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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1924
Page
4
Numerous local residents visited relatives and attended Easter events across Oak Hill and surrounding towns. Guests included Edwin Hanson, Louise Dennler, Jake Dennler, Elia Sutter, Will Meyer, and many others. Mrs Sutter remained bedridden. Acklimer and others hosted Easter gatherings and dinners.
A quirky collection of household tips covers broom care, stain removal, and hanging pictures with borrowed ladders. A traveling man in a cheap hotel endures thin walls and wild snoring, then a stallmate bluntly exclaims the man is dead as a dramatic night ends in silence.
Social notes from Telyria Tema list visitors and callers at several local homes. Names include Mrs C Wenger and family, La Fonda Shaffer, Fred Rothlisberger, Leona Kerr, June Kerr, C L Klingman, Mr and Mrs Albert Dennier with a newborn girl, Chris Wenger, Atilda Herwig, Harry Wenger, Stephen Roethlisberger, Walter Royce, Doris Probert, Will Yearous, Martin Hangon family, Thos Hanson family, Christen Bros of Cheery Valley, Ernest Meyer family, Harry Reichert and Lyle Reichert, Mrs Martha Chapman, and others. Cemetery Association and Ladies Aid met with Mrs Will Yearous. next month at the church. Epworth League notes and upcoming Lord's Supper services at Elmira Church.
A speaker criticizes a farmer holding sleek purebred pigs and small runts, urging restraint. The family warns they may go broke but will not starve, stating they will tend their garden and endure.
The article discusses replacing weathered wood signposts with permanent, plain yet handsome markers along national and local roads. It highlights the Old Oregon Trail marker designed by Professor Fairbanks, featuring a covered wagon motif. It urges towns to install distinctive markers to welcome tourists and boost local civic engagement, noting several community notices at West Union.
A Newhall News item mocks a local editor over attire and newspaper quality, noting the editor can dress properly though the paper is criticized as no good. The brief satire underscores community taste and media pride.
A Sunday night sermon by a Nebraska preacher drew smiles as he implored young men to stop flirting and give him a chance. Nearby in Cedar Rapids a window ad boasted 25 cent stockings and a warning they won’t last long at this price.
Weather proverbs mix poems and rumor forecasting rain. Morning fog, evening gray, red skies at night, and sunlit showers hint at rain tomorrow. Signs include white yellow skies after sunset, sun drawing water, and southwest clouds gathering.
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