Local social notes across Elgin and nearby towns
Guests and visits fill Sundays and weekends across Elgin Volga City West Union Elkader Randalia Oelwein and surrounding areas. Family gatherings include Yearous Chapman Frieden Berger Wenger and Rothlisberger while many attend Dairy Cattle Congress at Waterloo and Dairy Day at Elkader. Several residents are listed as sick or visiting relatives and friends in nearby towns such as Cedar Rapids Randalia Littleport and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Yearous
Martha Chapman
Roy
Edgar Kimball
Elgin
Will Berger
J. Hum Tell
Volga City
Will Frey
Chris Wenger
Walter Rothlisberger
Norma Robbins
Harold Conner
D. V
Butler
Geneseo
Andrew Yearous
Delbert
Mabel Reitz
Cheery Valley
Lucille Hanson
Marie Frieden
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Ja; Wenger
Cedar Rapids
C. Wenger
Will Frieden
Ardis
Will Sutter
West Union
C. W. Johnson
Oelwein
Chas. Doty
Nettie Fischer
Schwarzenbach
John Rothlisbere
Leo
Will Lehman
Alfred
Rock Valley
Fred Burrow
Rex Medberry
Katie Richards
Amy
I. F. Shaffer
Frank Boleyn
Albany
Sarah Benny
S. J. Hummell
F. C. Mueh.lethaler
la Fonda Shaffer
Randalia
Nettie
Marie
Bertha Fischer
Oakville
State Park
Lamont
Walter Humphry
S. H. Foxwell
C. L. Klingman
Carroll Klingman
Peter Larson
Fayette and area residents host Sunday gatherings
Fayette residents and relatives gathered Sunday for family visits and meals. Numerous names appear, including Foxwell Rothlisberger Year ons Me dberry Frieden and Yearous families from Fayette near Arlington Cresco Giard and West Union, sharing hospitality across a day of calls and dinners.
Funeral services held for Emil C. Gregerson
Emil C. Gregerson died September 28 and funeral services were held Monday afternoon with a home service at 1 and a Nannestad church service at 2 30. Rev M N Peterson led a comforting sermon as a large gathering of neighbors and friends attended. A Badger area choir sang two anthems. Gregerson led community ventures and church affairs, leaving a large gap in the town of Barnett Roseau county where he lived after moving from Blooming Prairie Minnesota with his wife Inga Johnson in 1900. He is survived by his widow eight sons one daughter and one grandchild plus two brothers Christ of Elgin Iowa and Henry of Drayton North Dakota. Relatives from distant towns attended including Mr and Mrs Henry Gregerson of Drayton Mrs Axel Nelson Fosston Ed M Johnson Austin Mr and Mrs Sam Johnson Eagle Bend and Mr and Mrs Olavus Johnson Brandon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil C. Gregerson
Nannestad
M. N. Peterson
Gregerson
Emil
Clayton County
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Inga Johnson
Roseau County
Barnett
Local Social Roundup Features Travel and Farewell
Mr and Mrs John Falk Mrs Allen Habeger and Mrs C W Nicklaus visited Garnaville and Elkader On Tuesday a farewell party for Mr and Mrs Rudy Tschantz and two Lamont daughters was held at the Chris Gregerson home Neighbors attended Also Vera Nyborg and daughter Doris returned from summer with relatives and joined farm niece Dorothy Carwick for winter stay Sunday brought ideal motoring weather with a desolate town and turkey river anglers Mrs F W Hughes hosted the Kensington club with a light dinner seven Indian pottery bowls as favors Bridge games and prizes went to Mrs Erin Holzer and Mrs Frank Greenley Helpers Margaret and Kathryn Strauch aided with decorations and service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Gregerson
Rudy Tschantz
Lamont
Vera Nyborg
Doris
Waukon
Ludlow
Dorothy Carwick
F. W. Hughes
Kensington Club
Arizona
Bridge
Erin Holzer
Frank Greenley
Reed backs heavy inheritance tax as fair revenue source
Senator David A Reed champions a heavy inheritance tax as the fairest and most painless form of government revenue. Proponents argue it collects after the owner’s use, but opponents say it punishes families whose breadwinners worked hard to support their widows and children after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Reed
Echo Report Notes Sightings From Readers
A brief Echo note invites readers to share sightings and tips, promising follow up in future editions. It cites community interest and local engagement as the story's backbone, urging timely submissions to aid verification.
Cattle Congress drew attendees from across dairying
The Ada Echo notes many visitors at the Cattle Congress in Witloo claiming the dairy show is the greatest in the world and worth a day or two of any dairying enthusiast. Also mentioned are Chas Whitney and others traveling to Iowa City for a football game and Miss Anna Faith sharing a car with companions to Dunham Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witloo
Chas, Whitney
Rudolf Jorgenson
Forest Shaffer
Paul Zarbriggen
Robert Steele
Iowa City
Iowa- Pittasburgh
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Donna Lou
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Lizzie Lyons
Dunham Grove
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Weibel Mill Company
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