West Union trip and local notices from Elgin era
Chris Holm made a business trip to West Union Monday. Clara and Tena Nelson spent Sun ny with the home people near antler. Mrs. Ida Webster of Fayette is visiting her brother Frank Kimball and family. Thos and H. T. Koudtson attended the Peter Larson funeral. The oil on the streets gets the flies. They do not fancy the new dope and are few in the vicinity. Eden Hanson Albert Gunderson Lewie Bulgereon and Dorf Halver son left for South Dakota to join a threshing crew. Rachel Zimmerman and sister Eunice left for New Boston Illinois. July has been unusually hot with 105 degrees max. only four days below 90. Mrs. Rudy Lehman is reported sick. Elgin Concert Band bids for a Fairbank job on the 15th. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bucher of Carthage Missouri are parents of a girl born last week. Mrs. Albert Halverson of Cut Bank Montana is visiting. Ira Morton wife and daughter from New Hampton were guests of Mrs. Mary Monnahan with S S Hitch. Alfred Schneider recovering after hand injury at a relative’s Elkader. The cigarette fiend is being hit hard as the Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad will not employ any smoker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos
H. T. Koudtson
Our City
Peter Larson
Eden Hanson
Albert Gunderson
Lewie Bulgereon
Dorf Halverson
South Dakota
Rachel Zimmerman
Eunice
New Boston
John Falb
West Union
F. H. Baker
Decorah
Albert Halverson
Cut Bank
Mont
John Christ
Ira Morton
New Hampton
Mary Monnahan
S&s
Elkader
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
A. B. Bauder
Ben I. Tanner Land Co
Lafayette
Ind
Cedar Rapids
Ina Kohler
West Bend
Mason City
Lew Kohler
Ralph DeSart
W. L. Duffin
Guttenberg
Duffin
State Bank of Guttenberg
Illinois
John D.” Rockfeller
Whiting
B. A. Strauch
F. W. Hughes
Canada
Champaign
Farmersburg
Jeffries
Charles City Intelligencer
Elgin Echo Advertisements and Local News Variety
The Elgin Echo lists ads and local notices with a wide mix of items. It reports social tidbits about residents from Volga City and Grinnell, weather notes, a shooting death, railroad work, business openings, and regional humor. A casual column sketches community life and commerce with names like Capper and J. H. Bower, plus broader notes on railways, banking, and a Chautauqua event.
Local Family News District Update
Mrs Peter Nicklaus has been quite sick the past week but is now some better Dan Goetz is having his building on Center street nicely painted John Christ is doing the work Gottlieb Bigler went to see his son Henry near Postville the flat of the week Henry's wife has been sick and Mr Bigler went for a visit at the home of his son taking with him his daughter Mrs Miller
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Nicklaus
Dan Goetz
Center Street
John Christ
Gottlieb Bigler
Henry
Postville
Mr. Bigler
Mrs. Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Steel & Wire Co
Elgin
Iowa
Fred Gehring
Chris Holm
Clara
Tena Nelson
Antler
Ida Webster
Fayette
Frank Kimball
Rudy Lehman
Fairbank
Ed Bucher
Carthage
Missouri
THE
Elgin Echo
North Eastern
W. Hughes
Advancs
Deepeeyetees
Finke
Roosevelt
Clarence Cunningham
Volga City
Sanz
Wheibel Bros
Fleet Stanton
Paul Dean
Rock Island
T. J. Capper
Oelwevnis'Business University
Rudy Moser
Nunda
Pierce
Rudy
Hamor Schockey
Grinnell
Geo Morris
Morris
Switzerland
Fulton Journal
Chicago
Turkey
Arlington
Atty. BH
J. O'Connor
Oelwein Superior Court
Burlington
Mississippi
Nadia Card
Consummion
Consumptio
Scott
Seal of Minnesota
Lily White
Harvest Queen
Weibel Bros
Elgin, Iowa
Fayette County
P.m
F. M. Dowlin
Royal Hungarian Orchestra
Reno B. Welbourn
Joseffy
C. Helene Burgess
Fred High
Hungarian Orchestra
Jas. E. Watson
Indiana
Miss Burgess
Frank M. Bristol
Brains
Young An
Ciricillo
Trier Sisters Concert Company
William Jennings Bryan
Seacon
Bryan
Watson
Bristol
Civicillo
W. J. Atkinson
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