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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
7
Local notices report Barg and Kohler Salon closing its doors this Saturday while residents plan visits and trips to Waterloo Fort Sill Decorah Cedar Rapids and West Union. Families travel by auto for relatives and friends with Red Cross event planned at Fred Kohler home on lawn Tuesday evening with Wigin Band concert and a patriotic speaker.
Elgin gains a new hotel replacing the former Dewey House. George and Mrs. George Mosha, with James Boardman, transformed the building into a quiet, sanitary, and well furnished establishment. Rooms feature varnished floors, Japanese matting, and new beds. the kitchen gains a large ice chest. cooking is praised. A band concert last night drew guests inside after the show.
The clipping records numerous Eastern Iowa social visits with Decorah West Union Elgin and Arlington mentions. It notes Forest Welch arriving in France and Leo Layton in France sped through Dedham on July 4 with a card arriving July 22. Train service at Elgin to change Saturday removing morning southbound and evening northbound passenger runs, with freight trains adding coaches to connect at West Union.
The note recounts Red Cross efforts and July supplies, praising Mrs J W Miller’s $10 donation, urges young women to sew surgical dressings, and highlights wartime conditions. It describes American wounded possibly moved from France to England, and broader Red Cross activity in Britain, with extensive referencing to camp Dodge visits, soldiers in training, and local lists of drafted and volunteering individuals.
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