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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1927
Page
4
A string of local visits fills Sunday afternoons as Oak Grove residents host and visit families across Elgin Waterlooo and West Bend. Rex Medberry welcomes a baby boy born September 30. The Ilyria Church notes mark the pastor’s fourth year with plans for new features and continued attendance.
Reverend Buckwalter and visiting U B ministers renew ties in Wadena as a Darish conference session moves from Garden Prairie to town. Bishop Hoskins preaches at Wadena and Garden Prairie with memorial services for Rev S Moore and Rev R D McCormick.Appointments keep pastors in last year’s fields. Harvesters band plans a box-filling visit. Local repairs on the railroad and various residents’ news fill the week.
Social items list gatherings and visits across Cheery Valley including Jake Butikefer at the G Friederichs and Theodore Hansons hosting Thos Hanson. Other entries mention hospital discharge, dinners at Jake and George Christen homes, and multiple visits among Dennler, Hanson, and Friederich families plus guests from West Bend and Postville areas.
Miss Hendrick of Austin Minnesota visited a week with Mrs Cornelius Reierson. Nearby residents spent a day at the Cattle Congress in Waterloo. John Ward called on the Orville Paige home near West Union last Thursday. The Misses Hoag and Olson dined with Emma Nester y. Esther Halverson visited her aunt Mrs L Larson in Highland township. Mrs Carrie Nelson spent a few days in Cresco. N T Loftsard returned from North Dakota Friday. Mrs K Odegard stayed with the Gisleson brothers last week. Waldo Embertson of Wagner visited relatives here last week. Reuben and Kenneth Mork assisted with silo filling Saturday. Joe and Agnes Hoag did business in Clermont Saturday. Rev Tysdal and wife arrived home Saturday after six weeks in Canada. Harriet Erickson of Decorah and Clarence Ulstad of Eagle Grove spent the weekend visiting.
Mr and Mrs Theodore Blanchard and son of Waucoma visited the George Craft home Sunday. The Elgin Brainerd road is impassable due to heavy rains creating two bad mud holes. Mrs Sidney Nutting attended a W G T A meeting in West Union. Relatives mourn death of Mrs Mary Clemens at her son Willard's near Pitts ville Wis funeral held in West Union. Attending were Mr and Mrs Elmer Boyer and son Glen and Mr and Mrs Jim Bartlett. Grace Medberry left for Oelwein after visiting Ivan and family. William Burk of Omaha is visiting his ill brother John in the Elgin hospital.
Iowa becomes first state to allow municipalities to fund bands through annual budgets. Within two years after passage, over 100 towns levy the tax to organize municipal bands. At that time 14 states had no municipal music provision, though moves to tax music were discussed in several legislatures.
A Renwick farmer mailed back three knit ties from a “blind salesman” replacing them with old ones and remarking the seller won’t notice. Separately a new Iowa law requires county auditors to set aside 15 cents per school age person to fund library books for all districts. The county board of education will select and purchase the books with state guidance.
A list of practical skills for boys including writing letters, arithmetic, accounting, banking, and receipts. It covers basic finance, measurement, and interest. notes on reading, music, sports, and personal presence. and emphasizes courtesy, hard work, and self-improvement through study of history, science, and current events.
Notice to Agnes Ulving Jeanette Ulving Marylin Ulving Iris Nathalie Ulving Olive Ellen Ulving and all interested persons that final report and discharge petition of H S Hadsal administrator of Leonard O Ulving deceased will be on file by October 10 1927 in Fayette County District Court West Union Iowa. If no objections are filed by October 26 1927 the report will be approved and the administrator discharged.
A vivid catalog of bygone items and social customs from 1927, listing fashion, gear, entertainments, and everyday objects long remembered. References include bangs and bustles, phaetons, rubber gum, ferry boats, saw mills, high hats, wooden Indians, mustache cups, kerosene lamps, nickel novels, and other era markers.
John M. Shaw of Iowa State College warns on bulls safety saying a gentle bull is dangerous if trusted, a mean bull is more obvious in danger, and no bull is wholly trustworthy. He advises using a staff when leading any bull and notes the need for caution around livestock.
Mr and Mrs Albert Schupbach and family came home last Thursday after several weeks with relatives in Wisconsin Illinois and Missouri. Metal and metallic cloth cloth dath were received early this week and are on display at Elgin Millinery Store. Mrs W R Blake shows shoes for dress and for work at Bergs.
A new Iowa law effective July 4 ends liability of motorists who give rides as guests in accidents. Only motorists charging a fee or taking passengers for hire remain liable. Liability also applies if the driver is intoxicated or reckless.
Beamer's Tire Shop in West Union Iowa advertises fast clean car washing with an air and water auto washer top building and repairs glass cut ground and set tire boot and over shoe vulcanizing radiator repair.
A motivational notice urges readers to stop dwelling on failures and actively pursue goals. It encourages self confidence, hard work, and public confidence, suggesting success leads to rewards like a suit or overcoat and highlighting Berg’s as a source for such goods.
Doctor Pommel lists Canada thistle quack grass horse nettle cocklebur yellow foxtail green foxtail smaller rag weed velvet weed burkhorn or rib grass and sourdock as Iowa s worst weeds. The law requires cutting before blooming on rights of way and waste lots with township trustees enforcing the rule to prevent spread.
Otto Kroger and Alfred Wenger have gone to Dakota on business. Geo Vaughn and Milton Miller are now working at Elkader. Mr and Mrs James Powers and family spent Sunday at the B W Connier home at Clermont.
A collage of old time ads and quips promoting coal sale urgency, winter preparedness, insulation with balsam wool, hog house ideas, and weathered calls to action. Includes light humor about last word sales pitches, a milliner’s suggestion, and a paper economy joke about five dollar money orders.
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