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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
7
An ad touting Hall's Catarrh Cure promises a reward for curing catarrh. The news item reports Wim Jones, 45, of McGregor, electrocuted by a live wire after he kicked it to remove it from the sidewalk, leaving a widow and three children. The coroner and local blacksmith, W. Beerman, handled the case.
Local items report Miss Flossie Cappar visiting for fuel, Miss Taazel Peeper owning a new piano from Hans Keiser, and residents R. J. Stoehr with nurse Miss David returning home by special car. Community updates include horse races, travel to Decorah and Oconomowoc, a large meat and cattle loss from foot and mouth disease, railway route changes, mail delivery issues, and plans to form a town band while praising spring weather and civic improvements.
An unidentified commenter recounts a visitor today to Weaton mentioning Mrs Himer Schori and J G Behrampfer in a brief local note. The report lacks full details but records the social encounter and names involved.
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