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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1928
Page
6
A compact look at happenings in Elgin, focusing on neighbors, local events, and everyday stories that connect residents. Small-town routines and shared experiences shape the week’s neighborhood conversations and outlook.
A compilation of community updates includes visits among families from Decorah and Clermont, travel to Burlington and Monona for relatives, a new stenographer in the County Attorney’s office, a hospital trip to Rochester, and Betty Alice Schori’s birthday. Local observations on weather signs, tradesmen, education, and shop news accompany anecdotes and advertisements from Elgin and surrounding towns.
The piece argues that many people fail to pay debts, comparing nonpayment to robbery, and notes credit bureaus increasingly hinder deadbeats while honest citizens suffer. It asserts a moral equivalence between deliberate debt evasion and crime, urging decency in financial conduct.
Baptist church announces services on July 8 including English worship at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., Sunday school at 11 a.m., Sumner meeting at 3 p.m., with midweek and choir rehearsals. The year closes with all bills paid. new deacon J. Schaer named. officers listed: clerk Ed Buser treasurer Karl Hackman assistants Baumgartner ushers Grether Muehlethaler Kruger Durscher.
M E Church notes announce communion and baptisms next Sunday along with Sunday school at eleven and evening services at Syria. Ladies Aid meets today in the church basement hosted by Mrs N M Fritz. Morning sermon subject is Irving Batchelor's Dawn. Worship at St Pauls with Ernest J Starr, Pastor.
At the International Association Convention of Garment Makers in Chicago on May 24 25 and 26 H B Glover Co earned the first prize for the certificate of merit on Dress Shirts. Judges from dress shirt makers inspect styling needlework construction dimensions and appearance without identifying labels or numbers. Glover shirts are sold in Elgin at Max Thomas Store.
The Bible class of the M. EB church meets with Mrs. Fred Reichert on Friday July 6. Program includes a devotional by Mrs. Samuel Mosby roll call a verse in Proverbs minutes of last meeting life of Joseph by Mrs. Lana Henderson select reading by Mrs. Lew Gravet business meeting and a closing song by the class.
Mrs. Cassius Capper widow of Cassius Capper of Winthrop died at her home last Wednesday. Her body was brought to Elgin Sunday for burial beside her husband in the Elgin cemetery. She leaves two sons Edward and Oliver, fourteen grandchildren, a sister Dora Fritz and a brother John Fritz. Funeral services were held June 30 in Winthrop and July 1 in Elgin.
Harlan Pauline Ormsby, a five year old Holstein owned by P. P. Stewart, Maynard, has been milking over 12 gallons daily during her first official test. Since April 30 she began the yearly test and May 20 recorded butterfat at 4.23 percent. One offspring now leads the W. L. Peters herd in Illyria township.
Louise Schori plans to leave today for Oak Park to visit at Reverend Theo Dons home. Nearby, Mrs. Edwin Kruger and son Edward, Mrs. Otto Kruger, Mrs. Alfred Jacobs, M. Zurbriggen, and Clarence Muehlethaler called on Mrs. Zurbriggen at Oak Dale and on Mrs. Hadd at Town City last Sunday. Mrs. J. Yearous and Mrs. Hunsberger were guests Sunday with Mrs. E. Conner.
A clipped poetic critique laments musical discord and social strife. The narrator compares nations to an orchestra where players miss harmony, clang bass drums, and riot with cabbage, blaming loudhorns and loud voices for universal disharmony.
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