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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1923
Page
4
A crowd from the vicinity attended the Hikader fair last week. Visitors include Leonard Loftstuen at West Union, Mrs. J. Anderson’s grandchildren from Elgin, and many others visiting family and friends across Decorah, Elgin, and Clermont.
The community records visits and gatherings across Cheery Valley with numerous names. Neighbors share holidays, callers stop by homes, and a fall term begins for Trene Corkery in District No. 9. A death notice for Mrs. Thos Hanson expresses sorrow and sympathy.
Mr and Mrs Martin Hovey and son Beverly drove to Waterloo Sunday. Henry Craft visits son Arthur in Oelwein this week. Mrs Dave Rowlant of West Union in the region Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Sidney Patterson called at Clarence Tripp home. School starts Monday with Miss Vera Willis of Wancoma as no teacher. Mr and Mrs Fred Carmichael of near Fayette visited D H Craft home Sunday. Sarah Helms and Charles Craft visited John Graft Sr home in West Union Sunday. Jessie Beyers from near West Union called at Charley Wheeler Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Palmer Bartholomew and family of West Union visited Mervin Brown Sunday. Mrs Mary Grover and son Reuben of Clermont in the vicinity Wednesday afternoon. Mrs D H Craft, Mrs Clara Barth ett and Mrs George Tripp called Wednesday afternoon at the Frank
Illyria residents share visits and news across towns. Many social calls involve the Rothlisberger, Wenger, Gehring, Foxwell, and Burrow families with school and church events noted. A box social at Illyria church and the Flannagan school restart mark community activity amid frost.
The text discusses labor wages, editor livelihoods, and a regional view of Alaska. It notes Seward’s northern misconception, Alaska’s summer vegetation, and its status as a rich land due to gold and forests. It mentions Waukon and Osage shipments, and German capitalists seeking stable markets amid Germany’s looming financial shifts.
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