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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1931
Page
1
Renotations of respect and commemorative notices advertised by church society and school groups. About 600 In Memoriam cards offered at $2.00 each, with admission charged for related notices and obituary poetry or registry ads.
A Chicago business column urges Americans to trust the government amid perceived chaos. It recalls Lincoln's metaphor of Blondin crossing Niagara to advise restraint and collective effort, warning against panic and demanding faith while the nation carries a heavy load.
A grocer saves and retires to enjoy life but dies within a day. The piece warns delaying happiness leads to boredom and loss of purpose, with prudence failing to guarantee joy in old age and urging living for contentment now. It argues the real job of living is not banked for later.
A reflective passage from Standard in Excelsior Springs Missouri advises that life’s value rests in daily, small experiences. It emphasizes immediacy and personal cultivation of moments such as autumn haze, a child’s smile, a fairy tale hug, fresh wind on a beach, tender glances, and a brief musical note, warning that delaying them risks missing life entirely.
Illyria items detail numerous social visits across Cheery Valley and nearby towns. Families including Hanson, Rothlisberger, Frieden, Yearous, and Berger hosted dinners and suppers, with many others visiting in Elgin, West Union, Volga City, Clermont, and Waterloo. A school social at Thompson is noted, and several birthdays and illness mentions appear among the gatherings.
Mr and Mrs Jud Conner with Mrs Lillie Conner and Herbert Dummermuth and family spent Sunday in the Ed Boyle home. The Ladies Circle met Thursday with Mrs George Howard. Walter Kohls and family visited Fred Schott’s home in Sumner. Mrs Tony Buhr returned.
The undersigned expresses appreciation to friends who sent flowers cards and messages of sympathy during a two week hospital stay for Shirley Boyle. Mrs Bert Allen signs the note of thanks and gratitude.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports a decline in the poultry population in 1981 with 459,402,000 chickens on farms at year start, down from 470,468,000 a year earlier. Chickens peaked on January 1, 1930 after rising from 418,000,000 in 1825 to 470,000,000.
A cottage studio advertises inexpensive photographs in Oelwein, urging readers to trade at home among friends and to mention seeing the notice in the Boho.
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