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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
2
The fragment mentions Miller & Grover’s flour orders and special prices, Weibel Bros. Mill, and a Ladies' Aid supper initially set for Friday that has been postponed to the following Tuesday evening October 31. The Hawkeye Gasoline & Kerosene agency touts citywide delivery and offers contact by home phone.
This column records local ads and notices from Elgin with items on printing services, bidding and auctions, real estate transfers, business moves, and personal visits. It lists residents Clarence Schori Helen Nicklaus Mrs Mary Monnahan Anna Gilbert Fred E Schori Chris Moser Eddie Conner J D Shaffer Earl W Manuel and others, plus a Fayette county clerk race pitch and weather notes from a recent trip to Fremont and remarks on roads and a Hughes speech.
A string of visits and arrivals marks the week with several residents traveling or hosting guests. Frank Capper and wife, Miss Gladys King, Mrs C. W. Nicklaus, and Julia Brabham are among those noted for Tuesday departures or returns. The rural mail schedule shifts earlier due to bad roads, with a temporary change expected to revert when conditions improve. Twin births headline local family news as Mr. and Mrs. Hough Conner welcome twin girls, while relatives visit to assist. Dining and wrestling events at the opera house promise entertainments, with local stock buyers and farmers sharing updates on health, operations, and agricultural pride.
The column reports numerous visits among Ellyrga Prem Wits farmers and neighbors across the region. It mentions Mrs Guy Moors, Deseon Bailey, Jake Tearews home, Pearl Kitshal visiting Geo Gihaen and Bdégao KimBall homes, Herman Lareom and Harry Reishee, Chas Rothlisberger and Floyd Qattert on near Volga City, and Chas Klingman’s barn upgrade. It notes Mrs Jerome Yearows and Hien Hunsberger visiting Cedar Rapids, Fred Reichert and Walter Rothlisberger guests at Jobe Rothlisberger, and Mrs A D Haffe with daughter Mary. J D Shaffer sold his farm to Fred Schneider for 312 1 2 dollars per acre, implying Iowa land pricing. A Halloween entertainment is planned at Myria church November 3 with ten cent admission. A curious note tells of Mrs Clem aged about 70 with two sons Hol and Sol Clem over 60, described as possibly the oldest in Iowa, living quietly on a farm and born around Napoleonic times. Georgia Stoehr visited Cedar Rapids Wednesday.
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