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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1913
Page
5
Gus Gilbertson of Elgin Farmers' Dairy Co. was hauling cream when his team bolted near Kohler bridge. A parasol spooked the horses and the load spilled, about seventy gallons of cream, near Mrs. Finke’s and the Boyer place on Pleasant Street, before the horses were stopped near a barn.
A USDA dairy report cites 1912 Iowa creameries showing Elgin Farmers' Dairy Co highly profitable with higher butter output and favorable overrun. The text also records the dissolution of Boleyn & Wing, with Adam Boleyn taking over the business and calls for unsettled accounts.
The Methodist church schedule lists Sunday morning services at 10 o'clock with the pastor returning Friday from the Rural Life Convention. Sunday School starts at 11 o'clock. The Ladies Aid Society will meet with Mrs. Julia Berger on Thursday July 24. Dr King's New Life Pills are advertised as a laxative remedy priced at 26 cents and recommended by The City Drug Store.
Notice requests all bills to be audited before the Fourth of July celebration, with cash hand to John Falb prior to next Monday. A party stop in Elgin reviewed old scenes with Mr. and Mrs. Bliss and child from Gridley, Colorado and Mr. and Mrs. W. Wood of Volga. The Eastern Star held its last meeting before Oct 15 with ten members and two visitors, refreshments by Mrs. Halverson and Mrs. Nicklaus.
Maude Smith of Newport Washington wed J Conner a contracting carpenter Saturday July 6 at her parents home with sixteen guests. They will reside in Newport after Conner finishes work in nearby Dalke. The note also mentions local events including a hospital update on Bob Schori, Fred Kohler's hayyard accident, and a forthcoming band social for the Ladies Cemetery Association next Saturday.
Maurice and Jamey Canada and Joe Leonard biked to Mederville and Elport. Sunday guests were Walter K. Humphrey and wife of Fayette visiting daughter Mrs. Max Bishop. Rawson Russell and wife from Miles City, Montana, stayed with parents Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Russell. Vic Schneider returns from Los Angeles to visit relatives. brothers Fred, J. L., and Dan. Wm. A. Walter’s house frame rising. Dan Schneider and helpers work. Teachers at institute stay quiet and attentive, mindful of role models for boys.
Clermont News reports Chas Larrabee and family visiting Montauk while Wm Larrabee and son William return from Gettysburg. Fred Appleman, Dr Roger Appleman and Mrs Appleman travel to Roundup Montana and Lavina Montana for visits as local families plan gatherings and hospital updates. Reverend Draéwel seeks specialist in Cedar Rapids for throat trouble.
A promotional bank advertisement urges readers to deposit funds for security and steady growth. It touts sleep at night with safe savings and notes that modern methods receive praise from business. The tone frames wealth and financial prudence as social proof.
The column lists visits and travels of residents including C B Hughes Misa Jane and Donald Hughes in Oelwein Elizabeth Follen W E Fuller and family F Whitmore Lillian Adams and Marcia Branch. It urges pride in Iowa towns as places of residence and opportunity for young people and warns against chasing fortunes in distant cities.
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