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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1924
Page
7
Local notes from Elgin include a weekend in West Union visits, family get-togethers at Snyder and Reichert homes, and neighbors traveling to Nashua Hudson and St Paul for events. Floyd Schram leaves for Moody Bible Institute, and Jacob Schaer plans building work. Community milestones include a 25th wedding anniversary at the Klingman farm and a rainbow moonbow sighting near town.
Mr and Mrs George Vaughn spent last Sunday with relatives at Dundee. Mrs Albert Topp has been sick and under a doctor's care for a few days. Many local youth at U S A spent the weekend with home folks. About 300000 crop reporters are cooperating with the U S Department of Agriculture. The Covered Wagon will be shown at the Elgin Opera House soon. Kitten ball is introduced as a game for older men. Weibel Mill offers Scratch Feed as low as $2.10 per 100 lbs. Theodore Reusser teaches at Cantril public schools and acts as principal this year. A 4 plate social will be held at the Chris Christianean home next Saturday to benefit Highland Lutheran church. A pre-conference supper at M E L church last Friday was well attended. even the cooks had none left at the end. About forty five dollars was added to the church fund. Thos Carothers of West Union visited Tuesday. Miss Olga Benson left for Oelwein to study business at Declwein College. Mrs Martha Chapman, Arthur, Thos Hanson and Ellen visited Decorah Monday. Quaker Flour low-price deal advertised by Weibel Mill. M V Kiple and son La Verne registered at Upper Town University in Fayette. Mrs Martha Engebretson and Hans Engebretson family visited earlier. Henry Topp and family traveled to Independence to see Ernest Topp.
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