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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
4
A lengthy local item lists numerous residents and guests visiting Cedar Falls Elkader Crookston and West Union. It mentions Illyria and Tigria area families enrolling in Bigin High School, social visits at homes and churches, fairs and picnics at Elkader and Highland, livestock losses and wolf predators, and a plane ride at Highland with several passengers.
A business meeting of the directors and school board of Marion Township was held to discuss district matters. Proceedings covered governance topics and planned actions for the upcoming term.
Theodore Hanson assists Martin Minihan with farm work as Mr and Mrs Bren Lereh move to West Union and back Tuesday. Mike and Patay Minihan visit Thos Hanson. Lou Martle and wife call on Rudolph Pulfer. Celia Christen returns from four weeks with relatives at West Bend. Ern Meyer and family dine with Thos Hanson. Farmers haul sweet corn to Higgins Canning factory. Mrs Bam Lehman of Bigin visits sister Mrs Jake Butikofer. Albert Muth and family of Rock Valley visit Adolph Baumgartner household.
The Greater Waterloo Association outlines a housing drive with ready plans for several model homes. On September 7, contractors submitted estimates for constructing many houses. Vacant lot owners volunteered to build under submitted plans if estimates are satisfactory, with some offering to build multiple homes and one man proposing five lots.
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