anna DeSart
Otto Olson
Waterloo
Torkelson
Alfred Jengen
DeSart
Ethel Kohter
John Lehman
Ida Lehman
Mary Catherine van Horn
la Porte City
Flynn
Lehman
Celia
Ella Lehman
Albert Schori
Bobbie Havenstrite
Kenneth
Gene Schori
August Winkleman
Karl Miller
Buffalo Center
Verle
Josephine Kniel
3. W. Bopp
West Union
C. 8. Kniel
M. J. Yenney
Huron, &. C
M. Yenney
John Johnson
Mrs. Boise Capper
Post‘ville
Mra
Lena Benson
Otto Blank
Jan Hale
Virginia
Clif Thulin and Sons
Cedar Rapids
Chas. Capper
Also Mentioned on This Page
S4tfo City Drug Store
Charles Greenley
Decorah
Herbert Falb
Frank Greenley
Roberts Greenley
George Falb
John Falk
Nella Capper
Lansing
Theodore Reusser
Knoxville
Earl Eaton
Earl Eiple
Will Reusser
Clete
McGregor Heights
Reuben Reusser
McGregor
John Kohler
Lew Kohler
John Schurg
West Bend
James Boyle
Estherville
Della Falk
Hazel Wilson
Will Ebendorf
Topeka
Kansas
Ray Heyer
Randalia
Frank Shipton
Alta Vista
L. O. Keave
Oelwein
John Becker
C. C. Schmidt
LeRoy Dittmer
Chan Coulter
Chan Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
C. B. Schori
Herman Boyer
Pleasant Valley Township
E. H. Dibble
Clermont Township
Geo. A. Lewis
Illyria
Mel Kohler
Elmer. Schori
Clara
Alma Groth
Charles City
Fred Reichert
Caroline Schoch
Greensboro
N. C
Miss Schoch
North Carolina College For Women At
Chas, Whitney
California
Bill
C. M. Green
Whitney
van Camp
Max Thoma
Elgin, Iowa
Baptist Church
M. E. Church Notes
Esther Kruger
Volga City
Maida Sperry
Mrs. A
Quenrod
Tommy Taylor
Mrs. Quenrod
Tommy
Minnesota
C. J. Harrington
Fred C. Muehlethaler
Mrs. R. J. Krogman
L. &, Kiple
Harold Greenley
Prairie du Chien
Samuel Mosby
Marie
Ruth
Webster City
G. V. Zimmerlin
Clermont
Mr. Kruger
Kohlers
Goodyear Pathfinders
Goodyear
Fergest
Goodyear Pathfinder
Pati
Torkelson Bros
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