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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1929
Page
2
A cornucopia of notes from a small town newspaper includes Ruby Olson visiting from Chicago to see her parents, Frieda Freiburghaus heading to Edgewood to teach, and various local visits. Also listed is a rental ad for the R. H. May farm between Elgin and Wadena. The issue quotes a Beattie dictum on education urging independent thinking.
Guy H. French agency director of the Waterloo Branch went to Postville to fill the Krumm vacancy but hired two agents Gilbert Sanders and L C Koevenig instead. Both men gain Krumm like open territory rights and come with strong local reputations. French praised Krumm’s record of over a million and a half dollars in business for New York Life and Postville Herald.
Large Illryia region social column lists numerous visitors and guests across Volga City Elgin Wadena and Cheery Valley. People named include Walter Rothlisberger Adolph Hanson Chas Rothlisberger Leona Popenhagen Walter Royce and many others visiting homes and attending school openings and a prenatal shower. Several journeys to Decorah Fort Atkinson Spillville and the Wisconsin Dells are noted along with weddings and travel for teaching duties.
The term Samvat stands for Samvatsara, meaning year. In India the dating system varies, with Bengal using a different reckoning. Christian years are converted to Samvat by adding to the Christian year.
Ruth Hitch visited at the Chas Peters home. Doris Lyons went to Kenosha to visit her sister Mrs Lyle Granger. Mrs Martin Hovey hosted the Ladies Aid Thursday afternoon. Mrs Glen Boyer spent last week with her parents near Hawkeye. Chas Peters started work as cook with the road gang near Maynard. School opened with Azalia Nutting as teacher. Mr and Mrs George Stansberry and now Frankie visited daughter Mrs Roland Bartlett and family. The Barletts and Jim Bartletts guests left for Chicago Saturday. Sidney Patterson family drove to Fredericksburg to visit Logan Heiserman. Mr and Mrs Ira Cherry of Waterloo visited with Elmer Boyer. Roland Bartlett and two daughters attended the Howard reunion at the George Howard home. Mrs Sarah Helms, Chas Craft, and Mr and Mrs Clarents Tripp and Cecil were guests at E B Grimes.
A nugget of wisdom emphasizes the value of daily duties and bread over chasing distant stars. It suggests fulfillment comes from steady, ordinary tasks and common work rather than grand ambitions. The quote anchors honor in perseverance and routine.
In Pontville Herald note the sighting around Milwaukee street of W L Meyer loading baled woodpecker borings from pineries. The borings will fill between walls of a new chicken house Billy is building on his farm north of town. Billy says the crop is poor this year, hence the unusual filler.
A $200 Martin automobile promises 60 mph performance, 60 mpg, and compact size. Weighing 00 pounds and 60 inches long, it ships in crates usable as garages or back porch stations. Initially two passenger models exist with plans for four, aiming to undercut the Ford by weight and size.
Fragmentary washington star text references the Sage of Chinatown and a hopeful remark. The readable portion hints at a firestorm worthy of them, but full context and details are not present.
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