Wadena and Elgin Residents Share Weekend Visits
Elgin and Wadena communities report social calls and gatherings. Mrs Uatry Becker and Mrs Louis Becker of Elgin visited at Joe Peters home, while Mrs Elmer Boyer and Mrs Mary Cherry from Waterloo joined Jim Bartlett's household. Local youths enjoyed a candy party. several families traveled to Decorah, Waterloo, and Cresco for visits and medical consultations. A marriage in Clermont linked Melvin O Anderson and Gena Simerson. other notes cover homecomings, sales preparations, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainard
Uatry Becker
Louis Becker
Elgin
Arthur Patterson
Joe Peters
Elmer Boyer
Mary Cherry
Water Joo
Jim Bartlett
Levi Learn
Clermont
Martin Hovey
Beverly
Decorah
Ebner Boyer
Glen
Ira Cherry
Clyde Crandall
Hawkeye
E. B. Grimes
Sarah Helms
el- Aim
Chas. Peters
Merle Langhurst
Marian Tripp
Cedar Rapids
George Tripp
Herman Boyer
Waterloo
Sidney Patterson
Cresco
Cheery Valley Dinner Guests Across Local Families
The Martin Hanson family hosted Will Meyer Jake Frieden and Will Chase families at dinner last Sunday. Several local households shared visits including the Paul Bossard, Gottlieb Dennter, L Christen, Celia Meyer in Elgin, and Ellen Hanson, with multiple Sunday and Monday calls among neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheery Valley
Martin Hanson
Will Meyer
Jake Frieden
Will Chase
Ern Lerch
Paul Bossard
John Leonard
Strawberry Point
Gottlieb Dennter
L. Christen
Adolph Baumgartner
Celia Meyer
Elgin
Albert Butikofer
Emil Moore
Elizabeth
Lillian Christen
Ellen Hanson
Tofield Lehman
Walter
Illyria Area Social Roundup Reflects Diverse Visits
A long list of visits and gatherings from Brainard to West Union details guests at numerous homes in the Illyria area. Relatives, friends, and neighbors from Elgin, Volga, Oelwein, Fayette, Emmetsburg, and nearby towns share meals and hospitality across weeks ending in late November. Church notes list services on November 13 and a Friday bazaar planned for December 2, with Epworth League meeting at the Rothlisberger home.
Community notes from Decorah area district No 6
Rev Nuss of Decorah preached at Marion church Sunday. Nearby residents visited and assisted with housework. A district 6 program and social raised funds for the school. Various locals hosted guests and called on neighbors. The township used the schoolhouse for road work settlement making a holiday for pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunder News
Nuss
Decorah
Marion
Maynard Lantz
Elmer Lantz
Sonstegard
J. T. Loftagard
Emily Hoag
Will
Nelson
Bert Erickson
Wadena
I. H. Skarshoug
Julia Wettleson
Teelena Olson
Elkader
Myrlin Feller
Soldier
Elgin
T. Kroga
Kenneth
Car Services and Local Moves In Elgin
Beamer's Tire Shop advertises air and water auto washer and repair services on West Union, Iowa. Fred Griesinger family moved Tuesday into Dr Hadsel building on Main Street while the vacated farm will be taken by Mr and Mrs Arthur Chapman who bought it. Local social notes record visits: Mr and Mrs Frank Gehring, Mr and Mrs Elmer Frieden, and Mrs N M Fritz at Chas Medberry home, and Mrs George Falk and her father Mr Kerr arriving from Lime Springs to visit Elgin for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Larson
Waterloo
Naoma Gage
Charles Lockard
Albany
Sam Herriman
Lima
Jeas
Frank Pour, Jr
Des Moines
Frank Lamphier
Fedora
5. D
Henry Lamphier
Wadena
Meda Smith
James Voudell
Otis
Colorado
Wm. Seward
Calvin Grieder
Beacon's Field
U. B
Missionary Society of
Rev
S. A. Birdsall
Garden Prairie
Madeline Pierce
Geo. Davis
Eldorado
Don Leonhart
Gelwe
Arthur Walters
Portland
Oregon
B. A. Jennings
Frank Livingston
Earl
Eunice Page
Rob Lockard
Postville
Herman Peterman
Myrtle Smith
Illyria
Henry Craft
Brainard
J. D. Shaffer
Elgin
Jack Shaffer
Clark Hummel
Volga
Arthur Herman
DBM
Frank Gehring
Ghas. Fritz
Walter Sredberry
Elmer Frieden
Gerald
Chas
Medberry
Ruth Rothlisberger
Postville Hospital
Helen
Hazel Rothlisberger
Fred Rothlisberger
Albert Klingman
Lew Wenger
Emmetsburg
Fred Wenger
Walter Rothlinberger
Fayette and Oelwein
John Rothlisberger
Leo
California
O. K
Chas. Chapman
Harry Palmer
Lew Leath
Elkader
Ralph Shaffer
Walter Rothlisberger
Chas. Rothlisberger
Ida Mattocks
West Union
Elizabeth Christen
Ellen Hanson
Cheery Valley
Edna
Lola Hanson
Harry Reichert
Ralph Annett
Oelwein
A. L. Craft
Ed. Puiter
Fred Sehneider
Chas, Reimer
Frank
Littleport
Christopher Wilson
Harold Strong
Clyde Ring
George Butikofer
Fred Schneider
Dorothy
Ethel
Harold Herman
Hummel
Thos. Ogle
Florence
Herve Robbins
Enos Howard
Oak Grove
L. W. MacKellar
Doty
Frank Christen
Bert Thoman
Elizabeth
Lucy Christen
Eliza Pulfer
Levi Pulfer
Fred Griesinger
Dr. Hadsel
Main Street
Arthur Chapman
N. M. Fritz
Chas. Medberry
George Falk
Kerr
Lime Springs
Elgin Town Council Proceedings November 7 1927
Town Council met in regular session at Town Hall with Mayor Muehlethaler and four councilmen present. Bills audited and approved include street lights pumping power and signs. The A M Weibel family visited Waterloo for Mrs Heins illness. Mrs Weibel attended a funeral in Brookfield Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Town
Muehlethaler
Kohler
Yenney
Stoehr
Falk
Schori
Elgin Echo Ledger Moves to Adjournment
Elgin Echo records show payments for printing and street labor, totaling several sums including 4.70 for September and 5.40 for October. Names listed include G. Pfister, Fred Trafalet, Ed Jones, and Max Hunaberger for street labor. Motion to adjourn carried. GC. J. Harrington, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Echo
G. Pfister
Fred Trafalet
Ed Jones
Max Hunaberger
GC. J. Harrington
Broadcasters and farm sheds featured in local ad humor
A collage of dated quips and sales pitches from Elgin Iowa humor notes and ads. The piece parodies consumer chatter about near beer, roof builds, shed construction, and farm life with short exchanges, jokes, and local business references. It ends with a law and mortgage pun set.
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Eller
Munsingwear
Max Thoma
L. L. Kipie
Rowley
Marie Sweet
Anderson
Earl Greenley
Gene
Clayton
Emmet Morris
Marquette
Fayette
Hans Keiser
F.C. Muehlethaler
Ph. Lauer
Gus Hackman
Carl Hackman
Arnold Bauman
Rudolph Yunker
St. Ansgar
Emmett Nichols
Nichols
Worth County
Rosa Mucklethaley
Katie Bauman
Wadena News
Alla Leonhart
A. Knutson
D. C. Clark
C. J. Flower
Walter Cook
Reisner
Northrup
Sarah Fitzgibbon
Arlington
JE Jennings
J. C. Popenhagen
Mason City
Victor Wells
Odd Fellows
la Grange
Missouri
Lawrence Lerch
G. Friederich
Helen Butikofer
Erin Friederich
John
Ernest Christen
Edwin Hanson
Jake Butikofer
George Christen
Weibel Mill CO
H. W. Falb
George Craft
Brain~ard
Theodore Blanchard
Waucoma
Lillian Frieden
Near West Union
Roy Kimball
East of Elgin
Lena Hunsberger
Ernest Meyer
Perry Medberry
Near Volga
Rex Medberry
G. E. Medberry
Albert Dennier
Harry Wenger
Melva Hoover
Ed Wenger
Will Wenger
Volga City
John Probert
Mr. Probert
I. F. Shaffer
Thos, Richards
Ilyris Church
Epworth League
Friendly Church
Ernest J. Starr
M. E. Bazaar
Beamer
Towa
Council Proceedings
N. E. Ia. Pr Co
N. E. Ia Pr Co
T. W. Dean
Municipal Supply Co
A. M. Weibel
Ray Heins
Brookfield
Askea
Robinson Crusoe
Jim
Jam
Tad
Liza
Doggone
Smithton
Glasrock
Schori & Kuster
Elgin, Towa
Geo. Metzger
Elgin C. T. A
T. B
S. C. W. Leghorn
Tom Barron
Milwaukee
Deering
John Deere
Keystone
Superior
Surrey
M. B. Potratz, Auctioneer
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