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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1928
Page
1
A long list of small ads and notices including for sale blackberry and echo office items, Emerson 1-4 horse meter, Webster's dictionary, farm cows, salesmen jobs, poultry, radios repair, white Minorca cockerels, and local social updates. Names include O A Rogers West Union P G Widger Fay ette Iowa Rawleigh Asleson West Union Kanawha Iowa Dr A B Berger Elkader H B Miller Calmar Moved families and local visits across Iowa and Minnesota.
A farmers cooperative creamery to replace Elkader Creamery Co, closed a week ago, is nearly assured as stock sales near the start. Several meetings have formed plans, with one more before next week, and a talk by creamery expert Prof. A W Rudnick of Ames is hoped.
Ira Patterson, home from Alaska with Captain Shadle, and Louis Kramer return via San Francisco. Frank Sova runs a large boot and shoe sale, with prices from 85c to $2. Ida Patterson and Amelia Lehman visit Fayette. Church plastering and painting to begin. Elgin Domino Band plays at Harvest Home Picnic. West Elgin and Elgin Proper ball game planned. City council orders stone crossing from Willia maq quarry to the church. Pleasant Valley Republican delegates attend West Union convention. German Baptist ladies host an ice cream social Saturday night.
Belva Benson returned from a week with friends at Lake Milla. Miss Agnes Crowe and Mrs. E. L. Crowe of Clermont visited here Saturday. Miss Crowe will travel from Spencer to Clermont then to Elgin for school opening. Mrs. Herbert Falk and sons visited Elkader at the John Ferler home. Dr. H. S. Hadsel came back from a month’s vacation with his sons Harry and Fred in Michigan near the lakes and fishing.
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