This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
3
A casual guide discusses furniture care on linoleum to avoid dents, summer celery varieties and prep ideas, sweet cherries as salad accents with stuffing options, and practical advice on proper garden posture to reduce fatigue during pruning watering and gathering tasks.
Gunder residents hosted and visited relatives from Clermont Decorah and St. Olaf during a weekend of dinners and sight-seeing. Families and individuals including Landsgard, Ness, Nelson, Kirkeberg, Jenson, Loftsgard and Kittleson shared visits in Gunder and nearby towns with baccalaureate services in Decorah and a Marquette excursion noted.
Oak Grove residents report visits this week with Mr and Mrs John Luchsinger in Earl Bennett home Lloyd Peterson of West Union called on Ben Brabham on Wednesday Harry Stillman and daughters joined Harold Bennett family Sunday evening Mr and Mrs Harold Bennett visited Henry Mat thy s home and Carl Hackman joined the Kohls for a Sunday afternoon gathering Clifton Powell and family were named in a further note
A long list of neighbors and relatives gathered at several homes Sunday and earlier in the week. Multiple families including Brabham Wilson Bennett Nydegger and Olson hosted relatives and friends from Elgin Milwaukee West Union Randalia and Randallia with outings dinners and visits noted.
Mr and Mrs Ed Gulsvig and daughter of St Paul Minnesota were visitors at the Harold Landsgard residence Monday.
Dr and Mrs O J Swenson and their son Donald from Waseca Minnesota visited the A S Houg and Swen Swenson homes last Friday. Dr Swenson returned home Sunday while Mrs Swenson and son stayed for a longer visit.
Mr and Mrs Aubrey Guyer visited the Ole Christianson home with A 8 Houg Esther and Signey and Dr and Mrs O J Swenson and family. Signey Houg, then nursing at Fairview Minneapolis, spent vacation at her parents home. The group toured Festina Decorah and Luther College, attended a concert, and baccalaureate at Decorah. Additional gatherings included visits to Roc haber and Cedar Rapids relatives, trips to California, and extended travels to Colorado. News also notes Evie Lindgren visiting Saint Paul and other family milestones.
Mr and Mrs John Shipto tt are the parents of a son born Wednesday May 27. This is the third boy for the Wolfs family. Mr and Mrs Henry Wolfs and daughter near Ossian welcomed visitors Saturday at the home of Inga and Anna Larson. Irene Rafferty and Lovella Dibble have returned from Cedar Falls and are spending vacation with home folks. The Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs W R Blake May 27 with Mia Kaltenbach and Mrs Rose Anderson assisting. Roll call was quotations from Shakespeare. A one act play was presented by Mrs R V Brandt and Mrs Martin Nelson. The next meeting will be at Lena Gerber’s home June 2.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.