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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1927
Page
7
Mr and Mrs Albert Topp of El dorado visited Elgin on Tuesday. Lizzie B Lyons spent the weekend at her home near Fayette.
Local Elgin items report Dr. Hutchinson's dental practice, social visits by Fred Falk and Mrs. Bucher, new harness arrivals, and real estate move by John Grimm selling his Pleasant street cottage to Theodore Olson for 2000 dollars. Building updates at H W Falk store, hospital treatment for Mrs. Bowen, and a fatal accident for Mrs. Maas are noted along with Mrs. Anderson's two strokes and the Lime Kiln school closing.
International Sugared Hog Feed and Alafalla Meal for sale and guaranteed by Geo N Schori Weat Elgin Found-Good truck chain Inquire at Torkelson Bros Elgin Dry soft wood Geo EB Schori Co Wanted Man with car to sell complete line quality Auto tires and tubes Exclusive territory Salary 300 per month Milestone Rubber Company East Liverpool Ohio For Rent Three rooms with heat H B Hadsel For Sale Good winter apples at 150 per bushel Olaf Berg Announcement Your new Watkins dealer will sell Watkins Supreme Mineral Ration at 65 per ton You can get your American Waterless Cooker with Watkins products Write Art Beeck West Union Iowa 14 16p
An advertisement explains eight advantages of newspaper advertising and notes it reaches nearly all readers, reduces selling costs, and supports quick, economical distributor networks. It argues ads help manufacturers cover profitable markets, enable rapid start or stop, and offer immediate results, urging merchants to use ads to avoid losing ground to competitors.
A reflective piece contrasts past and present attitudes toward possessions and mud. It recalls a dad buying a survey for 120 dollars and the care given to keep it clean. It notes today’s higher costs for autos and greater tolerance for dirt, suggesting shifts in values and references to hard times.
In this go gettin age the speaker notes men pause only when ill or jailed. He contrasts hustling urgency with moments of reflection in prison or sickness, asserting such times are rare interruptions to their drive.
Mrs. Anna De Sart and Harold Grenley are briefly ill or absent from work while Mrs. Stoffregen and daughter visit Oelwein Westgate and Maynard. Funeral attendance includes Mrs. Marie Beer of Elkader. Several residents undergo operations and recoveries. A daughter is born to Mr. and Mrs. Jove Peters in Elgin. Marie Beer dies at Elkader aged about eighty eight. Wilma Miller and Selma Knudtson's health changes noted. Stock shipments from Elgin and a closing out sale at Chas Gehring are mentioned.
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