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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
7
A sale advertised to be held on a farm two miles east of Elgin and nine miles south of Postville with a note that waiting will pay proceeds. Writes for a catalog to obtain details.
Catalog advertisement invites business career training at Val dez College Decorah Iowa with fall term Sept 1 and job openings for stenographers and bookkeepers. Also mentions education as foundation of success at Upper Iowa University starting its 64th year Sept 16 1919 and a Fayette Harvest Home Picnic baby contest winner Lillian Kreuger.
Local items report R W Muehlenthaler’s new electric player plane at City Drug Store and Gus Gunderson driving a latest model Oldsmobile eight. Travelers Oscar and Mrs Miller depart Madison, South Dakota trip. Knudtsons return from Detroit with two Chalmers cars. Elgin residents visit old friends and hear of road conditions. A Nebraska editor Art Shaffer visits, and a court ruling bars religious garb for public school teachers in Nebraska. An accident near New Martinsville involved Clarence Schori’s car but caused no injuries.
Miss Lula Ven Deest of Cedar Falls spent a week with Miss Edith Keiser and returned home Tuesday. The item notes a new line of "up-to-the-minute skirts" in wool and serge fabrics priced from five dollars and up at Cappers' Quality Store.
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