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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1928
Page
1
The text discusses making a town attractive to boost growth and notes married women wearing short dresses. It then remarks on truant officers visiting for school attendance and provides crude livestock feeding guidance. It mentions cows eating 7 to 26 pounds of hay daily varying by size and feed quality.
A community oyster supper will be held at East Clermont Lutheran Church this Saturday evening January 28, under the auspices of the U. P. Society. Supper starts at six, with social hour to follow and a fish pond for attendees. Everybody welcome.
The county board approved a resolution to grade land and drain Federal Highway No 55 from the south Guttenberg hill to the Dubuque county line if the State Highway Commission agrees. The panel was promised bids for primary road No 10 from the Fayette county line to Strawberry Point and primary No 18 from Strawberry Point to Elkader as soon as possible. Both projects rely on funds from last summer’s special bond election, and would spur substantial road work in the county.
Farm Bureau in Fayette reports one final shipment of surplus pyrotol for Iowa. Only 135000 pounds remain, to be sold on a first-come basis at 8.30 dollars per hundredweight fob Cedar Rapids. Farmers in Fayette County have used it to clear land of rocks and stumps. orders must be sent immediately to secure material.
Richard Erickson and Emily Houg wed at the Little Brown Church on January 14, with Elmer Olson and Agnes Houg as escorts. The couple hosted relatives and friends after the ceremony and plan to settle on a Wadena farm after March 1. Numerous updates follow on weekend visits, guests, and community events, including Society activities and bereavement notices.
Glen Herman and Melvin Boyer were called to Waterloo by their father visiting with his daughter Lewis Bartlett was in West Union Saturday Mrs Sidney Nutting entertained the Ladies Aid Society Thursday Mr and Mrs Clarence Th daughter called at the Patter son home Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs Joe Peters and Mr and Mrs Chas Peters visited at the George Howard home Elmer Boyer visited their daughter Mrs Mary Cherry and family of Waterloo last week Mary Appelman returned to her home near Iawkeye Saturday Little Ethel Boyle of Elgin spent Saturday with her grandparents Frank Lyons while her parents drove to Edgewood Mr and Mrs Webb Mays entertained friends Saturday night Fred Veasy and Herman Boyer families were guests Sunday at the Vern Boyer home Mrs George Howard was a passenger for West Union Tuesday morning Mr and Mrs Whiliam Burk visited at the Harry Stillman home then went to West Union to visit Mrs Louisa Burk Mr and Mrs Lyle Granger of Kenosha Wis visited her then left for Elgin to visit Mrs George Boyle Nellie Snyder spent Wednesday in West Union D H Craft visited Tuesday with his father Henry Craft in Mlyria
Cresco monument workers found a marble slab reading Grandpa 1799 1900 at Calvary cemetery. It marks John Dargan born 1798 Ireland died April 1900 Riceville Iowa, grandfather of Miss Sarah McDonough and father of John Dargan Jr now 87. Local note ends with a sales pitch to support home town business.
A relic from Governor William Larrabee’s Clermont mill is set in the side wall of H C Lidke’s Lime Springs home, with a bronze tablet reading This stone installed in Governor Larrabee's Mill 1855 Clermont Iowa. The stone honors Larrabee as a pioneer miller and recalls his role in Iowa milling history, linking Lime Springs and Clermont mills on the frontier.
Welby Hunt admits involvement with Edward Hickman in the December 24, 1926, hold up and murder of Ivy Thoms in Los Angeles. Hickman is named as the confessed killer and is linked to a larger crime arc in the City of Angels.
A defense of responsible journalism rebukes false rumors and canards spread in small towns. The writer criticizes sensational fake stories started by thoughtless or malicious persons, noting they wound innocent people and harm reputations of decent individuals.
A business in an Iowa town cut advertising and reduced floors and staff, saving advertising costs and handling all business on one floor. The Pella Chronicle reports these facts to illustrate cost cutting. The piece notes the American home may be breaking down if it embraces modern parlor floor dancing.
Wm H Anderegg renewed fourteen Journal subscriptions during a Tuesday visit, paying for all renewals and arranging delivery to himself and his large family of children. He values the home paper as a weekly gift to the household, as noted by West Bend Journal.
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