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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1919
Page
7
The beet sugar farmers of Idaho and Utah received seven million dollars in November, attributing the gain to wartime protection. The man succeeding should read write and speak United States intelligence to be a true citizen, regardless of pedigree or epitaph.
The Elgin school notes cover a M Qs program in the Grammar Room on Friday February 7 at 2 30 with absences of Dorothy Gilson and Edith Frieden due to illness. The seventh and eighth grades strive to recover lost work from vacation and a Theater style program by the Skakearista drew ten visitors plus the Oelwein Girls Basketball Team and Grammar Grades. A Charlo Society program is planned for February 14 with music reading and Lincoln life a recital on Lincoln Gettysburg address and a Valentine day talk by Elmer Yenney. A forthcoming Cornell Glee Club engagement is hinted.
Sunday gatherings and house guests mark a busy period in Illyria with Mrs G Wenger Miss Eliza Pulver and the Scheneder and Gilson households hosting, Ed Wenger returning from Camp Dodge, and several neighbors visiting. Illnesses include Cecil Klingman with flu and Mrs H B Gilson’s family recovering. A sale, cemetery meeting, school friends’ party, and a double funeral accompany ongoing town life.
The Cherry Valley notes detail social visits and gatherings among families such as Leuchtenmacher, Miller, Hanson, Dennler, Thomas, and others. Events include Sunday entertaining, Saturday gatherings, and neighbors hosting at various homes. A county notice from HW G Blunt warns on tax notices and banking advice, with local names and a weekend sale highlight.
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