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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
2
The notice outlines morning noon and evening train options for patients arriving by train, with options to phone or drop a card to save time. It mentions a special price for patients who travel by train and notes an optical office in Iowa equipped with instruments that stay in town.
A brief notice outlines advertisement rules for the Elgin Echo, published Thursdays by FW. Hughes. It lists post office eligibility, continuous ad display until canceled, and subscription rates of 1 year ahead at 1.60 dollars and six months at 75 cents.
The Clermont Enterprise reports the big Elkader Fair to run all next week with day and night attractions. Wartime notes include Upper Iowa University chosen for military training and Fort Sheridan Army Training Corps status. Local figures like R W Muehlenthaler on business, Judge candidate H B Taylor's visit, and farm notes on onions and tomatoes appear, plus a Postville clinic and wheat for flour program.
Local notices from Elgin and Clermont recount visits, travels, and social calls including Mrs Ha West Lovisa from Clermont and Mrs Harvey Steele. Reports mention Upper Town University Fayette Iowa, LeMars visits, and Leota Phillips leaving for Camp Dodge. A car accident near Dibble hitch is described with minor injuries, plus community ads, education notes, and patriotic themes amid a busy week.
An ad lists delivery to any part of ecity for Hawkeye Gasoline and Kerosene with a request for patronage. It mentions Miller & Grover and a home phone contact, combined with assorted unrelated lines about jobs and education from Decorah Iowa.
Report notes no free delivery of goods in Elgin and Decorah since August 19. Oelwein factory workers recently struck at three farms, amid wartime spy caution. Corn shipments flow toward local mills as farmers harvest rapidly. Cotton prices fall as crops mature. A plain gingham gown may be affordable next year for the average American woman.
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