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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
4
A compilation of social visits and livings from Chis Valley. Residents attended home events, funerals, and family gatherings at various houses, with numerous names and places noted. A traveling salesman praises Dr King s New Life Pills as an effective remedy for stomach and liver issues.
C Miller visited Elgin on Saturday. Miss Winifred and Geneva Wicham were in Elgin Monday. Senator Fred Larrabee arrived from Ft Dodge the first of the week. Mrs Gilson and her children visited relatives in Elgin last week. John Grover of West Union spent the start of the week at the Sig brother B.C.
Local notes list visitors from Elgin including Harry Nicklaus and Mr. and Mrs. J B Boyle. Susie and Flossie Capper visited John Callender and Marian George. Mary Hughes returned from Strawberry Point. B R Thompson came from Chicago. Mrs B A Mellree from Keokuk county. Frank Miller visited with Elgin parents. Fred Lehman of La Porte City called by a death. the Helmer sisters returned from Cedar Rapids. Mrs F Whitmore planned a relatives visit. Ann Cobb, formerly of the city, died in Akron and burial to be held here. An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a cure for digestive and systemic ills with a testimonial from T D Peebles.
Ruth Bishop visited the Benson family in Highland township from Wednesday to Saturday. Wm Patron and sister with directors John Hagensick returned Saturday from Nunda to visit Mrs. Pierce Moser and William. Robt Riesow, former instructor at the Howard County Normal Institute in Cresco, is now planning Elkader schools for next year. The city council has put the rock crusher to work using a secondhand engine from Stemmer and Dittmer to macadamize the area, which is badly in need.
A long list of local residents and visitors is recorded from Weldon to West Union with parties at the Wenger home. Notes include calls by Mesdames Stobler and Butler, Max Fritz’s return from West Union, Kathryne Yearous visiting, and many Sunday gatherings at local homes. Mentions of illnesses, birthdays, and improvements around town are interwoven with travel, weddings, and community events.
Wadena notes show visits by Louis Klingman of Elgin and Miss Florence, participation in Harvest Home Picnic at Fayette with Baby J. J. Kennedy winning the Baby contest, and gatherings at the Klingman and MecQuilkin homes. An obituary for Warren Herriman details birth on January 27, 1862, death Monday evening, age 50, with sisters listed.
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