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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1911
Page
4
A sequence of brief society items notes visits by John Wenger and others from West Union and Minnesota, sickness in families including a serious ill baby, and social gatherings at several homes. A weather remark on icy roads and a medical testimonial for Electric Bitters closes the column.
Earn Holzer and wife visited Sunday at Perry Craft s. Marie Boyle visited Thursday night at Earn Holzer s. Edith Conner visited Tuesday at the Hugh Conner home. Mrs. Earn Holzer spent Monday afternoon at Eddie Conner s. Carl Bennett and Evaline Schori suffer pink eye. Mrs. Hugh Conner and Edith Conner visited Eddie Conner s Tuesday. Mrs. Rob Ernst spent Wednesday with her parents. Lester Boleyn and wife and Eddie Boleyn spent Sunday evening at Ed Boyles. Henry Holzer and wife welcome baby girl born Jan 29. Leonard Wegmiller of Elgin.
A string of visits across local households is noted with Ed Boyle and family hosting and numerous relatives and friends visiting at Wm. Brabham's, C. W. Smith's, and Ed Connor's homes. Other items mention a postal trip to Postville and a North Dakota trip homeward bound for Minnie Bowen. a health anecdote praises Dr Kings New Life Pills for relief from liver and kidney trouble.
Lizzie Polter acted as West Union caller Monday. Roy Meyer spent Sunday at the parental home. Lydia Reinhart visited Saturday with Anna Meyers. A number in the area are afflicted with bad colds. Julius Zaugg visited Sunday at the Gotlieb Bigler home. Chris Schorten of Osborne Minnesota and Edwin Hanson visited one day.
Reports of visits and gatherings fill a busy week with the Christen and Meyer households hosting company and neighbors stopping by. Local children recover from illnesses while adults share news of sick relatives. An anecdote from Stroud, Oklahoma touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a quick healer for a boil with various townsfolk noted visiting nearby homes.
West Union items record Frank Bloomfield moving to his new farm from Mr Baumgartner. Hawkeye visitors C W Bopp plan Chicago trip for auto show. Miss Elizabeth Hall travels from Boone to help her sister Ruth Hall. L N Erickson and wife from Lavina Montana visit Postville. Ruth Ann Hal dies at 50 in West Union. Alice Frothingham dies in Pine River Minnesota last Thanksgiving. E Lehmann of La Porte visits Elgin and leaves for home. Rev W A Wherry and others attend gymnastic exhibition in Cedar Rapids. H R Palmer of Hawkeye returns from Des Moines and doubts a senator will be elected. Mrs J C Sanders of Ft Madison visits, staying with C F Chambers. Warden Sanders attends Cedar Rapids Consistory. Prisoners moved from Madison due to space. M W A camp initiates 24 new woodcraft members. 30 more to be tested this evening. Camp leads county with 300 members.
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