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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1933
Page
8
A lengthy social record from West Union and nearby areas notes numerous visits and gatherings. Guests include Mia, Nancy Ernst and family, Mrs Sarah Arndt, Eleanor Domke, Viola Foxwell, Mrs Jake Yearous Jr, and many others at homes around Littleport, Weat Union, Cheery Valley, and Volga City. Attended events include family reunions, birthday celebrations, church and aid society meetings, and a county farm bureau sponsored beef tour.
Mr and Mrs Fred Butikofer welcomed a son born June 15 Alma Hanson and Lillian Christen spent the weekend at the Ira Olson mealtime at San Mrs Bert Thoman and daughter Ethel Mae were visitors in the Wilbert Lehman home Sunday Jakie Yearous Jr was a business caller in Waterloo Rose Friederich assists with house work at the Paul Bossard home near Evuader John Wil Walter and Ernest Christen and John Friederich visited the Ole Loftsgard home near Gunder Sunday Mrs Jake Dennler spent Saturday at the Ben Hofer home Mr and Mrs Ira Olson near St Olaf guests in the Mrs L Christen home Les Baumgartner spent Tuesday evening in the John Friederich home Mr and Mrs Martin Hangon with Gladys Robert Ida and Hilda
A fragmented passage notes humorous boners from tests and essays, defines apisoceles as a triangle with two equal feet, and explains cone shapes with top circles. It mentions writing dialogue by paragraph, a cave indentation, a brother's ammonia exposure at age three, daily doctor visits for epidem fever in the arm, and a cryptic line about Indians burning the white mec for steak.
Mra Carrie Larson of Elgin was a supper guest in the Roy Leuchtenmacher home. Numerous calls and visits mark another week with neighbors stopping by the Ed Boyle, Wm Kerr, George Boyle and other homes as relatives and friends spend time in Oak Grove communities during weekends and weekdays.
Fayette County expenses fall from 1 071 166.05 in 1928 to 441 165.24 last year. Elgin State Bank staff visit Des Moines for banking matters. Conroy Bros circus plays Elgin drawing crowds and profits. Copper Hatchery reports busy shipping of baby chicks in shade to prevent suffocation. Junk dealers buy rags and waste paper. Two Norge refrigerators sold in one forenoon. Extreme heat observed with 101 degrees in the shade and higher temps. Funeral and social outings include Meisner funeral in Elkader and outdoor party for Methodist students. Local stunts by Andy Gault draw crowds. Numerous family picnics and trips described among the Boyer and Sires families. Reuben Lehman tours Chicago with overnight stay.
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