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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1926
Page
7
In Postville Feb 18 1926 Ethel Rennizon has been on the sick list. John Mier of Clermont visited on business. Various ads offer goods and services from Kohler's Store and Feller's Hardware. Community members attend socials and dinners while others discuss electric service quality and infrastructure concerns.
Village items report Mary Monahan improving after illness, and Roy Schram and Oliver Schram family expected home soon from Ames. Mrs. Chrng Schweitzer recovering after Sunday illness. Weibel Mill promotes corn and cob milling service. opera house notice forbids floor access without full mask and costume wear. Waterloo Costume Co. to exhibit costumes. Buffalo Center visitors Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miller report mild winter and good road conditions. Car crash near Knudtson bridge injures Rosena Ubersax. Ed Conner released from hospital after stomach issues. Various neighbors’ health updates and local business ads. Monarch mill arrival planned. Kohler’s Store features Rollins Pure Silk Hose. Chris Lehman visits hardware store. elderly residents noted.
A local shop advertises rapid radiator repair, battery work, charging, and valve grinding with a new Quick Way Valve Grinder. They offer quick quotes by Ziba Tripr, promising the best job possible. The note ends with local social visits and a hospital update on a patient named Mira Pulifer, recovering after an appendicitis operation.
Kieth Thoma is absent at the start of the week but plans to return. Mrs. J H McCoy states the move to Mt Pleasant centers McCoy territory and aids his work. McCoy and Donald recently visited Monticallo with Dorothy Gilson spending the weekend with relatives. West Union purchased a three ton Stoughton fire engine rated at seventy horsepower to improve water pressure, capable of delivering 350 gallons per minute. The trend toward municipal motorization suggests more towns will equip their fire units soon.
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