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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1928
Page
6
Elgin reports lively social notes with visits from Bergs customers and neighbors. Local residents, including Mrs. Abe Fox and the Weibel family, travel to Waterloo Decorah and West Bend. families host guests, attend funerals, and shop at Berg’s shop for tailored suits and “Ceat Price” discounts.
Sunday service opens revival on October 14 at 10 a m with Rev R Schroeder of St Paul to preach from Oct 16 to Oct 26. Harvest program by our re school on Oct 14 and B P U program printed in Echo. Attendance noted at Dubuque association in Oelwein and German association in Victor with greetings from Mrs Zurbriggen Oakdale.
Fall plowing reduces spring work while sheep help clean weeds along field fences. Farmers are quickly recognizing minerals as essential as feed and water for proper growth. Iowa State College experiments show a few cents worth of minerals can cut gains costs by several dollars.
The article discusses sustaining timber production with selective cutting, preserving seed trees, and seasoning fuel wood. It covers cooling pork carcasses for curing, dusting concrete floors with diluted sodium silicate, and notes hospital and family updates including Mrs. Deflaxt and Dr. Ray DeBSart.
The summary outlines high school football ads by Sumner merchants, hunting fines in Waterloo, potato harvest yields near Crystal Lake, cement plant operation in Gilmore City with 125 workers, and a state case against Otto Mickle. It also notes highway contracts in Garnaville to Guttenberg and Delhi to Hopkinton, travel to St. Louis for the World Series, local social visits, upcoming Baptist meetings, and a Chrysler purchase in Waterloo with local officials and residents mentioned.
State of Iowa Fayette County district court to hear a will authenticity for admission to probate. The last will and testament of Fred Reitz, deceased, is to be presented in West Union on September 21, 1928. Edgar A. Traeger, Clerk. News items note local club meetings and gossip, including outfits from Berg Hats and travel notes about Frank Kohler and family.
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