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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
4
Elis Benneth and neighbors are listed as callers with multiple visits among Oak Grove residents. The piece notes carpentry by John O’Neal of Waterloo, a Michigan lecture at the Oak Grove school, quilting by A. C. O. G. lodge members, and various family gatherings at Ed Boyle and Palmar Bartholomew homes. Bucklin’s Arnica Salve is advertised as a health remedy.
E Miller remains in very poor health and Mrs E W Crain is indisposed. Frisbie spent Sunday with Lizzie Miller. Hoag family caller at Fred Crowe home. Fred Crowe visiting relatives at Elgin. J and Mrs Helms at Clarence Tripp home. Meyer family and Alma visited Elgin. J Lockwood, Ernest Meyer hosts. Badger family and N Crain at Ernest Crain home. Lawrence and Clemens Meyer with Prisbie brothers Wednesday. Mrs Walt Ash and children with L Appelman family. Mrs Geo Kernahan arrived from Delwein for a week with sister B Crain. Olaf Hoag and son with Frisbie and crowd at Meyer home.
Mrs. Jake Grissinger visited Thursday afternoon at Tim Thomains. Mr. and Mrs. Wilse Pritchard spent Sunday at the Johnie Wilson home. Elisha and Emma Baldwin were at the Wm. Pritchard home. Dorothy Hunsberger visits aunt Mrs. Johnie Wilson. Celia and Amy Griesinger spent time with family.
Mrs Clem Smith and daughter and Mrs Fred Borg of Elgin visited Mrs Anna Rogers last Wednesday. Lara Paulson will take his daughter Helen to Iowa City Tuesday for hospital operation hoped to restore health. Death notice of Mrs James Mulcahy at Lehigh Oklahoma. sympathy extended to Mr Mulcahy. Mrs Nels Dybom Oscar Lind Thos C Hanson and Andrew Paulson depart for Norway to visit old friends. Paulson hopes to see mother after 23 years away. Add ad copy for Dr King Life Pills ending with 25¢ at City Drag Store.
West Union notes include visits with ex Gov Larrabee at Clermont and Margaret Ainsworth from Mason City visiting the Green sisters. Mr and Mrs Henry Richmond attend Ames commencement where son Howard plays. Yeoman picnic set for June 18 with a West Union Clermont ball game. Dr E H Darnall and wife relocate. partnership with Dr G D Darnall dissolved.
Wadena residents report social visits with Elsie Starr at home over Sunday while Cleveland Dodd and family from the area joined relatives. Jim Gray and his wife spent Sunday with Mrs. Gray's parents, Mr. Frank Poor and family.
Sumner residents Harry Wells and family stayed with Mrs Wells parents, while Zach Davis and wife hosted guests. Parlo Klingman visited West Union to see her sister Mrs Frank Koblev and returned home. Rev Debest and wife hosted Mrs Debest's mother and sister from Harryville. Walter Ernest and wife visited at Mr and Mrs McKan in Fayette. Will Wittenbaugh bought a new K R L T car from Wittenbaugh and Klingman. John and Will Wittenbaugh, Bert Jennings and families traveled to Des Moines by train. many others visited Sid Jennings home Sunday. Miss Margaret McQuilkin, recent University of Minneapolis attendee, came to spend vacation with sisters Mrs L B Bigler and Miss Martha McQuillan.
Aug Swanson and wife of Rockford IL visit Elkader with Benson family of Highland township. Wm A Walthers and assistants paint the German church as German friends advocate progress. John Feller and wife welcomed a baby boy with health good in the home. Fred Meder survived a 25 to 30 foot fall while painting the church tower with minor injuries. Drake University law graduate Clint G Bishop, Elkader High class of 1905, passed the state bar exam and plans to practice in South Dakota. A school display at the Opera House basement showed yearly work, with standout manual training and domestic science exhibits.
Rain is badly needed while residents share social updates. Pauline Loertscher stayed home Sunday. Ida Nydegger visited parental home. Fred Wenger visited Oelwein last week. C. M. Klingman and children and Lawrence MacKellar and wife visited Elkader. Marthe Kreuger stayed with relatives near Wadena. Ethel Shaffer visited Clermont relatives. Oscar Kimball visited Roy Kimball’s home. Frank Seaver and wife hosted Henry McMillan and daughter Hazel. Chas Fritz and wife also mentioned.
A crowded slate of visits and calls highlighted the West Union vicinity with Mrs. John Peake hosting and guests including Will Kerr and family, Ms. Nydegger visiting Clermont, and many attendances at homes of the Wenger, Whitford, Kerr, and Yearous families. Notables traveled to Elkader, Oelwein, and McGregor for visits, teaching in Dakota, and a church lecture by Mr. Dyer of Armenia.
The Decorah Public Opinion lauds Peter Johnson & Sons as a distinguished Decorah business. A newly organized Iowa corporation with $20,000 capital lists Peter Johnson as president and includes Oscar Bauder, George Johnson, and Melvin Johnson among incorporators. The firm now occupies 15,000 square feet, tracing back to Peter Johnson starting on Water street twenty years ago and noted for first class work contributing to local growth.
A Wisconsin reader reports ribs broken after a coughing fit and credits Dr King s New Discovery with quick relief. The ad touts its aid for coughs colds and weak lungs backed by patient testimonials from Effie Morton and others. It also features pension talk and proverb style lines about money and work.
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