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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1926
Page
2
A week of visits and greetings across Waterloo Randalia Elgin and Clermont features many neighbors at homes farms and churches. Walter Rothlisberger families and others hosted guests while school activities and a district meeting mark community life with a cemetery association dinner and a patent quiz question prompting village chatter.
The region's social column notes dinners and visits among residents including Lars Larson Albert Hrickson Hulda Berg Winifred Flanagan and others. Real estate and farm updates cover John H. Smith family moving to Minnesota and Earl Kiple Frank Thoman remaining in local work. A death of Marion Duff is recorded with funeral at Volga City Presbyterian Church. Dr L L Hatchingon is listed as a dentist.
The Brainard Ladies' Aid Society hosted husbands and families at the Sidney Patterson home. Residents like Vivian Rowland of West Union and Opal Boyer are mentioned with social visits and illness. Several couples hosted dances and gatherings, with neighbors and kin from Oak Grove, Cherokee, and West Union noted along with various visits and daily life items.
Mrs Sarah Brackin seeks treatments in Pottsva e and returns the same day. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Gehring hosted guests Tuesday. Jack Brackin and family welcome eleven children seven boys and four girls born February 27. Card club met at Way Rowland’s Friday. Albert Stoffregen family dined Monday with Herbert Dummermuth. Anna Anderson weekend at parents A N Anderson. Jack Brackin entertained friends Sunday. Pearl Paulson helps at Jack Brackin’s. Herbert Dummermuth hosted card party Saturday night. Rosa Jacob of Higin visited Dan Sutter’s. Eli and Mrs Sutter moved to Quincy Illinois bought a home and he works as washing and selling at a department store. Mrs Boies Capper of Postville visited with Benson family. Mrs Benson improving after illness.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Loftegard moved from near Ginder to the Fox farm west of Clerfont, while Mr and Mrs Wn Sutter moved from the Holm house to the west part of the Mrs Rudy Mover home yesterday. The Holm house has been sold to Mrs Alex Baumgartner, who will move into it soon.
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