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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1931

Page

8

Palmer Teacher Returns for Summer Visit

Gertrude Grether, who taught in Palmer this past year, came home last Wednesday to spend the summer. Florence Berg traveled to Iowa Falls Friday for a reunion of old friends. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Berg visited Waterloo Sunday to meet her. Edwin Kruger’s home hosted a surprise eighteenth birthday party for daughter Esther last Friday evening with games and lunch. Guests included Katharine Ostrander of Fayette Maida Sperry of Volga City and Edward Shelton of Oran.

Gertrude Grether Palmer Florence Berg Iowa Falls F. R. Berg Waterloo Edwin Kruger Esther Katherine Ostrander Fayette Maida Sperry Volga City Edward Shelton Oran

Local Social News Recaps Visits Around Volga City Area

Illyria items note Floyd Patterson and family visiting near Volga City in the Chas. Rothlinberger home. Dozens from the vicinity attended the farm bureau picnic at West Union. Many guests and dinner visits at homes of Shaffer, Shaffer families, Yearous, Rothlisberger, Medberry, and others across Volga City, Oelwein, Fayette, Decorah, and nearby towns. A band concert was held at Elgin park Thursday nights this summer.

Floyd Patterson Volga City Chas. Rothlinberger Zella DeLong Mayanard la Fonda Shaffer Farm Bureau Fair Grounds West Union Norma Robbins Coronel Rothlisberger Arthur Chapman Oak Grove Martha Chapman Delbert Amelia Strong Henry Holzer Edith Yvonnette Bacon Randalia Mary Wander Oelwein Fred Schneider The Cemetery Association Ladies’ Aid Society Carroll Klingman Will Berger J. Hummell Albert Klingman Elgin Uest Andrew Yearons Jessie Medberry Charles City Chas. Medberry Clara Holzer I. F. Shaffer Dorothy Cunliffe Strawberry Point Perry Medberry Glen Jim Yearous Nancy Ernst Neva Copeland Missouri Mont Pete Miller Walter Rothligberger Jack Shaffer Gon Reynold Enos Howard Jakie Yearous Jr Ed Knoke Decorah Ralph Reichert Washington, D. C Jerome Yearous Andrew Yearous Eugene Woodworth Wayne Tom Duff Sarah Royce Albert Dennler Don Cummings Arthur Hermen la Fonda Dorothy Corine Wenger Will Wenger

Community Social Notes From Brainard Area

Brainard residents and relatives visited Rochester Minnesota to see the Fred Veasy family. Families traveled to Delwe on Saturday evening. Ethel McAfree spent last week with Auburn relatives. Rev Castle preached at the Baptist church Wednesday evening. Evelyn Barker visited D H Craft home Wednesday. Evelyn Grimes was a guest at Clarence Tripp’s Tuesday. Marjorie Barker hosted a party Tuesday night. Gilbert McAlree family spent Sunday with Auburn relatives. D O Craft built a new cement porch at the school. Ladies Aid were entertained at Elmer Boyer’s Thursday. Mrs Ethel Hovey and Beverly drove to Cedar Rapids to attend Coe College graduation events.

Elmer Boyer Melvin Crain Rochester Minn Fred Veasy Will Barker D. H. Craft Delwe Ethel McAfree Auburn Rev. Castle Baptist Church Evelyn Barker Evelyn Grimes Clarence Tripp Marjorie Barker Gilbert McAlree D. O. Craft Ladies’ Aid Society Ethel Hovey Beverly Cedar Rapids Coe College Gale

Marquette visitors and wedding trip couples tour Dubuque

Good time to talk clothes to Berg. mer, My, and Mrs. E. L. Morris of Marquette, and Frances Skarshaug were business visitors in Dubuque Monday. Mr. and Mrs. William Feller of Elkader, spent the weekend in the H. W. Falk home. They were on their way home from their wedding trip and will live at Elkader where he has employment in the Ford garage.

Maryland Woman Loses 55 Pounds With Kruschen Salts

Edith J. Marriott of Baltimore describes how four bottles of Kruschen Salts reduced her weight from 200 to 145 pounds. She notes the daily half teaspoon dose in hot water, cutting pastry and fatty foods, and that a money back guarantee applies. The 4 week bottle cost 85 cents at drugstores.

Maryland Edith J. Marriott Baltimore America

Berg’s Ad Read and Save Reminder

Mr and Mrs J H Lyford and daughter and Mr and Mrs J C Schmid spent Sunday at Edward Schmid’s home in Elkader. Turn to Berg’s ad now.

Berg Elgin Park J. H. Lyford J. C. Schmid Edward Schmid Elkader

Firestone Tires Demonstrate Record Runs in Atlantic City

A 1928 display shows Firestone Gum-Dipped tires on a Studebaker that traveled 30,000 miles in 26,226 minutes on a board track in Atlantic City, claiming safety, mileage, speed and endurance records.

Louis Schneider Firestone Corie Wirougaa Peter de Paolo Firestone Dee Ee Studebaker Atlantic City

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Thomas City Laundering Co L. S. Hutchinson Iowa Elgin State Bank H. S. Hadsel Frank Mack Elgin, Iowa R. A. Crider Veterinarian Schori Brothers Elgin, Town Odd Fellow Roy F. Desart J. Neasham, Chopractor Jakie Yearous, Jr Illyria Bert Doty Crookston, Minn Chas. Doty Walter Rothlisberger Wm. Phillips John Rothlisberger Leo Forest Gerald Shaffer Schwarzenbach Waucoma George Butikefer Elmer Frieden Fred Rothsberger Chas, Wenger Fred Rothlisberger Will Fleucher Maytag Company Newton Enley Maytag Radio Four Cosat Maytag Bohemeys Torkelson Bros Brainard News Polly Torkelson Shop of Satisfaction and Sanitation Geo. Pollitt Inndianapolis G.m.lc Washington Electric & Railway Company Safeway Stores, Inc John Falb
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