Elgin area social notes and local travel highlights
A dense list of Elgin and surrounding area residents visiting relatives, attending events, and traveling to towns like Cedar Falls, Tolland, West Union, Burlington, and Volga City. Mentions include engagements with churches, school activities, and a Fayette commencement. Several names and places appear, reflecting a community notices collage from a past edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Hadsel
Cedar Rapids
John Lohman
Elgin
la Botte City
George Kuster
Spring Grove
Bigin
W. Kuetar
Cbris Miller
Cooley
Arthur Shaftfer
Fayette
Jack Patterson
Mra
Qunderson
Highland
Patterson
Hand Ketasr
Burlington
Maude Smith
Cedar Palls
State Normal School
Miss Lyon
Randalin
Elin Tueaday
Ed Beucher
Qolwain
Peter Nicklgiya
Boucher
Irvine Heider
Ed Hangon
John Futch
Fred Kobler
F. G. Bpahr
L. T. Grout
Volga City
Wadena
Jook Afver
Mary Reluurghaus
Lena Wegmiller
Anna Benson
Ethel Barrington
Ray Dusart
Leslie Tolman
Frank Cupper
Ole Larson
Arthur Mallwitz
Claude Fothergill
Bert Conov
Roy Bakeman
Leslie Gratian
Carl Jaquette
Winona Lake Park Opens Gates and June Conventions
The Winona Lake Park gates in Indiana open May 16 with cottages and hotels filling fast for the season. June brings conventions including the Association of Writers meeting June 28 and 29 with W. W. Plummer of Kentland as organizer and Winona Heater as convention HQ. The Indiana Association of Photographers holds its eighth annual meeting June 27 and 28. Governor Cummins issues Flag Day proclamation calling for statewide observance on June 14 with schools urged to participate and decorations on public buildings nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Lake Park
Ind
Wihona
W. W. Plummer
Kentidad
Winona Heater
Cummins
Republic
A Busy Baby Feathers A Test Of Patient Mothers
In Washington, an infant named TherA, ten months old, amuses himself while his mother and a newspaper writer observe. The child, busy with a sticky substance, decorates his hands with tiny feathers and methodically plucks them off, a scene the mother defends as a clever, patient trick to quiet a fussy baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thera
Washington
Sisyphus
Ghd
Baby
Epsemary
Algernon
Washington Post
Worn-out dimes pulled from circulation via telephone slots
A Treasury official notes telephones and slot machines remove worn-out dimes from circulation. Dime mutilation and worn condition encouraged by users who keep damaged coins for the phone business. Drugstores and telephones accept such coins to maintain their coin supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington Star
Mistaken Identity Rewrites Delay a Detroit Novel
The writer recalls using mistaken identity as a plot device that backfired when the heroine falls for the villain believing him to be a harmless dog. The error forced a major rewrite of local color and dialogue, extending the writing period from two weeks to nearly a month according to the Detroit Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chagris
Adam
Tlme
Detroit Journal
Net Sot Gown Trimmed with Silk Folds and Net Edges
Fashion note describes a silk or crepe gown trimmed with net along the lower skirt edge and yoke. Narrow silk folds alternate with net, edged by lace, and the net is used across the yoke with folds attached at the top. Frills of net and inset finishing complete the design.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Fair Store
Kbingman Ellein
Lawa
Elgin, Iowa
Asa
Fayette County
Groceria
Capper & Shaffer, General Merchants
Depot
THE
Elgin Echo
Lowa
Aon Ue
Arthur V. Shaffer
Pol
Nate
GRIMM
Elgin, Owa
Milas
Nettle Berger
Ragewood
Sophia Christ
West Union
Capper
Knichtson
Kuster
Elknder
Adolph Weibel
Clermont
Fred Branch
Rikador
J.L. Philips
Mra. AL. Shaffer
Mra Chan
Theo Schmid
W. BP. Noble
Cedar Falls
Blain
F. D. Lawrence
RJ Hacks
Tolland
Minnesota
Nick Kikeman
Ed Wingman
Sam Buck
Etkadty
St. Oe
Lulu Reamer
West Unionn
Graham
Moline
Ally Phuraday
VF. Merner
Cedar Falla
F.10. Lawrence
E. A. Behleffelbing
Guttenburg
Guttenberg
Alfred Peterson
Elkydar
Standard Telephone Company
Mia. H
Hadsel
Robin Earle
Watea
Jack Frey
Sultanenes
Welbeland Doud
Mr. Frey
Dr. Flynn
Yawking
R. G. Anderson
AS. Luidick
Poxtville
Masoule
Winona
Cantala Hobson
Hergal
Macrimac
Mise Helan
Ssumm Underwear
Uwa
Paula
Ae Pitkin
Stoehr's Pharmacy
Elo
Towa
Aiheais Iy
Wallone
Wirralena
Pan Han Kelals
van Tio
Cuartedigo
Hammar
Weibel & Gehring
Iowa
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