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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
4
Acting under orders from the State Fire Marshal, Elgin’s mayor requires all stoves furnaces and electric apparatus to be placed in safe condition without delay. Citizens urged to report any unsafe fire equipment so it can be condemned promptly.
Gift idea for friends is a favorite magazine with savings notes for groups of three or more. Mrs I W Hughes can provide details or leave word at the Echo office. Old papers available at the Echo office for carpet use at five cents a bunch.
Local notes record visits and gatherings across Ilyria including Ben Benson at A Yearons, Lena Wenger with Henry McMillan family near Elgin, and Mrs Layton of Farmersburg visiting Turnbul home. Guests include J Klingman family at H B Gilson, C M Klingman’s sister Nora from Dakota, and Rev Mitchell at Wadena. A Red Cross meeting with Mrs H B Gils is slated Friday. A church social titled The Trip to Circusville and Return is planned for December 7 at 3 pm with chicken sandwiches welcome.
Caspara Torkelson and Mrs Louisa Christen hosted Sunday gatherings. Maud Patterson visited her Elgin mother. George Christen Bert Thoman visited Tom Hanson. Frieden family at Albert Schupbach. Numerous neighbors shared Sunday and Thanksgiving visits across Clover, Volga, Wadena, and Clermont areas.
The Chalmers engine digests low-grade gas to produce high power using a hot spot to break up gas after the carburetor and a ram horn manifold to deliver near ideal vapor for ignition. It starts quickly on cold days and runs smoothly once started, reducing warmup time. Visit the salesroom to see the engine’s perfection.
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