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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
7
A historic notice advertises a complete lens grinding operation for testing of eyes and lenses. It claims to be the only facility outside large cities capable of complex lens fabrication and offers same-day service for broken eyeglasses.
The article notes Farmer Burns extolling wrestling as the greatest exercise, training every muscle while challenging the mind like chess or whist. A pupil wrestles at the opera house Saturday evening, and a new bridge over the Turkey River eases farm traffic by removing a summer-long obstacle. The piece ends with an offer to print sale bills.
GENDER IREMS. H. M. Waeng moved to Eigteiat Mbureday among the undieposed. Helen Nelson wedet Saturday at West Union. Oscar Lind was a fairness visitor at Postville Thursday. Mrs. Tom Olson spent the past week visiting relatives at Clermont. B, kareboug from Clormom was 4 cooler here one day last week. Guising to having a kerosene lighting system installed in his home. Sophie Mark spent a few days last week at the home of her after Mrs. C Andereon. School is closed in District No. 1 because of the absence of teacher Miss Erickson. Nellie Peterson from Wagner has been assisting Mrs. The Kjosa with household duties the past week. Mrs. Earl Sorom from Grand Mead, Minnesota, is here visiting her mother Mrs. G. Nass and family. Ole Baker and K. W. Mark have been at Hikader the past week acting as jurors at the court in season. Word from Nora Hrickson, who underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Postville hospital last Monday, states she is getting along nicely. Mrs. R. L. Reierson, daughter Ruth and Gena Nyberg, who have been living at Postville for three months, moved back to the old Reierson homestead last Tuesday.
Despondency often stems from indigestion and biliousness and a dose of Chamberlain's Tablets is said to lift spirits within a day or two. For sale by R. W. Muehlenthaler.
Otto Stoehy departs next Monday for Des Moines to attend the Babcock Institute of Pharmacy. Found lost notice under Good kid glove. Lady owner may reclaim by paying Echo office.
Betty Schafer aged thirteen and Jane Campbell fourteen translated a 200 word Latin composition after seven days of instruction. Dr Berle of Cambridge Mass uses their rapid progress to demonstrate teaching time savings to university classes. They began without prior Latin study and mastered first and second declensions, linking vocab through derivatives to cement understanding. The piece notes the girls’ vocabulary and few errors, and comments on broader teaching methods.
A campaign note urges voters to review the public record of Congressman G. N. Haugen to decide his suitability for a sixth term in Congress. The piece emphasizes wholesome scrutiny of a public figure and the electoral process in Iowa.
The article criticizes N Haugen for 18 years in Congress with only one committee chairmanship and no Agriculture chair. It argues his record on oleomargarine, major national issues, and lack of leadership, urging voters to back Carl Evans for the fourth district on November 7.
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