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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1911

Page

8

155 Acre Farm at a Great Bargain

For sale a stock farm 24 miles northwest of Clermont comprising 155 acres with 125 arable or meadow, rolling timber land, two springs, orchard, and multiple buildings including a house, granary, barns, hog and chicken houses. Possession March 1, title clear, price 46.00 per acre, terms easy. Also available to rent or rent with sale. Owner in South Dakota seeks reinvestment. Further particulars inquire.

Clermont South Dakota Dakota

West Union notes and county items mix with jokes

West Union items cover visits from Elgin residents and local events at Linden Park including a three week mail clerk assignment in Milwaukee and a pending waterworks condemnation hearing in Council Bluffs. Local notices record a sold soldier’s death, hotel reopening plans, pheasant gift, and a quip about a Chicago mail order wife.

N. M. Ruckdasher Elgin Linden Park

Elkader Briefs and Local Notices from Elkader Times

Ole Allen left Monday for Chicago to attend an automobile show. H Larson received a 32 pound Mammoth Bronze Turkey weighing 96 points, shipped and brought home yesterday afternoon. John Teutsch sold the Geo Miller residence to Olson Bros for 1800, his third sale this month. Wm Hagensick of Nunda S D visits Elkader and vicinity. his wife has stayed three weeks and they will return Friday. The Dubuque Times Journal notes a Elkader youth at the state university of Wisconsin winning civil service first place, a milestone for the college and local congratulates Lev on his success.

QO. H. Larson John Teutsch Geo. Miller Sam Boots Olson Bros Wm. Hagensick Nunda Elkader the Times Journal of

Oelwein firm to open broom factory at 218 South Frederick

The Oelwein Broom Co plans to start operations in the Odell building at 218 South Frederick Street with a large stock of broom handles and machinery. They expect to produce 5,000 handles and thirteen tons of broom corn, supplying trade in Oelwein and nearby areas. Citizens welcome Mrs Sam Hofer and children back to the old home. Ray DeSart, home over Sunday, discusses domestic science in schools. A report on concrete railroad ties by George Gates notes ownership by sixteen railroads and ongoing railroad rail development. The piece also mentions community boosters for the local paper and a buckshot incident at the Ohio newspaper office, plus state parole hearings and a death notice for Nellie Hassler.

Oelwein Broom Co Odell Frederick Street Sam Hofer Rock Valley State Board of Purple Lowa Newa Glen Hassler Elgin Nellie Star Bnt Wis Hawkeye C. Miller Des Moines Rock Island Road Christ

Rural carrier pay hikes and fund surplus in bill

The house passed an appropriation bill with a provision to raise rural route carriers pay to 1000 per year and to turn back a 1700000 surplus to the rural delivery fund after a heated amendment debate. Also notes local obituaries and accidents including Mrs Mary Mathis of Clermont at age 86 and injuries in Glemmont and Elgin events.

Ram United States Mary Mathis Clermont John DeSart Charles Backer Our City Bert Allen Satcrday

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