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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1928
Page
8
Lofstuen promotes Aube accessories as readers share items from Cedar Rapids visitors and community happenings. Notices recall funeral attendances, illness, social events, school and church gatherings, market prices, and local business updates across Clermont Elgin and surrounding towns.
Advertisers and readers note large sums spent on ads last year with General Motors topping the list. Chevrolet alone spent over four million, and American Tobacco and Ivory Soap Crisco also show big ad expenditures. The piece lists other brands and totals, reflecting ad impact on sales and industry trends.
Two 12 year old girls, Miriam Fairbank of near Monticello Iowa and Elizabeth Ganis of Brooklyn New York, traced an egg from June sale at 19 cents a dozen to its Brooklyn sale at 60 cents a dozen. The egg changed hands many times and lost quality, while price differences reflect shipping, handling costs, and time.
Clermont township trustees meet at Farmers Savings Bank Clermont Iowa February 6 1928. Bids will be received for Township Road Superintendent engineer road draggers oils and grease. The board may reject any or all bids.
I H Skarshaug and Emery from Decorah visited their seriously ill grandmother last Sunday. Mr and Mrs James McSweeney and Mr and Mrs 0 Miller were dinner guests at Mrs L A Kneeland's home. Mr and Mrs Martin Nelson and Myrtle and Harriet Amundson joined Sunday dinner at Mrs Nelson's, then attended Harriet Erickson's parcel shower at Marion church parlors.
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