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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1924
Page
4
Sam Dennler at Clermont. Ed Melager delivered cattle to P. W. Minihan. John Dennler spent Sunday afternoon with Earnie Baumgartner. Various visits among Dennler, Hanson, Christen, Hofer families. Birth reported for John and Mrs. Butikofer’s daughter at Easter. Church notes urge Easter observance and midweek Epworth League meetings. A Buds of Promise entertainment with orchestra set for Friday May 9. Ladies Aid to serve lunch.
Hazel Marston visited Delwe Saturday while Mrs. George Howard was in West Union Monday. Frank Lyons started a nursery agency. Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Brown were in West Union Monday. John Fennel from West Union spent last week on a farm south of town. Chas Peters and son Joe worked with a Maynard road gang. The Bartlitts moved to a new home last Wednesday. Parmer Bartholomew of West Union visited the Mervin Brown home Sunday. Henry Martin and crew work on the road to Elgin. Rev. Hutchinson of Des Moines spoke at the Baptist church Wednesday evening. The E B Grimes family near West Union and the Clarence Tripp family visited Sarah Helms Sunday. A freight car derailed near Elgin Monday causing a brief traffic delay.
A compiled list reports social visits in Elgin and nearby towns including Pulfer, Shaffer, and Rothlisberger households, plus a Fayette County sheriff’s sale notice arising from a 1924 judgment against Fritz Notinagel. The sale covers 124.27 acres in section 18, township 94 north, range 7 west, to be held May 29, 1924, at the West Union courthouse.
Last notes from Lime Kiln school show April 18 literary contest with selections by 6th and 7th graders, awards for geography, attendance, and a township spelling win. May 1924 issue includes local notes, bread observations, and a bank anecdote from Forbes Magazine.
A public educational contest invites participants to answer geography questions. First prize is 500 dollars. Send a stamp for the circular, rules, and questions to John W. Sheffield, Chairman Department of Awards, Aurora, Illinois.
A fragmentary note discusses scandal as a hidden act people fear being caught in while others would repeat the deed if not afraid of detection. It frames social risk, concealment, and collective caution among observers. The text hints at a cycle of wrongdoing and scrutiny.
A wife relates a dream in which she seemed to reach heaven and asks if her husband was there. He asks about his presence, and she confirms seeing him, realizing she was dreaming.
Odd local chatter notes a police order in Evanston ML requiring anyone riding horses after dark to attach a tail light to their horns. The gag about frayed trousers and a dog adds comic relief, while a quip on money and Taney as a punchline hints at a broader joke cadence.
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