Elgin Echoes News From Weekend Visitors and Local Happenings
Local notes recount visitors and travels among Elgin residents. Emma Bunting and Lora Bunting visited Elkader and Rochester relatives. Wayne Gilson attended the Elgin Arlington football game with Andy Anderson officiating. Picnics, wheat selling, and church dinners added color as townsfolk moved houses, attended meetings, and supported school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Schori
Orville Bunting
Fayette
Emma Bunting
Wayne Gilson
Andy Anderson
Elgin
Weibel Mills Company
L. J. Cooley
Mae Watson
Dubuque
Mary Ann Bunting
Elkader
Lime Springs
F. W. Hughes
Chicago
Wm. Rudolf
Minneapolis
Hughes Slao
Jeanne Boyd
Anton Olson
Charleston St
Elgin Echo
Clermont Enterprise
Chas
Feller
Leslie J. Cooley
Won. Feller
Wadena
Walmah Bunting
Rochester
Minn
Emma Bvating
R. W. Mueb
Lenthaler
Ray DeSart
Mra
Henry Feller
Chas. Feller
Baptist Church Notes Revival Meetings Announced
Baptist church schedules weekly events with Hugo Hackman leading English services at 8 p m and a revival start on Tue Oct 17 continuing to Oct 29 preacher Rev I C Peterson of Mt Pleasant Town and Gus Scott as singer all are invited to attend and bring friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Hackman
I. C. Peterson
Mt. Pleasant
Gus Scott
Illyria Church Notes Sunday Services and Meetings
Illyria Church notes note Sunday school at 10 15 a m church hour at 11 15 a m. The Ladies Aid Society and Cemetery Association will be entertained on Wednesday afternoon Oct 18 at the home of Mrs Chas Medberry. The official board plans to meet early next week and will divide constituency names to canvass next year's budget. An honest response by all will keep the church alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Snyder
la Fonda Shaffer
Ladies’ Aid Society
Cemetery Association
Chas
Medberry
Lutheran Church Notes for October services
October schedule lists Norway at 11:00 English service and Marion at 7:30 Young Peoples service on October 15. October 22 Marion at 11:00 English service and First Lutheran of McGregor at 2:30 with supper at Norway church. Pastor S. J. Standford invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Marion
McGregor
Norway Church
S. J. Standford
M. E. Church Notes Include Snyder and Klingman
J. J. Snyder serves as minister with Mrs. Louis Klingman on piano. Worship at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11. choir practice Friday evening. Ladies Aid Society plans fruit offering for St Luke's M E hospital Cedar Rapids, needing a few more jars to finish the crate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
Louis Klingman
Liso
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Luke's M. E. Hospital
Cedar Rapids
M E Bible Class Meeting and Iowa events
The M E Bible Class met Sept 6 at Mrs Lew Gruvers home with ten members. A program featured a song devotional scripture reading and conundrums. Separate notes report Iowa’s 1926 prohibition repeal cost 6750 and Tripoli barbecue day serving 4500 people, plus Elkader district druggists convention Oct 20 with golf round tables a 530 dinner and other activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Gruver
Jesus
Gruver
Schmid
Snyder
DeSart
Iowa
C. W. Storms
Tripoli
4Th
Elkader
An Invitation to Delinquent Subscribers Remittance
The publisher appeals for prompt subscription payments from delinquent readers. It notes many owe small amounts individually but collectively they matter, as bills for paper, power, heat, telephone, postage, and other costs remain high. Cooperation now will aid in meeting monthly obligations.
Elgin Echo Ownership Text and Local Notices 1983
Ownership and circulation data for the Elgin Echo of Elgin Iowa dated October 1 1983 include editor and business manager details with owner R P Strauch and bondholder Mrs W Hughes. Local notes report farm bankruptcies low last year and Clayton County tax collection figures, plus a North Town Times item about a honey harvest and a Clermont Eastern Star anniversary visit by Elgin members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Mosby
Clayton County Register
Clayton
D.R. Witter
McGregor
Bob Brooks
North Town Times
Elgin
Clermont
Clermont Lodge
Mesdames Tille Hanson
Fred Kohler
N. W. Evans
P. Strauch
H. H
Amerles Jungle Danger The Wild Country Vision
Oliver Goldsmith described Amerles as a wild country where one might encounter a snake in the jungle or be detained by a tiger. The imagery emphasizes peril and untamed nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Goldsmith
Amerles
Nightly show draws crowds at Ballard Studio West Union
Attendees praised the Photographic Ballard Studio show at the opera house Sunday predicting larger crowds for five weeks of fret return visits. Arthur J Wickler Monona aged 65 died Friday after a fall at his farm. Reuben Wickler visits Elgin often. Elgin’s Little German Band played in Waukon for Corn Day. Clyde Grants orchestra from Dorchester collided with a car on the way home to Oelwein. Hanson and Jensen injured. Giants win world series over Senators in five games with two extras. Distilleries gain seven million gallons output as demand grows from prescription liberalization. Merlin Miller turned six with sixteen friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
West Union
Opera House
Arthur J. Wickler
Monona
Reuben Wickler
Elgin
Waukon
Clyde Grants
Dorchester
Clarence Hanson
Hanson
Mr. Jensen
Grant
Oelwein
New York Giants
Senators
Odd Snippets Text From Odd Exam Notes
A garbled OCR fragment mixes humorous remarks about boners and teacher notes with stray phrases on clouds insects and warfare. It mentions Venice streets canals canoes and a mocked tariff bill name, but contains no coherent event or clear entities.
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Martha Berg
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Louis Erickson
Weibel Mill Company
American Weekly
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Otto Jaeger
Robert Bender
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Henry Frieden
George
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T. W. Bender
Valmah Bunting
Dale DeSart
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A. M. Weibel
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Anna Brabham
Eda Zurbriggen
Ames
William Weibel
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McLaughlin
Rollins
Baptist Church
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Roners
Minngt
Merlin Miller
Alfred Boleyn
Paul Sires
Gordon Schupbach
Roy
Walter Martin
Loraine
Kenneth Larson
Clarence
Shirley Miller
Robert Gruver
Gerald
Junior Boyer
Jimmie Dawson
Raymond Boleyn
Vernon Wede
Lois Miller
Merlin
Gressive Institution
Vail
Elgin State Bank
Ash
Thendiang
Venice
Britain
America
Gyedicata
Wit Bervica
Max Ohoma
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