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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1925
Page
5
A lively mix of school entertainments and civic programs fills the scene. Guests at the door receive fortunes as the Glenate mot hosts usher the bash, while the high school operetta The Toreadors is set for Friday with Miss Vin Horn directing.
Local notes report a new fire fighting unit built to fit the Chevrolet body and added to Blain's older equipment. Mentions county supervisors backing a widening project with guard rails on the Narrows road and community efforts to improve safety and access.
Committing committees for a bar association event plan a November 15 program at 8 p m with selections by George Her captain PoaM and Ethel Rennison, duets by Metta Buser, Clara and Luella Miller, and more, plus piano by Elmer Kobier and a chorus under Rev. Ph Lauer. The Elgin Farmers Dairy Co board will let cream routes for 1926 bids on November 21 at 2 p m. Abe says community animating is an old war hangover and an open Farm Bureau meeting with a congregational sing is awkward for many locals.
Richard Wiltsie Bloigabby and guests visited the Intermediate room last Friday afternoon. Kathryn Strauch remains home ill, George Anderson returns after two weeks’ quarantine. Fifth and sixth graders form a Pentangle Club to improve English with mottos I can I will and watch Listen. each child wears a gold star and keeps a corrections booklet. Second primary enjoyed a Hallowe'en party. Dorothy Olsson, Zella Boyle, and Geraldine Kohler had perfect spelling feats for a month. Pupils show interest in the story A journey to Health Land as they strive to stay healthy.
Jacob F Griesinger died suddenly of heart disease Saturday at 7:30 A.M. He was born in Germany and came to this area in 1874 at age seven. Married in 1885 to Mary Jane Peeper, he left five children, four daughters, one son, and many grandchildren. He belonged to the Lutheran church and was remembered as a kind husband and father. Short funeral services were held at home then at the Illyria church with Rev. Laver delivering a sermon from First Samuel. Burial followed in the church cemetery. A box social is planned in Brorby school district No. 2 Friday at 8 p.m. Ladies urged to bring baskets.
Erhardt and Hackman white leghorn flocks show profits after feed costs for September. Erhardt's 344 hens produced 4545 eggs with $397.60 revenue and $102.80 feed, yielding $224.80 profit. Hackman's 118 hens produced 1470 eggs, $27.57 value, $34.10 feed, for $3.47 profit.
Gloomy advertisements note clock and sewing machine repairs available with guaranteed work. Bring your clock or sewing machine for order in, with watch and clock services promised. Oyster supper hosted by Haat Clermont Lutheran Missionary Society in church parlors Thursday evening November 5 with bagging at 6 o'clock, all invited.
The High town council met in regular session with Mayor Gundersott and councilors present. Minutes from October 6 and 26 were read and approved. various claims approved by all members, including Gehring labor on streets, Dean salaries, Fayette County street work, and pumping costs.
Test results from experiment stations show corn tankage makes a cheap, efficient balance for swine feed in Iowa winters. A 100 pound bag of tankage balances about 25 bushels of corn, compared with 10 to 22 bushels for linseed meal or middlings, making tankage the cheaper final feed when tankage is high and corn is low.
Governor Hammill and the state executive council agreed to purchase power for the capitol grounds in Des Moines from the Des Moines Power Company. The contract will save about 11,000 dollars annually, reducing power costs from 22,000 to 11,000 dollars each year.
Balloon tire equipment installed. Balloon repair and new tire fitting for all tires. Auto top and side curtain building and repair. Radiator repair and car washing. New grease rack available. Beamer's Tire Shop, Weet Union, town.
The regular meeting of the O. BS is set for next Wednesday evening November 11 at 7 80 oclock. A social time with refreshments will follow the work. Please be on hand Worthy Matron.
Leslie Mattoon of Salem Iowa died last night after a stomach ulcer ruptured. He was 36, married with three children, and leaves his wife, mother, sister, and many relatives. Funeral held at Lone Tree with local attendees. A life sketch will be published next week.
Halver Halverson pioneer resident and merchant of Cut Bank Montana died Saturday October 24 after a period of ill health. Born May 1865 near Elgin Iowa he helped establish the Cal Bank business with his brother and built a major local enterprise. Surviving are four children Arthur Dorothea Harvey and Walter seven siblings and many relatives. Burial was in Cut Bank with Masonic and Eastern Star rites.
Publishers note readers are not ready for World War stories yet. Time since the war is too short and memories of the conflict remain vivid. They expect a future when new authors from veterans recount adventures and pivotal events, with The American Legion section in every issue of The Hat guiding interest.
State railroad official R. KR Commissioner Webster visited Union last week and discussed Rock Island train and mail service. He may push changes to improve connections, possibly reversing the passenger train from Cedar Rapids after the Chicago mail arrives, to restore steady service decade. Also notes shopper traffic, and reflects on hospital thank you letters from Mrs Tans Ketsar. For sale: kitchen cabinet, 2 burner stove, walnut bedroom suite. Echo Offices.
John Pulfer, longtime Dista Farmers' Dairy figure, owns Speckle a high producing Holstein noted for appetite and standout milk fat. The 1924 25 herd records show Speckle yielded 20 419 pounds milk with 3 6709 fat and produced net profits of 107 74 in 1924 and 144 47 in 1925 after feed costs, with descendants remaining in the Pulfer herd and a calf offered for sale to local dairymen.
The text notes the Hobo marks its thirty fat birthday with five publishers guiding the paper since its start. It implies longtime readers in Elgin remember the paper’s evolving leadership and shifts in local press history.
Millinery offers a two day sale on twelve hats priced regularly at 10.60 and 11.76 now 15.95 for Friday and Saturday only. Elgin Millinery Store urges early shopping with every hat in the store at a big reduction and hats at your own price for two days. New Flour Sales Rally touts sack lot discounts across stores and at the mill. Walker Mill Company and Henry Ford referenced with wealth notes. Mrs Wm Wilson of Oelwein visits Pred Cebring home.
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