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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1923
Page
5
Fragments discuss Mother's Day gifts and affection, urging heartfelt letters to mothers. The piece shifts to thrift and waste with cement sacks, then lists committees for a Bible class banquet, noting names and roles and hinting at local community events.
A moral reflection urges restraint in expressing pleasure at others misfortune and urges pity for wrongdoers. It warns against superfluous compliments and excessive ceremony while advocating modest dress and alignment with natural fashion, avoiding envy and haste in judging reports.
The passage notes wind driven sand displacing lands and structures. Drifts on Lake Michigan shores reach 100 feet deep, Cornwall dunes 300 feet, and Gobi dunes up to 40 miles long and 900 feet high. Inland movement varies by location from 16 feet per year at Biscay to 24 feet in Denmark and 17 yards in southern India.
For sale small bungalow in Clermont across from Rock Island depot formerly owned by Andreas and Hanson. Must be sold to potters. J A Erickson Admr announces immediate sale price as a real bargain. Relatives and friends note the urgency of the sale.
Citizens discuss oiling streets by frontage shares versus town wide approach. Proposed plan would assess costs by property foot frontage or larger main streets, with a public meeting set for May 24 at 8 pm at the Town Hall to decide on funding and method.
M E Church schedules Mother’s Day events with sermon, a ladies trio, Mother's Day program at Sunday school, and evening music by the Ilyria Orchestra. Prayer meeting Thursday, study class Wednesday, and a town meeting Monday invite all to discuss town affairs. Local garden and farming notes mention late sweet corn loss from frost and upcoming planting, plus a dance at the opera house and community church events.
A West Union meeting on Friday gathered five towns West Union Hawkeye Clermont Westgate Arlington to revive a regional league this summer. Elgin is hoped to join, potentially forming seven teams. Postville Calmar and Strawberry Point considering all home team entry. A follow up meeting at George Woodard's West Union office Friday at 10 30 am may complete the organization with a luncheon at the Country Club for delegates.
Church notes from Muscatine discuss May 13 services including English worship and Sunday school, youth meeting, and a forthcoming prayer meeting. Also mentioned are Mothers Day plans, railroad opinions, King Tut coffin notes, Elgin Post office exam attendees, debt cancellation questions, chilly Friday night, local travel, flour prices, property for sale, and various community visits and a new Ford Coupe.
Report from Wadena recounts the first base ball game of the season with sportsmanship praised by both teams. The score favored Wadena amid notes on grade visits by Mrs Falk and Mrs Krodtan, plus ongoing literacy activities and a focus on silent reading using Horn Shields Flash Card exercises.
A Special Execution directed by the Clerk of the District Court of Fayette County Iowa rests on a May 2 1924 judgment in favor of Elgin Savings Bank against Harald Bennett for 5312 41 100 dollars with interest and fees. The property in Fayette County including parts of Sections 28 3 34 Town 94 North Range 7 West is levied for sale on June 4 1923 at the courthouse in West Union. auction conducted by the undersigned. House bill news notes Iowa’s 1923 law targeting Ku Klux Klan activity and Miller School ends term with Lillian Patterson teaching the last two years.
The Elgin High School class of 23 will graduate thirteen seniors, seven girls and six boys, including the daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Gilson. Activities for commencement week run May 26 to June 1, featuring a senior picnic, baccalaureate at a Baptist church, a class play Forest Acts at Elgin Opera House, a school exhibit, Alumni banquet, and the commencement address by Prof. D. Cram. The Junior and senior crowds keep plans secret, making closing days busy and memorable.
Notice is given that sealed bids will be received at the Secretary of the School Board Elgin Iowa until 7 30 oclock May 18 1923 and opened by the Board for the erection and equipment of a school addition including all labor and material. Separate bids for Building and equipment first second and third heating and plumbing. Plans and specifications prepaid at the Secretarys office. The Board may reject any or all bids. Dated April 18 1923 Elgin Iowa SAMUEL MOSBY Secretary.
Property on Main Street offers a six room house with hearse and lot. Described as desirable and well located, intended to close an estate. Taquira of Efford Hunsberger.
Mathis St Pauls M B Sunday asks attendees to honor mothers with a tribute during morning services on May 23. The note invites attendance and notes a Mothers Day program will be presented at the church.
The passage argues overdevelopment causes a market surplus and price rises. It mentions a merchant named Kadi, reportedly improved in a shop, traveling to Gornagilla at the start of the week for a brief stop. The text is greasy with garbled phrasing and unclear connections between events.
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