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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1929
Page
4
The column lists ad rates, then various items for sale and notices. Items include incubators, milking machines, a registered bull, dictionaries, ranges, and office supplies. It notes a federal road fund allocation for Iowa totaling 2 million dollars from a 73 million national appropriation for the year ending June 30, 1930.
Lola Hanson and Ruth Schneider of Elgin spent the weekend with their parents. Mrs. Jerome Yearous was a guest Sunday with Mrs. Martha Chapman. Dorothy Ash of near West Union spent last week at the home of Elmer Frieden. Numerous neighbors and families shared visits and meals at various local homes including Rothlisberger, Frieden, Medberry, and Chapman households during the weekend and Sunday gatherings.
Real estate pace quickens with several new listings from Elgin Land Co and A. M. Weibel. Analysts note chances for multiple transactions between now and spring as buyers look ahead to spring or summer closings.
A man named Larry Wade pursues Naomi Lee after a quarrel ends his job and sends him wandering. He travels west chasing clues to Naomi, learns she may be on the Pacific coast, and enters prize boxing to raise money. He fights Kid Wallop, loses, wakes in a hospital, and Naomi appears, reassuring him all will be well.
Mr and Mrs Will Barker and family and Mrs Clara Bartlett were visitors at the Melvin Boyer home in Elgin Sunday. Mrs Chas Peters entertained the Ladies Aid Society. The Joe Peters family spent last week at the Lewis Becker home near Elgin. Mr and Mrs Herman Hover were in Elgin Saturday. Mrs Clara Bartlett has been spending the past week with her son Will Barker. Mrs Martin Hovey attended a club meeting at the J Willison home in West Union Thursday. Cecil Tripp and Marjorie Barker called at the Martin Hovey home Sunday afternoon. Richard Johnston is spending the week at the Sidney Nutting home. Sidney Nutting is hauling medicine and has the agency for Rewliegh products. Rev Batehier gave his weekly sermon at the Baptist church Wednesday.
Evening plans note that the speaker for the coming Wednesday will discuss Heaven. The text warns homeowners with young fruit trees to inspect them now due to current weather conditions that have already caused damage from rabbits in several localities.
A quoted Vanity Fair passage discusses the progression of hate and retaliation. It contemplates how hatred grows when victims seek compensation for a wrong through repeated offenses, imagining a map of those who hate you and their missed first opportunities to harm.
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