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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1926
Page
4
Local readers report visits and gatherings across Elgin, West Union, and nearby towns. Families and neighbors share Sunday calls, school events, picnics, heralded visitors, farm bureau meetings, church activities, and a planned musical play at Brainard.
Wadena news lists new birth to Mr and Mrs Fritz uomke with Mary Fox caring for mother and child. Several visits and weekend trips are recorded including Ferndale picnic attendance, Popenhagen family, Will Burgett, Ma Bel Corbin, Fred Popenhagen, Wm Seward and Meda Smith, and Myron Moore in Lima. Senior class play and banquet dates noted. Vale Leonhardt aids River Side creamery. Wilma McBride visits Cedar Rapids. Walter Meseerl returns from state towns trip. Rev B A Jannings called to Arlington for preaching.
Mr Jim Calahan and daughter spent Thursday evening at the Aug Brause home. Marie Brackin visited her sister Mrs Lawrence Gehring. Billie Cummings of Clermont stayed several days with Jim Calahan. Harry Brackin and mother Mrs Sarah Brackin were at Postville Tuesday. Mr and Mrs John Schmid and daughter Marie, EH and Selma Habeger, George Butikefer and Loretta Imhof visited Lawrence Gehring home. Mr and Mrs Wesley Miller of Clermont visited Cleve Erhardt home Sunday. Mrs Dan O Halloran of Westn fon was a caller at Jim Calahan Tuesday evening. Darlene Brackin spent Friday at Harry Brackin home. Alfred Rockdaschel and family were guests Sunday at Harry Brackin home. Millard and Theodore Anderson are on sick list with measles. John Brackin killed two large rat tails last week with nine and ten rattles.
Out Gund er Way A J Olson and family of Wagner township were dinner guests Sunday at the L O Reierson home. John Nelson and family near Clermont visited T N Loftsgard and T Larson Decorah area. Gladys Munger called at Postville. Mrs R Hanson of Devorah rented Monday with Mrs P Velersven. A family reunion at BE Landsgard home brought nearly all children home for dinner. Cornelius Relerson and Martha Tovatson married at the Little Brown Church May 1. Endowment drive for Marion Lutheran exceeds $1000 as it continues May 16 to 24. Gander switch installed in Mrs N Nelson home. Martin Nelson chief operator. Olavus Benson of Highland visited briefly. Edwin Olson and Q Olson spent Sunday in Clermont. Mellien Loftsgard a Postville caller. Nore Society ice cream social May 30 for Window Men fund. Gladys Munger visiting Nora Springs.
Numerous residents from Clermont and surrounding areas spent Sunday visiting friends and family. Ed Buser and spouse toured Cler mont while G Priederich Edwin Hanson and Frank Thoman stopped by the George Christen home. Bey Hofer and Ernest Lerch joined Rob Lehman’s family for a Sunday afternoon gathering. Mary Pulfer visited G Priederich, Gladys Olson stayed with Lydia Dennler, and George Leuchtenmacher with Denry Ohaffer volun teered time at Elkport. The Christen family conducted business calls at Clermont Saturday and L G Lehman of Elgin visited Ernest Lerch Sunday. Mrs George Leuchtenmacher and son hosted Eben Hanson, Fred Hofer visited Walter Christen, and Jacob Butikefer with family plus Rother Friederich visited George Metzger on Sunday evening. John Pulfer Lena and Mary Polfar drove to Postville Sunday afternoon to fetch Eddie Pulfer.
A statewide rural notes item reports Fayette County hosting a June 10-11 alfalfa campaign with twenty township meetings. The effort aims to boost alfalfa acreage to 29,000 and reduce livestock costs by showing farmers how to grow the crop successfully, citing past losses from unsuitable hay and urging adoption of lime and proper practices. Local social notes mention visits and weddings among area families including Mr. and Mrs. Hanson and Leta Frieden.
Beautiful pattern hats offered at below cost for Friday and Saturday. Hats priced as low as 2.75, 7.00, 6.50, 8.00, and 11.00 with many $5.85 to $6.95 options. Children’s hats included. shoppers urged to come early at Elgin Millinery Bore. May reflect clearance pricing totals of 6965 and 5.85.
Illyria church notes announce regular services next Sunday with Sunday school at 8 15 a.m. and preaching at 11 15 a.m. Epworth League gathered at Jack Shaffer's home. Pastor J Starr invites attendance at Friendly Church. Cartoon quotes and a dentist, Dr Hutchinson, are listed among local items.
The county wide Farm Bureau picnic is scheduled for Wednesday June 28 in Fayette with W B Schilling of Northfield Minnesota president of the Twin Cities Marketing Producers Assn named as speaker. Local board expects strong attendance and notes last year’s event drew favorable comments. parade will return with liberal prizes.
A letter lists humorous car slogans spotted among Ford models in the recent parades. Entries include playful jabs like Sick Cylinders and Four Wheels No Brakes, with readers invited to submit more examples for a compilation.
A discourse on dress length in spring notes that attire should suit the wearer. It cites attractive features for shorter skirts and longer ones for others, praising sensible speech while mentioning local exhibitions. References bee activity and frogs amid warm weather, with remarks on symmetry and attire.
The Holzer Dairy requests customers to put out empty milk bottles daily. Repeated delays and missing empties have caused extra work and hindered deliveries. The notice stresses cooperation to maintain service and asks customers to participate for better service.
The article notes a dairy producer advocates corn silage clover or alfalfa hay and grains like corn oats and soybeans as key rations for Iowa herds. It also advertises Bow string cotton thread at Kobler's for 6 cents per spool of 160 yards.
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