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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
7
A local event asks participants to trade in a punch card and guess the number of beans in a jar. The activity blends a card trade with a mental estimate challenge, inviting community members to join and compete for a small prize.
A Fayette county tragedy unfolds early Sunday as Mrs. Hugh Conner fatally harms her infant daughter, severely burns another child, and cuts her own throat before surviving, while her sister and mother aid the family. The event follows a recent move to Minnesota and a strained mental state. an inquest will follow as investigators piece together the sequence.
The M Sunday School presents a 4 Christmas Program at St Pauls Church Sunday evening December 24 at 7 30 pm featuring songs recitations solos duets and choir numbers led by Rev Cleworth and the Sunday School will collect gifts to place on the church tree with there being someone at the church all day for drop offs.
The Germ an Baptist Church lists Sunday School at 9 46 am Sermo at 11 am and a Christmas program by the Young Peoples Society at 8 pm Next Monday at 8 pm the Sunday School will present another program Everyone is welcome.
The advertiser notes harness prices have risen since years ago yet Schmid harness remains just above recent prices. A large stock, including Concord, is offered from 60 to 70 dollars per set. Visit the shop for a good new harness at the right price. Bowen and Greenley promote a guessing contest with a call to read aloud for prizes.
A vivid description declares the event the most tremendous dramatic spectacle the brain of man has produced and asserts it has electrified the world with its dramatic dynamic force.
A promotional overview extols West Union as the county center with strong schools churches parks and growth. It highlights benefits such as water sewer drainage parks shade trees and a large local printing presence. The note invites readers to consider living buying or renting property and offers abstract or loan services.
Notice to settle accounts issued by Weibel Bros and MIL German Land Co. asking all parties indebted to them to complete full settlement by January 1, 1917. The firms state they have offered accommodations but now insist on full payment with no further notice.
Advertises that all who owe money to John Falk should call and pay before January 1, 1947. States no single family can win more than one prize in the contest conducted by Bowen and Greenley.
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