Household goods and local notices from Elgin Iowa, 1807
An assortment of ads and community notices including shoe sale pricing, flour and meal offers, an overshoe deal, a local bicycle for sale, and various town events. It also reports two 19th century town officer nominations, carnival and parade notes, a school district financial statement for the year ending February 22, 1807, and a notice of an upcoming school board election to select two directors for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
Elgin
Iowa
Towa
Finke's
Ta Om
W. OM
Fini
Wanted Weed at This Office At Once
A terse classified plea seeks someone to supply weed immediately to the office. The message emphasizes urgency and a direct request without further details or context.
Local notes from West Union and Elgin markets
Local items report Capper Shaffer offering Perfection oil and wool mittens, Shiloh remedies, and photos at Berger Studio. West Union visitors share news on cigars, dances, and roads. Elgin social events include a masque party and a church concert. Dr Dixon Alexander funeral noted in Fayette with E D Alexander tied to a former local paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Clermot
Jeff Baker
Forest City
Jameag Eigin
Weuk
L. Y
Lew Kern
Hatton
North Dakota
Shome
Clermont
Lew
Fayette
Dixon Alexander
Elgin Flour, Can Goods, and a Masquerade Tale
Local notes mention Pillsbury flour and Cupper Shaffer bread flour, Elgin canning shipments to Ban Franaillen St Pyal and St Louis, and a historical masquerade near the opera house. A German song, sung at the event, prompted legal attention and a court remark about whether the chorus was a joke on the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pillsbury’s
Cupper & Shaffer's
Fred Hadeel
Elgin
Maynard
Elgin Canning Co
St Pyal
St. Louis
Elgin Crean Corn
Henry Rickle
West Union
Than Boys
Weet Union
St Oncv
Coudre
Rielle
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Congress
Ican
California
Sella
L. L
Binith
Wallnes Shoe Co
Elgin Mil
Caneuser
Citizen's
People's
L.B. Mattoon
L. Ainaworth
L. H. Oswald
C. Theo. Sehmid
People’s
Caneus
Moa
Knutson
Oswald
Aimilar
Mpaio
Dena
Dlogs Londa
Humanes
Marcus A. Hanna
McKinley
Opera Mense
Wigin
Brain
Fes
Sala
Gente
Thachems Fund
Ava
Benson
Preeilent
G. G. Haug
Finke
Washington
Albert Schort
Etek
Perfection Oil
Cupper & Shuffor
G. G. Graham
Nick Bakeman
Parda Je
Hia
Chicago
Capper & Shater's
Central Hotel
Mias Willinle Seiuard
Vite
Kee Telead
Mike Patterson
Finke Sella
Wast Union Sant Down
Scthat Goard
Blake
Deog
Ben Schori
Gay Osborn
Arlington
Atiral
Schonl
Opera Mouse
Avery
Thoins
McGreevy, Meyers and
Qaven
Postville
Sapper & Shaffar's
New York
Capper & Shinfler
F. 8
Grandall’a
Berger Studio
W. I. Finke
Crandall
Berger
Karl
W. H. Finke
Waugra
Marge
Corkery Bros
Wadena
Fayette County
R. J. Stehr
Grehman Elgin
Stoehr's Pharmacy
Yowa
Exchange Thoma
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