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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1941
Page
8
Social calendar highlights numerous visits and gatherings in Clyria and nearby towns. Residents and guests include the Yearous, Yearous and Dennler families, Epworth League events, church socials, dinners with the Rothlisberger, Klingman, Moore, Kimball, and Chapman households, and trips to Decorah, Dubuque, Fayette, West Union, and Arlington.
Oak Grove News records a string of weekend and weekday social visits. Families including Gilsons, Dennlers, Ashes, and Wilsons hosted or called on neighbors in Dyersville West Union and Volga, with several trips to West Union hospital and multiple dinners and Sunday gatherings noted.
A sequence of Sunday and recent gatherings features Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Mason visiting Mrs. Homa Eischeid in Elkader, plus multiple dinners and hospital calls. Families including Dennlers, Baumgartners, Meisners, Larschons, Bernetts, and others share meals, birthdays, and 4-H events across Elkader, Strawberry Point, Volga, Guttenberg, and Iowa City. Joe Lerch returns from Camp Claiborne briefly before resuming duty. various relatives attend celebrations and host guests across the region.
Neighborhood household greetings are listed with multiple Dennler and related families visiting homes in Millville and nearby areas. Guests include Butikofer, Lehman, Knudtson, Christen, and Muehlenthaler families, with trips to Dubuque and Cedar Falls for events and business.
County Line News lists visits and gatherings across Frankville area. Families like Halverson, Amundson, Nelson, Berg, Amundson, Larson, Gilbertson and others are noted hosting meals, calling on friends, attending church events, and sharing weekend visits in homes from Frankville to Decorah. The item compiles a string of neighborhood social activity and guest appearances.
Portable electrical fixtures handled near water should be well insulated to reduce risk of shocks and burns. The guidance stresses keeping tools and connections away from moisture and ensuring proper isolation when two people work in proximity to water sources or plumbing.
Mrs Henry Mark and Mrs Melvin Anderson will entertain the Ladies Aid Thursday afternoon November 6 at the church parlors. The Marion Dorcas Society meets Saturday afternoon November 3 with hostesses Mrs Anna Loftsgard and Mrs Nelvin Loftsgard and Mrs Ed Brackin assisting. Mr and Mrs C J Anderson and family were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Myron Anderson Sunday in honor of Mrs C J Andersons birthday anniversary. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hellum and daughter called at the John Hellum home. Rodney Smith were dinner guests in the Ole Loftsgard home Sunday. Elver Anderson accompanied Myron Anderson to Cedar Rapids Monday.
The Grand Meadow Study Club met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ewald Lyngaas. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Olson and Quinton, and Mrs. Mina Olson for a social gathering at Elmer Larson’s home. Numerous locals were mentioned visiting, hosting, or attending events with families across the area, including Ruth Anderson’s birthday anniversary and various visits to homes of neighbors and friends.
Brainard area residents hosted dinners and gatherings through the week. A birth announced at Robert Kerr’s family adds Robert Duane to the area, as church notes record Sunday school and a local pastor. The piece also mentions a claim about the Andes as a long mountain range ending near Tierra del Fuego.
The Brauns Market in Postville is promoted as a meat headquarters offering a complete line of selected fresh and cured meats. Emphasizing low prices, strict sanitation, and community cooperation, the store invites customers to trust its products and convenience for value and time savings.
E H Spaulding of Grinnell received an old envelope used in letters about 50 years ago. A Col John Park Cravens of Magazine Ark asked for a catalog amid a note saying he hoped to receive it long overdue. A mushroom hunter reports collecting three bushels with Mrs Novak drying large specimens.
Story notes fishing on Lake Ahquabi near Indianapolis where no rod or hook is needed as a 12 inch bass leaped into a boat held by Harry Hansen and his two Des Moines sons. A large bird later identified as a three foot cormorant stunned itself against a house witnessed by Harvey Christopherson of Postville. Bird described as gray feathered.
Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok are buried in Boot Hill Cemetery above Deadwood Gulch South Dakota. The graves are a major tourist draw visited annually by thousands seeking connections to the frontier icons.
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