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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
2
The Elgin Savings Bank reports its condition as of the 10th, 1938, to the superintendent of banks. It lists assets including cash, coins, bonds, and debts, with totals for real estate, deposits, and overall liabilities and capital, noting securities held and deposits due.
A jumbled page blends dentist references, a cemetery association meeting, Masonic gathering, and wartime notices. It notes farm feed sales by Weibel Mill, free summer school books, and job listings. Multiple names appear including Ben Baumgartner and Chris Gregerson amid aviation and troop updates.
Fragmentary notice from Elgin area postal and local business pages mentions advertising rates, subscription options, and display listings. Details are garbled but indicates pricing at one dollar fifty cents for annual and six months at seventy five cents.
The issue prints multiple political announcements for Republican primary candidates with names like Martin Fels, W.W. Wright, and Capper & Sons advertising stock. Local notes cover street work, Memorial Day plans, flower sales, and farm items while Len Read recalls a Ford fishing mishap and Will Baumgartner returns from service.
A Richmond era column from Elgin discusses residents enlisting or planning to enlist in the navy and army, with names like Charles Capper Clarence Sehori and Fred Hanson highlighted. It notes a delay for a furlough, weather impacts on crops, letters from France from James Jack, and local concerns about dogs at large. It also advertises remedies for catarrh and constipation.
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