Elgin Echo Social News Highlights Local Happenings
Elgin area notes include visits, illness updates, travels and family news. Mrs N Ruckdaschel works at Yord Fahey home while Gordon Schupbach visits Reynold Shaffer. Hans Keiser improves and can receive callers. the Hutchinsons plan Rochester trip but postpone due to bad roads. Lois Lehman returns home for a weekend visit. Augusta Smith from San Francisco comments on snow and rain. Kensington club hosts needlework. Rosa Banman sends Echo renewal from Grove Oklahoma. Multiple local moves, births, and social events populate the weekend recap.
Church Program With J J Snyder And Grace Foxwell
J J Snyder the minister leads worship at 10 a m with Mrs Louis Klingman as pianist. Sunday school begins at 11 a m. Grace Foxwell serves as pianist for Sunday school at 10 16 a m and church worship at 11 15 a m.
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J. J. Snyder
Louis Klingman
Grace Foxwell
Elgin Baptist Church Weekly Schedule
Elgin Baptist Church led by Pastor Paul F Zosehke and organist Lillian Jacobs offers Sunday morning worship at 100 percent clock and evening service at 7 45. Sunday school at 11 00, B Y P U at 9 00, Life of Christ study. Wednesday March 11 prayer meeting at 8 00 and choir rehearsal at 9 00.
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Paul F. Zosehke
Lillian Jacobs
Lutheran Church Notes And Local Social News
Church notices list St Olaf Church and Marion services in English, March 3 with 9 and 11 oclock times and March 15 Norway service at 11. Social items note visitors in various homes, marriages, births and local meetings, plus a new line of shirts and a survey on household utilities.
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St. Olaf Chapel
Marion
Norway
J. Strandford
Elgin Iowa Town Council Decides on Thawing Gear Purchase
Elgin Iowa council in special sessions in 1936 decided to buy a Reliance Water Works Steamer from W. S. Darby & Co Chicago to thaw frozen pipes. A telegraph order was sent to Chicago for the purchase. Minutes show subsequent sessions approving bills and setting election judges for March 30 1936.
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Elgin
Iowa
Beexer
Falk
Torkelton
Yenney
Reliance Waterworks
W. S. Darby & Co
Chicago
Darley & Co
C. J. Harrington
Town Counsts
C.J. Harrington
John Sutter
George Boyle
Chas. Hader
John Falk
F. C. Muehlethaler
J. Harrington
Elgin Schools Schedule Final Home Game and State Pairings
Elgin will host the last home game of the season this Thursday with junior high at 7 15 p.m. and the first team at 8 o'clock. The state sectional pairings place Elgin against Hawkeye Friday March 13 at 2 50 p.m. in West Union. Season tickets go on sale next week.
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Randalin
Elgin Wil
Hawkeye
West Union
Carelesa Kicking The Silliest Animal In The World
A fragment describes a creature and a child keeper named Bert with rails and enamel imagery. The text claims the act harms only the animal itself and notes a passion for kicking as part of a disturbing scene.
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Bert
Canal Banks Used on Roads In Lower Calta Section
Old canal wire banks over two thousand years old are repurposed along road sections near Calta, aiding 28 automobile vendors with temporary curbside access.
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Calta
Fractured Scots Phrase Sparks Memorial Note
A fragmented text references a Scots expression praising Muckle Friday Mickle and a memorial note for Jesus. The legible parts hint at a decorative or commemorative inscription and a cultural nickname, with no clear event or location established.
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Jesus
Bergs New Shirts Bring Hope From A Severe Winter
Mrs M W Hemmingway of Waseco Minnesota reports a harsh season with many handicaps yet rail transport stayed active. Despite winter disruptions, her town kept travel and passenger service running, mirroring conditions faced elsewhere.
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M. W. Hemmingway
Waseco
Minn
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Berg
Taylor
Mrs. N. Ruckdaschel
Yord Fahey Home
Gordon Schupbach
Reynold Shaffer
H. 5. Steele
Hans Keiser
Lois Lehman
Fairbank
Mrs. L. G. Lehman
M. A. Klingman
Wadena
Echo Office
Castalia
Here
Winifred McMillan
West Union Hospital
Augusta Smith
San Francisco
Calif
the Echo
Fred Gehring
Kensington Club
Thos, Knudtson
Albert Schori
Fred R. Berg
Tille Hanson
Nelle Schori
Lulu Schmid
F. W. Hughes
Rosa Banman
Grove
Okla
Echo
Rosa Bauman
Otto Topp
Dubuque
Rock Island, IN
R. R. Reusser
McGregor
Mae Helen Laskey
W. C. Falb
Postville
A. J. Phillips
Edward Krueger
Feller
West Elgin
Robert Steele
Fayette
H. 8. Steele
Upper Iowa
Chas. Chapman
Carl Schori
Franklin Street
Adella Chapman
Alton Sanders
Charles City
Janet Elaine
Miss
Henry Frieden
East of Elgin
Elmer Hoag
Batoffe Club
C. O. Christ
G. J. Mosby
C. B. Schori
Toronto
Canada
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
Illyria Church
Elgin Baptist Church
Lutheran Church Notes
J. M. Shaffer
Howard Shaffer
Carl Borchardt
Muscatine
A. S. Hoag
West of Clermont
Mrs. E. M.hong
Mrs. R. A. Crider and Daughters
Elkader
Dr. C. L. Crider
Lorenz Schatz
Dena Dummermuth
Berg's
Howard Snyder
Grandview
Muscatine Hospital
Agnes Moug
Ray Reierson
F. D. Welch
W. C. Falk
H. B. Wolf
C. B. Sehori
Clermont
O. B.S
Daisy Ray
Oetwein
F. E. Bell
Wascoa
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Des Moines
International Harvester Go
Miss Bell
C. O
Council Proceedings
Grant Dawson
Wm. Barker
W. IL Kohls
Gottfied Pfister
Reuben Schupbach
Rob. Grimes
FP. Ry
Mabt Parrott & Sons
HLL Co
Elgin Echo
Chandler Co
Baddys
W. Dean
Central States Power & Light Corp
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
Fabb's Market
Water Tower Paint & Repair Co
Nels Olson
Labor Water Main
Labor Water
Torkelson Bros
Coffee Cup Cafe
Oliver Torkelsen
Ern Holzer
McCauley
Mr. Holzer
Ng Foundation
Warner’s Foundation
Kohier’s
Monarch Coffee
Pagia
Jlee Rane
Mutual
R. P. Strauch
ACM
S. R. Bird
Elgin, Iowa
Jack Knarr
West Union, Iowa
Richelieu
Vulcan
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