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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1936
Page
8
Elmer Baumgartner family and Hartmans stay with Oscar Baumgartner relatives near Elkader and West Bend visitors, plus gatherings at the Dennlers, Bossards, Christen, Garber, and Metzger households. Numerous dinners, picnics, and pinocle parties mark a weekend of extended family visits across Maynard Garnaville Elgin West Bend and surrounding towns.
A dense list of guests and visits across Fayette Cedar Rapids Cheery Valley and surrounding towns includes Illyria residents hosting and traveling to events. Notable names include Guernsey Smith Fox family Rothlisberger Medberry Klingman Frieden and Lehman with connections to Waterloo Mason City Elgin West Union and Encounters of Dairy Cattle Congress attendance in Waterloo and a highway accident near New Albin.
Local notices list visits and gatherings across Oak Grove and nearby towns. Numerous households hosted dinners and guests including Dennler, Howard, Green, Thoman, Beacker, and Wilson families. The item notes travel to Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress, Niagara Cave trip, and ill health of Louis Dennler with assistance from others. The closing line states a general peace sentiment without further action.
In the afternoon residents called at Ira Olson’s home and visited John Friederich and his family. Saturday and Sunday gatherings included Frank Harry and Lillie Thoman and the Jake Christen households. John and Freddie Friederich joined Dan and Will Sutter for the Cattle Congress in Waterloo. The Will Nydegger family and several Hanson siblings visited Jake Christen’s home Sunday evening. Ida Meyer visited Rosa Schlupp last Wednesday.
Will Jones and family of Lima ate dinner with Mr and Mrs Harold Ashby Sunday while Mr and Mrs Leo Rothlisberger dined with the John Pulfer family in Cheery Valley. A farm bureau meeting is set for Thursday evening October 8 at the Tiyria church with a program and eats. Ladies are asked to bring sandwiches and either cake or fruit salad.
A Press estimate notes Warm Springs Georgia runs 88 degrees while England spas run 82 degrees at normal. It cites Peak Canner beer, launched July 1935, selling 60 million cans per month according to American Can Co. data.
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