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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1911
Page
6
The Lyric Entertainers appear at the opera house on Saturday evening November 4. Alma Heimerdinger, Florence McMullen, and Helen Dinwiddie headline a versatile program praised by press and public in prior cities. The company features readings, violin mandolin and bells, and a strong vocal performance.
Household furniture and numerous useful articles to be sold Saturday November 4 at 2 o clock in front of the opera house Bern Indiana Heating stoves parlor furniture tables bed steads chairs davenports rockers and more BR Bureau Auctioneers
Poludoi the mystic and his company perform October 30 and 31 with Lyric Entertainers on November 4. Mershon Warner Stock Co. appears November 20 to 22. Ephrian Matthys with wife and daughter and Mise Ruet take a Decorah auto trip yesterday. Weather fine except a blown tire. twenty accidents marred the trip.
Twelve autos with fifty passengers braved cold and heavy snow to visit Clermont Postville Luana Monona Farmersburg St Olaf and Elkader. The Elgin Concert band performed in each town while drivers earned praise for skill and care. Meals at Bayless Hotel capped a day of friendly exchanges and mutual introductions with nearby towns.
Carl Brown of Waterloo and Jack Hagensick of Elkader clash at the Highn opera house Saturday night October 28 for the welterweight title with 8:15 doors and 5 cents ring side seats. Prelims announced as part of a strong bill. Brown weighs 148 pounds and is noted for class. Hagensick at 155 has North and South Dakota experience.
A public notice announcing an application for a permit to purchase, keep, and sell intoxicating liquors. The notice identifies the applicant and the local authority processing the request and states the date and location of the filing.
Nodles informs that Gus A. Storge petitions Fayette County District Court for a permit to buy hold and sell intoxicating liquors at premises in Elgin Iowa. The request is to be heard in the court at West Union starting November. The petition is filed in the Clerk’s office.
Frances Hadd and Loren Worley are absent due to sickness while Otto Draewel returns to school after a week away. Pupils with perfect attendance in First Primary, Grammar, and Intermediate rooms are named. Halloween Sociable urges a penny collection for Friday October 27. Mentions cement work by Clarence and Louis Becker and various in-school entertainments and programs at the school house.
A Saturday evening bout at the opera house in Elgin Iowa drew a large crowd. Carl Brown of Waterloo defeated Hans Pruess of Volga City in two straight falls, the first in twenty seven minutes and the second in seven. Preliminaries featured local competitors. Planned rematch between Grown and Hagensick set for October 28 at the Elgin opera house. John Christ spreads paint on the M. V. Kiple house amid calls for better personal accounts and deposits. Elgin Iowa.
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