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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1926
Page
4
Report of the Volga River flooding and heavy rains near Delweit and Jessup. Local visits include A H Mitchell and wife and various residents from Wadena Volga and Highland. Evangelistic services at the Presbyterian church with upcoming sacramental and U B missionary events. Notes on sorghum milling, commerce, and visits, including Mae Bassett and Bertha Bunget.
Willie Lerch returns from Stockton to Cheery Valley town and works at Dan Butter’s home for several months. Alma Hanson visits Mrs Henry Hanson. Elmer Meyer stays a week. Orpha Leman assists with household tasks for Guernsey Smith. Many neighbors attend social calls and short trips to Elkader and McGregor hospitals.
Community notes list visits and social events at Clermont Decorah and surrounding areas. Mentions families including Loftsgard Mork Gunderson and Olson, church Dorcas Society hosting, cattle show attendance, and a reminder about Fire Prevention Week with a call to clean storage and check chimneys and pipes.
Edwin Frieden spent Bundsy with La Vern Schneider. Hien Hanson spent a few days last week at the Chas Chapman home. Lola Hanson and Mrs. Gothfred Frieden and family were callers at the Levi Pulfer home. Mrs. Amelia Strong and sons visited George Davis near Fayette Sunday. C L Klingman visiting her parents in Eigin. A number from here attended the cattle congress at Waterloo last week. Ellen Hanson and Mrs. Harry Reichert and children spent Saturday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Chris Johnson at Wadena. Martha Chapman and son were guests Sunday at Chas Rothlisberger’s. The farm bureau girls glee club met with Anna and Gladys Baldwin. next meeting with Hila Peters. Celia Dennler of Oak Grove helping at Chas. Medberry’s. Bertha Rothlisberger and Norman Bolser and family from LeMars visiting relatives. Mrs. Harry Reichert and Hien Hanson guests at Lena Hunsbergen’s. Arthur Schneider spent Saturday with Lawrence Gehring west of Elgin. Ellen Hanson and Mrs. Harry Reichert callers at Adolph Hanson’s. Celia Lehman of Rock Valley and Mrs. Rex Medberry callers at Fred Burrow’s. Cathryn Ogle visiting Cedar Falls with her parents. Mary Morgean spent Sunday with Henry McMillan and Alf Wenger. John Rothlisbarger, Chas Rothlisberger, Celia Dennler guests at Walter Rothlisberger’s. Illyria church to hold services at county farm next Sunday afternoon October 10. Everybody welcome.
Mrs Lyle Granger returns to Kenosha with her mother Mrs Frank Lyons for a visit. Glen Boyer and John Barnhouse attended the cattle congress at Waterloo. Gene Nutting was in West Union and Azada Nutting visited Arthur Craft’s home. Elmer Boyer and Elizabeth Boyer drove to Hawkeye to place Elizabeth with daughter Mrs Clynte Crandall. Melvin Boyer and two sons visited Wilt Bark r home. Mrs Sarah Helms was sick Monday. Richard Johnston and Agalia Nutting drove to Delve. John Burk stuened from Missouri to visit his brother William. Mrs Paul Patterson spending time at her parents’ home.
The Pleasant Valley farm bureau held a follow up meeting at the MEL church basement on Tuesday afternoon September 28. The second and third lessons covered cereals and milk with fair attendance. A luncheon menu included scalloped cabbage carrot salad whole wheat bread butter oatmeal cookies cocoa cottage cheese and baked custard. John and Mrs Lyle Wilson welcomed a daughter Barbara Ann born September 9.
A public sale guide stresses planning, advertising, and stock readiness for a fall or winter sale. Includes local notices from Bigin Iowa dated October 1 1926, with publication details and signatures, plus a brief society note about Mrs Mary Goetz visiting Mikader and Jake Reinhart and John Mayer homes.
A fragmentary amusement item notes a Valentine themed line from a film or stage publication. It references a character and suggests a trivia or poetic aside about beginnings and ends, with partial phrases about piano and pursuit. The readable bits indicate a pop culture snippet rather than a full story.
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