Elgin Echo 1917 Christmas and New Year notices
Local weekly notes from Elgin include Merry Christmas wishes, Red Cross Christmas drive success with about 100 new members, theater ad for The Gem, local visits by residents including Charley Greenley and Florence Phiffer, Sergeant Leon R. Layton returning from Fort Riley, and a Town council defense proposal to fund war through direct taxation thereby equalizing war fund contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John de Sart
Elgin
G. W. Conner
Red Cross
The
Dr. L
Hutchinson
Dentral
Katie Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Weibel Bros
Charley Greenley
Florence Phiffer
Decorah
Leon R. Layton
U. S
Fort Riley
Kansas
J. D. Shaffer
West Union
Filke
State Council of Defense
Congress
Christmas in Higin and New Year plans in town
Christmas festivities and visits fill Higin as residents recall old friends. A Blue Bird feature and local orchestra highlight New Year plans at the Gem and Clermont house. Community notes include soldiers home on leave, business hours, and holiday trade insights among families, schools, and local trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Phillips
John Howard
Elgin
Bill
Clermont
Irvine Hendershot
Oelwein
Henry Mathys
Glen Patterson
Camp Grant
Hockford
Ilinois
W. L. Patterson
George Hanson
Gus Gunderson
Madison
South Dakota
Navy
Lew J. Kohler
West Bend
Lew
Higin
Fleet Stanton
Fleet
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Ern Bauder
Don Strauch
Scott County
Democrat
Pinney
Alden Pinney
Baker
Helen Nicklaus
Iowa City
Herbert Falk
Chas
Neuenswander
Cedar Rapids
Florence Berg
Marguerite Grether
Florence Kohler
Carrie Freiburghaus
Theodore Nicklaus
Fayette
Frances Skarsberg
Mt.Vernon
Eeith Keiser
Cedar Falls
Jasper Wayne
John Butler
Whitmore
West Union
Ths Hospital
Buller
Beeby
Fryette County Union
Alfred Holzer
Randalia
Franklyn Farnum
Gem
Chas. Nevenswander
Castalia
Weibel
Red Cross
Carpenter
Edelph HE. Benson
Davis
Wisconsin
Thos Benson
Wancoma
Frank Shipton
F. W. Hughes
United States
K. R. Moore
Strawberry Point
George Leuchtenmacher
National Army
Camp Pike
John Leuchtenmacher
Berg
Florence
Grace Bowen
Waseca
Minnesota
Frank Kiesler
Esther White
Iowa
College of Gommerece
Waterloo
George Vaughn
Mason City
Nebraska
J. C. McCoy
Monticello
Mr. Hodson
Superior
Miss Meek
Boneparte
Miss Rothlisberger
la Mars
Miss Lyons
Dunham Grove
Miss Harrington
Casper
Champaign
R. P. Strauch
Hugh
Fort Snelling
Gus Holzer
Mre
Aug Holzer
Lansing
Michigan
Gus
Ike Goethals
Hawkeye Gasoline Agency Advertises Home Delivery
Local notice from the Hawkeye Gasoline and Kerosene agency offering delivery to any part of town. Contact available by telephone at residence.
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. L. Freiburghaus & Co
T. J. Capper
Sons
H. G. Lehman
Elgin Echo
Tates
Stoehr & Co
Rexall
Sto
W. J. Kohler
Elgin Hotel
Maurice Goldsman
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