Want Ads Rates and Local Hardware Offers
Want ads priced at up to 25 words for 25 cents. over 25 words 1 cent per word. Additional 10 cent weekly handling if replies go to this office. Cash with order. telephoned ads may use a charge paid by month end. See Automatic washing machine at Feller's Hardware West Elgin. Also two used electric washers and $7.50 kitchen cabinet at Elgin Poultry Co. station. Spiral note books and stenographers books available at Echo office.
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Want
Feller's Hardware
West Elgin
Elgin Poultry Co
Echo
William Ackerman
South Amana
Goetsch Motor Co
Fenton
Fenton Reporter
Iowa
Florida
Tim McCoy
F. K. Burnett
Clarinda
Camp Dodge
McCoy
Ringling Brothers Circus
Jane Rogers
Wheatland
J. G. Mines
Wayne
Neb
State Administration
Frank E. Northey
Waterloo
Eau Claire
Wis
Spirit Lake
Orleans
Ed. Rosicka
Traer
Czechoslovakia
Mary Vojk
Prague
Port Dodge
William Williams
Fort Clark
Fort Dodge
Anthony F. Klinker
Dubuque
Catholic Daily Tribune
Poet Laureate League of America
Art Roberts
Sumner
J. P. Shannon
Fairbank
Frank Shockley
Leon
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribung
Benjamin Franklin
Boston
Philadelphia
Car Runs Away After Parking By Creek Field
Gus Boyer parked his car south of the creek Monday while working. It rolled down a hill into the creek, top damaged beyond repair, windshield and headlights broken. Several men and a wrecker were needed to recover it. Net profits from Iowa liquor stores for the year ended June 30 were 1,120,781.75. Elgin kittenball beat Volga City 9 to 0. lineup changed with Elgin 12 hits to 7 for Volga.
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Gus Boyer
Iowa
Elgin
Volga City
Tod
Frank Kiple
Evans
Volga
Kohls
Daley
Ground Squirrels Carry Plague Warns City
Officials warn California ground squirrels may carry bubonic plague prompting city to maintain squirrel tree zones and ground ports to prevent transmission to rats and avert an outbreak.
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California
Worship Mountains Eastern Peoples Holy Pilgrimage
Eastern peoples regard their mountains as sacred places to be approached in solemn pilgrimage, a tradition reflecting reverence for highland landscapes and spiritual geography.
Pohang Produces Malay State's Raw Materials
Pohang, in the Federated Malay states, furnishes Malay State outputs including rattans bulla-percha dammar tin gold and lead for export and local use.
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Pohang
Federated Malay States
How an Iowa country editor views Congress
An Iowa country editor reflects on Congress with notes tracing postal history from Civil War city delivery through rural free delivery in 1896 and listing key post office developments and services such as express mail postage stamps registered mail railway mail service and parcel post with brief historical captions.
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Iowa
Congress
Cleveland Administration
Post Office Department
Colonial Post
Continental Post Office
United States Post Office
City Delivery
Parcel Post Air Mail
The weary bicycle tourist crosses Capitol Hill bound for Jersey City
A tired young bicyclist, bound from Los Angeles to Jersey City, pushes along Capitol Hill with wrapped supplies on his handlebars and seat. He appears frail and haggard, while memories of the bicycle craze reflect on travel progress and endurance. Washington city water is praised yet blamed for coffee quality due to treatment chemicals.
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Capitol Hill
Los Angeles
Jersey City
New Jersey
Washington Water
Washington City
America
Potomac River
Iowa
Separate barber shops duel by race in Capitol wing
Two ground floor barber shops adjoin in the Capitol House wing with one serving exclusively black members and the other open to white patrons. The State War and Navy Building, started in 1871 under Grant and completed in 1893, has 566 rooms, vast corridors, and cost over ten million dollars. Hitching posts near the White House persist as relics of earlier eras with stately driving teams once tied there.
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House
Capitol
State, War and Navy
White House
Stores Close at Noon Saturday Sparks Town Debate
Washington traders debate Saturday hours as big stores adopt noon closing on Saturdays. Proponents note shifts in weekly business patterns while skeptics fear lost sales and altered routines. A remark underscores regional contrast with home practices.
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Washington
Change of address notice for Echo subscribers
Echo subscribers are urged to promptly notify the subscription department of address changes. Under new postal laws newspapers and periodicals must pay postage due for change notices furnished by the post office. To avoid delivery delays, submit the change of address in advance.
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Echo
Logans hitchhiking horse and Iowa miscellany
A regional sampler reports Logan Iowa as a town with a horse that seemingly hitches rides by standing by the roadside and flaring ears at cars. The piece also lists varied local anecdotes from South Amana, Fenton, Traer, Port Dodge, and Spirit Lake, including injuries at work, circus ties, jubilees, and peculiar agricultural notes.
Another Operation Needed for Clark
The Fayette Leader quotes Fremont H. Clark from New York City describing repeated hospital confinement. A cornea transplant is planned after the outer membrane removal and discoloration of the new cornea. He awaits cornea supply, follows medical advice on rest, outdoor activity, and mental exertion, and foresees three to four months of observation in the city after the operation.
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Fremont H. Clark
New York City
Tam
Fayette
Daughter of Nelvin Nelson Visits Here
Donia Nelson, daughter of Nelvin Nelson who ran a hardware store in Elgin, visited Elgin this summer with relatives in Waukon. Now fifteen, she stayed with her aunt and uncle to reconnect with the people who cared for her during infancy and her mother's illness, and spent time at the Hutchinson and Sehori homes before returning home.
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Elgin
Nelvin Nelson
Nelson
Colorado
Donia
Waukon
Picnic to honor Rock Valley guests at Mosby home
A Sunday dinner at the Gordon Mosby residence honored Mrs. Ida Miller and Fred Bauder of Rock Valley visiting the area last week. The gathering included many locals such as Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mark and Janaan Marie, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wenger, Marlys, the Meyer family, Ole J. Olson, Ern Bauder, and the Skarshaugs. The guests spent the afternoon visiting after the bountiful meal. Read the Echo ads for today’s bargains.
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Gordon Mosby
Ida Miller
Fred Bauder
Rock Valley
Miller
Mr. Bauder
Kenneth Mark
Janaan Marie
Martin Wenger
Marlys
Ida Meyer
Earl
Harold
Melbert
Elmer Meyer
Ole J. Olson
Ern Bauder
Mary Skarshaug
Ernest Baumgartner
Elgin Local News Row of Weekend Notices and Visits
Local brief items record Mabel Holzer sampling garden tomatoes on Saturday. Ern Schori family visited Waterloo Monday. Beer ad notes Genuine Pabst Blue Ribbon in pint cans for sale Friday at Coffee Cup Cafe Elgin. Marie Lyons returned from Mason City visit with relatives. Several families and friends hosted or visited in Waterloo and Oelwe, including dinner at the Muehlethaler home. Fifteenth birthday roller skating party for Margaret Doan at the canning factory with local guests.
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Pabsts
Coffee Cup Cafe
Elgin
Margaret Doan
Paul Doan
Waukegan
Canning Factory
Lois Dean
Maxine Hunsberger
Marie Grimm
Georgia Lou Grimes
Virtus Yack
Gerald Shaffer
Wm. Krueger
Jimmie Christ
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D. J. Raftis
Elkader
Ray Baar
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L. S. Hutchinson
Elgin State Bank
R. A. Crider
Lowa
Ite
Logan
Ohio
Marble Rock
Greene Recorder
Niin
Ois
United States
Buchanan County
Alice Bass
Lima
India
Moradabad
Forstoria
Spencer
Harriet Henderson
Simpson College
Indianola
State Opera
Grantz Municipal Opera
Evelyn Mansfield
Paris
France
M. Mansfield
Belle Plaine
Mabel Holzer
Ern Schori
Marie Lyons
Mason City
Mrs. A. C. Holly
Samuel Mosby
Ruth
B. J. Baumgartner
Theo. Dons
Joan
Elsie Hennig
Katie Bauman
Rosa Muehlethaler
Clarence Muehlethaler
Fred C. Muehlethaler
L. L. Kiple
J. F. McKeever
Betty
Janice
Clare Wass
Oelwe
Rowley
Wildwood Park
Dr. Miles
Spariches
Tnervine
M. L. Knutson
Optometrist
E. R. Withell
D. C
State Bank
The
Elgin Echo
Thei Properties
CPN Ie
Mutual
R. P. Strauch Agent
Elgin, Iowa
Geon
Horace Lorimer
Miss Potato
Schori & Kuster Lumber Company
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