This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1935
Page
8
A long list of Sunday and weekend visits in Cheery Valley area households including Friederichs, Christen, Butikofer, Dennler, Meyer, Lehman, and Schneider families. Residents share hospitality at numerous homes, with relatives visiting Quincy and other nearby towns. A joking final line mentions a disease thickening the skull as nature’s bid for tougher taxpayers, ending with a brief want ad note.
Oak Grove News lists a flurry of social visits and dinners across families in West Union and nearby towns. Mrs Henry Holzer hosts the Social Hour Club last Wednesday as many neighbors share time at Gilson, Holzer, Reed, and Shaffer homes with calls from Baldwin, Muncie, and Howard families. Clara Holzer undergoes hospital removal of a post operative abscess. multiple visits documented in weekly social notes.
Gunder News lists weekend visits with Julia Wettleson at Martin Nelsons in Clermont and dinners in H I Gislesons. Reiersons, Petersons, Hellums, Osmundsons, Nyborgs, Gislesons, and other area families are noted as hosting or visiting in Clermont, Oelwein, West Union, Spillville, and Cedar Rapids with several dinner guests and social calls.
Ilyria items show a well represented reception at the M. E. church in Elgin honoring Rev J. J. Snyder and family. Fairfield and Ilyria townships held a Farm Bureau meeting at Mrs. Walter Rothlisberger’s home. Several residents visited relatives, attended funerals, and hosted guests over the weekend, including Mrs Ah West of Elkader and Rev and Mrs Roy V Porter of Hopkinton.
Abstract office of W J Rogers reports transfers from two weeks ending October 11 1935 Emma Jane Lewis to Tryphena Lewis Knudtson WD $1 Lots 1 2 3 BY 6 Elgin Floyd A Orvis to White Star Oil Co Inc WD $500 Lots 23 24 B 17 Clermont Alexander McKinnon to R F Nadoiney QCD $1 B 103 N of Sy Thompson s 2nd Add Clermont and Lots 4 5 in SW 84 95 7
The weekly list of pay checks for Fayette county merchants for merchandise delivered to the relief of the county came yesterday and amounted to $1,585.89. Oelwein merchants received $1,361.12, West Union merchants $48.93, Arlington $20.78, Clermont $6.56, Coggan $10.00, Fairbank $21.00, Fayette $63.44, Hawkeye $7.00, Hazelton $8.00, Lima $7.00, Maynard $5.96, Waucoma $19.65, Westgate $3.00. Union. We believe it will be a long time before the people of this country will follow the leadership of the theorists and college economists into government ownership for America.
Elgin Iowa town council met at the town hall at 8:80 p m with Mayor H F Becker and councilmen F Muehlethaler M Yenney H W Falk and C Torkelson present Absent Schooi Minutes read and approved Bills audited and allowed unanimously including Elgin Oil Co Central States Power Light Corp Harrington Brackin Bell Telephone Dean Parrott Home Bakery Schori Kuster Holzer Boyer Boyle and others total 97 98 111 77 111 01 3 70 85 for gas oil street lights pumping telephones printing poll books supplies gravel mowing and street work
In Fayette County, 1800 cornhog contracts expire Nov 30 as farmers prepare to vote on the nationwide corn hog referendum scheduled for Oct 26. Community meetings discuss livestock and feed, with production outlooks outlined by corn-hog committeemen. Local election details and town council minutes from Elgin Iowa appear, noting officials, ballot forms, and polling hours.
Oelwein estimates 15 000 pancakes were eaten at pancake day. About 1500 pounds of pancake flour 100 pounds of butter 30 gallons of syrup and 300 gallons of coffee were used. Three of 30 cooks fainted during baking due to heat from the grid dles.
The Fayette county corn husking contest is set for Wednesday, October 80, at 10 30 a m at the J R Wood farm one mile south and one mile west of Fayette Prizes are 8 6 4 and 2 dollars for first through fourth place County residents may enter entries due at the Farm Bureau office by noon Wednesday October 28 The winner advances to the state contest November 1 in Scott county on a Davenport area farm.
Government dairy purchasing for relief clients removed 6,257,659 pounds of butter valued at 16,677,768 dollars in August 1933. Additional buys included 17,970,382 pounds of cheese, 13,488,463 pounds of dry skim milk, and 37,595,984 pounds of evaporated milk.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.