Want Ads Rates and Notices in the Echo Office
Classified notices list one cent per word for Avéek ads paid in advance with a 25 cent minimum. Various ads include For Rent in Glermont, 275 acre farm in Marion and Grand Meadow townships, Fayette county home for sale, wanted second-hand heating stoves, wedding invitations, rubber stamps, cash register, adding machine rolls, and salesbooks from The Elgin Echo office with low prices and quality.
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Marion
Grand Meadow Townships
Gunder
I. H. Skarshaug
Little 8 League Schedule and Fireball Sighting
August 16 Hawkeye at Elgin Wancoma at Arlington Clermont at Alpha. August 28 Alpha at Elgin Arlington at Aurora Clermont at Hawkeye. Hanson family in town reported a ball of fire sinking toward the ground seen by four witnesses near their home and Baumgartner’s. they seek explanation and others’ sightings.
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Hawkeye
Elgin
Wancoma
Arlington
Clermont
Alpha
Aurora
Hanson
Adolph Baumgartner
Subcriber Requests Address Change For WLW Copy
A nearby town subscriber writes Have moved Kindly change my address and send my copy of the worlds greatest weekly WLW too With best regards The brief note asks for updating mailing details and continuing delivery to a new location.
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the Worlds’ Greatest Weekly
WLW
Wanted residents of Elgin long-time locals list
A plea seeks the names of all Elgin and surrounding community residents who have lived there sixty years or more. Report the names to R. P. Strauch at the Echo office or to Ray DeSart.
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Elgin
R. P. Strauch
Echo Office
Ray DeSart
Tribal Signaling Uses Tom-Toms and Drums in Ceremonies
Native tribes of the Amazon valley employ hollow logs with ends covered, plus a plank of wood struck with a mallet for signaling. Drums of various sorts, collectively called tom-toms, feature in ceremonies dances signals and related practices.
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Amazon Valley
Settled at Owyhee Nevada Dr Frank Mock's letters home
Dr Frank Mock writes from Owyhee Nevada on August 4 1991 describing a cross country drive from Goldfield Iowa through Sioux Falls the Black Hills Cody and Yellowstone to the Owyhee Agency. He notes rugged mountain roads desert stretches high elevations 6 states traveled and 2078 miles driven. He promises to share more about the reservation and Indians.
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Frank Mock
Elgin
Owyhee
Nevada
Nev
Elgin Echo
Iowa
Goldfield
No. 16
Big Horn Mountains
Fountains
Cody
Shoshone
Yellowstone
Mammoth Springs
Old Faithful Camp
Old Faithful
Mt. Washburn
Norris Basin
Mont
Teton Range
Tetons
Thousand Springs Ranch
American Falls
Mountain Home
Towa
Trips to the Pacific Ocean From Oregon to Rockaway Beach
Viola Foxwell recounts two ocean trips in May and June 1981 with Uncle Walter and Grace. They travel from McMinnville to Newport and Agate Beach, observe the Devil's Punch Bowl, Rhododendrons, tide cycles, and agates, then return home tired but inspired to visit again and later explore Rockaway Beach and Manhattan near Tillamook.
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Viola Foxwell
Pacific Coast
Newport
Oregon
McMinnville
Bellevue
Sheridan
Otis
Coast Range
Walter
Grace
Agate Beach
Uncle William’s
Philomath
Cornwallia
Croeks
Ocean
Rockaway Beach
Tillamook
Pacific
Manhattan
Unclo William's
Bazaar Encounter Ends With Soap Purchase
In a bustling bazaar a young man wandered stalls with no intent to buy. A persuasive saleswoman offered a cigarette holder, a pen wiper, chocolates, and soap before he finally paid for the soap.
Ane to Be Your Own Boss Says Uncle Eben
Uncle Eben warns that being your own boss means responsibility for all interest if a mortgage occurs, as reported by the Washington Star in a dialect rich quote.
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Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Blotting Paper Tips And Odd Anecdotes From Frugal Household Arts
Household advice extols blotting paper for spills and wax removal, then shifts to quirky notes including ancient dances, a Minnesota inquiry about squirrel whiskey, and a Wisconsin family’s weekend visit plans with two trips to Sumner and back to Monticello.
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Glermont
Fayette County
Hans E. Grether
Cat Echo Office
Echo
Botte
National Cash Register
R. P. Strand
The
Little 8
Was HE
Owyhee, New
Pacific Ocean
Willamina
Stoeer Drug CO
Higis Lowa
Ole Olson
Minnesota
Ed Gempeler
John Gempeler
Monticello
Wis
J. B. Miller
Sumner
E.H. Petrarch
Wisconsin
McCormick-Deering
McCornick-Deering
McCormick - Deering
Torkelson Bros
Weibel Mill Company
Elgin, Iowa
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