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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
8
Advertisement notes E R Withell D C Chiropractor offering X Ray and Neurocalometer services at State Bank Building Elkader Iowa indicating a difference in chiropractors.
A long list of weekend visits and gatherings around Cheery Valley includes Dan and Mrs Sutter with son Donald and Erma Baumgartner at Eliza Friederichs home, Hilda and Harold Meyer visiting relatives, and many others sharing dinners, quilting, fishing trips, and a large birthday anniversary picnic with numerous local families and friends.
A long list of Sunday and Friday visits, dinners, and gatherings across several farms and towns follows. Families including Christen, Meisner, Frieden, Rothlisberger, Yearous, Medberry, Holzer, Dennler, Gilson, and Allen share hospitality with relatives and friends in Strawberry Point, Elkader, Volga, Farmersburg, Cresco, and nearby areas. A Halloween party is announced for October 10 at the church basement.
Illyria Items report Eleanor Voigt and Gerald Craft wed in West Union by Rev. Bartells with relatives visited in Waterloo Oelwein and Brainard. Many local families hosted or visited others from Marshfield, West Union, Waterloo, Brainerd, Oelwein, Anamosa, Luana and nearby towns.
Florence and Clarence Thoman visited Philman Larson's home Sunday evening. August Brause called at Hans Winkler's Wednesday. The Traffalet residence near West Union hosted visitors Wednesday. Ben Ishman and Sam Klinger couples from West Union dined Monday with Bert Allen couple. George Davis of Randalia joined Harold Strong's guests Sunday. Silas Wilson and son visited Oscar Hunsberger Sunday evening. Lawrence Cannon and family and Joe Brackin were dinner guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs.
County Line News lists a sequence of visitors to Harlan Blockhus in Decorah hospital over the past week. Families and relatives including Gilbertson, Millard, Larson, Krueger, Blockhus, Olson, Friederich, Helgerson, Kittleson, and others share weekends of companionship and meals, with additional notes of Sophia Groth visiting and a dragline crew tasked with crack bed work near Selmer Groth’s home.
Norma Blockhus of Decorah spends days in the Carl Blockhus and Mrs. Carrie Thorson homes. Mrs. Amanda Ruroden and Leslie and Arlene dine with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Light at West Union. The Gilbert Ruroden family hosts Clara after a Thursday visit. Edgar Kimball and Georgana Probert visit Anna Gibson and Chas Kimball. Carl Halversons visit Clermont. Olaf Berg telegram reports a new son for Venard Sinclair and wife born Sept 30 named William Olaf.
Gunder News records numerous visits and social events in Oelwein and surrounding towns. Families including Loftsgard, Lantz, and Amundson gather for meals, church activities, and a Decorah Circuit meeting in Waukon. Outing parties travel to Minnesota for a picnic and sightseeing.
Brainard residents hosted visitors from Minot and Stanley including Mr and Mrs Will Bakeman and Roger Mr and Mrs George Boyle and family Mr and Mrs Wm Nutling and sons. Guests at Glen Boyer home included Sterling Brooks and Kenneth Appelman. Relatives from New Rockford visited for a week. WCTU members attended a meeting in Clee ment last Friday. Dr Ward preached at Brainard and later at West Union where six were baptized and joined the church. B Y O U met at Don Cummings home with Sunday school at 9 a.m. Next Sunday services and a joint with West Union church for a Commit ter serve.
A new invention proposes a corded ironing system with a vertical supine frame ringed to allow ironing at the beard front. The concept emphasizes safe handling when using an electric iron on facial hair.
Dr. M. J. Heyrman of Chicago dodges a spill when a ten ton cheese pile pours around his car as a wheel tree k overturns. Mrs. Howard Deiley of Chicago cites only one fault in her divorce filing, that her husband “sleeps all the time.”
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