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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1939
Page
8
D C Withell operates as a chiropractor in Eilkader Iowa with mentions of a Neurocytometer and a State Bank in Chi. The text notes a comparison to E-Ray devices and references local institutions in a fragmented OCR snippet. Entities include Withell D C Eilkader Iowa, State Bank.
The Progressive Home Study Club meets next Tuesday afternoon May 9 at the Reynolds Strong home with Mrs. Reynolds Strong as hostess. Community social activity includes numerous visits and gatherings across nearby towns with many families hosting and attending weekend events and notable birthday and graduation observances.
Des Moines resident Earl Meyer spent the weekend at Oscar Baumgartner’s home. Several families from nearby areas visited Lawrence Butikofer’s home Friday evening to celebrate his birthday. Catherine Powell’s pupils closed district No. 9 with a picnic. Carrie Butikofer aided Mrs. Clyde King with housework for two weeks. Achievement Day attendees included Lucy Christen and Mrs. Martin Hanson at Elkader.
Otto Gisleson and family called at the Ole Christianson home in Clermont Sunday. Anna Mae Kimball helped with work in the Gunder Store Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hellum were dinner guests in the Henry Wellersven home Sunday. Helmer Loftsgard and family visited Edwin Loftsgard Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ole Loftsgard, Myron Anderson and Eldora Loftsgard attended the fourteenth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Klingman near Volga Sunday. O. K. Hoag and family spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. B. Nelson. Arthur Landsgard and Berneta with Mrs. Helmer Loftsgard and Eileen and Norma visited in Waukon Thursday. Mrs. Arthur Landsgard and Mrs. T. L. Loftsgard will entertain the Ladies Aid Society at the church parlors Thursday afternoon May 4. Leslie Lantz and family were Sunday visitors in the T. T. Loftsgard home. Gilbert Loftsgard went to Fort Dodge Monday and bought a new hay baler. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kirkenberg and Carlyle, Mr. and Mrs. John Hellum and Merlin, Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Peterson and Gladys, and Alfred Kirkeberg were mentioned.
A sequence of Sunday to Tuesday visits among local families in the Barn house area includes Grover, Dummermuth, Nutting, Moats, Howard, Peters, Patterson, Boyle, Lyon, and Wede households. Ques and events mention picnics, dinners, a small accident, and a Ladies Aid Society meeting with readings and prizes.
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