Elgin Local News Roundup Highlights Community Life
Telephone note on Mrs Frank Capper visiting in Oclwein. births, illnesses, visits from Brainard to Decorah and Postville to Elgin. birthdays and gatherings at Falk Schori and Sutter homes. local travel to Iowa City and Des Moines. fairs, hunting, and a red fox catch. health updates on August Benson pneumonia and Christ Nelson stroke. sheriff candidate Guyer in town. several social notices and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Capper
Oclwein
Harry Miller
Martin Hovey
Brainard
John Falk
Harold Greenley
Charles
Decorah
Elmer Pinney
Jake Schaer
West Union
Belt Kamm
Susie Rush
Richard
Brackin
M. Cook
John Berndt
Hikader
Loraine Carpenter
Georgia Mae Schori
Winona
Minn
A. Whitney
Mary Carpenter
Fayette
Mechanicsville
Harry Heston
M. D. Guyer
Elkader
Elgin
Clayton County
Albert. Erickson
Quips and Utterances from a Quaint Page
A collage of jokes and quips from a vintage magazine page. It features wordplay about crime, romance, and everyday life with lines about a lamp post, a hair cut, and a caveman joke. The fragmentary piece blends humor and social satire in a period voice.
Elgin Caucus Calls March 9 for City Nominees
A caucus of Elgin Town electors convenes March 9 at Elgin Town Hall to nominate candidates for mayor five councilmen treasurer assessor and park commissioners for one two and three year terms ahead of the municipal election on March 26 1928. John Falk B M Kiple and others lead the town committee. A separate note reports many Elgin and Clermont men attended a Firestone Tire party at West Union with supper and a factory tour via motion pictures. attendees called the demonstration very interesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Elgin Town Hall
John Falk
B. J. Baumgartner
M. W. Kiple
Elgin and
Clermont
Firestone Tire Company
West Union
Firestone
Local notes reflect visits and travel across communities
Orin Nutting returns from California to Brainard. Guests drop by the George Tripp and Elmer Boyer homes. Families visit relatives in Elgin and Waterloo. Ed Frisbie and Andy Grimes head to Waukegan for jobs. Local entertainment features Bebe Daniel’s Swim Girl Swim at the Elgin Opera House. Falk’s Market advertises quarter-free bread at Elgin Home Bakery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainard
Orin Nutting
California
Sidney Patterson
George Tripp
Jim Bartlett
Phyllis Rowland
Elmer Boyer
Melvin Boyer
George Boyle
Elgin
Frank Lyons
George Craft
Herman Boyer
Frank Martin
Ella
Bebe Daniel
Elgin Opera House
Elgin Home Bakery
Falk’s Market
Visitors Send Greetings From Chicago Home
Mrs Hans Keiser spent Sunday visiting at the Rev Dons home in Chicago Mrs Rose Muehlethaler and Miss Katie Bauman who are staying there send greetings to all Elgin friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Keiser
Rev. Dons
Chicago
Rose Muehlethaler
Katie Bauman
Elgin
Also Mentioned on This Page
August Benson
Mr. Benson
Charles Holzer
F. C. Muehlethaler
Clarence
Lawrence
Herman Rolls
Max Thoma
L. §. Hutchinson
Ed Conner
Wim. Kohls
Ruth Bergman
McGregor
Bess Stoehr
Geo. Falk
Falk
Fred Schneider
Wm. Sutter
Sutter
Rochester
Creighton Corner
Otto Gilson
Charles Whitney
Iowa City
Louis Klingman
Mel Kohler
Betty
Mr. DeHart
Elmer. Schori
Q. P. Stoehr
Des Moines
Druggiars
George Gilson
Weat Union
Gilson
Louis Becker
Christ Nelson
East of Elgin
Inez M. Cook
THE
Christ Farm
Elgin-West Union Road
District Court of
Fayette County
Iowa
Elgin Savings Bank
Lew Christ
John Falb
A. M. Weibel
Gardner Nursery
Guage
Wredg
Madame
Andre
0. B. Ware
Dora
Hell
St. Paul
Ames Abe Says
Colorado
Pikes Peak
Citizen’s Caucus
Clermont Street
Otter Creek
Fred R. Berg
Berg
Shearman
Elgin, Iowa
J. A. Boleyn
West Elgin
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