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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
5
The Honest Chuck and Ducky Chris performance visits Elgin Tuesday August 20 to benefit the Red Cross. The act features Clermont youths and trained animals with a street parade and a school yard exhibition. Half of proceeds go to Elgin Red Cross and half to Clermont.
The notice requests subscribers verify the Echo mailing date and report any address mistakes for correction. It also records that Mrs. Garber was taken ill Monday evening.
The Elgin Rco price will rise to 52 in the near future due to higher material costs and living expenses. The publication urges overdue subscribers to pay and notes a new rate will take effect, with the exact date to be announced in a future issue.
An ad touts Chamberlain's Liniment wrapped in a flannel pad as a cheap effective remedy for a lame back, sold at Stoehr's Drug Store. A wartime slogan claims daily production of 27 million cartridges with a hopeful note that one tenth hitting the mark could end the war.
Read letters from Glen Johnson in France describing night drives in a Pierce-Arrow truck under enemy bombs and saved villagers, and John Cowger at Camp Shelby Miss reporting July 1918 service, drills, shots, and mail joy. They share keen wartime observations and family news.
For the first time in eight years railroads reduced passenger rates to the Iowa State Fair. The rate will be one and one half fare for the round trip. The concession follows a Chicago meeting where state fair officials and railway heads held talks. Fair officials welcome the savings and visitors plan to attend the exposition.
Miss Georgia Stoehr, a longtime Elgin resident, married Lieut Bill Elkema of Tripoli in a private ceremony at her parents home. The couple will live near his training camp in the east before heading to France. Elkema, in the air service, is learning Browning machine gun tactics for aircraft use. The article also notes arrivals of Prof. McCoy and wife to Monticello and a threshing outfit delivery by H T Kaudtson, with local social remarks and upcoming events in Strawberry Point News.
The letter from Alex Baumgartner and his mother Mrs A J Falb requests support beyond cash donations such as cream and eggs. They note a son in military service and mention a Fort Leavenworth visit to see Private Philo Falb. The piece describes soldiers awaiting orders, strict movements, and the heat in Leavenworth, Kansas, with broader notes on local military institutions and weather.
At the Soldiers Reunion in West Union this week Elgin attendees listed J H Carmichael 78 C 12 Town Int A B Chapman 73 C 9 Ind Int G A Baldwin 14 H 38 Town Int Q Bnos H 2 Mags ctiv L Chapman 80 J N Robbins 73 D 40 Town. The gathering marked the thirty eighth annual Fayette County Veterans Association reunion with renewed fellowship among old soldiers and friends.
General advance freight rates raised worries that agricultural fairs and stock shows would suffer, especially the Iowa State Fair where stock is shipped nationwide. Secretary Corey confirms livestock exhibits will be handled like prior years, with exhibits returned and shipped free. Horses remain on a separate schedule.
Mrs. Ernest Frieden traveled to Missouri for the funeral of her brother Sam Bracker Jr. who died after a tank wagon accident. Prof Swartz plans a return to public school this year. Rev Orth conducts another speaking tour in Kosauth county. Storm Lake may host a National Guard unit. The University of Iowa service flag shows 961 blue stars.
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