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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1930
Page
1
No matter how cold you can start that car with a Tiger Super Battery. 269 more power guaranteed 212 years 1.50 allowance for your old battery at Gamble Stores. Jess Calahan returned home Sunday afternoon from the Jim Yearons home where she had been working the past few weeks.
The ad extols Bayer aspirin as prompt relief for colds and headaches and claims it eases neuralgia neuritis and rheumatism. It urges recognition by Bayer on the box and every tablet as proof of genuine product and dependable aid.
Ives Cook of east of Elgin and several area residents spent weekends visiting relatives in Fayette and Rochester. Emma Graf visited from St Paul while Gertrude Carpenter and Gwendolyn Bartholomew stayed with the Hans Keiser family. Local plans include Decorah coroner inquest resuming February 20 and Elgin considering a $4000 farm fire truck. Clifton Mealey and John Falk returned to Iowa City after weekend visit and exams.
An editorial argues that persistent local advertising by merchants in home papers curbs mail order competition. It notes mail order catalogs peak with January and fall campaigns, while quiet months tempt reduced local advertising. Keeping steady self-promotion, the piece suggests, would better aid local business than repeated Buy at Home editorials.
Some people oppose new progress just because they dislike the sponsors or leaders. They withhold support and feel compelled to undermine improvements. The writer notes such critics are a minority and lack real influence.
A pastor resigns amid sharp accusations of unloving church and unpaid salary as he departs to become state penitentiary chaplain. Separately, the Alpha Mercantile Co. store burned undetected, incinerating its interior and causing about 15000 dollars in losses. The firm, one of Alpha's oldest, was founded by Drake long ago and is noted in Hawkeye Bescon's report. The State of Iowa plans next year's plates and a scheme will unfold on a white developer's agenda.
Neighbors and families from Illyria and nearby towns spent Sundays and weekends visiting relatives and friends. Guests included the Hansons, Chapmans, Rothlisberger, Medberry, Klingman, Yearous, Frieden, and Ogle families, with numerous small gatherings, teaching starts, and a rock party at Rex Medberry’s in Cheery Valley.
Hazel of Oak Grove and guests Sunday at the Jack Shaffer home note that highway maintenance laws require landowners to trim brush and trees along road rights of way. Iowa code sections 4890 and 4881 mandate cutting or burning brush within highway limits and limit hedge growth to within five feet of the ground with biannual trimming.
A Nebraska customer praises That G & J The T for lasting fall delivery and good service with no price increase. G & J customers keep returning for the free tube offer. Gamble Stores in Oelwein, Indiana, notes a curiosity about Swiss cheese holes and ventilation needs.
H. J. Nehring, deputy sheriff, has resigned to run as a Republican candidate for sheriff. Democratic Sheriff A. A. Robertson appointed Adolph Eilis of Oelwein, currently assistant cashier at Aetna State Bank, as Nehring's successor.
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