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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1930
Page
4
Elgin school notes show students earning top marks in spelling and arithmetic with grades across fourth and fifth year classes. Highlights include Christmas projects and a basketball game at Clermont with fans urged to attend as West Union opens its new high school gym next Tuesday.
Illyria area residents and guests are listed from Randalia Cheery Valley and nearby locales. Families include Shaffer Martin Wenger Patterson Frey and many others sharing weekend visits birthdays and church group activities. Community events mention cemetery and Ladies Aid meetings and a school party for Jack’s birthday.
A dense want ad column lists various sales and wanted items from Elgin including a Hereford bull, white Leghorn pullets, brown Leghorn hens, a Paramount phonograph with records, large Webster's dictionary, construction paper, Christmas cards, and assorted scripture mottoes. Also notes on business trades, yard wood, empty barrels, and a proof for prepaid notices with rates.
A cluttered column highlights Christmas goods from Kniel and Skelgas stores and vegetable fruit offerings. Local visits include Mrs Celia Meyer with Ida Meyer and Martha Chapman, Delbert Lyons and Willis Gress, Adolph Baumgartner family, and others from Decorah to Cedar Rapids. Subscriptions offer a discounted bundle for Elgin Echo and Dubuque Telegraph Herald.
A quotation attributed to Garrison warns that public complacency endangers liberty, blaming passive faith in constitutions and machinery and in politicians and statesmen for security rather than proactive citizen vigilance. The line critiques reliance on authorities over active civic oversight.
A duplicated and questionable subscription offer by the Higin Echo agency targets old customers with deceitful renewal tactics. The notice warns readers to ignore pressure methods and protect personal information.
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