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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1928
Page
2
A radio advocate lauds golf tennis baseball football automobiles and movies as positive games that brighten a sad world. He argues such activities are not a waste of time but worth their weight in health and happiness.
The Truth Seekers class presents As a Woman Thinketh at Illyria church on Friday night July 20 with admission 35 cents for adults and 15 cents for children under 12. Multiple local residents and visitors are noted in the surrounding social roundup including Chas Medberry family and Rothlisberger relatives.
Johnson and family and Mr and Mrs Ernest Sisco and son Lyle of Oelwein visited A L Craft Sunday. Coronel Rothlisberger stayed with Ruth Rothlisberger. Henry Frieden and family near Elgin and G E Medberry visited Elmer Frieden. Ruth Schneider dined with Lew Martie family Saturday. Edna Hanson stayed with Aunt Ellen Hanson in Cheery Valley. Mrs Colburn Katie Richards Albert Colburn and Mrs Willison of West Union visited I F Shaffer Friday. Amelia Strong and son Reynolds Talcott reunion at Ed Talcott home near Randalia. Lena Wenger visiting Henry McMillan west of Elgin this week. Waterloo party supper guests at Walter Rothlisberger. Will Frieden Ellen Hunsberger and others visited Waukon, Junction Friday. Cathryn Ogle visited Will Kerry family Wednesday evening. Rex Medberry and family and Clara Muehlenthaler picnicked near Brainard last Sunday. Adolph Hanson and family dinner at Thos Hujson home. Will Stirk near West Union called on Walter Rothlisberger Sunday. Chas Medberry and family and Albert Dennler and family at Jakie Yearous Jr home Sunday.
In memory of Sister Cora Rothlisberger who died Friday June 22 1928. Eclipse Rebekah Lodge No 592 mourns for 30 days and sends condolences to her family. Publication of these resolutions in the Elgin Echo.
The Moser family reunion at Colesburg drew wide attention with about 700 living members in the clan and an estimated 400 expected attendees. A family band offered one of the event’s attractions.
A February 1927 bulletin from the committee on administrative practice cites estimates that average annual sickness days per wage earner in the United States range from six to nine. An ancient stone tool found at Eston Nab near Middlesborough in Yorkshire is dated about 75,000 years old, suggesting early subhuman presence in northern Britain. An observation on Cannon speakers notes they carry fixed ideas and garments, affecting crowd flow as congregants depart when the church is nearly empty.
Independent School District Elgin Iowa presents a detailed financial statement for July 1 1927 to June 30 1928. It outlines on hand balances receipts and disbursements in the school house fund and general fund including district tax tuition miscellaneous sources and a long list of payments to suppliers and individuals with a final balance on hand of 1 703.19 in the general fund and 173.44 in the school house fund.
A collage of humorous vignettes and ad bait phrases about home upkeep and everyday life. It riffs on roof color harmony, a sleeping porch pitch, a coal bill joke, and light exchanges between London and New York speakers. A long seasonal forecast hints at hot weather and convenience items.
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