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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
5
Community notes from Highland Tpems detail visits, family gatherings, and school disruptions due to severe weather. It records neighbors in Elgin and Cedar Falls, travel to Chicago, farm market activity, and a Christmas program at Klingman school District No. 3, with multiple family events and weddings noted.
Saturday and Sunday visits across families in Postville and Gander include Mrs Nass, Leonard Loftstuen, Louis Reierson, and Rev Arveson. District No 2 suspends school until after holidays. District No 1 plans a month long break. Marion church wiring proceeds for Christmas. Harvey Skarshaug returns from Northfield for the holidays.
The ad promotes gift ideas for men and women including wool slippers felt shoes leather purses and house dresses. It highlights bedroom slippers plaid blankets cape gloves wool mittens silk hosiery and neckties with open stock ties priced 60 and 76 cents and shirts at 1.50 in knitted fabric leather and silk. It invites readers to shop now as stock is limited and selections are stylish and practical.
Guy Reed and family spent Friday in West Union. Jack Brackin shipped a car load of sheep last Saturday. Mrs. L. W. Reed is visiting at the Guy Reed home. Baptist church meetings closed Friday. Mrs. Blanche Kohler visiting sister Mrs. Pred Crow this week. Tobe Johnson of Wheat Union visiting his brother Happy. Claude Crain wants to go to Oelwein Monday to work in Great Western shops. Mrs. Boyer of South Dakota visiting son Elmer Boyer this week. Young people of Baptist church to hold a Christmas tree next Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Peters and daughter Pearl spent a few days at John Burk's in West Union. Happy Johnson shipping household goods and stock to Castalia for a rented farm next year. Children Hulda and Reubeh visiting brother Jake Christen. Entered in two of three classes for carload lots. Won first in each class and Grand Champion carload over all breeds. Sold for $20.50 and $19.00 per cwt, above other loads except one Berkshire at $19.00. Hampshire load by Turner Bros. won in class. Breeding stock for sale. registered and cholera immune. Post office Elgin Town, Ray Rowland, 12 miles east of West Union. Who said no more can one buy a Christmas gift for $1. You can still get a year's subscription to Country Gentleman. Echo office offers fall farm and home papers. subscriptions and gifts. A Jack Knife at Lehman's Hardware. For Sale Ferrets from G. J. West, Clermont. Mrs. Al School and Mrs. BR Berg to Cedar Rapids as guests. Mr. and Mrs. Frana DeSart improving. Frana not gaining as rapidly.
Cheery Valley items list a series of local visits and guests. Names include Godfreed Kurth Ben Hofer Sam Hofer Rob Gehring Ed Grimm Jake Surth Hans Muehlenthaler from Wisconsin Nathan Schiupp and wife from Missouri Paul Bosgard from West Bend Theodore Hanson Rawh Hanson Mrs G Dennler and daughter Anna Mrs Jake Pannier Ed Bannart and Emil Brolman and Fred Nydegger hosting and visiting at various local homes over recent days.
If My Patients Coming from Elgin on the morning train, will phone or drop card, I will save the time So you can return on the noon train, or if you wish to come up on afternoon train, you can re turn on the evening train. Patients that drive or come by train are given a special price. Ag? well as the finest equipped Optical office in Iowa, with in struments that cannot be moved from town to town.
November light bills are due at Citizen State Bank for collection and will be held there from the tenth to the 26th before returning to the office for credit. Patrons are urged to settle at the bank. Also notes local social items, births, hog day reports, and community happenings in Elgin and nearby towns.
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