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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1936
Page
8
Illryia and nearby communities report social visits and gatherings. Residents including Rothlisberger families, Anderson of Elgin, and teaching staff attend events from Des Moines to Fayette. A farm bureau meeting, aid society activities, and a wedding announce additional local engagement sightings.
A string of social visits fills Cheery Valley as families from Garnaville West Union Highland Elkader and nearby towns share dinners and social calls. Neighbors including Christen, Friederich, Sutter, Dennler, Butikofer, Wenger, Mark and many others visited, hosted, and attended gatherings, school events, and shredders, celebrating community ties across several farms and towns.
Mrs Grace Carpenter of Washington visited the Sidney and Arthur Patterson homes the past week. She will spend the winter with her sister Mrs Martha McAloon in New Hampton. Mrs Frank Lyon Mrs Sidney Nutting and Mrs Kenneth Kjosa visited the George Boyle home in Elgin Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Don Cummings were dinner guests last Tuesday. Rev G A Thomas Clive Helms is spending a few days in Chicago. Mrs Wm Nutting spent Monday with Mrs George Boyle in Elgin. Rev G A Thomas is at Manchester this week assisting Rev Clair Brown with revival meetings. Mrs Thomas is visiting in the Brown home. Grace Peters has been assisting in the Louis Becker home for two weeks and returned home Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Sidney Patterson and family were guests in Rev G A Thomas home Sunday afternoon. Brainard Church Notes Bundey school at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11. The P U meets at 7 p.m. No preaching services in the evening. Rev Thomas will preach at Manchester Sunday evening. The Waukon Democrat states work for 300 Allamakee county men on the Genoa dam project. Men wanted for clearing brush and timber from a 1500 acre tract near the dam. The work will last about two months with 48 hours of work per week at 50 cents per hour. Good advertising is not an expense it is an investment.
A notice stating compensation of 75 dollars monthly at the outset and directing applicants to send mail to Address Box X care of this paper, with the name omitted in the readable text.
The Elkader Register reports two planes conducting an aerial survey of Clayton County for soil conservation. Washington serial firm holds the contract to map the entire county with 16 east west flights at about 14 850 feet. By Monday evening five flights remained to finish this phase.
A garbled column blends a street corner vote about a nickel purchase with a winter coal call and a string of quips on married life. It touts Pig iron prices and roofing materials, citing Hank and Schori & Kaster Lumber Co in Elgin Iowa and a traffic cop interaction.
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