Community Notices From Elgin Jan. Gatherings
A stream of visitors and travels fills Elgin and nearby towns. Howard Strong visits New Hartford. Mr and Mrs T W Dean travel to Janesville to see daughter Ziba Tripp. Delila Oldag returns to Falk's garage after a Postville vacation. many relatives and friends host dinners and weekend stays across West Union Manchester and beyond. Local nursing student Margaret Williams departs for Iowa City for nurse training. others attend family visits, bus trips, and funerals as residents share news and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Frieden
Henry Frieden
Howard Strong
New Hartford
M. Zurbriggen
Walter Beall
West Union
T. W. Dean
Janesville
Wis
Ziba Tripp
Delila Oldag
Falk
Postville
Wm. Ewing and
O. J. Olson
Robert
Edward Schmid, Jr
Manchester
Lulu Schmid
Louis Light
Selma
Frances Sherren
Lyle, Light
Frank Pinney
Purdy
August Scheel
Lawler
Herman Scheel
Frieda Miller
Parkston
S. C
Ed Medberry
Walter Ash
Grand Rapids
Minnesota
Keith Thoma
Ames
Iowa State College
Robert Schneider
W. A. Robinson
George Zinkler
St. Paul
Minn
Marian Lehman
Max Lehman
Harry Baldwin
Donna Marie
Waterloo
Baldwin
Postville Baking Co
Elgin
George Vaughn
Allen Habeger
Vaughn
Fred Gehring
Kensington Club
Stoehr
Dean
Rob Grimes
Margaret Williams
J. H. Williams
Fairbank
Iowa City
University Hospital
Upper Iowa
Fayette
University of Iowa
Tille Frey
Thos. Mitchell
Robert Cross
F. W. Hughes
Minneapolis
Walter Bovis, Jr
Swea City
Lois Burrow
Davenport
Fred Burrow
Walter Falk
Dick Carlson
Elkader
N. M. Fritz
Eliza Puller
Chicago
Ohio
Irvin Lyons
Great Lakes
Inl
Delbert Lyons
H. W. Fischer
Ronald
Guttenberg
Clarence Fischer
Chris Schweitzer
Don Stringer
Mandalay
Ill
J. F. Lane
Herbert Ash
Norway Services Invite Parishioners to Sunday Gatherings
On September 29 at 9 30 Norway hosts Norse communion and again at 11 English communion. You are welcome at every service. Dr S J Strandjord is the pastor inviting attendees to church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
S. J. Strandjord
Elgin Baptist Church Hosts Revival and Meetings
Elgin Baptist Church lists Pastor Paul F. Zoschke and Organist Chrystal Miller. Tomorrow evening the B Y P U will hold a business meeting and social. Sunday worship at 10, Sunday school at 11, evening service 7 45, B Y P U 8 35. Wednesday Oct 2 Women's Missionary Society meets at 2 pm. Rev Neumann to speak, revival nightly at 8 with Rev Neumann as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
Chrystal Miller
Women’s Missionary Society
Neumann
Rev. Neumann
Tabitha Society Met at Baptist Church with Hosts
The Tabitha Society met September 18 at the Baptist church with Mrs. Richard Miller and others as hostesses. Devotions were led by several members, and a paper titled Christian Writers was presented. Local social notes follow with visits, meals, and travel mentions from Sept. to Oct. highlights. Echo Enterprise offers Chicago Daily Tribune subscriptions at a special rate for new subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabitha Society
the Baptist Church
Richard Miller
Karl Miller
Mya
Clarence Schneider
Alfred Wenger
Abe Habeger
Edwin Krueger
Aulden Oelberg
Delbert Lyons
Irvin
Lavern
Cedar Rapids
Alex Nichols
Paul Liddle
Sonya
van Cleve
K. E. Mark
F. L. Sires
Cedar Falls
Postville
Sires
la Valle
Leo Sehori, Jr
Harry Johnson
Echo Enterprise
Chicago Daily Tribune
Pioneer Lena Benson dies at 86 in Postville
Lena Meyer Benson of Postville born August 3 1854 in Milwaukee Wisconsin died September 17 1940 aged eighty six. She married August Benson in 1876 and moved from McGregor to Elgin in 1882. Survived by three children Jennie Benedict deceased Elizabeth Falk Oscar Benson and Frances Capper two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral held at Benson home with Rev J C Warton. interment in Elgin cemetery. Acknowledgment of sympathy from many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Meyer
Milwaukee
Wis
Postville
Rossville
Iowa
August Benson
McGregor
Elgin
Benson
Elias
Fred Falk
la Crosse
Oscar Benson
la Salle
Boris Capper
Lena Benson
Amiel Retz
Dundee
Lee Bowers
W. C. Harrington
J. O. Koevenig
Anna DeSart
Ed Riser
Elmer Schultz
Elmer Meyer
Harvey Christofferson
Keith Gray
Earl Abernathy
Ray Douglas
Annie Kerr
Carrie Ruff
John Kohrs
John Falb, Jr
John Halverson
Clermont
Adrian Riveland
Luana
Joe Hecker
J. E. Horgan
Postvile
Rome Radiophoto captures Mussolini and allies in conference
A two hour Rome meeting shown in Radiophoto pictures included Count Galeazzo Ciano Joachim von Ribbentrop Dino Alfieri and Benito Mussolini. Observers speculated the talks touched on Spain's future role and Balkan affairs as the image circulated from Rome to Berlin and New York via Radiophoto facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Galeazzo Ciano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Dino Alfieri
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Haly
Spain
Balkans
Berlin
New York
Re-United Humbodlt Iowa Special CFI Photo Echo
Savage Locke, pioneer of Humbodlt Iowa, reunites with his son Henry Locke of New York. This marks the second meeting in sixty years after the son learned of his father’s presence in 1929 and traveled to Humbodlt, with eleven years since their first post reunion visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humbodlt
Iowa
Genevieve
Savage
W. H. Locke
Henry Locke
New York
East
Humboldt
Practical household tips and a diner humor note
Tips cover keeping brown sugar moist with lemon, storing in bread box, tidying a work table, washing egg beaters promptly, reheating leftovers in a bag and pan, and a waffles surprise with lemon. A draft law to conscript newly married men is discussed, and Lindbergh’s media aversion is recalled alongside a motorist exchange remark about children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ore
Lindbergh
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Lorence Muehlethaler
Ledyard
Mrs. J. Sehricker
Ekader
Emma Bishop
Mabel Frieden
Tripoli
Amelia Kuhn
Ella Young
Wadena
Chris Wenger
Louise Hackmann
Colwell
Carl Hackmann
Ben Johnson
Steamboat Rock
A. M Weibel
Frank Greenley
Harold Schneider
Dnd Conner
Creighton Conner
John Fay
John Learn
Leo Overhus
Sharon
Castalia
Mabel Grover
Chas. Whitney
Kanawha
Tille Hanson
J. J. Potter
Omaha
Neb
Chas. Capper
C. L. Young
Richard Krell
Carl Borchardt
Muscatine
Edward Krueger
W. T. Rudolf
Wm. Weibel
Patricia
W. R. Stewart
Daugher
J. R. Stewart
Lloyd Meyer
Maxine Hunsberger
Roy Knight
Elaine Zurbriggen
Wm. Belschner
O. M. Benson
Willard
Robert Burg
Rochester
Leo Boleyn
Margaret
Marty Williams
Alma Braun
Franklin Street
John Lyon
G. J. Mosby
Ida Meyer
Kenneth Mark
Rock Valley
Harry Earl
Fred Falp
Louis Falb
Fred Falb
Lutheran Church
Elgin Baptist Church
Lena Meyer Benson
Echo
Mary Montgomery
Fred Schaer
D Fredericks
Bockenstedt
Fashion Shop
Wm. Frederick
Ribbentrop
Duce
Hart Schaffne
Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Gordon
Elgin Clothes Shop
Mel Kohler
Max Thoma
Elgin, Iowa
Money Savers
Elgin Furniture Store
F. C. Muehlethaler
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