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Elgin Echo notes from the January pages of 1917
A compact local round up features Elgin news from January, including weather shifts, education updates, and the Elgin Land Co transactions. It reports on Berg & Kohler’s clothing demand, a Valley College versus Elgin High School basketball game, and social notes from Des Moines coal measures, farm sales, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heho
Elgin Land Co
Berg & Kohlers
Opera House
Valder College
Elgin High School
Berg & Kohler
L. W. Little
Wadena
Echo Office
Towa
United States
Sublime Porte
Syria
Fargo
John McVicar
Des Moines
Claiims
Vinton
Wigin Land Co
Will Y. Kerr
Don Cummings
Simon O'Niell
A. M. Weibel
District Court of
Fayette County
Mr. Weibel
O'Niell
Old
Iowa
Will Howard