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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1927
Page
7
Ward notified relatives this week that Martin J Halverson of Cut Bank Montana died Saturday night March 12. He helped run Halverson Mercantile Company with his brother Albert who died about a year ago. Halverson was raised in Elgin with relatives in this area and Clermont.
Max Hunsberger the street commissioner notes progress on street repairs as frost ends. He says smooth streets boost town value and attract trade. Guy Whitford of Chicago visited Shaffers and planned a Volga City trip. Edith Grether visited Bax ter and her parents. An ad for International Sugared Hog Feed and Alafalla Meal by Geo N Schori in West Elgin.
Chas Holzer spent the winter trapping at the Allen home catching fur animals, with mink delivering the best pay. He reported 14 catches in the season, four of them 24 inches long, yielding a neat sum as mink were selling around 14 dollars each. Roy Steele boated a sizable sucker in the Turkey river on March 4. Knudtsan, previously record holder, ceded the crown while in Washington. A rainbow display wowed locals last Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs A C Stoffregen hosted his mother and Chicago brother Thursday. Genevieve Wilson visited from Cedar Falls, and Mrs Wm Walther traveled from Elkader to visit Sunday.
The notice states that the publication is issued every Thursday by R. P. Strauch and is entered at the Higin post office in Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
Local Elgin notices detail a W. E. sale advertisement and town hall lunch. Reports cover road conditions, new harness arrivals, a Minstrel Show planning by the M. E. Ladies' Aid, weddings, illness, and a string of visits, moves, and births across the community with named residents and nearby towns.
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