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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
2
Notices indicate display and focal ads run consecutively. Subscriptions priced at two dollars for one year and one dollar for six months. Post office second class mail matter.
Miss Anna Soegel from Roanoak Illinois visits Cherry Valley. Harry Fitzgerald and wife from West Union visit relatives. Local ads mention a davenport sale, new hats at Clermont Millinery, and a 16 percent reduction. The Woman's Home Circle hosted at Mrs Mary Bennetts. Sales listed include 70 acres for sale by George Howard. Tenth graders held a party at M B church. Several residents visited friends in Oelwein. Local store redesign by N W Evans. Judge Willett rules city consent allows planting of electric poles. Hall Roberts farm dispersal sale October 12 in Postville with cattle pigs and poultry. Feed prices drop at Weihel Mill Co. Families visiting from West Bend, Cedar Rapids, Tripoli. Certificated teaching shortages noted with 1200 statewide shortfall. provisional certificates to be issued after exams.
Mrs Jos Butler visited at O P Turnbulls on Highland. Miss Rose Grimm began a school in Diatriey No 8. A M Weibel and Hans Grether travelled to Waukon for business. George Vaughn worked at St Olaf then Decorah. William Rieck came from Minneapolis with family, staying summer with relatives in Higin. Mr and Mrs Frank Greenley visited Charles Vaughn's home in Decorah. Fred Gehring renovates Center street building. George Kiple’s house near completion, front porch added. Edith Keiser and Hilda Falk joined Sam Metzger to West Bend. Several locals went to West Union for speeches by Moses, Clopp, Haugen. Mr and Mrs Fred Schlupp hosted nieces and relatives from Morton Illinois.
Miss Verle Kniel spent Sunday at home and Miss Marie Falk, from Oelwein where she teaches, visited. There was no school Monday afternoon. The district closed for Mrs. Hadsel's funeral honoring Dr. H. S. Hadsel who long served on the school board. All teachers traveled to Oelwein to attend the Seventh Annual Teachers' Inspirational Institute, a two day program featuring prominent educators.
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