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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
2
A compilation of local notes mentions Dr Feige fitting glasses and a Gasoline lie at Finke's drug store. It also lists community news, visits, poetry, farming, and town improvement debates with various residents and events from Ossian and surrounding areas.
Advertisements in the local column priced at five vente a line. Paper offers a range of printing services and jobbing materials. Subscriptions listed include one year in advance or six months, with monthly accounts and assorted rates.
May 12 1910 a Fayette Ossian local column notes corn planting 10¢ kerosene at Finke's Drug Store. social visits include Miss Lula Hurd entertaining Spencer Burts and Vera Stahl visiting Ben Stahl family. opinions on June weather and a jail day for spitting. notices of unclaimed Riverside Farm mail, land and brick plant plans near Clermont and Ossian municipal election May 27 for C Miller & Sons lighting. also local business upgrades at Commercial House and cement work by J Benson and neighbors.
A correspondent recalls a judge in New Zealand issuing an order banning singing as evidence. He notes Maori pleadings long and poetic, often beginning with ancestral legends and consuming hours before reaching a point, a Gilbertian but well vouched fact.
The walrus is described as weighing up to 2000 pounds with tusks up to two feet long. Its bulk, blubber armor, and brutal tusks make it nearly impregnable in combat, leaving the bear unlikely to prevail unless luck turns.
A fragment from a local column recalls English superstition of the black dog as a haunting spirit and cites Queenly figures punished in history. The note mentions Will Kohler’s Sunday return from West Union and several social events including A L 8 C girls, Mrs S W Ruby, and Mrs Halver Knudtson hosting gatherings. Community items note Misses and church society meetings, a sick resident Ira Patterson, and Memorial Day preparations with the Cemetery Association.
A large family celebration at Gus Gunderson’s home honored Mrs. Kettleson on her 90th birthday. About fifty relatives and friends attended, including Rev. Bursett and the Elgin Concert Band. Guests shared memories, a fine dinner, and musical selections as Mrs. Kettleson enjoyed the momentous day.
The Clermont Elgin team defeated Wadena 11 to 2 in a Sunday game described as listless early but ultimately one sided. Kohler Stoehtr Nelgon led scoring for Clermont Elgin with strong defense including double killings, while pitcher Dye received little support. Harry Becker contributed a four base hit as the band played at the park.
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