Iowa
Old Press
Elgin Echo
Elgin, Fayette co. Iowa
Thursday, December 15, 1927
B.M. Benson, of Highland, came last Friday evening from Dubuque
where he had been on a jury for the past week. He visited
Saturday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C.O. Torkelson and
family.
Anna Friedrich was surprised last Wednesday by a handkerchief
shower, and she received more than one hundred handkerchiefs,
besides a number of other gifts.
Arthur Adney, better known to most of us as "Rope",
came back to town Tuesday and may remain for awhile. He had been
visiting at Postville for the past three weeks and previous to
that time had been at Marshfield, Wisconsin, where he worked on a
farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mosby entertained a number of the younger
married folks at their home last Friday evening. The guests were
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schori, Mr. and Mrs. L.L. Kiple, Mr. and
Mrs. George Falb, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Falb and Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Klingman and Loraine Carpenter.
The Elgin members of the Gleaner drill team, which went to
Kankakee, Illinois, last week to participate in the national
convention, returned Monday to their homes here. Those who went
from here were Mrs. Max Hunsberger, Mrs. Sheldon Boyle, Mrs.
Walter Kohls, Mrs. Fred Griesinger, Mrs. Reuben Howard, Helen
Gruver and Elma Kiple.
F.D. Welch left last night for Des Moines to attend a school, put
on by the Chevrolet Company, for men who sell parts and
accessories for that car. Mr. Welch handles this work for the
Falb Garage and no doubt his attendance at the school will make
him a more valuable man for his firm.
J.F. Berndt last week attended a Master Barbers' meeting at West
Union and was elected for the second time to serve as treasurer
of the county organization.
Judge Taylor of Waukon recently gave a sentence of $400 and costs
and four months in jail for bootlegging and a fine of $65 for
trapping out of season to John Bray, a farmer living four miles
north of Postville. The state officials had found 14 pints of
alleged moonshine and several hides of skunks and coons on the
man's premises.
[transcribed by S.F., April 2015]