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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1898
Page
7
No paper will be issued next week as the office takes a vacation to straighten the business for the new year. The note asks debtors to come forward with amounts owed, promising a friendlier tone and to render accounts.
Readable notices detail Elgin merchants offering candy, gloves, mittens, caps, jackets, mackintoshes, and fine linens at reduced prices through December. Local stores advertise flour, salt, coal, and hardware, with dental and printing services, a Christmas tree event, and family announcements amid a bustling holiday scene.
Martha Hanni is sick with lung fever. Ed Schmid returned from Osborn. Grimney among the sick. Theo Schmid on West Union business Monday. G W Nicklaus in West Union on Thursday. Baldwin and Jackson in West Union Tuesday with the county Clerk. George Heller at the county seat Monday over late sen petition. North Western Mutual Life agent von Aulsin Elgin tending interests. Rev B R J Hack headed to Chicago Monday. Ife expects to return to Elgin Thursday. Frano Devart back to work after two weeks layoff due to gunfire near him. Fred Freiden returned from western Iowa visiting sons. Luther Shaffer and wife plan to move to Elgin. Shaffer bought J D’s Capper & Shutter attire. Fred Miller of Rock Valley visited Elgin after Chicago cattle shipment. Cote Ketchem back from South Dakota Saturday. crops good there but glad to return. Durfier of Arlington in Elgin Saturday for his company. W Wickians to Dubuque Monday to buy boiler for Elgin Canning Co. largest in NE Iowa. Otto Helgerman and partner Greve left for Strawberry Point after sultana closure ended business in Elgin. Jap Ross at county farm. moved to West Union Friday for admission orders to institution. Last Thursday evening Masonic Lodge group from West Union visited Elgin. Foreigners reported that Chg enjoyed a phous vboik.
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