Elgin Local News: Friends and Neighbors Gather
A long list of Elgin area visits and family events fills the week. Susie Rush visits the Richard Brackin home while Mary Hanson spends the weekend with her parents in Oelwein. Numerous relatives travel between West Union Decorah Oelwein and nearby towns for dinners, birthdays and family reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Rush
West Union
Richard Brackin
Mary Hanson of
Oelwein
Mrs
Ed Hanson
Ed Bauder
N. H. Bakeman
Near West Union
Mary Benson
Edward Olson
Geo. N. Schori
Mr. Olson
Baptist Church Notes Sunday Schedule and Revival Closure
Baptist notes list Sunday activities for November 8 with German service and communion at 9 30 a.m. Sunday school at 11 a.m. dinner at 12 16 p.m. junior meeting 12 45 p.m. committee meeting 1 p.m. English service at 2 p.m. Thursday prayer meeting 8 p.m. choir rehearsal at 9 p.m. Revival meetings closed last Friday. Rev H C Baim left for Chicago with Rev Laner and son Freddie to Postville to board the train. You are welcome at all meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Baim
Chicago
Laner
Freddie
Postville
M. E. Church Notes and Upcoming Events
M. E. Church notes from Oelwein list a Woman's Foreign Missionary Society unit meeting on October 80 attended by Elgin ladies. An October 81 event has Mrs Ray DeSart and Mrs H D Yack hosting the Ladies Aid in the church parlors. A Ladies' Sunday school class meets November 1 at Mrs J D Shaffer's home. Regular services are November 3 at 10 am with Sunday school at 11 am. A chicken dinner and bazaar is planned for November 9, hosted by Pastor J Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Oelwein
Elgin
Ray DeSart
H. D. Yack
Ladies’ Aid Society
J. D. Shaffer
Snyder
Illyria Church Notes and Upcoming Services
Illyria church notes report Epworth League met at Wallace Peters home on Wednesday. Regular services set for Sunday November 8 with Sunday school at 10 15 a m and preaching at 11 15 a m led by Pastor J J Snyder. John Grover, recently homebound since fall, remains ill and bedridden. he is cared for at his nephew Lew Graver's house, with Graver described as persistent and instrumental to his comfort despite Grover nearing seventy five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illyria
Epworth League
Wallace Peters
J. J. Snyder
John. Grover
Lew Graver
Mr. Graver
Yegze
Auto Horn Saves Two Lives Two Die In Weekend Iowa List
A Telegraph Herald feature catalogs a string of Iowa auto incidents with grim headlines and flashpoints. Notable entries include two killed near Lynxville and Cresco, a child struck, and a woman injured while a husband’s car is involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
The
Telegraph-Herald
Lynxville
Julien
Marquette
Cresco
Atte
Dairy cows and ads drive rural hiring in 1928 Iowa
An Echo want ad will sell it. Mrs. R W Muehlenthaler drove to Cedar Falls Friday morning and that evening brought home Josephine De Sart and Ruth Mosby who are attending Iowa State Teachers' College. The girls visited at their homes until Sunday when they returned to Cedar Falls. Beat the bushes for new customers advertise. The Iowa State Health Department reports a total of 10 deaths from tuberculosis in Fayette county during the year 1928. State Treasurer Johnson announces that the state gasoline tax collected for August amounted to 1 161 734 07 the largest monthly gasoline tax yet collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Cedar Falls
Josephine de Sart
Ruth Mosby
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Iowa State Health Department
Fayette County
Johnson
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G. Ketcherh
Canton
Frank Mack and Sons
McGregor
Ed Hangon
Mary
Charles Greenley
Robert
Decorah
Frank Greenley
Oscar . Frieden
Anna Schupbach
West Bend
John Falb
Alfred Jenson
Pontville
Baby of Waterloo
Fred Schultz
Steele
Hang Winkler
Clarence
Elmer. Schori
Carl
Jesse Calahan
Philman Embertaon
St.Olaf
Elton Saunders
Charles City
Edith Frieden
New Hampton
Henry Frieden
Vehs
Ruth Skarshaug
Sumner
H. O. Skarshaug
H. T. Loftagard
Tolles Larson
Elizabeth Stafford
A M. Stafford
Mee
Stafford
Union
Chas, Holzer
Kennedy
Road-Gang
Thos. Knudison
Selma Habeger
Rudy Johnson
Ida Lehman
la Porte City
Albert Schori
Calamus
Hazel van Horn
Hans Winkler
Loraine Carpenter
Carl” Schori
J. Nessham
Tofield Heck and Family
Paul Kocher
Oolwein
Peter Luchsinger
Ray Shaffer
L.e.cowles
West Uion
Ee Ieee
Habeah
Rete Dlinier
Puesta
Bufsday
Arnold Bauman
Ifrom
Wilmot
Kansas
Thie
Lew Frieden
Nowata
Okla
Ben
Albert Frieden
Echo
Goodrich
Archies
M. E. Church Notes
Oraf Manship
United States
Abe Habeger
Muehlethaler
Clem Schmid
Wm. Lantz
Iowa City
University Hospital
Clarence Muehlethaler
Lantzy
Thia Feaue
Athena
Athena Sunbeam
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