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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
5
Early July 4 smeared yellow paint on Henry Topp’s blacksmith shop and Dan Getz home. The note urges lawful action, condemns vandalism, and appeals for reporting disloyalty to authorities rather than acting covertly.
J G Farmer and Dr Hungerford announced proposed changes to north Decorah Division train service as a wartime measure. Morning and evening passenger trains to West Union would be replaced by a motor car linked to the freight south to Cedar Rapids. Northbound freight would depart West Union around three, carrying a passenger coach, saving a crew and fuel. The plan aims to start around July 16 to support the war effort.
A fragment lists focus numbers tied to military gear service and names such as Donald Doan, Harry Tenger, Albert Dender, Hans Frederich, Louis J. Bauman, Walter R. Miller, Alfred T. Stolle, Charles H. King, George A. Waldron, Otto P. Stoehr, Al Hermen, and Emery Dummermuth with various figures. The source presents an OCR style extraction without clear context or dates.
Dr. R F DeSart osteopath of Mason City is named secretary and war worker for foreign fields by the Chicago M C A. He departs July 10 for New York then Chicago en route to France, leaving practice in care of Dr Connolly, with family remaining until his return.
Town leadership urges survey of able bodied men with farm experience to pledge time for harvesting and haymaking. Men may leave town work for short periods to aid crops, with wages good and wartime value. Notes various local social items, including a missing person in Clayton County and a weed-filled 80 acre Grundy County farm due to renter disputes over price per acre.
County Agent Combs explains silos minimize loss of corn by preserving whole crop as silage. Silage avoids weathering losses of stalks and feeds stock efficiently. Hotel changes hands as Frank Boyle retires and George Fosha assumes management with plans to refurbish. J A Kinney at Abbott Hospital after cirrhosis operation, Kinney back home. community remembers him. Cap Food For Next Winter urges canning now to avoid shortages for soldiers and home needs.
The labor bureau reports a high demand for farm labor with twenty calls for harvest help in three days. All men not in productive agriculture who have farm experience are urged to register at Fayette county banks from July 2 to 8, to form a reserve pool. They may be called only after other sources are exhausted to prevent food shortages.
One hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Medicine cannot cure. The remedy, used for thirty five years, is said to work through the blood on mucous surfaces, expelling poisons and healing diseased parts. Take it now and expect health improvement. testimonials offered free.
Red Cross dispatched a shipment including 1000 four by eight compresses and 6 triangular bandages on June 18, followed by 30 sweaters, 29 pairs of socks, and 3 pairs of wristlets on June 28.
Oscar Heuser, once Sumner ball team star pitcher, has been wounded in France. The Birdman notes he serves as a patrol soldier, flying high and covering routes about 170 miles daily near Colomga, with hopes rising for his safe return. He is related to the Hutchinson family.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. H church will be entertained Thursday afternoon July 11 by Misses Lea and Anna Baldwin. A quilt will be ready for quilting at the church and all ladies are asked to meet there. Rev George Galde of Epworth will fill in next Sunday for Rev Cleworth. Services run from ten to eleven with Sunday School eleven to twelve. Attend to welcome the new minister as he begins work.
On July 11 Eclipse Rebekah Lodge will install officers for the ensuing term. Past Grands and Past Noble Grands will conduct the program and luncheon. All members are urged to attend and help with hay making as the next order of work. Hulda Schricker, Secretary, issues the notice.
The Birgin Iowa council held a regular session July 1 1918 with Mayor Hughes and six council members present. Adjournment was set for July 2 at 8 PM. Groth served as clerk. The minutes of prior meetings were read and approved. Bills approved totaled 23.76 for Max Hungberger labor and 21.00 for L DeSart labor on streets. The council adjourned. In a note, the Echo reports new government postage rules effective July 1 increasing newspaper costs and advertising rates, with zone charges on ads, impacting revenue and pricing.
The article outlines Germany's war debt totaling 40 billion dollars and a paper money burden of eight billion dollars in circulation with only seven hundred million in metal reserve. It notes severe mismatch between money supply and reserve, implying imminent financial collapse alongside the war debt.
In the first half of the year 36 people were lynched in the United States, 34 of them Black and three women. The total is one higher than last year and higher than the year before. Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas posted the high counts, with two thirds of the lynchings concentrated there. The incidents reflect a deplorable pattern as the war era and regional factors influence violence, with monthly entries shown for each case.
These tablets are intended for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. If you have any troubles of this sort give them a trial and realize what a first glass medicine will do for you. They cost only a quarter. For sale at Stoehrs Drug Store.
Charles Henry King of Elgin holds No 1 in the recent drawing. Charley has become twenty one years of age and registered on June 5.
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