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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1929
Page
4
Fall after leaf drop offers pruning time for fruit trees. Local notes report Grant Dawson returning from Town Falls after a month husking corn. Various residents from Cedar Rapids to West Union visitations, farm prices, petty theft, and early Echo want ads show pigs selling well and buyers from multiple towns.
A doctor at an oil station fire anxiously watches a patient. He asks a nurse to draw the blind so the patient won’t think the operation failed amid the blaze and glare.
An Engilah woman found an imported egg she purchased contained sand and small paper scraps with foreign text after breaking it open though the shelf appeared intact at purchase. The odd discovery followed warnings of strange contents in food items.
Local notes list numerous Sunday visits among families in Cheery Valley. Visitors include the Emil Moor family and Esther Friederich at the Ed Metzger home, Jacob Lenihan returning from West Bend with Paul Schneider, and many dinners and gatherings at Christen, Frieden, Dennler, Metzger, and Lehman households. Alice Hanson missed school with chickenpox. others husked corn and traveled between homes.
Albert Gulevig and family were dinner guests Sunday at the K Stearns home at St Olaf. Mrs Kjosa, Stella and Lewis shopped in West Union Monday. Mrs B Nelson and daughter Tina joined Mr and Mrs H E Landagard of Clermont for a Sunday dinner at J T Johnson home. Lou Reierson visited her sister Mrs L Embertson in Wagner township over the weekend. Helmer Loftsgard and family stayed with Richard Erickson near Wadena. Maria Elledge of St Paul visited relatives here last week and returned home. Halver Halverson of Minneapolis attended Ole L Halverson’s funeral and returned home. Marion congregation trustees met at the St Olaf parsonage Thursday evening. Mrs Tom Olson visited the Dori Opperud home Monday. George Landsgard and family visited Elmer Benson home. Elvena Gisleson and daughter Yvonnie helped with housework at Henry Gisleson’s during corn husking. George Landsgard discussed business at Emil Gulsvig’s Tuesday. Confirmation at Marion Lutheran church on Thanksgiving day at 10 30 a m. Mrs Ole Torkelson of Elgin spent a week with daughter Mrs George Landagard and returned home.
Lyle Bhaffer received a temporary contract to carry mail under guard Fali Went rab and Hlivrado for a route. The fragmentary item notes the award and mentions names and officials involved in the decision.
The Board of Directors of the Elgin Farmers' Dairy Co will on Saturday November 30 1929 at 1 pm at the creamery let all the cream routes except route No 12 to the lowest responsible bidders for a one year term starting January 1 1980 The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
A fragment reports that the treasury holds over 180 tons of old currency in strong boxes awaiting disposal while old pulp sales no longer justify the effort. The note urges readers to use wants ads for quick results.
The Echo Office advertises a combined subscription for the Elgin Echo and the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald at 65.00 per year, saving 1.00. New subscriptions or renewals eligible, with annual rates listed separately as 2.00 for the Echo and 4.00 for the Telegraph-Herald.
A club scene chronicles Bill’s tell of a black eye from rising a bride after the ceremony, three years past the wedding, with a wry exchange on customary delay and the punchline.
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