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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1932
Page
2
Wadena residents and visitors are listed with travels and social visits across nearby towns such as Superior, Fayette, West Union, and Cedar Rapids. Many show hospitality at home gatherings, church events, and family reunions. The community news also notes school opening, local fishing closures, and a light joke about a pocket dynamite quip.
Local residents report a busy weekend with numerous visitors to the Will Berger home. Ogle and daughter Plotenge host relatives from Waterloo, Strawberry Point, and nearby towns. other guests include the Howard family from Oak Grove and families from Cheery Valley and Des Moines. Several outings and small gatherings followed, with young people enrolling in the local high school and birthdays celebrated among friends and neighbors.
Citizens in Fayette County bought 8 vehicles in August with 6 Chevrolets and 2 Fords, totaling 968 registrations by September. The September district court docket is the heaviest ever with 164 new cases and 57 foreclosures, surpassing prior terms.
A garbled wartime era clipping mixes agricultural notes on wetting silage and trampling with disjointed courtroom references. Mentions Justice Nicholson and a suspect awaiting plea interweave with faded lines about a man named Sam and odd, unclear dialogue.
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