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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1930
Page
6
Elgin area residents report social visits from Lans ing Lans ing and Morton Illinois families. Local trips include Postville, Clinton, and La Crosse connections. Community notes cover births, birthdays, hospital stays, and a heatwave with overheated shingles on a home roof.
Friday 8 p m election of BYPA officers and social at Ed Kruger home. Sunday 10 a m English service, 11 a m Sunday school, 3 p m meeting at Sumner, evening service. July 2 2 p m Ladies Aid at Edwin Bauman home with Mrs Kohle and Mrs Luchsinger assisting. July 2 8 p m Brainard meeting. July 3 8 p m prayer meeting and 9 p m choir rehearsal. July 6 2 p m annual church meeting. Rev Ph Lauer notes blessings in Parkersburg. four Rochester students escorted to Parkersburg.
In Illyria Church notes J J Snyder serves as minister with La Fonda Shaffer as pianist. Morning worship at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11. Illya church holds 10 15 a m service and 11 15 a m worship with Shaffer piano and plans a Fourth of July community picnic.
OAK GROVE NEWS reports a Friday ice cream supper at the Harry Brackin home with Herbert Dummermuth and family. Numerous visits are noted including Ed Boyle and family, Junior and Sheldon Kohls, plus residents visiting relatives in Madison South Carolina, Wins ton Nebraska, Elkader, Arlington, and Sioux City areas.
A Waterloo man is held in the city jail in default of $100 bond after allegedly blocking and speeding to prevent a passing car, then slowing again as it fell back. The charge is failure to observe a signal, a misdemeanor under Iowa law with up to a $100 fine.
Information from the U S Department of Agriculture covers pig weaning, sow milk flow, horse feeding for idle days, and mash preparation. It discusses weed control principles, temporary pastures for sheep using soybeans wheat oats and peas, and forage choices like rape alfalfa and clover with bloat risk notes. Feed preparation and grinding cooking soaking guidance for various grains and roughage are included.
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