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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1919
Page
4
Carl Jaquette and family leave Wiggin for Huron South Dakota to man a habitable new home and seek year round work at double the wages. His family expresses best wishes for happiness health and wealth in the new home. Consumers urged to stretch apparel as prices rise.
Mr and Mrs M Hovey visited Postville on business. D W Clements stayed at B G Boyer home. Arthur Patterson family joined at B Meyer home. B Frisbee family visited Frank Lyons. Mrs House and daughter from Waterloo visited Harry Stillman. Clarence Tripp and daughter Cecil at K B Grimes. Myron Burnside of Strawberry Point staying with Jim Bartlett. Jim Bartlett and Zichie Tripp completed sorghum, yield one hundred gallons. Logan Hisserman of Hast Dubuque visited Sid Patterson. D W Craft A Will Barker and H M Bartlett group took a short outing near Dubuque. Floy Bartholomew injured in a tree climbing accident. Lost grip caused seven to eight feet fall, injuring head and back.
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of the Citizens' State Bank of Elgin Iowa was adopted at a June 9 1919 stockholders meeting in Elgin Fayette County Iowa The amendment changes Article Five Section One to require a board of nine directors elected annually by stockholders and serving one year terms The document is signed by Ernest Schori president and B J Baumgartner cashier and notarized by Thho Schmid on September 8 1919
Hesner hardware store changes hands to Mesara J. H. Bower and Freeman Waldron of West Union. Bower plans to move his family immediately. Waldron, recently discharged from the army, is single. The new owners are described as awake and shrewd, expected to maintain the store's first class reputation as Strawberry Point and the public welcome the firm.
Weibel Mill Co advises farmers to plant winter wheat, asserting it offers the best returns. With about 200 bushels on hand, the time is right to allocate a few acres and begin seeding.
A reader praises United States Tires for overall satisfaction and cites endorsements from John Falk of Elgin and John Wittenbaugh of Wadena. The column includes a veteran’s tale claiming a fisherman uses bait to trap fish, noting a hook’s purpose is to aid a quick catch but can hinder a fish’s swallowing.
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