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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1940
Page
8
A brief ad notes E R Withell D C chiropractor located in Elcader Iowa featuring X ray and a Neurocalometer as part of services. The message highlights difference in chiropractic practices and mentions Sank Building in Elcader.
A flurry of social calls fill the week with Arthur Yearous family visiting Ed Haverly in Alta Vista and many neighbors from West Union Oelwein and Anamosa hosting guests. Attendees include Guernsey Smith Diana Olesen Harry Olesen Ruth Rothlisberger and numerous Klingmans Medberry and Hunsberger families among others. A Hallowe en party at the church basement drew a large crowd while Henry Holzer remained bedridden with asthma.
Local residents from Oak Grove and nearby areas hosted and visited numerous families. Mrs Niles Hogan and others called at the Herbert Commermuth phone, while Clifton Powell and family dined near Fayette. Several households including the Gilsons, Beckmans, Leuchtenmacher, and Torkelsons hosted guests and saw neighbors during the weekend and Sunday evening.
County Line News notes multiple weekend and Sunday visits in the Decorah region. People named include Mrs Julia Helgerson Wayne and Roger Amundson at Gerhard Halversons, Signy Hanson of Ledyard with George and Mrs Hanson, Henry Kittleson with Clifford Kittleson, Fern Friederich with her sister Mrs Orville Berg, Norman Amundson of Ames with Martin Amundson, Carrie Thorson and the Blockhus family with Ole Blockhus, Helen Groth with Selmer Groth, Arthur Groth and James Halverson, Elmer Larson and Lavern and Oliver visiting Kirkhoven Minnesota, Luella Gilbertson visiting her parents Gus and Mrs Gilbertson, Marian Iverson of Canoe with Nellie Kimball, Carl Halverson and Halvor Halverson with Halvor and Ole Anson in Highland, and Olaf Berg with Mrs.
Orville Berg Fern Friederich enjoyed a Sunday picnic at the Walter Martie home with extended families from Postville. Several local couples hosted meals and guests from West Union Decorah and Clermont attended gatherings, showers, and supper visits. Dick Van Whye of Le Mars reportedly sustained a black eye after his dog flushed a jackrabbit into him, the rabbit knocking him down in the encounter.
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