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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
4
A fragmented advertisement promotes wide savings on men\u2019s dress and negligee shirts and wool dress fabrics. Readable items list varied values from fractions to dollars, with many pieces marked down, and a blanket note of a 20 percent discount on bit wool dress goods.
A local repair service advertises ready auto repairs and oils with a promise of fair pricing and quality work. The note invites customers to try the shop and see the benefits for themselves.
Clermont residents share news of travel and visits as Dr Appleman heads to Lavina Montana and Mr Peasley leaves Cedar Rapids after serving as school project superintendent. Summer students at Fayette visit Hawkeye while others plan trips through Panama. An advertisement for Kickapoo Worm Killer warns of signs of worms and urges home use.
Elkader reports a horse killed by lightning late Monday or Tuesday. Local trips include Layton Orr and wife to Monona. Atty. Wm. C. Reimer and wife return from Minneapolis, with Mrs. Reimer improving. Street work by A. H. Wells along low spots. Livery barn by Hotel Bayless nearly cleared. Allen Bros. plan foundation for a garage next spring. Supt. Von Krog from Cedar Rapids visits and plans to move family to Northwest Elkader. Real estate and rental ads urge farm tenants, abstracts, and property purchases with favorable terms. Local distrust and town plan notes conclude.
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