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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1928
Page
6
Elgin community notes a weekend of visits across West Union Decorah Postville and Clermont. residents drop into homes for social calls while animals and businesses, including a large Neleon corner sign, catch eye. students travel to Harvard and Ames for camps and summer sessions.
Sunday services at 10 a m English and 8 p m English with baptism. Sunday school at 11 a m. Wednesday meetings June 27 at 2 p m Ladies Aid at Mrs Kohls and 8 p m Brainard meeting. Thursday 8 p m prayer meeting. 9 p m junior choir rehearsal. Nominating committee chaired by O Kruger Alf Jacob G Hackman J Schaer and Mrs Esther Kiple. Annual report July 1 at 2 p m. B Y P U delegation returned from Baileyville I a and visited state park. New officers elected for B Y P U Otto Kruger President Gus Hackman Vice President Clarence Kohls Secretary Anna Rennison Pianist Gertrude Hackman Asst Pianist. Financial report favorable. Pastor Ph Lauer.
M E Church notes list Sunday schedule for June 24 including morning worship at 10 AM with a review of the Kansas City conference, Sunday school at 11, and an evening service in Illyria. Ladies Aid meets today with Mrs Fritz hosting. Communion and baptisms planned for July 1. Also mentions local visits by Mrs Zurbriggen and others from Oelwein and Winona.
Wm. F. Miller departed last week for a three month camping trip, not specifying a destination but promising return after July 4. In his absence, H. O. Heston oversees the opera house and billiard hall.
Practical kitchen pointers include using fine steel wool for aluminum pans and a pectin method for making strawberry jellies. Advice covers piano key cleaning with wood alcohol, broccoli methods for liver in a gas oven, and a home economics gingham fabric note. Social items mention the Ladies' Aid Society meeting and travelers with hospital news.
Rose Garber sick list update and a bulk dip sale promotion at City Drug Store in Elgin. Frieda Freiburghaua returns from Dubuque to visit and plans vacation at the Muehlethaler home. Max Thoma and Winifred Schmid visit Ed Schmid in Oelwein, then return home. Dr. A. H. Berger advertises optometry services with in house lens grinding and muscular imbalance care.
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