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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
4
Attorney General H M Havner outlined views on capital and labor during a November 11 2010 address to Morningside College students and faculty. He urged fair tribunals to hear labor grievances to avoid strikes and to enforce equitable settlements between capital and labor for public justice.
A long column notes a preinventory sale offering mens coats at 20 percent off for eight days and up to January 31 a 10 percent cut on shoes flannel shirts underwear mackinaws caps gloves and warm vests. It also mentions Dubuque’s wages debate and a school board raise for teachers, a car trip to Flint Michigan for two Buick cars, a February with five Sundays, local trades and a Farm Bureau meeting slated for January 30, and other community notes including a jury duty update and a closing out sale by John Erickson on February 9.
Sunday and midweek visits fill this Decatur micro roundup. Residents including Mrs. Myrtle Bowers, Miss Julia Barnhouse, and Mrs. Elia Older vistited West Union and nearby towns, with many callers at the Harley Helms, Sarah Helms, and Tripp homes. Families like Reed, Barnhouse, Barttholomew, and Brabham appear among guest lists and travel to Clermont, Fayette, and Belwein.
Ruth Kirkeberg visited Bigin Monday. Martha Hanson returns from Eilka der for a visit. Helen Nass stays with Mrs. Edwin Olson. Clarence Olson and Johnnie Wold were in Elkader Saturday. Tom Landsgaard visited Clermont Saturday. Klara Mark visits Clermont with her sister Mrs. Will Nelson. The baby at Christ Anderson's is better after illness. Hans Winkler posted Flu Posters in Marion Township. Postville mail carrier skipped end of route due to drifting roads. Mr and Mrs Martin Halverson are home after time with Lou McNelly. One farmer becomes a benedict. congratulations. Several Marion Township schools closed for influenza. The T J Olson house party canceled due to flu scare.
Rob Lehman and family hosted friends for dinner Sunday. Pred Hofer visits with brother Ben and family. Mrs. Thomas Hanson shows slow improvement after illness. Alta Denuler assists Mrs. Geo Metzger. Celia Chisten called on the Hanson home Saturday. Minnie Schneider stayed with her sister Mrs. Jake Frederick Saturday night. Martin and Edwin Hanson visited Oscar Baumgartner Sunday. George Christen and Bert Thoman called at the G Denner home Sunday. Fred and Walter Butikofer head to Hudson South Dakota to visit relatives Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Dennler and Fred Hanson were guests at the Dennler home Sunday. Edward Grimm and John Pulver returned Friday from Morris Minnesota. Theodore Hanson Ernest Baumgartner and Harlo Chapman stayed at the Brn Meyer home near West Union from Saturday to Monday.
Local notes report residents attending the Shaffer and Larson sale. Gladya Cook and Marjorie Cook stayed at the Wenger home. Benson bought the Hugh Mackall farm last Tuesday. Klingman has a bad cold and misses school. A Soap Bubble Social and supper are planned at the Swyria church Friday night. William Pollock will attend Sunday in
Bigin and Thoma with cold return to school in Tigins while Lee Cecil and Freddie Klingman also recover. Will Frieden home hosts C M Kingman family including Hilda Ray Levi and Emil. Postville Hospital adds new wing then treats many patients including Mrs F Schmidt appendicitis Mrs A Schmidt hernia Mrs W P Gruel ruptured appendix Mrs Bet Fox appendicitis Mrs Rudolph Huebner confinement and multiple medical treatments.
At the M B church last evening the Sunday school contest winners were entertained by the losers after a large audience gathered for a program and a lunch in the parlors. Toasts followed with Miss Florence Berg as toastmaster and several speakers from the group. The report includes a Boston writer on science and a parade of local notices from Des Moines to Chicago reflecting varied community topics and events.
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