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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1926
Page
4
Community notes from Mudberry Jest and nearby Cheery Valley recount visits, farm work plans for Letchwood, cattle TB testing, and a parade of neighbors at various homes including Klingman Bros near Garnavtho, Frieden, Limon, Medberry, and Chapman. Several health updates, church notes, and local events fill out the week's social tapestry.
Mrs Alfred Stolle of Elgin visited her mother Mrs Harley Helms Monday. Frieda Miller of Elgin spent the weekend with Dick Boyer. Mr and Mrs Edwin Balman were dinner guests Sunday at Ben Baumgartner’s in Higin. Elizabeth Schupbach was a weekend visitor at Dan Sutter’s. Lars Paulson recently at Will Burrow’s. Mr and Mrs Herbert Miller visited Thursday at Herbert Haas’s. Mrs Jim Calahan visited J B Brackin’s Thursday. Lawrence Gehring and Edward Brackin are sick. Nat Little Clarence Haas is recovering from a facial cut. Virgil Rolfs hosted a birthday party Sunday. Get carload prices on oven fence and barbed wire. Lehman’s Hardware.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Olson and others hosted dinners with families from Decorah Postville and nearby towns. Olaf Berg and Winifred Flanagan plus guests visited homes Sunday. The Groth school received a penitent from the Iowa tuberculosis association for health crusade efforts. Mrs Robert Gustavson traveled to Minneapolis after a stay with her parents Nels Helgerson.
Balloon tire equipment installed for all sizes of balloon tires and repair work. Auto top and side curtain building and repair, radiator service, and car washing. New grease rack available. Tehman's Hardware note about a dairy cow anecdote. West Union Iowa existence and services implied.
Mrs Mae Hinkel worked at the restaurant this past week. Mrs Archie Brooks and Mrs Dew ey Thompson visited their mother Mrs Alph Fox. Alph Fox and daughter called on Mrs Roy Cline. Mr and Mrs John Cook stored their goods while visiting relatives. Kim Kennedy moved the Hans Baumgartenn house east of the depot. Glee club and catholic choir sang at the farm bureau meeting. Mae Johnson has been sick with influenza. Helen Peterman suffer ed a severe pneumonia attack and Robert Bond is seriously ill. Mrs A G Herrling confined to bed by flu. Votle Popenhagen hosted Donna Erma Ruby and Laurette Mattocks and Elizabeth Herrling at a radio program. Cora Fox entertained relatives at an evening party. George Rubens Piguence Gehring Cora Davis and Hilza Zuercher attended basketball games in Fayette. Legion boys held a meeting and midnight supper and plan an entertainment. Grace and Viola Fennell absent from school. L A Popenhagen moving his goods to the Alph Fox house. Marie Knudtson and mother been sick. Ed Jennings not well. Donis Hunter visited friends. Mrs A Hulbert worse but improving. Friends visited at the Robert Bond home. The three months old baby of Mr and Mrs M Washell of Bear Creek died. Mr Birdsal preached the funeral from the home. Prof Meyer Alta Brough ton and Gladys Jennings sang. Burial at Taylorsville.
A surgeon finishing an examination by the bed of a suffering merchant quotes three hundred dollars as the cure cost. The patient asks for a lower price and the Hebrew retorts that one should see the boy he has from the undertaker.
About 3 percent more cattle were tested for tuberculosis in the country last year than in the previous year. The report notes a rise in TB testing, indicating ongoing livestock health monitoring.
Azelia Nutting grows sicker since Friday. Local ladies attended a farm bureau meeting at Cleve Erhardt’s. Phylls and Vivian Rowland visited, John Barnhouse also, Rev. Gillett left Cherokee after two weeks at the Baptist church. Mary Peters returned from near Volga City. Mrs. Bert Allen and Mrs. Eddie Conner visited the Hovey home. Mrs. Jim Bartlett is improving. Mrs. Sidney Patterson attended a Tarthurst meeting at West Union. Mrs. Bert Atle visited the Rd Boleyn home. Mrs. Louisa Burk visited the Tripp family and relatives. An advertisement touts a “Humpy” cigarette with a homey fireplace scene.
A local ad extols mineral hog conditioner with active ingredients for bone and muscle health. It claims no substitutes and cites Wallace's Farmer approval. The ad invites readers to dependence Produce Station in Independence for the product. It ends with a stray line about red-headed people and a mention of Harry Gilson visiting West Union.
The speaker reflects on self discipline and moral resolve, suggesting a man builds his own fences and guides himself with purpose. Few concrete facts appear, but the text hints at personal accountability and self-control as key virtues.
Local ad lists fresh typewriter ribbons for Oliver Remington Smith and Underwood machines from City Drug Store. Parcel available for rent: 80 acres east of West Union with fine land, good barn, other buildings fair. inquire at the office.
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