This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1946
Page
8
Cheery Valley residents entertain and visit across several homes. Families including Baumgartners Lofts gard Butikofer Minis Hanson and Christen share dinners and Friday visits while Carl and others travel to Ames for cattle feed er demonstrations.
Selina Olson, long time teacher at the Gunder school, continues her duties as part of the local education staff. details of her recent assignments or recognitions are noted in district records.
Gladys Peterson ends school year teaching at McNeil echoo with a prel nie dinner. Many Sunday dinners and visits across families including Alring Loftsgard Erickson Houg Olson Loftsgard Mark Peters, Renum, Embretson, Hellum, and Olafsen households. Local birthdays celebrated. Des Moines trips and hospital visits noted. Community day play selection and local visits fill weekend pages.
Illyria church notes Rev J C Warton Pastor Mrs Arthur Yearous pianist Sunday school at 10 20 am church service at 11 20 am The Progressive Home Study club meets May 28 with Memorial Day program by Mrs Tofield Heck piano solo by Darlene Shaffer reading by Mrs Floyd Frieden vocal solo by Mrs Earl Kiple and contest by Mrs Forest Shaffer. Memorial service June 2 at the Illyria church and cemetery committee names issued Speaker I F Shaffer Rev J C Warton Guy Ernst program Reynolds Strong Mrs Arthur Yearous Mrs Andrew Yearous Flower arrangements Star S S Class and the Legion program Perry Medberry Dr and Mrs Robert Schneider and Lester Perth of Festville. Mrs John Pulfer and others guests. Cemetery Assn and Ladies Aid meet at church with picnic dinner and cemetery bee on Wed May 29. M J Moore of Cedar Rapids visited Donald Page Sun evening. Clement Chase family of Pipestone Minn dinner guests Sat with Fred Roth.
Mrs. Ed Johnson and Wilma Martin visited Mrs. Julia Landsgard on Tuesday. Several local families attended dinners and calls across West Union Clermont and Clermont areas including stops at Edwin Lottsgard Willard Martin Andrew Reinhart Clifford Osmundson and Julia Bilden homes. Ed Johnson and Mellien Loftsgard were among those visiting and attending a school picnic at the West Union fairgrounds.
Mrs. Caroline Erickson has been ill and confined to bed. Marilyn Olson spent Sunday night at the Louie Amundson home. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Olson and Quinton visited with Mrs. Mina Olson, Arthur Olson, Lavanda and Geraldine. Bert Lyngaas and Leona attended a picnic near Ossian. Thelma Lyngaas taught a school program. Miss Lyngaas returned home with them. Mrs Bertina Buraas and Gloria visited Erickson home. Thelma Lyngaas attended the eighth grade graduation in Decorah Tuesday.
Brainard News reports that School District No 4 closed last Thursday with a program and a pot-luck supper. Fred Barker of Dubuque spent the weekend in the area. Dan Craft hosted Ray Gilbert and family for meals and visitors, with several relatives visiting on Sunday.
The note lists numerous social visits and gatherings in Manchester Du buque Ottumwa Ossian Decorah Postville Brainard Minn and notes a Tokyo dispatch about tougher wartime rationing with 3 matches per month 1 soap every three months and 1 electric light bulb per urban household The closing line quips Looks like more than three laps to the match!
Iowa business lines for January to March 1946 rose 2 to 441 percent versus the same period in 1945. Largest boosts were residential building permits at 441 percent, building permits at 244 percent, and building contracts at 219 percent. Life insurance sales up 41 percent, rental sales in unit stores 21 percent, department store sales 19 percent. Prices paid by farmers and farm products rose 3 percent.
Local notes list community happenings and visits. Donna Loftsgard and Patsy Anderson dine with family as Louis Schrader returns home on terminal leave at Great Lakes. Several residents travel to La Crosse and foster family visits. May breakfast and church events noted with Rev Fr Robert Cooney as chaplain.
Woodrow Wilson reportedly said he needed two weeks for a ten minute speech and one week for a one hour speech, while offering instant readiness for a two hour talk. The anecdote illustrates the care and study behind concise speech and applies to advertising copy.
John Schutte of Wadena shot himself with a .22 rifle last Monday morning after years of ill health. He leaves a son and two daughters, one son killed in World War I. The family moved from Lima to Wadena early this year and bought the Treg Johnson farm. His body was found at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Wm. F. Kading, 70, a farmer near Adair, was struck by lightning while in a hag house doorway last week. He suffered first to third degree burns on his left side as his clothing caught fire. He extinguished the flames and remains in serious condition.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.