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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1913
Page
4
A string of Iowa and South Dakota farm listings near Elgin Brainard and Gunder offer 44 to 168 acre plots with houses barns and springs. Prices emphasize bargains with quick sale incentives and nearby schools and main roads. Some farms feature timber pastures and tillable land while others seek exchanges or quick cash.
Little Harold Moree is on the sick list. Jack Shaffer and wife spent Sunday on the Ridge. Ridge residents attended the fair Thursday. Mrs Minnie Bowen visiting her parents, the Smiths. School started Monday with Miss Mabel Medberry as teacher. Lucas Holm visited with friends on the Ridge. Mrs E Mathys spent weekend at the Will Kohls home. Ida, Benson, Enoch and Clovis spent several days at Earl Bennetts. Mae Bennett returned from Vermont. Mrs Iva Bennettson and daughters Iva and Mae spent Sunday at the D D May home. Colomel Mounce and family visited Center Point relatives last week. Mesdames Will Kohls and Eva Holzer visited husbands in Cedar Rapids Hospital over Sunday.
Clermont residents report several Elgin excursions including Halverson and Wander was, and Miss Perina Halverson. Mrs Albert Christianson and baby visited Elgin. Li Kern and Kneeland family appeared locally. Ossian relatives hosted Leo and family. Minnie and George Pringle from Cedar Rapids came to visit. Shaffer and White visited West Union on the county seat trip. Chas Fox recovered well from hospital surgery. C Miller and Song install a waterworks system supplying the mill area, new office, bank, hardware, old McCall building, livery barn and nearby residences with a private plant.
A parent testimonial promotes Dr Hobson s Eczema Ointment as a permanent cure for severe baby skin eruptions. The ad claims doctors failed, then the product cured the child before finishing one box. Offered by the Pflgger Chemical Company and local drugstores for 50 cents.
County seat briefs report Henry Connor leaving for Sioux City and Mrs. H B Blackmun dying of tuberculosis. Visits include Harriet Baldwin at Waverly Ina Kobler with Frank Kohler Nora Stanton from Elgin. Swisher family at county fair. New Church of the Holy Name progress, two months to completion barring delays.
Advert says Dr King s New Life Pills are prompt safe and painless. Mrs M C Dunlap of Leadville Tenn reports relief. Price 35 cents. Recommended by city drug store.
Illyria Items J D and Jack Shaffer families spent Sunday at Elgin Oliver Turnbull and wife entertained company Sunday Geo Gibson and wife attended the Minnesota State Fair A large number from this vicinity attended the West Union fair Ida Wenger and Guy Moore spent Sunday evening at the Ed Gehring home Mrs Wenger and daughter Rose were visitors at the M D Guyer home Mrs Graham and son were guests at the Fred Rothlisberger home Mary Foxwell has been seriously ill She plans to go to Dubuque to consult a specialist Mr Thos Richards of West Union was a Sunday visitor at the Foxwell and Isa Shaffer homes Mrs Geo Smith of Elgin and J Gruver of near Clermont are guests at the M D Guyer home Will Kerr and family of Volga spent weekend at the Klingman home Amy Richards of West Union visited Friday to Sunday with Mrs M D Guyer Also a visitor at the Foxwell and Isa Shaffer homes.
Cheery Valley News notes Jacob Dennlera entertained company Sunday while Ellen Hanson spent Saturday at Christen Bros. home. Henry Hanson visited Tom Benson’s daughter Mrs. Edd Benson. Jacob Reinhart joined John Leuchtenmacher family at their home. Attended the fair at West Union with John Leuchtenmacher and family. Theodore Hinson and a caller visited Adolph Baumgartner home. George Christen and Ben Demler visited Jacob Christen home. Earnest Baumgartner, professor of three pet squirretes, is proud of them. Ede Benson visits mother Mrs. O. Bergen in Beloit Wisconsin. Mrs. Thos Hanson and Mrs. Rosa Meyer visited Friday afternoon at Mrs. A. L. Butthofer home. Ida Schneider helps grandmother Mrs. John Satikofer with housework. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Baumpartner and daughter Ida called at Mrs. Celia Meyer home Sunday evening. Mrs. Lewis Schneider and children returned to West Bend Saturday. Henry Miller of Rock Valley, visiting, returned home Saturday by motor cycle.
Elkader residents and visitors are listed in a round of local travel and calls. Leonard and wife visited Dubuque. Hagensick traveled to Prairie du Chien. Otto Gueta and La Crosse family arrived for a visit with relatives. G H Schulte conducted business in McGregor and nearby towns. Patterson family visited Fayette. Attorneys Murphy and Reimer traveled to Wakom on business. plastering crews finished a large Clayton County house for John Probert. John Falk and three Elgin children stayed with the Stallbaums. Winnifred visited her aunt and uncle J P McDermotts. J J Chapman from Waterloo is visiting Sid Ruby’s home.
A district German Baptist conference met first at Buffalo Center and traveled via Rock Island and Chicago Special to Madison. About a thousand delegates and visitors were hosted by Madison German Baptist church, with meals and facilities provided by the state Normal school and local campus buildings. The event highlighted regional hospitality and regional geography while noting South Dakota's vast size and harvest.
Merchant Tailor O Euchva of West Union promotes a fall and winter display of suits coats and dresses. He claims a 383 year career in tailoring backs his confidence in every fit with guaranteed satisfaction.
An advertisement offers a south fort y farm to sell near Elgin Iowa about one to two miles southeast, near the old Nick Hofer place. It notes good pasture and dairy potential with cows producing milk and butter production at the Elgin Creamery plant reaching a record day. A wreck rumor is denied by Ed Roger e who says he was not involved. Updates mention Mrs Efford Hunsberger’s health relapse and care.
State court notice announces that on September 15, 1918, a document claimed as the last will of Ben Schoritate will be presented for probate before the District Court in Fayette County. Clerk J. W. Winston records the filing from West Union Iowa dated August 18.
State of Iowa District Court here reveals on September 15 1913 the last will and testament of Andrew Huneberger late of this county to be probated in West Union Iowa. The hearing seeks proof and admission of the will to probate with details recorded August 18 in Bah West Union.
Local items include probate filings for Marie Keller and August 15 1913, notices about the Elkader fair and Princess motion pictures, paint work on Bauder home, and various visits and travel. Reports mention factory injuries, school board actions, and residents like Miss Selma Weibel and Miss Flossie Capper. Community events and personal notices fill this week’s page.
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