Want Ad Rates and Classifieds Overview
Classifieds note rates as 1 cent per word weekly if prepaid and 7 1/2 cents per line otherwise. Minimum 26 cents. Item notices include graduates gift Remington typwriter from Echo Office, two purebred Milking Shorthorn bulls, gladiolas for sale with mail option, grand and upright pianos, Rawleigh’s business opportunity, seed corn, Green Mountain seed potatoes, Webster’s International dictionary, fencing supplies, auctioneering services, subscription offers, Perfection milking machine, Ridpath's History set, and sales books from The Elgin Echo. Several addresses and contact mentions appear for Elgin Iowa/Town and nearby towns.
Whole Town Moved Half a Mile
Mr and Mrs Alden Pinney and Mrs Effie Gayle visited Columbus Kentucky the former home of Mrs Gayle due to Mississippi River encroachment. The Red Cross spent 75870 moving buildings from the river bottom to a ridge half a mile away. Once a town of 8000 residents it dwindled to 600 as blocks colleges and a hotel were eaten away. Over a hundred buildings including churches stores and homes were moved over months. Nearby residents hosted weekend visits with local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden Pinney
Effie Gayle
Columbus
Scott Co. Democrat
River traffic opens on Mississippi with steamer Thorpe
Guttenberg reports river traffic officially opened as steamer 8. S. Thorpe tows four freight barges past Guttenberg, after Aquilla with a dredge and the Wakerabin assisting buoying and light duties moved upriver and downriver last week. Local visits include Mrs. Palmer Bartholomew of West Union caring for ill relatives and calls by George Winters and Anna DeSart in Cresco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorpe
Guttenberg
Aquilla
U. S
Wakerabin
Mississippi
Guttenberg Press
Palmer Bartholomew
West Union
Thos. Howard Sr
George Winters
Harry Wenger
Anna DeSart
Cresco
Farnum Indicted on Three Charges in New Hopton
W. K. Farnum Fredericksburg druggist faces three indictments from the New Hopton grand jury on arson conspiracy arson of his own dwelling. Bonds set at 2500 on two counts and 5000 on the third. Judge H E Taylor presided. Hawkeye Beacon. Read all the ads and save money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Farnum
Fredericksburg
New Hopton
Mr. Farnum
H. E. Taylor
Hawkeye Beacon
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Hutchinson
Elgin
Iowa
Higin Savings Bank
H. S. Hadsel
Blig
Frank Mack
Elgin, Iowa
R. A. Crider
Wm E Baumegartner
Schori Brothers
Hadsel
Dr. Roy F. DeSart
Chiropractic
Neasham
Palmer
Bauman
Main St
Red
Optometrist
C. W. Heiserman
West Union, Iowa
Echo Office
Echo
T. B
Medberry & Frieden
Towa
Rosa Reed
Baldwin Piano Company
Walnut Street
Des Moines
Town
Rawleigh
Rawleigh Company
Dept
Freeport
Til
F. S. Dickers
Cook
A. J. Cook
Elkader
Green Mountain
Albert Dennler
Feller’s Hardware
West Elgin
Elgin Echo
Lorence Bigler
Postville
Oscar Nyborg
Tewa
Trip
Ridpath
Bales Booke
McCasky
Crosby-Wirth
George Klock
la Porte City
Celia
Ella Lehman
Chas, Huebner and Family
John Falk
Farnum
Thurs
Fri
City Drug Store
Schori & Kuster Lumber Company
the Consolidated Shingle Mills OF British Columbia Ltd
Olitan Bldg
Vana
B.C
Edgwood
WY Lo
Bureau of Industrial Research
Chicago Fire Department
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