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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1928
Page
1
Community happenings include visits to Postville Oelwein and West Union plus a M E Bible class gathering. Local humor and proverbs mix with a lengthy obituary for Union township resident Andrew J Burke born 1864 who died January 1 1928 and is survived by a step son two daughters and a brother. funeral held at St Pauls M E with burial near Brainard.
Elgin's noted beekeeper Lehman announces in this week's paper he has 125 bee colonies and produced about 11,000 pounds of honey this year, near the 35 year top. He plans to move the surplus with quoted prices. The article also notes New Year's appreciation messages to Mrs. Tom Holm and a dinner visit by the F. C. Mueblethaler family to the Baumgartner home.
The notice states the publication is issued weekly every Thursday by R. P. Strauch and is entered at the Elgin Iowa post office as second class mail matter.
Otto H. Kahn’s Harvard Club of New York address urges eliminating perfunctory work and treating every task as a test. He recalls his first promotion earned by meticulous stamp licking, noting how even small duties reveal character. To be continued.
Mrs. Fred Maurer of Forestburg South Dakota shares a poem expressing how readers long for a newspaper from their old hometown. The verse links fireside evenings to memories of friends loved ones and editor friendly ties with Oregon signer Mrs Van Metre.
Chine Baptist Church lists Sunday January 16 events including German service at 10 a m Sunday school at 9 a m B Y P U committee meeting 7 30 p m missionary lecture with slides on Porto Rico at 8 p m prayer and junior choir rehearsal 9 p m and a January 20 missionary program at Oelwein with morning afternoon and evening meetings inviting friends.
The M. E. Church announces next Sunday services with a sermon titled I Have at ten oclock, Sunday school studying the Gospel of Mark, and an evening candle service called The Service of a Hundred Candles from seven to eight. Ladies' Aid meets today with Mrs Al Schori, January Family Church Night on January 19, and a call to join St Pauls congregation next Sunday. Ernest J Starr, Pastor. Ern Holzer recalls four years of milk deliveries to Elgin with one missed trip due to high river. he would have used an airplane across a broken ford.
Fred Falk of La Crosse was a business visitor here Tuesday and stayed overnight with August Benson. Mary and Lillian Patterson of West Union visited Mrs. C. M. Fritz. Lillian teaches at Renwick this year and Mary near West Union. Mrs. George Butikofer returned from Mayo Clinic after an operation and is improving. Warren Harrington of Town City visited in Elgin with his parents’ horse and discussed a job with J. T. Humphry. The Harringtons plan to move to Postville around February 1. Agnes Crowe vacationed in Cedar Rapids with sister Mrs. M. W. Cahalan. Reuben Reusser left for Davenport to resume studies at Palmer school. Subscriptions paid for another year. Ray DeSart family and Chas Feller dined with R. W. Muhlenthaler. Rev. and Mrs. Stoeri moved to St Louis and he preached his first sermon. The St Louis Baptist church is among the oldest in the U S. Dairy culling based on cow records plus feeding and purebred aires yields long term high production even from modest starts.
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