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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1924
Page
4
Local residents and guests are listed visiting friends and relatives across nearby towns. Entries include Bernice Ernst, Ruth Hoethlischer, Mike Davis of Alpha, and many others at homes in Wadena, Volga City, West Union, Cheery Valley, Cedar Falls, and surrounding communities during weekends and weeknights.
Lew Randall of West Union visited friends here Saturday Hazel Marston called at the D W Whitley home near Fayette Mary Grover of Clarmont visited at the Sidney Nutting home Monday afternoon Mr and Mrs Arthur Patterson and doe and Mary Paters visited friends in Oelwein Sunday Mr and Mrs Olis Bartlett and family of Manchester visited at the Marvin Brown home Sunday Mr and Mrs Elmer Boyer and son Glen visited at the John Boyer home near Ft Atkingon Sunday Mr and Mrs Myron Burnside and emily of Clayton were guests Sunday at the Jim Bartlett home Mr and Mrs Herman Boyer and family visited at the Chas Appleman home near Hawkeye Roy Burnside left this week to work with a road gang near Arlington with Melvin Boyer The two little daughters of Mr and Mrs Sheldon Boyle spent Saturday with their grandmother Mrs Cox in West Union Mr and Mrs R Hitch and family Mrs Lucy Hitch and daughter Ruth called at the Sidney Patt arson home Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs Henry Bartlett and Mr and Mrs Henry Veasy and their family drove from Manchester this morning to spend the day at the Jim Bartlett home They returned home that evening
Fayette Saturday saw several social visits including War Inez Cook and Ida Mark transacting business, John Wald and family visiting E. S. Houg, and ting Nelson staying with aunt near Clermont. Notable items note county government plans, court house plastering, and Gettysburg survivor J. H. Ernst. Local crimes involve moonshining fines to Harvey Northrup and Jessa Kensel, with calls to jail and hard work for bootleggers. Market notes list 21 cents a dozen eggs and 38 cents butter. John Berndt family visited Farmersburg.
A long list of social visits fills Cheery Valley notes from the Buttkofer, Lehman, and Christen families. Family gatherings at the John Buttkofer and Lehman homes, dances at the Adolph Buruden residence, and Sunday dinners with the Martin Hanson and Dennler groups are described. Local moves include Orpha Lehman returning from Cedar Rapids and egg seller I. B. Nelson praised for his high yield in West Elgin.
The Ladies Big Bootery will hold a church meeting on May 15 with a picnic dinner, then church cleaning and flower bed work. Also notes change in Sunday service time to forenoon at 11 20 with Sunday School at 10 15 and Mothers Day music. Epworth League gatherings are weekly. a Friday program by the Band of Promise is planned.
A tangle of incomplete notes reveals visits from Mrs. C. Mii Milwake and Mr. Pred Schort, a post town trip by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sullivan, and a surprise party for Viola Roland at the Ben Brickson home. Glermont youths Harry Shipton and Charles Sullivan join college and state teams, while road conditions hinder some travelers.
A court ordered sale of described real estate in Fayette County Iowa follows a judgment including costs interest and attorney fees. The sale is by cash auction at the Weaton court house door on May 29 1984 with the property legally described and located in townships within the county.
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