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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1919
Page
4
The Cheery Valley notes reveal a flurry of social visits and gatherings. Numerous families including Christen, Hanson, Frieden, Dennler, Reed, and Overbeck hosted or visited friends and relatives across the week, with several trips and extended travels noted.
Taigill and Tpe ms, Lena Medberry hosted Friday caller at Chapman home. Roy and Ray Wall visited Chapman on Sunday. Walter Wittur family spent Sunday near West Union. Elk hart visitors Frank and Merle Shaver with others at Chapman homes. Oyster supper at Walter Rothlisberger home Friday. Mrs Blanche Yearous called Tuesday at Chapman home. Ole Benson family attended four family gathering at Nels Morris home in Elgin. James Broom from Independence stayed with William Pollack. Mrs Thomas Hypnson and daughter Ellen and Mrs Martha Chapman were Bikader callers Monday. Ruth and Otis Rothisberger dined Friday at Nannie Fritz home. G A Gibson and Mae Probert visited Roy Kimball home Sunday. Chas Rothlisberger family entertained at Walter Rothlisberger home Sunday. Mrs Martha Chapman and sons enjoyed John Roethlisberger home Sunday. G W Doty and wife from Hartford, Michigan arrived Friday to visit friends. Cemeter y Association met Thursday at John Kerr home. dinner proceeds 15 dollars. Elmer Medberry and family Frank Gehring and wife of Algin were Sunday guests at Ernest Ashleman home near Eskader. Mrs C L Klingman hosted dinner Sunday. C W Doty and wife, Clarence Doty and wife of Mich, L W McKellar and wife, R E Peters and wife, Chester Peake, and C M Klingman and wife went to Cresco last Thursday for a ladies health specialist visit.
A farmer from near Waukon delivered eleven bags of clover seed to Adams Seed Co. The seed, graded extra fine, commanded 44 dollars per hundred. The farmer received 660 dollars for the eleven bags, about 59.10 per sack. The clover crop proves very valuable this year.
The aged Meskwaki chieftain Push-e-to-na-qua, a Fox-born leader born in 1848 near the Iowa River, died at the Tama reservation from pneumonia after thirty eight years guiding his people. He was the only U S chief officially recognized by the federal government and had received a $500 annual annuity since 1901.
Fayette residents report several frightening incidents Saturday night as a big burly man with a flashlight accosted women on Fayette streets. He shoved them from the walk or knocked them to the ground, then vanished. The sightings, described as humorous yet unsettling, raise unease despite no arrests or identification.
An Exchange note laments post office jobs no longer attract politics or ambition. It cites low salaries and rising living costs, noting postmasters with families struggle to save, resignations increase, and vacancies remain hard to fill across towns.
Emanuel Dolt visits relatives and friends in town, arriving from Montana for a period of reunion and social time with local connections.
A midcentury editorial laments two foreign groups, praising law abiding foreigners while condemning a restless minority of anarchic influence. It argues for sane labor capital cooperation and fair profit division, insisting intelligent leadership over loud, misguided voices from foreign agitators.
Iowa again tops states in corn production with a preliminary 409 million bushels. The average yield reaches 40 bushels per acre, well above the ten year averages, while 7 percent of acreage went to fodder and 4 percent to silage.
Iowa state board of control began drafting plans for a state automobile license plate plant. The plant was authorized by the last legislature but the appropriation section was omitted in error. Work resumes with assurance that the coming legislature will fund erection and maintenance.
Notice lists 30 tons of mixed timothy and clover hay stored in a barn along with 600 bushels of carn and 600 bushels of corn and game seed corn. R. W. Shaffer of Bigia, Iowa invites offers at once.
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