Guilty of a cold spreads through town social ties
Almost everybody has it a bad cold. Mr and Mrs F W Hughes entertained friends from Wadena at dinner Sunday. Miss Marie Reusser of near West Union is at the Rudy Moser home helping to take care of the sick. "The Virginian" Saturday afternoon and evening. Miss Louise Schroeder came from Pastville Tuesday to assist sister Amelia in their millinery business. Louise has been detained at home by her father's illness.
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F. W. Hughes
Wadena
Marie Reusser
Near West Union
Rudy Moser
Virginian
Louise Schroeder
Pastville
Amelia
Louise
Dairy Day for Elgin Promotes Practical Dairying
Elgin hosts a dairy day with the Iowa State Dairy Association at the Opera House on Thursday December 11 at 1 30 pm. Three speakers including B Estel and J B Hynes address improving dairying in Iowa cleanliness of dairy products and feeding to boost milk output.
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Iowa State Dairy Association
Elgin Opera House
Iowa
Middle West
Estel
HE. &. Stevenson
J. B. Hynes
Santa Claus Skeptics Gift Requests Mixed With Market Rates
A humorous note questions Santa’s generosity while listing a 1860 market ledger from Mt. Carroll Mirror. It records September prices for wheat, barley, rye, oats, ear corn, shelled corn, flour, corn meal, bran, potatoes, onions, beans, eggs, chickens, lard, butter, cheese, and wood per unit, alongside a playful Christmas demand list.
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Mt. Carroll
Underwear selection emphasizes complete stock and fit
Our store offers underwear for ladies, misses, and children in all styles from short sleeves to low necks. We brag no lost sales on men's underwear this season, a sign of our complete stock. Let us fit you out this winter.
Holiday Handkerchiefs and Novelties Wholesale
Holiday Handkerchiefs and Novelties offer Xmas handker chiefs with colored borders in pure linen boxed in threes. Pictured kerchiefs for children, two for five. Ivory Novelty Goods presents the ideal gift at 25 cents. You must see these to appreciate their beauty.
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Kerch
Gloves and Mittens: Wide Christmas Glove Selection
White kid gloves priced at 1.50, knit and fabric gloves and mittens, suede dress gloves for men at 4.75. The store offers the largest variety seen at Christmas time with prices largely unchanged from last season.
Shoes Sales Rise This Fall Across Stores
Footwear demand climbs as shoppers praise quality lines. The ad highlights Sinbad Healthy Fat for children, Queen Quality and Beals Special for women, and Florsheim and Beals Special for men, urging gifts and sensible purchases.
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Sinbads
Beals
Florsheims and Beals
Knit Goods Gift Line Sells Cozy Christmas Items
A catalog offers knit goods including sweaters scarf sets with cap and scarf, children's knit suits, stocking caps, and knit mufflers. The line presents many suitable Christmas gift ideas with a focus on warm apparel.
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Elgin Savings Bank
Elgin
Gus Gunderson
Samuel Mosby
Santa Claus
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Couraging
Citizens’ State Bank
Ern Scholl
L. J.groth
L. S. Hutchinson
Erry
Oes
Max
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