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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1935
Page
6
Community chatter recounts Margaret Dean in Elgin visiting relatives, Beverly Larson and others from nearby towns, multiple trips to Waterloo Chicago Decorah New Hampton and Orleans, and a pawn shop fire insurance oddity prompting a dated claim quip.
Elgin Baptist Church lists services with Pastor Paul F. Zoschke. Morning worship at 10 o clock and Sunday school at 11 o clock. Evening service at 7 46 and B Y P U prayer meeting at 9 p m. Louise Marie Baumgartner leads. Wednesday July 31 prayer service at B p m and choir rehearsal at 9 p m.
Morning worship at 10 o'clock and Sunday school picnic set for Wednesday July 31 at Schoo Falls. Mrs Louis Klingman piano to accompany services. Families should bring a covered dish sandwiches and own table service. All residents near town urged to attend.
Lutheran notes list July 28 and August 4 services in Norway Marion and St Olaf Chapel with English services and a welcome to worshippers. Local social notes mention Jane Falk of Elgin visiting Mary Frances Hoyt, Fay ette Leader social visits, and weekend guests in Frank Greenley’s home. Accidents report Art Groth’s lip injury from a mule incident and a stitched wound. plan to grow a mustache during recovery.
A playful column recounts everyday moments and small ironies from readers. It lampoons busy conduct, rail travel contrasts, folk sayings, Emerson quotes, and local scenes with names like Kohler, Hoag, Schupbach, Reitz, Young, Falb, and Tone. It ends with light farewell chatter.
Advertisement notes demand for several men to start training in Diesel engine mechanics and operators with two years of employment service required. Schoeck School of Diesel Engineering listed in care of this paper. Also mentions local notes: camp doctor transfer, canoe trip by Decorah youths, carrier pigeon idea, Oelwein firemen injured, marriages in West Union, and local commerce ads.
Dr. N. D. Snell a Lansing veterinarian is in this community on federal TB eradication duties and says he will settle locally as soon as suitable living quarters are secured.
Mrs. Grey Reed and Mrs. Frank Reed of Ponca City Oklahoma arrived here last Thursday for a several week visit with relatives. The elder is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nydegger and this marks her first trip home in nine years.
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