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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1911
Page
2
In Elgin the Hughes paper invites readers to view local column advertisements and an assortment of jobbing material for printing. Subscriptions are offered monthly with options for one year at 1.50 and six months in advance.
The January 12 1910 page cites sixteen cent gasoline at Finkes drug store lists social notes including visits and births. It mentions eighty four aviators killed in the prior year, local names such as TJ Capper Mrs Elmer Pinney and John Wold with a daughter born recently. It also covers weather chatter and civic notes with M W A Cedar Lamp officers and advice on city growth and mutual support.
A jumble of small notices, sales, medical and business promos from Elgin and nearby towns. Items include Modoc Liniment and Capper dental ads, cheap kerosene, flour, cement, poultry price offers, and spring-stock pushes. Personal notes mention visits, marriages, illnesses, travel, and a hog disease report near Algona.
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