Evangelistic lecture and community updates in Elgin and county
Evangelistic services are planned for next week at St. Paul s M E church starting Sunday. Rev W C Cleworth will lecture In The Woods With The Indians on June 16 with colored pictures and a silver offering. Farmers report rain delays. Pleasant Valley leads Fayette County registration with 108 volunteers and 10 exemptions. County totals show 2 368 citizens registered, 2 521 with 145 aliens. 1 439 exemption claims and 911 nonexempt. Local notes include Ray DeSart named rural carrier No 1. post office staff buy Liberty Bonds. Elgin store room being prepared for a new business. Judge Palda from Decorah Posten facing legal trouble in Minot. Limited flour price sale at Welbel Bros Mill and Prof McCoy to direct Elgin band work with lessons and instrument availability.
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W. C. Cleworth
M. E
Pleasant Valley
Fayette County
Oelavein
Fairfield
West
Union
John H. Bowers
Clarence Coventry
Wadena
Louisiana
Ray DeSart
St. Paul’s M. EB
Dlkader
Bills
Kniel
Elgin
Decorah Posten
Palda
Minot
North Dakota
Capper
Minnesota
McCoy
Local notices and reminiscences crowd Elgin edition
Miscellaneous notices recount property inquiries, alums elected officers, visitors from Decorah and West Union, and local reminiscences. Reports mention a high school alumni meeting, wartime sentiments, a Topeka engineer joining France work, and a former Echo editor in Omaha while sharing town ties and friendly updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Stochr
Ile’ Orchestra
Corge
Mel
Misa Geneyra Fennell
Harvey Lane
West Union
Osear Frieden
Near Elkader
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Koehr Drug Company
Aia
Clarence Schori
Fred Hanson
Besse Walstenson
Max Thoma
Adna Knight
C. S. Kniel
California
Echo
Rube Curtis
Lee DeSart
6Th
Towa Infantry
38Th
Iowa Infantry
Elgin
Chris Baldwin
Clyde W. Pinney
Topeka
Kansas
France
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Pinney
Baldwin Company
al Pinney
A. V. Shaffer
The
Omaha
Nebraska
Omaha Bee
Hie
Alma
Laundy Service Offers Efficient Wash Day Help
Follow the Swings vea follows a wash day aid who will handle clothes carefully and wash them cleaner. Wages are minimal with weekly electricity or gasoline. No off days and no fuss. Laundry Quits No. 4 and sisters at our store, fine lookers and better performers. Come in and look them over. Hawkeye Gasoline & Kerosenes Agency delivers citywide. Call residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laundy
Miller and Gruver Seeks Home for Stray Guard Dog
A stray dog that served as a home guard since months ago is offered to a farm or farmer needing a watchdog. The item notes a wet week, and invites owners to read the Echo for more Ada. Rev Clewarth visited with his Tama siblings, sharing songs at church and Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
Clewarth
Tama
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Schori @ Kuster Lumber Co
Iowa
Atore
Julia
Berger
Inquire-St High Savings Bank
Will Cooley
Decorah
J. GC. Cooley
Sam
Bowen & Qgreenley
Frank
Ase
City Drug Store
C. J. Harrington
W. J. Kohler Elgin
Hawkeye
Rescience
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