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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1922
Page
4
Illyria items recap visitors and guests across families in Highland and nearby towns. Guests include C M Klingman and Hilds Elkader, Mrs Baldwin from Rochester Hospital, Thomas Kerr from Waterloo, and many locals at Rothlisberger and Reichert homes. School opens in Highland District No 3 with Miss Klingman as teacher.
Eva Reed of Oklahoma visited Arthur Patterson's home while Grace McAloon of New Hampton called on Sidney Patterson. Edith Lyons and Gayie Hovey attend West Union high school. Agnes Kneeland of Clermont teaches as school begins. John Craft Sr. visited Sarah Helms. Velma Blanchard of Berryville and husband stay at George Craft’s. Clara Boyer and Mary Clemens called on Charlie Peters. Marion Patterson visits aunt Lucy Hitch. Cecil Tripp ill. Mrs Fred Barnhouse returned to Waterloo after visiting Harry Stillman. Heith Lyons, recently at Del Northrup house, spent weekend with family. Mrs Barsh Patterson traveled to Cedar Rapids for health advice. Mary Griver and daughter Catherine of Clermont visited Littles.
Cheery Valley residents share visits and family gatherings as Jake Denner's family hosts Sunday company. John and Fred Pulver attend a cattle sale in Waukon. Chas Wagner visits Denner in Elkader area. Lola Hanson visits grandmother Mrs. L. Christen. Johnnie Christen visits aunt Mrs. Fred Nydogger and family. Mrs. Ben Frieden travels in Illinois with daughter Mrs. Emer Blunier. Lydia and Elmer Dennler visit sister Mrs. Wm. Lareen and husband. Marie Martie helps at Ben Frieden home while Mrs. Frieden is away. Elizabeth Grimm begins school in District No. Monday. Wishes for success to Mia, Will Chage and baby Rose visiting Mrs. Martin Hanson. Barah Imhoff, Mary Zaugg and Bertha Reach travel from West Bend to funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Schupbach. Families attend reception for Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reichert at Em Meyer home near West Union. Mrs. Elizabeth Schupbach dies after long illness. funeral at Apostolic church and interment at nearby cemetery.
Miss Margaret White traveled to China last Thursday for a several week visit with her children in Red Wing Minnesota after a two week stay with relatives. Local families Thomas Lubke Miller Wallace Dewey Larrabee and Burke greetings as visitors and a Cotton Blossom Glee Club concert from Piney Woods Missouri entertained at Montauk on Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Nicklaus of Elgin stayed a few days with the R. C. Woodards. Miss Hlale Pritchard leaves for Sioux City to teach English in a junior high. Mrs. Eugene Eberhardt returns home in Guttenberg after a week here with the Beamer family. Mrs. Jennie Archer Ainsworth arrives from Princeton to visit W. J. Ainsworth and family. Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Fisk drive to Cedar Rapids for the weekend.
Miss Etella Barnes notes a white robin sighting in South Hill West Union with plumage mostly white. The Presbyterian Ladies Auxiliary collected 31,850 in proceeds toward a $6,000 pledge for church building projects.
Council met in roll call with Baumgarth Kiple Schori present. Con way absent. Mayor declared motion adopted approving Hackmanns Addition plat to the Town of Higin Iowa. Fire alarm in North West Bell Telephone Co exchange authorized. operator not liable for alarm failure. Dr H S Hadsel appointed Health Officer. Various bills paid. 1922 tax levy adopted for general municipal improvements lights dragging funds and waterworks. town hall and waterworks bonds authorized and levied. Town Clerk Samuel Mosby.
A local report describes an infant death following an electrical incident at a home in West Union and Waukon. The baby, son of Dry and Mrs. Fiows, reportedly died when a plug or bulb wiring short circuited a device, triggering a fatal accident.
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