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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1928
Page
6
Elgin residents share visits and outings with neighbors and relatives from Decorah Pittsburg and Dubuque. Local ads promote fall fencing supplies fly control and cheap dip. A Mayo Rochester hospital update notes Mrs Butikofer recovering after surgery.
In a Sunday notice from Luther Leaj th arguments note the pastor's absence. Ray G Gunatan is listed in all cases of need as the contact for parishioners.
The Baptist church lists a Sunday program with English service at 10 a.m. and Sunday school at 11, plus an evening meeting at Sumner and a visit by Miss Frieda Appel, a Philippine Islands missionary, with Mrs. Come at 8 p.m. A Thursday prayer meeting at 8 p.m. and junior choir rehearsal at 9 p.m. are noted, along with guest attendance from several states and a request for extra furnace fund gifts to meet obligations. Ph. Lauer, Pastor.
M E Church advertises next Sunday's sermon The Church in Politics with morning worship at 10 o'clock Sunday school at 11 Miss Celia Lehman hosts the Ladies Aid Thursday Officers are elected for the coming year The Sunday school board set Rally Day for Sept 30 and plans for the annual budget canvass at week’s end St Pauls is invited for worship
Ernest J Starr pastor reports Albert J Gehring born November 5 1862 in Hlyria township Fayette Iowa died September 3 1928 at Elgin aged 65 years 9 months 28 days He married Nancy Kimpson October 8 1902 and they had two children Arleta and Richard Surviving relatives include widow two brothers Frank Will Ed Fred and half brother Chas Kniel He suffered heart trouble for years and died after five weeks of final illness Services were held September 6 at home and Ilyria church with interment in Ilyria cemetery.
Col Waters sold livestock and grain at the L. E. Mayville farm near Elkader after breaking his ankle. Cows brought up to 140 dollars, oats 87 cents, hay 16 dollars, and 109 sheep totaling 2600 dollars. Postville Herald. Frieda Appel, a missionary from the Philippine Islands, will speak at the Baptist church next Sunday evening. Everyone is invited to hear her.
A Thomson Illinois Melon Day Festival attracted about 3000 attendees who consumed around two thousand watermelons and muskmelons during the event. The scene featured local chatter and crowd energy as residents celebrated the harvest in late summer.
Frank Frenchy La Barge of Sterling, NL, a fisherman and trapper, caught a fine catfish this morning. A dollar bill was found on one of the fish's horns, with enough print to identify it as money. He brought it to a local bank to exchange it, noting it is the first recorded case of a fish carrying money.
An Echo want ad notes hats for women and children just arrived at the Elgin Millinery Store. Donald Gilson oversaw the Westcott and Winks produce station earlier in the week while Ed Hanson served on grand jury duty. Mr and Mrs John Collner returned home with their son Nelson and wife from Anderson Indiana after being away over a month.
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