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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1927
Page
4
Local notes record gatherings, visits, and travels among families in the Illyria area including Reichert Hanson Yearous Rothlisberger and Craft households. Attendees at picnics fishing trips farm bureau meetings and birthday celebrations are listed along with church notices and the Sept 18 service schedule at Tityria Church with Ernest Starr as pastor.
The sheriff of Fayette County Iowa executes a sale by special execution against G. W. Coventry and Rena Coventry for a judgment in favor of Citizens State Bank of Higin Tow a. The property offered is the west half of the southwest quarter of section 18 township 33 north range 7 west. Sale set for October 12 1927 at 2:60 PM in front of the courthouse in West Union Iowa.
Beamer's Tire Shop in West Union advertises car washing using a new air and water auto washer. They offer top building and repairing, glass cutting, ground and set, tire vulcanizing, boot and over shoe work, radiator repair, and related services.
The Wa dena News details a Church of Christ schedule led by Bert A. Jennings with Bible school and multiple services, plus announcements of visits by local residents. It notes Addison on Thursday evenings, regional trips to Iowa and Minnesota lakes, a school expansion with new teachers, and various family travel and caregiving updates.
Silk dresses from New York styles arrive at the shop offered at moderate prices. All alterations free and available for inspection. Mrs. L. G. Lehman invites customers to view the assortment.
A local Elgin Farm Fire Department fillip continues as a published roster shows 106 members signed up with varying contributions. The list names donors and amounts from Ben Schneider & Son to Henry Frieden and others, indicating a community effort to fund equipment orders and delivery by fall.
A widow ordered a tombstone with Rest in Peace, then told the monument maker she would adjust her late husband’s insurance. The next day she returned, claimed the policy was invalid, and asked to add Until We Meet Again.
Mrs Delbert Lyons of Elgin visited Harry Stillman home Friday. Mrs Louisa Burk of West Union visited George Tripp home last week. John Burk has been seriously ill. Mrs Herman Boyer hosted the Ladies Aid Friday. Mr and Mrs Martin Hovey and Beverly visited Walter Bachman in Decorah Sunday. Mr and Mrs Frank Bartlett spent Sunday with relatives in the vicinity. Mrs Frank Lyons left with the Will Bakeman family for Minot North Dakota then to Mrs Lyons and her daughter near Glenfield. Mr and Mrs Fred Carmichael and three daughters and Mr Brewer guests at the D H Craft home with Paul Patterson visiting Frank Lyons home.
A county crew has spent the past week installing guard rails at dangerous spots along the Elgin Clermont road. They completed near the Turkey River bridge last spring and have now worked at the Clermont bridge, the high grade near Schori spring and bridge, and at the L. E. Nelson corner where several accidents occurred.
Holders of Second Liberty Loan 4% bonds may exchange for United States Treasury notes issued under the 1927 plan. New notes dated September 1, 1927 bear 3.34% interest, mature later, and may be redeemed after five years. Exchange price and timing noted, with open period through September 1927. Contact banks, trust companies, or Federal Reserve for details.
A comic clipping records a joke where an Irishman is brought before a judge for intoxication and perjury after claiming liquor came from a Seutchman. Another vignette has Kenneth guessing his teacher is a poor speller because she asked the janitor to spell Yack and Zurbriggen, and a quip about itching.
The Broadcaster 4 in Elgin promotes home improvements with low cost ideas and friendly advice. It highlights garage lining with wall board to cut dust and heat, the value of concrete hog feeding floors, and practical tips from local readers, alongside light humor about vacations and wrench mixups.
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