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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
5
The Ladies Aid Society plans a Saturday afternoon food sale at Kniel store. All are invited to donate items for sale and to purchase goods for Sunday dinners. Donors should tag dishes for easy return. doughnuts and hot coffee will be served throughout the afternoon.
Attention Victory Boys final payments on all pledges are due March 1st. Those未 whoHave not completed payments should see their local chairman immediately and complete their pledges. The Chateau Thierry boys did not stop midway and continued. Victory Boys can do the same. N. J. Breckner County Leader Victory Boys. Warm up with hot coffee at the L A 3 Food Sala.
The article invites local residents to welcome returned soldiers with an informal gathering at the opera house next Tuesday evening March 4. A short program of music and speeches is planned, with a drill by soldiers under Lieut Boles Capper and possible remarks by Rev T J Cle worth. Refreshments will follow for a small charge to cover expenses. all Civil War, Spanish-American War veterans, and current service members are urged to attend.
Miss Galens Olson and Harry Gunderson wed last Thursday at the Clermont Lutheran church with Rev Hjortholm officiating. Attendants included Miss Helen Naess Alfred Stolle Sergi and Mrs Harry Stolle. A wedding dinner followed at the bride’s parents home, Mr and Mrs O K Olson, for close relatives. We offer heartfelt congratulations to the couple.
All donors who have not paid their pledges to the Allied war relief fund are urged to settle by March 1 as set by Committee Chairman T. J. Capper. Senator Frailey of Fort Madison has introduced a bill in the state senate prohibiting aliens from owning real estate in Iowa. Little Laurence Muehlethaler is among the sick.
Weibel's Real Estate Exchange lists properties near Elgin and Waukon Iowa. Amundson farm adjoins 200 acres southwest of Elgin with trade options toward Norwegian settlements. Also offers 20 acres pasture timber land southeast of Highlands, plus 325 acre Haugsted farm near Waukon with open plow land and two silos. A dandy 465 acre Elgin west Union area farm, largely improved. Berger Store Blog on Elgin main street offers two story building with furnace electric water system at 2100 dollars.
The Elgin Canning Company begins contracting acreage for sweet corn for the 1919 season. Multiple local notes mention students, staff, and community events. Children return to school after illnesses, and a Cornell Glee Club concert is planned for late March at the opera house.
Postville Hospital reports a week of appendicitis operations for Mrs. Melbert Kohler Elgin Mrs Edward Gass Clermont Mary Johnson Mosby Clermont and Lee Eastman Clermont a lumber dealer who left after recovery. Other patients include Hilda Kohler Monona and John Kruse Montrose both under medical care while Gunrav Peterson Clermont awaits recovery from a wrist wound infection. Prof Schwartz plans farming near Hudson after leading the local schools.
Max Lehman Otto Kreuger returned from a Chicago trip where they surveyed the market and saw sights. F R Berg of Berg Kohler bought goods there. August Henson recovered at home after illness and enjoys the outdoors. Mrs J W Bopp notes 60 000 attended the Iowa Picnic in Los Angeles. Mel Kohler improves after appendectomy. Steele Bros merchant digest opens with $3500 in sales.
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