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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text recounts travel notices and local names. Mentions Dr H Hessel and Burnington Iowa, Elgar Masonic lodge, a grand lodge event, and a return trip. Contains many garbled words and uncertain dates.
An Elgin Iowa weekly editorial appears in a second class mail edition edited by R P Steauch. The piece addresses prejudice and social issues of the era in Farutte County.
A collection of Wadena area notes reports travel and family news. Weddings births trades journeys and illnesses are noted alongside local school updates University and church activities appear with regional references to Lima Oelwein Monona and Fayette. Upper Iowa University is cited as a co educational institution in northeast Iowa amid population data.
Manchester residents Robert and Geraldine Kahler armed Tuesday for nine star ins the C J Harring ymbene Loraine Carpenter returned Friday from McGregor visiting relatives and friends Lewis Lehman retired from Farmersborg Sunday after two weeks visiting relatives Mr and Mrs Lloyd Swartley and Gertrude Grether of LeMars visited their parents Hans Gretber along with Deroshy Grether of Iowa City Mr Swartley plans trip to South Pasadena California to visit relatives C M Green and Doratzy to accompany part of party as far as Deerer Cole
Mr and Mrs Wi Cooley of De comsh visited Mrs Rudy at home Sunday. Mrs Lehman returned with them for a visit. BB McCoy in Los Angeles reports his band busy but will visit Chas Neuenschwander briefly and may travel to Santa Ana to see the J H Bower family. McCoy is with the Shrine band of Davenport on their California trip. Mr and Mrs Allen Habeger and Mr and Mrs Sheldon Boyle drove to Rochester Sunday to see Hazel Davis at St Marys Hospital. Mrs Davis improving and plans to return to Elgin late this week after rest following hospital discharge.
H M Benson visits in the Mel v yin Benen home. Mr and Mrs J B Miller Brn Loer tcher and Mrs Bady Yonker travel to Monroe Wisconsin Monday for a relative's funeral and planned to return yesterday. George Paib and daughter drive to Lime Springs where they meet N F Kerr then travel to Rochester Minnesota to visit Hazel Davia.
Mrs Chris Schweitzer and Wilma Schaer traveled to Rochester Minnesota Saturday and Sunday to visit Mrs Jacob Schaer in the hospital. Mrs Schaer was improving steadily after an operation more than two weeks ago and prospects for an early return to Elgin were favorable. They returned home Monday by the bus line.
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