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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
4
A patchwork of rural news from Elkader area reports rain and heat, visits by Mrs Shaffer and Libbie Klingman, church cancellation due to weather, travel to Fayette and Elgin, plus daily chores and small events. Laborers, music classes, and household visits populate the social scene amid variable weather. Dr King’s New Life Pills advertised as a health aid.
John Falk and family from Elgin visited Mrs Adam Walther in Elkader on Thursday driving a new automobile. Mrs Thompson recovering at Dr Patterson's home shows health improvement. Scarlet Fever quarantine lifted at Talley home. no contagious diseases in city. Mrs Wesley Patterson and Mrs Perry Patterson left for Wahpeton BC after weeks with Dr and Mrs H Patterson. Strawberry crop lighter due to weather and blight. A call urges curfew laws to protect children from night street education. Uncle Daniel Peterman of Highland township notes he turned 85 today with sharp mind and cheerful smile.
Local items report Ernest Foster working for Fred Frieder and carpenters at the Frieden home. Many social visits recur among the Baumgartners, Meyers, Haberger family, and neighbors. A barn raising, a Mayback wedding in Bay City, and a large gathering for the Schupbachs mark a bustling week, with community ties and hospitality highlighted. Wins Fight For Life recounts James B. Mershon of Newark crediting Dr King’s New Discovery for recovery from lung issues, praising its help and availability.
Miss Mamie Boyle was in Elgin yesterday Selma Skarshaug was in Win Gutcher was in Elgin Saturday on business Fred Bigler adds an east side extension Chas Weck returned from St Paul Clara Nelson of Elgin visited Hunny Paulson Last week Mr and Mrs Ex Gov Larrabee returned from a pleasure trip Mr and Mrs Markham came home from Lonsdale health improved Dudly Appleman and family from Eau Claire visited Cedar Falls Anna Appleman returned home from Cedar Falls with sister Gusale Wades Lightning struck the chimney at the Brick City hotel causing damage but no major harm
Village social life and housekeeping notes list residents visiting relatives, hosting picnics, and illness. Anna Hofer and Chris Déuntors prepare for a picnic while Walter Jennings and others call on Ed Conners. Edith Conner visits Elgin. Simon ONeill trips to Minnesota. Mrs. Hugh Conner ill. Ed Conner family gatherings. June 17 A O G meeting at Ern Holzer home. Katie Wilson resigns and plans west trip.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a health and beauty aid for women, promising improved digestion, purer blood, stronger nerves, clear skin, and a rosy complexion. It cites The City Drug Store as the seller for 50 cents. A social note mentions a Sunday picnic with Ina Sylvia Nora Stanton and others, and local chatter about advertisers supporting community needs and school travel stories.
Henry Conner travels to Montana to visit a son and survey the country. Park Griffith and wife visit from New York. T. H. Griffith and sons attend a Chicago music dealers convention. Several residents make travel plans to Idaho, Colorado, and Emmetsburg. New fence around the fair grounds track noted as a long contemplated improvement. J B Montgomery property purchase for the Presbyterian church recommended at $1600 after donation deduction. early fall possession planned with repairs. Community notices include minor medical and social happenings, with updates from D D Waterbury and new city express agent.
Ordinance No 130 establishes a grade for and builds a sidewalk on the west side of Mill Avenue and Main Street in Elgin Payette County Iowa. The text specifies detailed measurements and elevations along Conner's addition and Brook 7, with margins for drainage and a width of eight feet. The ordinance ends with repeal of conflicting ordinances and notes the publication date and officials.
A voice urges that a young girl should savor youth and avoid rigid grandmotherly norms. Debutantes push for grown up clothes and status symbols, while youths should freely relish each moment and gift of life without pretending indifference or blase attitudes.
Cardinal Vannutelli declares four women belong at home and that a wife's greatest aim is to bear children. He argues that women voting would alter conditions, change husbands, and thereby improve domestic life.
The New York water power total, excluding Niagara and St Lawrence, is about 1.5 million. The water supply commission urges a $20 million development program to tap three water powers, projecting annual profits of around $1.4 million.
A fragment reflects on truth and mortality in a city as a single family. It argues against factionalism, praises shared improvements, and claims collective progress comes from united effort within a corporation like city property being common benefit.
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