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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1944
Page
2
Rebecca Olson reports on a busy Clermont social weekend with numerous visitors and family gatherings. The collage of names includes Olson, Larson, and other local residents visiting relatives, attending dinners, and hosting friends across Cedar Rapids and La Crosse areas.
A fragmented wartime item mentions overseas addresses and letters from Myron B and others, with references to Belgium France and Holland. It notes awards for two flight instructors and cadet-related actions, while preserving limited personal names and local place hints amid a blurred narrative.
Mr and Mrs Hans J Lamson accompanied friends in La Crosse visiting several local spots and spending time with family. The brief notes capture a casual social outing with mentions of locations and kin networks.
Yack, son of Mr and Mrs HD Yack, moved from Fort Lewis to O'Reilly General Hospital Springfield MA after boot. Reuben Lehman, stationed in Hawaii, sent home news of recovery and shelter returns for his parents amid ongoing medical care.
Mrs Alfred Boreas and Mrs Ed Jonmson spend Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Arthur Oban. Geraltine Olson and Mrs Millard Birden Ware delegate to a Federation meeting in New Hamp. Mrs Vernon Anderson and Bar dere and Mrs Jub Landseard were Vishars in Bert Lyngass home Thursday. Dora Masby spent Friday and Sunday at Alrmn Halverson home. Mr and Mrs Leo Larson and Adnan spent Friday evening at One Larson home. Mrs Bert Lyngass and Mr Dora Masby were guests at J Balversor home Monday afternoon. Gerhard Halverson returned from A Crosse hospital and is progressing. Mr and Mrs Ewald Lyngans, Janet and Ronald, Mr and Mrs Robert Wharram, Garle and Joan were guests Sunday at Arthur Olson home. Mr and Mrs Alvin Halverson and Ronald, Mrs Dora Mosby and Mr Jonz Lendsgerd were dinner guests Sunday at Ben Fuelling home nest Farmersburg. Ber Lyngaas family spent Sunday at Glen Nevenard home. Mrs Akin Halverson and Ronald, Mrs Dora Mosby were guests at Ole Peterson home Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Clarence Olson and Quino, Mrs Mina Olson, Mr and Mrs Elmer Larson and family, Mr and Mrs Ole Biockhus and Mr
Carrie Thorson enjoyed two picnics at the Decorah park Sunder. Mr and Mrs Theodore Sampson and family were dinner guests Sun Gay at the Willard Marin home. Alvix Halverson and Ronald and Dora Mosby spent Saturday evening at Alfred Bureas home. Leo Larson and Adrian visited the Spencer Nesvick home near Ossian on Sunday. Several residents were callers at Gerhard Hal and Mrs Ed Johnson hosted over the weekend.
This piece warns thrifty readers that without a checking account they may lose money in four ways: carrying cash, theft at home or in stores, fire risks, and inadequate insurance. It stresses obtaining and keeping receipts, and notes that cancelled checks serve as legal receipts and protect against risks.
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