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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1909
Page
10
Prayer meetings and Sunday school fill the week at the German Baptist Church with preaching at 11 am and 2 30 pm. Several converts will be baptized after the afternoon service and admitted as members. Also notes visitors, illnesses, and a tuberculosis finding among farmers near Iowa City.
Mrs. Ulrich Haas born Scheidegger in Switzerland in 1845 died January 26 1909 at her Hillsboro Oregon home. Wife of Ulrich Haas born 1846 survived by eleven children and several relatives. Funeral at Hillsboro Baptist Church January 30 with interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Arthur Brisbane praises local editors as moral policemen and guardians of good government. He argues advertising supports these papers, which educate residents, protect towns, and provide the best return on investment as they grow with intelligent ad spending.
Obituary notes Wm Kimpson nearly 81 who died after a telegram notified his wife and family. Funeral at Mlyria church on Thursday at 2:00 PM with interment in the local cemetery. Also mentions visits, moves, and social notices including John Christ ju. painting a store, a fourth wedding by Justice Klingman, and Benj Schori’s Citronville letter.
Mid year exams finished Thursday and Friday. Pupils prepare Lincoln birthday programs in the school with 1 30 start. Dinah Kirkeberg absent due to grandmother's death. Special invitations sent to local old soldiers to attend and show patriotism by supporting the students.
An owner removes thoroughbred Polahd China brood sows from a private sale due to no combination sale this year. Sows are guaranteed safe for pig production. Contact details provided for prices and particulars. The rest of the page covers a church meeting, a joke about politicians, a pension granted to a drowning victim’s widow, and a note on Iowa Senate committee practices.
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