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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
7
The Amberola is touted as the perfect home phonograph among many on the market. It emphasizes Edison’s genius and claims unmatched tone and lasting satisfaction, urging buyers to trust the Amberola over ordinary machines.
Mrs Franc DeSart suffers another cold while snow cleanup continues. Chas Capper sick. Elgin residents plan visits and work resumption in South Dakota. Weibel Mill seeks rye buyers and discusses water works. Local basketball doubleheader slated at opera house. Consolidated school district plan moves forward. County officials report plate supplies and horse sales prep for Feb 10. Two local residents update on health and family, plus record hog sale at Lake Geneva setting new price benchmarks.
In a public note the editor urges citizens to strive for a better town by personal responsibility. The piece champions fair merchants, collective progress, and backing improvements over self interest, urging readers to join in improving living conditions. Other items report salt sales, a vaporizer invention, a patent sale, farm show plans, a boar bite injury, a high yield potato grower, visiting ladies, and a Friday basketball update.
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