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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1929
Page
6
A stream of community items from Elgin and environs covering births and visits, hospitalizations, house moves, home gatherings, and local incidents. Eyewitness reports include Elkader visitors, hospital treatments, snow damage, roof leaks, and social events at churches and clubs with names of residents and guests.
Baptist church schedule lists German service and communion at 10 a.m. Sunday March 3, Sunday school at 11, dinner at 12 15, junior meeting at 12 45, committee at 1, English service at 2. Wednesday March 6 at 2 p.m Ladies Aid at Celia Rennison home. Thursday March 7 prayer meeting 8 p.m. choir at 9. Last Sunday’s attendance noted. BP U preparing Easter program. Pastor Ph Laver extends cordial invitation.
M E Church notes worship at 10 a m with the subject Broken Crocks and church school at 11 a m. A good interest remains in the school and attendance is invited. The Ladies Sunday school class meets at Mrs Fred Reichert’s home Friday afternoon March 1. The Women's Foreign Missionary Society meets with Mrs L B Carter Friday afternoon March 8. You are invited to worship at St. Paul’s.
Arlington’s mayor responds to a W C T U open letter urging a halt to booze sales. He claims no bootleggers sell liquor locally, cites reduced sales since Prohibition, offers $26 for evidence, defends his office, and scolds petition signers as meddlesome.
A letter from Mayor Jd. W. Ruble defends his work and pay, urges citizens to report drunkenness or other offenses, and promises vigilance over boys riding bob sleds and hitching autos, noting mothers would rebuke him if he spoke a cross word. He urges residents to file information for the $26 reward and to do their duty.
Mr and Mrs Walter Falk and daughter visited A J Phillips at Postville on Sunday. The piece notes high U S fire losses over the past decade and a Buena Vista county town plans to aid tramps by supplying a wood pile and buck saw to keep quarters warm, leaving the rest to visitors or relocation.
William Johnson of South Carolina became the youngest member of the U S Supreme Court, appointed as an associate justice in 1804 at age thirty two. He served on the bench until his death, three decades later, and his early rise drew notable attention in historical briefs.
The Lagion and Auxiliary met at H. W. Falk’s home Wednesday evening. Bargains in flour from Bigin stores advertise Seal of Minnesota E A 0 White Lily and Snow Flake. Weibel Mill Co and families relocate among nearby farms. Rail service disruption continues in Elgin and Clermont, mail hauled from Postville and Monona. Ray Hains visits from Chicago. Mrs Heine and two daughters in San Antonio. Frank Lyons promoted to travel by cutter. Oil Mesl and a car of Baco Flour arriving, Echo Mill quotes prices. Mrs. Brabham returns from West Union with daughter Faye recovering from hospital care.
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