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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1929
Page
6
Elgin residents share weekend visits with relatives in Forest City Waterloo Osage Cedar Rapids and Chicago while several families relocate to Elgin. Local social rounds include hunting trips, card parties, and shopping trips, with occasional notes on theft and store reopening plans amid community activity.
Friday 8 p.m. dialogue Joseph to be rehearsed in church. Sunday English service 10 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. B Y P U prayer 7:30 p.m. English service 8 p.m. Thursday 14 8 p.m. prayer meeting and 9 p.m. choir rehearsal. Church asks offerings for Fessenden N D after building burn. You are welcome at all meetings.
The M E Church notes outline events for Thursday through Sunday including Ladies Aid Society meeting on Thursday November 7, W F M meeting at Mrs J D Shaffer's home on Friday November 8, chicken dinner and bazaar on Saturday November 9, and worship hours Sunday November 10. The first quarterly conference with Dr Gilbert Chalice presiding is set for Wednesday evening November 13. J J Snyder is pastor.
Oelwein Iowa resident Eliza Pulfer received a letter from Rose Garber saying she will not return to Elgin until next spring. She stays at Emma Helevig home in Roanoke Illinois. A farm sale produced no final bid and did not close on sale day but attracted several offers that may lead to a later deal.
Allen J Gruver, son of John A and Elizabeth Gruver, was born in Fayette county Iowa on March 6 1865 and died November 1 1929 aged 74 years 7 months 26 days. He served in railroad work from 1874 becoming section foreman at West Union at 19 for 41 years earning a pension. He never missed a day’s work and was known for cheerfulness and courage during illness. Funeral at St Pauls M E church and interment at Elgin cemetery. Relatives and friends express deep sorrow.
Mr and Mrs Lew Graver and family express sincere thanks for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of their uncle John Graver.
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