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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1965
Page
3
Numerous residents and families from Oscoas to West Union welcomed guests and hosted gatherings. Notable events included birthday visits, hospital releases, weddings, and a fall clothing sale at Klingman’s. Families travel for family milestones, with extended kin and friends attending across Postville, Gunder, Elgin, and nearby towns.
Fragmented notice describes a supper event on Monday September 13 with references to local names and unclear items. The readable fragments mention a community gathering and associated actions but lack coherent details or full dates and places. The text references debtors and tithes in a disjointed way.
Readers share visits and travels including Leder Ver Gain returning to West Liberty after a week with Mrs. Mo Matin. May Wittley vacationing with the Shea children. Mrs. Hetty Williams and son visiting from Saraway Lake. Louise Christelei’s Wednesday visit. ET & O Construction Co. remodeling a porch at Mrs. Glen Little’s residence. Elgin’s Eugene Medberry children staying with grandparents while parents vacation. Rev. William Travis of Knoxville visiting town. Cedar Falls’s Glen Heckroth visiting and Mrs. Heckroth discharged from hospital. merchants’ Friday drawings winners listed. cards of thanks note added funds to next week’s amount. visits from Roy Candee and company to Vesta NC after staying with parental Roy Candee. Crore Schaefer returns from hospital after cow injury. Sunday guests at City Brooks include Capt. Benjamin Brooks and others. WWI Veterans event attended by Mr. and Mrs. Clark Hummet. local dinners with Bud Upton and Shark Bammel. visits to West Union homes and neighbors.
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