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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
5
In Elgin, influenza disrupts life and press work as doctors juggle duties and residents stay home. Reports note Dr Fothergill ill, Dr Hadsel covering, and cases rising across the region. Local updates mention new community trade, residents traveling for family visits, and preparations for Christmas amid the illness.
An Elgin canning company received a First Award for Extra Standard Corn at the 1918 Annual Convention of the Iowa Canners Association in Cedar Rapids. The badge noted Grinnell Iowa and included a message from secretary We Virden praising the honor as more valuable than money and hoping for future success.
Public sale announced by the undersigned to auction cattle hogs hay and grain about 1 to 2 miles south of Elgin Iowa on Friday December 20 at 1 o'clock. Items include silts and young stock. Army discharge rules noted for uniform return within four months. Tom Groth returns from Inwood with a new house contract. Decorah Opinion reports flu affecting staff and the editor's daughter hospitalized in Des Moines. Mrs Macy Clements travels to Brainard then Dalhart Texas for winter. Fayetta County Union notes.
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