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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1912
Page
7
After the first of this year the firm formerly known as a ben r & Benson will retire Mr. Ben gd. He will be succeeded by W. Kuster and the firm name becomes Schori & Kuster. Mr. Kuster is a well known, capable business man, identified with city interests for years, and expected to make good as a member of Schori & Kuster.
Rev O Krueger of Burlington IA lectures tonight at the German Baptist Church. All welcome with no admission. Next Sunday services include Sunday school 9 45 am preaching 11 am Y P Prayer meeting 7 00 pm preaching 8 pm. Christmas Eve cantata Sunday school presents should be plainly marked with giver and receiver names clearly written if possible with ink.
Miss Amelia Moser of Elgin and Mr. George Vaughn of Clarion were married in Oelwein on December 18. They will live in Elgin at the Moser homestead on Franklin street and plan a wedding trip to St Paul and Minneapolis. The Ecno wishes them long life happiness and prosperity.
Next week is vacation. Clara Frieden is sick this week. School opens again Dec. 20, 1912. Johnnie Schneider and Marie Berger advance to higher grades Monday. Several students began new grades last week. A shinny blow caused a black eye to L. L. Kiple. The Beavers and Ziggy Zim's pupils present December holiday programs with songs, readings, dialogues, and debates featuring named students and Christmas themes.
The parcels post system to begin January 1 will use an eight zone rate structure with distinct charges per pound. Local fifty mile zone starts at five cents per pound, rising to twelve cents in the eighth zone, plus new parcel post stamps required on packages. Aimed at guiding shoppers to use merchants for Christmas gifts this season.
The article urges opening a small bank account at Citizens State Bank, noting that many accounts are small while few are large. It argues business growth will accompany the account, encouraging readers not to hesitate to start one.
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