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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1923
Page
4
A long list of social visits and family gatherings fills a Cheery Valley column. Residents including Mrs. Vaidet, Gotfred Frieden, Rex Roberts, L. V. Humphry, and Mike Monahan appear in numerous Sunday calls, dinners, and hospitality at neighboring homes. Hospital, illness, and condolences touch the community as Mrs. Lou Erickson dies in Montana after a long illness.
Out Gundar WA Ray Jacobie served as caller at the A Karollen home Sunday morning. C I Olsen of Clermont spent Monday at Melvin Olson’s home. Henry Gisleson visited the Gisleson home Sunday. T N Loftegard and wife attended the American Legion banquet at Clermont Saturday. Tom Landsgard and sister A Clark visited Waterloo Sunday. Neighborhood turnout for the Farm Bureau picnic at Elkader fairgrounds Tuesday. Oscar Nyborg and family dined with Alfred Cook in Highland township. Mable Ness, H E Landsgard and daughter Doris visited Mrs Edwin Olson Friday. KE Landsgard and family dined with Charles Christianson in Wagner township. Ole E Olson entertained her brother and family arriving from Norway Friday.
Lucy Chrisen spent Monday afternoon at the Welch home in Elgin. Sunday night a party was held at the Jake Dennler home. Edw Grimm and family visited the Fred Schneider family in Flyria. Eli Sutter and the Joe Frieden family called on Dan Sutter Sunday evening. The Martin Manson family and Ellen Hanson were dinner guests at J. C. Wells near Gundar. Frank Watter and Ernest Christen called at John Probert’s near Volga City Thursday night. Fred Frederick and family and Oscar Frieden and family spent Sunday evening at Mrs I Christen’s home. Henry Hanson and his sister Mrs Er Meyer and sons went on an outing to Dubuque Saturday. Mrs Martin Theus and son Robert came from Rock Island for a three weeks’ day at Jake Christen’s home. Mrs Jake Frederick and her children visited with her parents Mr and Mrs Ben Schneider. Martin Hangen and family and Mrs Fred Schlupp were visitors at the Jake Frieden home west Union last Thursday. Ruth Alfred and Eva Mae Leonard of Strawberry Point visited their aunt Mrs Jake Dengler Saturday to Monday. Mr and Mrs George Leuchtenmacher, John and Paul Bossard and Gertrude Muller visited with Mr and Mrs Bill Barske near Header Sunday.
Henry Craft visits son Arthur near Oelwein this week. D H Craft and George Craft hosts shared Sunday dinner. Grimes family and Evelyn visited Sarah Helms. Jessie Phillips and Catherine Craft of West Union visited D H Craft last week. Tena Brown of Chicago visited sister Mrs Sidney Patterson. Logan Heberman and daughter from Calmar visited Sidney Patterson. Helen Gruver and Amelia Miller of Elgin visited Melvin Boyer. Arthur Craft family from Oelwein were Sunday guests at George Craft. Estella Peters works with road crew near West Union. her father also with them. Charley Appleman family visited Barnhouse and Katie at Herman Boyer’s. Charley Peters family visited Ft Atkinson church. Herman, Emer, Melvin Boyer and Will Barker families spent day at John Boyer’s near Ft Atkinson.
Mrs. Ed Klingman acts as hostess for the M. E. Ladies' Aid Society gathering at the church. The Indies are quilting. A note urges not to delay tasks and to place them over.
In Clermont and surrounding Iowa towns, a farm day unfolds with heat outbreaks, cattle driving mishaps, and local sports plans. A Postville column reports on a near fatal heat incident, a rat fever scare, a prize for thrift, wildlife sightings, Alaska timber notes, and Rhodes scholarship updates reflecting the era’s everyday concerns.
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