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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
5
A garbled excerpt reflects community pride in growth from frontier village to a settled town. It notes health, happiness, and a shared wish for continued advancement, with emphasis on unity and gratitude for past achievements.
Sheriff Robb and Polk County board clash over prisoner feeding charges. City pays 9 cents per prisoner per day versus county 4.90? The supervisors ordered municipal judges to sentence prisoners to the city jail, prompting Sheriff Robb to transfer inmates to a justice at Yolley as the dispute over feeding costs continues.
A garbled OCR recounts a reckless scene with a high-powered motor and alcohol. It mentions moving from a wreck place, a satin tin box, a garnish with Advers, and a disjointed sequence of actions and objects.
A garbled report describes a woman and a boy badly scarred after a tire incident. It mentions Dr Crawford and a town scene with investigations showing no woman of the Tribe living at Parnell end.
A questioned theft near Forest City four miles northeast involves a Ford concealed in Benn woods. A farmer discovered the hidden car mid hunt and linked it to an elderly man from Shakopee Minnesota, who reported the theft on September 47. The county sheriff was notified and traveled to verify the case.
A gathering of different fire companies is planned at the Town Hall Monday at 7:30. The meeting aims to discuss an important matter related to an area proposition, with members urged to attend promptly.
Readings mention Sunday school at 11 am and a prayer service in Engel 8 DB. A meeting is set for Thursday November 8 pm with a prayer gathering during the week.
Reports from Rochester indicate lit tle Godhr Cashman shows slight improvement moving his foot and regaining weight while his wife and son were taken home. The town sent sympathy to young parents Boe William McMeane and family as events unfolded. Dr William Fletcher King, longtime Cornell Cottage president, died at 90 after arriving in 1869 as a Latin Greek professor.
The item blends a historical note on the motto In God We Trust appearing on U S coins with a local church report. It mentions a farmer in 1881, Salmon P Chase, and congressional ties, then shifts to a tragic road accident involving a 9 year old near a Quebec Montreal road project. Church notes cover Gad Road society meetings, prayer meeting schedule, Sunday school officer elections, and Epworth League events including a Halloween social and a recital by Minnie Titt of Oelwein with upcoming services and hours.
A local column urges readers to report community happenings to improve the newspaper’s news service. Items include remarks on science and farming, a letter about education costs, Masons in Washington, a bank burglary, railroad wage fears, and public concerns on strikes. Notable mentions: Miss Lillian Honan on agriculture lab work, Knute Nelson on politics, and President Harding awarded an honorary degree.
The church invites a large turnout for a supper from 7:00 p.m. to all served. The pastor meets the committee that evening to plan next year's program. Services next Sunday begin with Sunday school at 2:00 p.m. followed by morning worship at 11:16 a.m. The pastor notes attendance increases last Sunday and encourages a full house next week.
The Cook Book Committee asks for recipe submissions by next Wednesday November 3 to ensure early printing. Prompt responses will speed publications planned for Christmas and bring satisfaction to submitters and help to friends.
In West Union Griffith Millinery offers ladies misses and children's millinery at discounts from twenty to forty percent. Cheaper patterns tailored and trimmed dregs data marketed for reduced sale prices to clear stock.
Second tax payment due as Bo warns residents to avoid property loss by advertises. EB W Beermann County Treasurer notes a humorous phrase about marriages. News from Nunde South Dakota reports Mrs Pierce Moser returning home after illness. Elford Hundberger finishes a modern hog house with thriving herd. A remark on small towns visiting big cities and money sources.
In Maynard a fight among Bauer Holzer Linder Fulton and Bauer’s car friends led to Clyde Fulton being found with serious injuries after a park incident Sunday night. Fulton, badly bruised and scraped, was treated and moved to Dalwa in hospital as authorities investigated the brawl and questioned Bauer Holzer and Linder about the events and the noted dragging along an eighty rod road track.
William T Whitney an 86 year old Water 10 farmer and survivor of Inna's pioneer days plans his own funeral. He has a funeral sermon prepared and a tombstone cut with his birth year 1845. A grave is dug cemented and reinforced by brick and concrete with a cement cover under contract.
A price bull named Duke owned near Adair attacked a mute mobile belonging to Clyde Edwards. The animal, under unusual influence from fermented fodder, charged the vehicle and caused it to veer and crash, leaving the car badly battered and the driver shaken.
Walter Tate’s Paul Stewart owns the heat Holstein bull in the United States, Kia Tritomia Pieterje Ormsby, shown at the National Dairy Show in St. Paul last week. It earned Senior Champion and Grand Champion, praised as a great show animal with a noteworthy stack, and Paul states the animal had to earn all it got.
Griffith Millinery in West Union Iowa advertises a clearance on ladies misses and children's hats with prices cut 30 to 40 percent. The notice promotes tailored and dress hats for all ages.
A fragment notes a harsh comparison to the Children of Israel who were forced to make bricks without straw. It frames a dispute over restricting home brewing, suggesting those denied supplies face severe labor-like constraints. The wording implies a collective struggle and moral challenge without detailing the policy.
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