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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1918
Page
2
Local column items include ads, subscription rates, and notices about events at the opera house, a hospital event, and a high school play. Community updates cover road restrictions removal, sugar and coal price chatter, wartime concerns, and residents Le Verne Belding and Lester L Stage dying in action. Estate farm sale details note low bidding. private sales favored.
Committee chairmen report at night. afternoon public session highlights welcome by Elgin mayor and Michigan guest Houghtly. Programs include Hawkeye Arbor recitations, a Jazz Band drill, Solo and vocal numbers, and the Semi-Annual Pass collection. Social hour features founder’s introduction and music by the Gleaners.
Pierre Wamp estimates France faces 4,000,000 tuberculosis deaths among 85,000,000 people with 1,000,000 killed by war. New cases surpass hospital capacity, and pensions favor wounded over consumptives. local committees and the American Red Cross strive to aid discharged soldiers and curb spread despite dire living conditions.
The Red Cross rolling canteens supplied hot coffee tea chocolate and bouillon to troops in France at a cost of one penny per man per drink. With 15 units behind the lines they faced shell fire and gas masks while delivering comfort and morale as the Army expands front line service near medical relief stations.
The Elgin Chronicle reports on wartime fund drives and local ties, noting Richard Kimpson corrected a $5 donation to reflect $15, while Mrs. Rogers also contributed. It covers Thanksgiving plans, school closings in Guttenberg, and residents like Alfred and Mabel Holzer visiting near Wadena, plus the move of Ira and Helen Bennett to town and local subscription reminders.
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