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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1929
Page
1
The Sumner Gazette estimates a 10,000 crowd for Summner's Fourth of July event. It says all proceedings were satisfactory except the free acts, which were a washout, and notes the committee lacked a reliable way to judge the acts. The only relief suggested is refusing payment.
Advertisement promotes combined regional subscription to the Elgin Echo and Dubuque Telegraph-Herald at the Echo Office. Both papers priced at 2.00 and 4.00 yearly respectively, with a bundled $5.00 offer for new and renewing customers, saving 1.00 and simplifying payment.
Want ads urged readers to place notices and seek bargains, emphasizing the potential profits of listing items or services. The copy framed ads as a smart revenue stream and a quick way to reach buyers and sellers in the community.
A long list of Oak Grove residents and friends from nearby towns visited, hosted or stopped by homes Sunday and during the week. Attendees included Eckhart, Richards families from Arlington and Oelwein, Luchsinger and Howard families, Dummermuths, Kohls clan, Boyle and Fox of Forest City, and many others. A lightning strike affected Henry Feller's cow during Friday's storm.
James C Morris born May 8 1854 in Elgin Illinois moved with family to Wisconsin then to a farm near Strawberry Point Iowa where a lost hand spurred him to self reliance. He worked as a photographer and jeweler in Fort Atkinson Calmar and later moved with Olive Brace Morris to Seattle and Long Beach. He died July 10 1929 at seventy five after a paralytic stroke following a July 4 illness. He leaves Olive, son Emmet L Morris, daughter Mrs A A Felton and extended family.
Elgin residents hosted and visited relatives during a busy weekend. The Bartlett family and Harper family traveled from Wichita and Hopkinton to attend a Bartlett reunion and visit friends. Several couples and individuals visited others in Decorah, Eldorado, Waterloo, and Osage, with trips to Henry Martin and Henry Matthys homes, and gatherings at the Olive Bartlett and Monta families. A separate notice advertises a thirty day sale at Gamble Stores in Oelwein offering tires batteries and other supplies with free inner tube offers and expiration date reminders.
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