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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1921
Page
5
The county auditor will issue each license and metal tag to affix to a dog collar, ensuring ownership proof. Applicants pay twenty five cents for the tag and a ten thousand dollar federal allowance appears in the total appropriation.
Fragmentary verse recalls a small town dwelling on a summer day with images of fields streets and a quiet homelife. Alfred L. Bullock is named among the readable text, conveying a tribute or reminiscence in a dated hometown voice.
The scant readable text notes a church event with a social gathering and a Ladies Aid Society meeting. It references a Sunday morning service, a program for the young people, and prayer meetings, with choir activities in the evening. Names and places are garbled, but the church activity sequence is clear.
Fragmentary text laments that pleasant friendships and business relations may not continue. It hints at a change in service for the present, noting a door closing and a sense of farewell. No specific names or places are readable.
A fragment describes teething rings and colored blocks for a child, noting rough, thrifty observations about a 38 month old boy and the use of a harness to help upright posture while learning to move.
The St Paul Pioneer Press reports a boy named Dogan, learning basic skating fundamentals in two days, demonstrating dexterity inherited from expert parent skaters. His mother, formerly Miss Iva Weib, designed a harness for teaching. The family, visiting relatives, has drawn nationwide notice. a photo has appeared in Chicago Examiner and other papers. The caption suggests potential public appearances if the idea holds.
A jumble of late 19th century items mentions Elgin players LaVerne Kiple Waltez Fatb and James Conner joining a town team for a game at West Union, along with oblique references to chess, a Chicago ragman, Dr Crider treating Luang country hogs, Huron South Dakota, merchants adopting a cashless system, and Christmas boxes from abroad. Also noted are Union visitors Henry Topp, Young Basics class rewards, and holiday visits from Anna Baldwin Will Walther and Miss Otley with watch night services.
A 20 year old Dorothea teacher Mina Magnynon was killed at her school on December 13. Hart Theast confessed and was executed by hanging on March 9, 1923. Sheriff Gunda Martindale led the manhunt and the judge H R Taylor set the date amid questions of mental competence.
The mother of Cecil Kersten pleaded to Judge H B Taylor to spare Peter Kleinow from execution after his confession to shooting his former sweetheart, Amel Kersten, at her home on October 6. Taylor sentenced Kleinow to life imprisonment, noting the mother’s plea and the boy’s troubled upbringing.
The pastor and Mrs Hiiman express appreciation for sympathy as services continue. Look to another column to end the program for the sacred concert next Sunday evening in Lindyo church led by Ray C.W Janop.
The church announces services for New Year’s Day and the following Sunday including morning worship at 9 48 a.m. and Sunday school at 10 46 a.m. Epworth League at 8 46 p.m. Sacred concert at 7 30 p.m. Ladies Aid Society meets Thursday afternoon January 11. AG W Hinop to preach at Illyria next Sunday at 2 30 p.m. Watchnight service to follow the Ladies Aid supper Saturday evening. Attendance urged.
Local report describes a Sacred Concert at St Pop s M B L church on a January evening in 1922 featuring an orchestra, quartets, vocal solos, violin, and audience readings. Also notes unusual cracks in alfalfa fields near Shenandoah and a fire at the Milwaukee roundhouse in West Union with items worn and lost.
A town uses a Baptist church barn to shelter farmers teams for free. It offers warm stalls with no charge for feeding horses during visits, inviting all to bring food if needed. The plan aims to save horse owners from cold exposure and time wasted traveling.
Porrsologists from the Iowa State college report that Iowa apples are generally superior to western varieties sold at high prices due to freight costs. The famous Deltcloua, the highest priced desert Apple, originated on a farm in Malle von County and still bears fruit from an old tree.
The Muscatine Journal urges intensified apple growing to boost Iowa wealth and health. It notes rising prices for apples and related fruits, advocates larger orchards, and argues state apple production will profit farmers, rentiers, and consumers alike.
A damaged OCR note advertises a winter period workshop with claimed low prices. It mentions attracting patrons for work and promotes a timetable with unclear names and dates. The text is garbled, but invites readers to join during the season.
Christmas was observed by Elgin Sunday schools with Baptist youths presenting Friday and Methodist groups Saturday. Each church featured a decorated tree and two polished programs with gifts for all and hair ribbons fluttering as Santa Claus delivered generous gifts. A jewelry theft in Oxslaw involved $300 worth of pieces from J. M. Spilman Midge Comain.
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