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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1905
Page
5
Prof M Budyk Reflecting Qualist will be at the Hotel Bryant Elgin for three days November 1 2 3 offering free consultations and eye examinations for asthenopia weak sight sore eyes color blindness double vision long sight short sight crossed eyes and related disorders. He claims 26 years of practice and guarantees glasses tailored to each patient with free consultations and examinations.
Editorial for The Daily News by J Wilbur Chapman praises a city revival in St Paul with strong support from business leaders. He argues revivalism blends old truth with new methods, cites W T Stead, and asserts revival improves lives, labor conditions, culture, and daily life nationwide.
In October 1905 Nellie Schopp and Frank B. Miller wed at the brides parents home and plan to move near West Union. Grace Patterson and N W Carpenter married privately at Brainard on October 26, with relatives in attendance. Also advertised is Hubnger Farm for sale near the depot in Elgin, Iowa, 118 acres with 20 acres timber, call Frank Hunsberger for details.
Elgin friends receive a letter from Harold Rogers written at the Marine Barracks Mares Island California dated October 18. He describes travel from St Paul Minnesota Friday night to Tuesday, a successful enlistment after an extra exam, and an 80 high average despite teeth issues. Harold has his uniform and journeys to the Philippines with fellow recruits about the ninth of next month aboard a Navy ship. He asks Elgin friends for good wishes and expresses pride in serving the United States Navy.
The Ll. C. A. will hold a bazaar at the opera house on Tuesday evening October 31 with supper from 5:30. The Elgin shopkeeper announces a new line of case corkets and garments from Chicago. Early notices urge L. C. A. members to meet at the opera house Monday at 2 for a registry meeting. Also reports from Berwick Kansas praise crops and labor demand, plus county demographic notes on colored population in Clayton and Monroe counties.
A West Union dentist will be absent next week with return expected around November 10. Postmaster Keiser visited on Tuesday. Local items report a German Baptist Sunday school program, schoolroom exercises, and Elm-farm trips for lumber and corn. A maple tree was removed to install a new crossing, marking change in the town. Community humor and local anecdotes accompany notices about a bootmaker’s debts, an editor dispute, and optician I. E. Conigisky’s travel schedule.
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