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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1928
Page
4
Arlington visitors. illnesses. family gatherings. graveled road project. school teaching Erma Corkery home for the weekend. weddings and births. numerous local movements among residents of Wadena and nearby towns. several social calls, visits, and meals listed with names and places across the region.
Illyria items list guests from Ed Talcott's circle near Randalia and Mamie Humphry of West Union visiting Harold Strong. West Bend's William Zange and family stayed with Adolph Hangon. Jack Stiffer welcomes a newborn son Sept 19. Miscellany mentions Eliza Habeger at Levi Puffer’s, Ruth Schneider visiting grandfather Jacob Gehring in Cheery Valley, A L Craft family with Brainard relatives, Foxwell reunion at West Union fair grounds, Albert Dennler’s dinner with Elmer Frieden, Walter Rothlisberger visiting John Probert near Volga, plus a note on Cathryn Ogle and Misa Regue.
The notice proclaims Seal of Minnesota Pure Spring Wheat Flour as not blended with Kansas or Nebraska wheats. It warns competitors selling cheaper Kan sas or Nebraska flour and urges customers to buy Seal flour, claiming it saves money by producing more and better bread. Handled by every merchant in Elgin.
Ben Brabham and family visited the Wm Brabham home on Sunday. Mrs Wm Kohls and Mrs Bert Allen called at the Ben Schneider home Thursday afternoon. Wm Brabham visited Brainard last week. Mrs Ed Boyle Mrs Ben Brabham and Mrs Robert Wilson helped with canning at L W Reed home Monday. Mrs Tommy Howard spent Monday at J M Shaffer home. Geo Boyle and Mrs George Boyle visited Ed Boyle Wednesday night. Mrs George Howard hosted Ladies Home Circle on Wednesday. Junior Kohlas was picked Thursday of last week. Mrs Enos Howard and Mrs Tommy Howard visited Jack Shaffer home Wednesday to meet the new son. D O Dean and family of Elgin spent Wednesday evening at Lyle Wilson home. Mrs Mary Fennell visited John Howard Tuesday. Mrs Eliza Boleyn of Wadena is …
Mr and Mrs John Dennler visited Sunday at Fred Obersax home in Shullsburg Wisconsin. Joe Butikofer was dinner guest Wednesday at G Friederichs. The Zaugg family from West Bend arrived Tuesday to stay a week with relatives. Eliza Habeger spent Friday night with John Pulfer. Martin Hansen visited Saturday evening with her mother Mrs Fred Schiupp. Celia Martie weekend with Adeline Lehman and cousin Alice Hangon. Anna Lerch visited Sunday night with Esther Friederich. Dan Bannart Paul Bannart and grandma from West Bend came Saturday to visit several days. Mrs Geo Leuchtenmacher and son Robert returned Saturday from Elka
Residents from nearby farms and towns visited relatives in Shullsburg Wisconsin over a weekend and shared meals and occasions. The item also notes community caregivers for Mrs Lydia Leuchtenmacher and a price ad for minerals from Weibel Mill Co promoting the Ames Reliable Prof. John M. Evward formula at $3.50 per 100 pounds.
Stop this robber... Help make Iowa Fire Prevention Week, October 7 to 13, effective. All Elgin merchants handle Seal of Minnesota Flour. Ask them about a special low price on 4 sack lots or over. Flour, you know, has dropped in price, and it would seem a very good time to save a few dollars on your winter's supply of good dependable flour, Weibel Mill Co.
Ames and Iowa City professors approve chemical experiments yielding a granulated coffee substitute. Three vegetables, led by the parsnip, form the mix. four pounds of vegetables equal one pound of coffee. Promoters report orders of 10,000 pounds and a near ready factory, likely at Council Bluffs.
Preventable fires threaten national welfare and progress. It is cheaper to remove trash and combustibles from premises before a fire than to deal with ashes afterward. Fire respects nothing, as shown by the damage to Dyarsville’s fire and police stations. Remove obstructions to progress. address the fire hazards now.
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