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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1918
Page
5
A long wartime letter describes camp life at an Iowa site, with notes on drills, meals, bunk life, uniforms, and Army routines. The writer mentions quarantine, family and friends, local bands, flags, and village scenes at departure points, plus farm and seed corn notices and a county agent appeal for wartime corn crops. The piece blends personal correspondence with public notices about seed orders and agricultural drives.
Me and Mrs BA Weibel of Fairbank announce the birth of a daughter on Sunday April 18. The new arrival is the sixth child in the family, adding to a growing household.
Senior Camp Pire Girle hosts a basket social on Wednesday May 8 at Sunny Dale School now taught by Thelma Knudtson. Program includes songs, recitations, dances, violin and vocal solos, readings, a saxophone solo, a farce, and a camp fire. Attendees urged to bring baskets for two.
Eastern Stars and attentions to Mrs Anna Plummer of Lime Springs will be in Main on Wednesday May 8. All Eastern Star members are requested to attend the meetings to be held at that time.
An old notice advises getting Cham berlain's Ointment and following the printed directions immediately after a sprain. The bottle accompanies the directions and is sold by Blackr's Drug Store.
A Thursday evening service flag dedication and Liberty Day program at the Pleasant Valley opera house drew a capacity crowd. Rev Hiortholm spoke on Liberty Day, the High Concert Band performed, and Mrs. Fred Gehring presented the service flag. The event raised about 250 for the Red Cross, honoring 52 names on the flag including volunteers and drafted men, with two gold star additions.
Henry Martin and his crew of men undertake county road work starting May 1. The crew will clear brush grade and repair surfaces under county supervision and with local funding.
Local school notes describe Prof McCoy's Monticello visit between trains last Saturday. Fifth grader Ame Préderichs and fourth grader Gertrude Grether were absent due to illness. seventh grades engaged in makeup work. Libbie Kingman and Lowell Grover missed days for illness. Mary Hanson earned two 100s and two 29s on recent exams. Manual training work shown in the old Fair Store building. Dorothy Peeper raised forty cents for the Junior Red Cross, earned by her own effort. Four students awarded high school letters for basketball. A flag ceremony Friday, led by Miss Meek, featured a salute to Old Glory and praise for the gift.
Elvira Pinney Conner died suddenly at her daughter Mrs Robert Wilsons home in Highin Iowa on April 29 1918 after a long illness. Born March 1 1858 in Hopkinton New York she married Abijah Conner in 1876 and was survived by four children two sisters two brothers eight grandchildren and many relatives. Funeral services will be held at the synagogue church Friday at 2 30 PM with interment in the local cemetery.
The notice claims rheumatism causes great pain and sleeplessness but offers Chamberlain's Liniment as relief. It notes availability at Stoehl's Drug Store and mentions White Oak fence posts for sale by Chris Dennier in Bleia, Iowa.
The text notes a national focus on Red Cross work the week of May 20 1913 with Lona and Pleasant Valley township contributing to raise funds to aid soldiers. It also mentions a clothing sale and a local find by Frank Louison describing a ground full of grubs spanning six acres and six years of infested soil.
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