Elgin Area News Highlights Local Visits and Notices
Dr Hutchinson dentist Elgin Eddie Conner from Forest City visits relatives. E J Halverson leaves on business trip to St Paul Mine. Gehring hardware ad features big bargains. Apron sale at M E Bazaar attracts shoppers. James Mathews of Farmersburg visits relatives in Sumner. Mrs Randall dies at Randalia. funeral in Randalia and Fayette. Snow melts then thawing returns. George Stansberry loses horse. Weinen Bros urge wheat for seed and mill supply. Dance events at opera house with girls and boys. pink and white decor. Mrs Dean visits Decorah. Mrs Miller hosts dinner. Reno sale ad. Alf Holzer returns from Michigan. Mrs Grover visits Volga City. Lehman family visits La Porte City. Mrs Bryant in Iowa City. Halversons return from St Paul. Mrs Riddle improving. Haffower of Arcade visits Miss Bowen. Mr Wilson in Prairie du Chien for husband’s operation. Schori couple in El Paso health update. Hulda improving. Ida and George Schori healthy. School notes for Marion Twp No 3 show attendance and honor roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. Lehman
John Leman
John Brackin
la Porte City
Bryant
Iowa City
Myrtle
E. J. Halverson
St. Paul
Minn
John Riddle
E. P. Haffower
Arcade
New York
Thin City
Besse Bowen
Haffower
Sioux City
Our City
John Wilson
John Kohler
Mabel Gehring
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Wilson
Ben Schori
el Paso
Texas
Hulda
Ida
George Schori
Marion Township
Selma Oleson
Alfred Buraas
Clara Peterson
Bernard
Edna Lien
Agnes
Irene Olson
Myrtle Peterson
Arthur Groth
Lillian Lien
Alma Groth
Jennie Anderson
Tracher
Local notices and social news from Elgin area
Mrs John DeSart listed among the sick. Palmer Bartholomew and family moved from Elgin to a Fred Rothlisberger farm. Mrs Ed Hangson and daughter Mary and Miss Nelle Stoehr visited relatives in Postville. Joseph Butler sought eye care in Cedar Rapids with Dr Bailey. Bennie Baumgartner visited from near West Union, currently teaching nearby. Shoe business ad at Halstenson's store. Fayette has raised $20,000 of $55,000 debt for U S A. further county contributions expected. Moen’s meeting to be held in the county town for donations. Rev C B Larrabee in town Friday. Fay Gruver returned to Cedar Rapids. Florence Swanson of West Union visited. Dollis Conner owns a new piano from Hans Keiser. Mrs Wesley Stahl of Arlington visiting relatives left for Oklahoma City. Amelia Etter and Lena Baumgartner visited Jake Schaer, Jake Miller, and Chris Loertscher homes. Ladies Missionary Society of German Baptist met at Rosa Muehlenthaler’s. thirty members. Program included duet, recitations, Krishma Pal biography. Secretary to send messages to Mrs Thos Soeri in Minneapolis hospital and Mrs Rosme Kotler in Rochester Minn hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John DeSart
Palmer Bartholomew
Elgin
Fred Rothlisberger
Ed Hangson
Mary
Nelle Stoehr
Postville
Joseph Butler
Cedar Rapids
Bailey
Fayette
Moen
C. B. Larrabee
Ladies’ Missionary Society of the German Baptist Church
Rosa Muehlenthaler
Krishma Pal
India
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Halverson
Iowa
John Deere
Fuller & Johnson
Fairbanks Morse & Co
C. J. Harrington
Cravenette
The
Kaufman
F. R. Berg & Co
Dr. Hutchinson
Eddie Conner
Forest City
St Paul, Mine
Gehring
M. E. Bazaar
James Mathews
Farmersburg
Leslie Lehman
Fred Shotts
Sumner
Will Kohls
John Moser
Manchester
Olavus Tolefdon
B. Nelson
Gander
Decorah
Tena Nelson
Henry Lehman
Minneapolis
Lizzie B. Lyons
A. F. Randall
Rebecca
Randalia
George Stansberry
George
Mr. Stansberry
Mr Farmer
Weinen Bros
Opera House
Hotel Dewey
Frank Kimball
TI. W. Dean
Oscar Bauder
Frank Miller
Reno
SteLna Becker
Elginia
Mary Stann
Alf Holzer
Michigan
Wim. Grover
Wm. Kerr
Volga City
Kerr
C. Lehman & *Son
Stoehr’s
Bradley and Metcalf
Streatman
T. J. Capper
Knudtson
Ya. H. T. Knudtson
Bennie Baumgartner
West Union
Alnert Happ
Halstenson
Fay Gruver
Florence Swanson
Dollis Conner
Hans Keiser
Wesley Stahl
Arlington
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Amelia Etter
Lena Baumgartner
Jake Schaer
Jake Miller
Chris Loertscher
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