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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1924
Page
7
The Elgin Echo weekly edition lists advertising rates and placement terms. Local and display ads are published consecutively until discontinued, with pricing shown as yearly and monthly options. Rates include one year in advance at 83.00 and monthly terms at 1.00.
In Elgin Iowa on April 17 1924 candidates announced for county supervisor 1926 term with primaries on June 2 1924. L L Wenger and A M Weibel also seek sheriff seats subject to Republican primaries. Local society notes mention Mrs Emmer Patterson visiting Clermont and births and civic updates.
A compact report notes a curious comparison between Toke Hoed and a chewing girl. The piece emphasizes the uncanny likeness yet highlights distinct behaviors or contexts separating them.
Charles Gruver recalls a long-ago Milwaukee West construction tale of a down and out water boy named Duffy whose ragged patched coat hid $16,000. At his death Duffy entrusted Gruver with watch and coat for his daughter in Dakota, the patches hiding gold beneath. Gruver later aided the daughter, who found the fortune when removing patches.
Mrs. George Hrickson and her four year old son were badly burned when the boy took a pail of gasoline from the kitchen porch into a lean-to shed and lit it. The mother rushed in, rolled the child in a rug, and extinguished the flames. In Sumner business men plan to submit solicitations to a censor committee of the local community club before hearings.
Miss Elen Olson and her wife Miss Meni of Guttenberg spent Sunday visiting relatives and friends in town, extending greetings to local residents and catching up with familiar faces.
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