Elgin Residents Social News and Local Drilling Update
A NorBeacon style notice details visits and travels of Elgin residents from Dubuque Moorhead and Prairie du Chien plus a health product from City Drug Store. It reports a Central States Corporation manager in Lamont and a large homecoming plan from August 20 to 28. A long section notes a new water well drilled to 686 feet with 350 feet of standing water and pumping limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Zurbriggen
St. Paul
Minn
Leslie Cooley
Dubuque
Hare
Myrlin Feller
Moorhead
Arthur Hertling
Max ‘Thoma
Em Schori
Geraldine
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Ed Klingman
Cedar Rapids
Amy Layton
West Union
Fred Griezinger
la Mont
Ole Benson
Griesinger
Central States Corporation
Lamont
A. M. Weibel
Elgin
Elgin Dentist Honored After Twenty Five Years Practice
Notes from Elgin and surrounding towns recount visits, home stays, and illnesses. Dr L. Hutchinson marks 25 years as a local dentist. Multiple families share Sunday visits and weekly trips, including Mrs Cooley’s improving health.
Illyra Illyra Church Notes and Community Service
J J Snyder minister La Fonda Shaffer pianist Sunday school at 10 16 a m service at 11 15 a m Cemetery Association and Ladies Aid meet June 17 at Mrs Carroll Klingman home Special services for Sunday June 21 program includes piano solo coronel Rothlisberger scripture Florence Thoman prayer Rev Snyder vocal solo Earl Rothlisberger address Gloria benediction Rev Snyder two selections orchestra audience led by W L Peters prophecy Helen and Hazel Rothlisberger vocal solo Wallace Peters reading Mrs James Yearous duet Theresa and Betty Ann Snyder address Youth in a Changing World Mrs C E Hillis violin duet Otis Rothlisberger and Reynold Strong prayer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
la Fonda Shaffer
Cemetery Association
Ladies’ Aid
Carroll Klingman
Ofelock A
Florence Thoman
Rev. Snyder
Earl Rothlisberger
Snyder
W. L. Peters
Helen and
Hazel Rothlisberger
Wallace Peters
James
Theresa and
Betty Ann Snyder
Otis Rothlisberger
Reynold
Baptist Church Notes Sunday Schedule and B Y P A Trip
Church notes for June list English services at 10 and 8 p m, a Children’s Day program, and a Junior Society picnic on June 16. June 9 delegates head to Buffalo Center for B Y P A gathering. council at Buffalo Center June 12 to examine and ordain Rev J Frey. Rev Ph Lauer and Hans Keiser named delegates. You are welcome at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Center
John Schaer
Roy Buser
Lloyd Jacob
Elizabeth Jacob
Luella Miller
Eda Zurbingen
Helen’ Baechler
Anna Mae Haas
Clarence Muehlethaler
Reuben Hackmman
Isaac Gehring
Hans Keiser
Freddie Lauer
Rev. Ph. Lauer
Jacob Schaer
Ph. Lauer
J. Frey
Frey
Idaho
M E Church Notes J J Snyder Minister Weekly Activities
M E Church notes list J J Snyder as minister and Mrs Louis Klingman as pianist. Worship at 10 am, Sunday school at 11 am. Women´s Foreign Missionary Society met with Mrs Ida Patterson. Ladies Aid to be hosted in church parlors. Children´s Day program “The Hidden Treasure” to be presented at 10 am on Sunday June 21. Baptisms planned for adults and infants. Committees named for Children´s Day. Local sidewalk land appeal drew a grateful response. Local visits include Bess Stohr in Elkader, Tille Hanson and Mary, E G Spohr with Fred Kohler family, and Decorah visitors to Frank Greenley home. Esther Kruger graduated June 10 from U S A business course. George Falk escorted Mrs Falk and Georgiana from Lime Springs. Parmalle family visiting from Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. 8. Hutchinson
Elgin
Bess Oelberg
Lima
Frank Greenley
Anna DeSart
Dorothy
Edgar Riser
Postville
Jim Cox
Lestie Cline
West Union
Sheldon Boyle
Edward Klingman
West Union Hospital
Ray DeSart
Chas
Feller
Black Hills
South Dakota
John Falk
Thos. Knudtson
Hulda Stoehr
E. L. Morris
Marquette
Blive Serene Yack
Kathryn Strauch
Weat Union Fair Grounds
Fred.Falb
Ta Crosse
Wis
Lena Benson
L. L. Kiple
Arthur Herrling
Frank Kiple
Guttenberg
Cascade
Loretta Fisher
Dubuque
George Pollitt
Pollitt
Gertrude Grether
J.J. Snyder
Louis Klingman
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Ida Patterson
Mae. Bopp
Ladies’ Aid Society
L .G. Jerdee
C. B. Schori
Leo Schori
R. A. Grider
J. J. Snyder
Bess Stohr
Elkader
Tille Hanson
Mary
E. G. Spohr
Fred Kohler
Charles Greenley
Robert
Decorah
Esther Kruger
Commercial and Business Department of
George Falk
Lime Springs
Feeding cattle and rabbits for better beef yields
Information from the U S Department of Agriculture advises balanced feeding for farm animals. It stresses grain supplements with pasture for young cattle and spring calves, warns against overfat rabbits, and urges selecting bulls with proven pedigrees while culling underperformers.
Davenport man seeks job in ad column travel
Ed Schmid of Davenport spent last week with his mother Mrs. C Theo Schmid. Caroline Sehoch of Greensboro North Carolina visited this week at the Fred Reichert home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Schmid
Davenport
C. Theo. Schmid
Caroline Sehoch
Greensboro
N. C
Fred Reichert
Elgin Homecoming Draws Chicago Visitors and Plans
Dr John McKellar of Chicago plans to attend Elgin's August homecoming with family and friends. Many former residents say they will return, sparking talk on housing. Rosa Jacob returns from Iowa City hospital, R C Jorgenson teaches in Rockland Wisconsin and will join Elgin in August for hand work during the celebration. The influx promises extra activity for the band as homecoming nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McKellar
Chicago
Hattie
Elgin
Rosa Jacob
Iowa City
R. C. Jorgenson
Rockland
Wisconsin
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Ort
L. C. Koevenig
Manchester
Keith “Kohler
Koevenig
Warren Hartington
Mrs. atHadington
J. Harrington
Sil’verleaf Lodge
A. M
Iowa Grand Lodge
Seasion
Clinton
Charley Gruver
Harrington
Ann ‘Cooley
Will Cooley
Rudy Lehman
Allen
Styles
Max
Spoo
Elgin, Iowa
Baptist Church
M. E. Church Notes
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Bureau
Berg
Kohlers
Rockford Locks
Fred R. Berg
Quality Clothing
Iowa
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