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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1923
Page
4
Illyria residents list illness absences and social calls as neighbors visit and host gatherings. Names include Mrs. Sarah Ogle L. W. Mackellar Fritz and Eirza Pulfer and many others visiting West Union Egin Cheery Valley and local homes. Activities include showers dinner suppers and birthday parties with frequent mentions of Rothlisberger Chapman and Meyer households.
The note invites residents to join worship and Sunday school at Illyria Church. It emphasizes the Sunday school as a source of Christian character and encourages bringing children. Services are listed as 11:20 AM and Sunday school at 1:14 PM.
The Welbul Mill Company promotes two flours, Whole Wheat and Graham, claiming they are the same product and inviting inquiries for a full explanation with samples. They advertise Wei bel's Whole Wheat flour or Graham Flour as the best from select wheat grades.
Mr and Mrs Bev Dennler welcomed daughter Elizabeth Christen. Theodorr Hanson and Mrs George Christen visited relatives near Elkader. Mollie Schneider spent time with sister Mrs Jake Predurick. Scholen of Chicago visited his uncle Thos Hanson. Thos Hanson and daughter Ellen visited Ern Meyer near West Union. About sixty attended a sumptuous supper at the L Christen home. The Dennlers hosted a community gathering.
Community chatter from Brainard and nearby towns with visits by Holm Craft and Boyer families, illness in the neighborhood, a death from diphtheria, and skating news. A straw vote in Waverly favors Coolidge over Ford, Hughes, La Follette, and McAdoo. Weather talk, worm signs, and Christmas shopping urgency weave through local life. A duck hunter found an aluminum ring band linked to a 1923 Des Moines finding.
Fayette County Health association and Red Cross report 1923 outcomes including two tuberculosis clinics five maternity and infant hygiene clinics one child welfare clinic and extensive school and home health efforts funded by Christmas seal sales. For 1924 a plan features county tuberculosiss tied clinics school health crusade farm bureau clinics and a 20000 seal goal to fund these initiatives. The Elgin public schools will oversee Blein sale operations and the Corn Show in West Bend enjoys strong support.
George Downham seeks dissolution of marriage from Katie Downham citing desertion for over two years in Fayette County Iowa The court calendar lists the January 7 1924 term with A C Peterson attorney for the plaintiff The notice dated December 6 1923 warns of default if not answered. The report also notes a 1923 delinquent tax sale the largest in county history and a Farm Bureau edition published in Clayton county with local officials and residents mentioned
A Tuesday closing saw Chris Holm trade a North Dakota farm for land near Elgin and then swap that for the Israel half place southwest of town. Klingman took the Dakota farm, Shaffer the Thos Richards Place in Yiyria, and Holm the Nicklaus ranch in a deal totaling about $68,000. Mrs Rudy Lehman was rushed to a physician after a Tuesday incident. Friday evening the Cleve Erhant family and Miss Ade Miller narrowly avoided a serious auto accident near Waterloo when another driver failed to dim headlights. No one was seriously hurt, though several needed rest after the shock. M C Scholten of Chicago arrived for his mother Mrs Ola Scholen’s illness, with other children visiting. Autos killed 166 Towans in 1923 is noted. Wesley Miller and family move to West Union as he begins work with the N B Iowa Power Co.
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