Local Notes From the Community Briefs
J W Allen drove to Waterloo Sunday to bring home Mrs Allen and the children who had visited with her parents. B J Baumgartner and J Capper left for Des Moines Monday to attend the State Bankers Convention for several days. New Hampton Lawler Sumner and Oelwein form the Little Central Association, an amateur league like the Little Eight. New Hampton leads. Frank Greenley and John DeSart are repainting their home to match Pleasant Street improvements. The Guttenberg Mason dedicated their new temple yesterday. all Clayton County Masons invited. A C Stoffregen damaged his cream route when his truck slid into a ditch near Henry Frieden's home. no injuries. Mrs Gus Gunderson received word from Lena Berger of Los Angeles that her mother fractured her hip last fall and is immobilized. the Bergers lived here twenty years ago in the house now occupied by John Berndt.
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J. W. Allen
Waterloo
Mrs. Allen
B. J. Baumgartner
J. Capper
Des Moinés
State Bankers’ Convention
New Hampton
Lawler
Sumner
Oelwein
Little Central Association
Frank Greenley
John DeSart
Pleasant
DeSart
Guttenberg Mason
Clayton County
A. C. Stoffregen
Henry Frieden
Stoffregen
Gus Gunderson
Loraine Carpenter
McGregor
Gene Greenley
Clayton
Bowen
Harry Heaton
Oelwe
Virgil O'Malley
Verle Kniel
West Union
J. W. Bopp
Nancy O'Malley
Harry Heston
Mr. Heston
Ben C. Heitzhusen
Cartersville
Mary Goetz
Postville
John Falk
Emmet Morris
Fred C. Schultz
L. D. Smith
Etkader
Fayette County
Fair Grounds
Rex Stark
Deborah
Deg Moines
M. A. Nicklaus
Elgin
Del
Fred Kohler
Ed Hanson
Louis Klingman
F. G. Spahr
Mary Hanson
R. W. Muehlenthaler
F. W. Hughes
Sam Mosby
Marie
Leo Schori
T. W. Dean
Alma
L. S. Hutchinson
Leo
John Johnson
G. W. Zimmerlin
Edwin Gunderson
Clermont
Arney Gunderson
Edwin
Any
Clem Schmid
Kensington Club
Elgin Iowa Weekly Publication Notice
A notice stating the publication is issued every Thursday by R. P. Strauch and that the newspaper is entered in the Elgin Fayette County post office as second class mail matter.
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R. P. Strauch
Elginfayette County
Iowa
Unspecified social notes from Elgin area 1927
Numerous short items recount visits, travels, and domestic events around Elgin Iowa in June 1927. People mentioned include Dr. Hutchinson, Anna Falk, Mr. and Mrs. Chas Feller, Mrs. Ray DeSart, Rex Stark, Mrs. C W Nicklaus, Gordon Mosby, Emmet Morris, Dr Jerdee, Frieda Freiburghaus, Fannie Dreyer, Arthur Redwinkle, Soren Sorenson, Edna Hunsberger, Josephine Kniel, Clara Miller, and others. Activities cover visits to Aplington Decorah and Cedar Rapids, honeymoons, business courses, family dinners, funeral attendance, and a postnuptial gathering at Knudtson home. Potatoes noted as early 1927 harvest. A Priscilla Club meeting and a Garnavillo homeward gathering for Lee Klingman are also recorded.
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Gordon Mosby
Black Hills
Berg
Emmet Morris
Dr. Jerdee
Decorah
Mr. Morris
Decorah Hospital
F.C. Muehiethaler
Aplington
Frieda Freiburghaus
Fannie Dreyer
Arthur Redwinkle
Soren Sorenson
Gladys
Beatrice
Elmer
Rochester
Mann
Elmer Pinney
Edna Hunsberger
Josephine Kniel
Clara Miller
Mary Jane Shepherd
Adolph Frederick
Mary Bennett
Ern Holzer
Priscilla Club
Mary Skarshoug
Nels Knudtson
Highland
Lee Klingman
Garnavillo
Community Visits Across Elgin and Nearby Towns
Oscar Frieden and family visited the Sam Lehman home on Tuesday. Numerous Elgin residents traveled to Oelwe, West Union, Postville, and Clermont for visits, lunches, and family gatherings. A Fayette County Masonic picnic occurred at the West Union fairgrounds with below normal attendance. A Kensington Club surprise dinner celebrated the Schmid anniversary two days early, and news of births and illnesses circulated among local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Frieden
Sam Lehman
Will Patterson
Constance Hutchinson
Elgin
R. W .Crandall
June
West Union
Monay
Patterson Family Holiday Return Home
Glen Patterson and his family visited relatives in Clayton and returned to their home in Stanley on Sunday. The trip was described as a routine family visit with no incidents reported.
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Glen Patterson
Will Patterson
Clayton
Stanley
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TWO Choice Farm
Emma Mackey
Fayette
Hiram Mackey
Fayette-West Union Road
George Metzger
Elgin-Eand-Company
A. M. Weibel, Mgr
A. M. Weibel
John Deere S
John Deere
Carter
Toad
John Grimm Elgin
Aw Service
THE
Elgin Echo
Hans Grether
C. C. Fothergill
Monticello
Kuster Tanhen
Falb’s
Elgin, Iowa
Warner & Hoover
Harid
Love Brothers
Stoehr Drug CO
Egin, Iowa
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