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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1923
Page
5
Obituaries for ia Hanson and Alma Baumgartner recount a large family circle, graveside rites, and community sympathy. Paul Knight dies at sixteen from possible meningitis. funeral at Presbyterian church. Klansmen cross burning and initiation near Maynard road draw car crowds, with uncertain details and witnesses.
Rev Dr D M Parker of Fayette has been urged to write a county history. His literary skill and his knowledge of pioneers promise a unique, historically grounded work that could finally become financially feasible as a genuine historical volume.
Fall Festival unfolds at Gregerson Park on Sunday September 16 with a full day of activities. A radio program runs all day and a 2:30 PM pageant portrays Indians and early immigrants amid a lively grounds program featuring Waterloo Aviator and refreshments. Admission is 26 cents, children under 12 free. If weather delays, the festival moves to the following Sunday.
The note lists activities for September at the Baptist Church including a German service at 10 a.m. and Sunday school at 11 a.m. A 3 p.m. meeting at Sumner and a B Y P U program are announced. Thursday features a 9 p.m. payer meeting and choir rehearsal. September 21 at 8 p.m. a Sunday school Booster Tea is planned inviting all Sunday school scholars and public school teachers.
A damaged clipping notes a framing of a verse above the Coolidge home, mentions a Bell System donation of 100000 to the American Red Cross for Japanese relief, and reports a corn packing run with night work. It also references frost effects on garden crops and visitors from St Paul and Clermont with local hosts.
Clermont grabbed an early seven run lead and held on as Zeke Larson starred in a dandy game. West Union players George Woodard and Harold Glasecock joined the visitors, while Kiple pitched well for Miglin but suffered ten hits and fifteen strikeouts. Hawkeye beat Volga City 7 to 4 in a rubber match and Postville edged Arlington 4 to 3 in a rescheduled league game.
The Grand Worthy Matron of Iowa Mrs Sprecher of Denison will attend the Clermont chapter gathering Friday evening September 21. The event will cover afternoon and evening activities. Don Strauch and F W Hughes plan a trip from Carroll county to Chadwick Times and Chicago with Columbia University training on deck. John Farb & Son report two car sales, a Buick coupe to Olaf Hoag and a Chevrolet touring to Lara Gregerson.
Judge Hubert Utterback issues statewide call urging Iowa counties to raise 80000 for the national fund aiding Japanese disaster relief. The drive, backed by Red Cross chapters and local groups, stresses speed and broad backing to shelter hundreds of thousands affected. Ole Glesch recovers from auto crash while Albert Tapp visits home after four and a half years in the U.S. Army and service abroad. A frost alert marks September 12, 1823, with nonlethal impact on exposed objects.
The document presents the 1923 condition of Elgin Savings Bank Iowa Fayette County, detailing resources liabilities capital and deposits. It lists assets such as cash items debts and real estate and liabilities including individual deposits demand deposits and certificates of deposit with totals and notes of authorized capital stock surplus undivided profits and depreciation reserves. Officers President Gus Gunderson and Cashier Samuel Mosby certify the accuracy of the statement sworn September 16 1923 before a notary.
A Wabasha Democrat column notes Americans becoming nomads as highways fill with travelers. Tourists roam from lakes to mountains, camp along roads, and social all season while questions rise about future generations, tribal living, and mobile households.
A cold wave blanks the middle west and northeast driving Mallard and Teal southward while temperatures dip to the forties. Chilly weather starts in the northwest spreading to the St. Lawrence and St. Louis area. Warmer air expected this afternoon as experts see an early winter caused by an unusually early migration. The weather bureau notes the August low in a decade and electrical storms hinder straw hat wear.
An auction for household goods will take place in Clermont Iowa on Saturday September 15 starting at 1 o clock. The sale features mostly nearly new furniture including a range two heaters and a new oil stove. Two families leaving town have a double lot of items. The auctioneers are F BR Borg with Prof. Fred Hadsel and family, with notices of other local events and residents attending dances and trips.
The public schools will open next Monday at 9:00 AM with building arrangements to allow a smooth start and full registration. High school entrants from elsewhere must bring their credits. all pupils begin at 9:00 AM Monday. teachers will be in the building to assign work and announce changes starting Wednesday at 9:00 AM. Textbooks largely unchanged. supplies sold at town drugstores. Teaching staff listed with roles including principal Agnes Crowe and several teachers across grades.
A sad tale warns about a elderly couple who lost their life savings in high risk stocks after following a broker's false promises. The 70 year old man is blind and both spouses are now penniless, relying on charity. The piece emphasizes avoiding unverified investments without lawyer or banker approval.
A traveler on a train met a lifelong farmer who sold out and headed west across Minnesota and North Dakota into Canada. On his return voyage he found little that looked like wood to him, then encountered a grip.
Notlee Palma Helgerson will present her full program of Norwegian antiquities at the Clermont opera house this Saturday evening September 22. The event features music and a modest admission. further details will be released next week.
Mr and Mrs R W Crandall and daughter June traveled to Wadena Sunday to visit relatives. Mr Crandall returned home while Mrs Crandall and June remained for the week to spend time with their people.
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