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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
7
The Hawkeye Gasoline and Kerosene agency advertises draying of all kinds with prompt attention and reasonable charges. They offer delivery to any part of town and provide a phone number for reservations. The note mentions weather easing slightly but remaining cold.
A Randalia correspondent notes that the Dry Goods Reporter highlights steep cotton fabric price hikes in 1916. Prices for muslin, calicoes, and cambries rose by several cents per yard, with Indian Head muslin up over 100 percent since January 1916 and Pepperill muslin climbing to 141 1/2 cents by December. White warp gain 17 cents and colored warp 24, while other cotton goods rose proportionally.
A quotation defining true success through living well, laughter, love, and respect, noting the value of kindness, beauty, and inspiring others. It portrays a life that leaves the world better, through art, compassion, and a saved soul, as a lasting benediction.
Oak Grove News reports residents improving and moving, visits among Forest City Ridge and nearby towns, and a sequence of community notes. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is endorsed by local readers, while Stochr’s Pharmacy offers it for sale. Also mentioned are a Detroit factory worker’s pleasant visit and interior decorating at a family home near town.
Dr L B Hutchinson promotes oral hygiene with a new office in Elgin Savings Bank Building. Selmar Groth visits then departs for Copas Minnesota to farm. A varied blend of notices, ads, and commentary on licenses for fishing and hunting and the impact of federal migratory bird laws.
Complete lens grinding plant advertised as the only one outside a large city. Offers same day fitting of complicated lenses. Encourages sending broken glasses for repair and notes being the only registered optometrist in Fayette County by state board examination.
Miss Nella Mattoon returns home after three months visiting relatives in the east delayed by a heavy snow storm. A Kansas wedding unites Estella Dimond and Justin Bowen in Smith Center with plans to settle in Ington and Elgin Friends sending warm wishes. A humorous village hotel scene ends with a Pearl of great price quip. News notes cover sewer funding, Alaska air mail contract for Byers, and Bullure of the Pwin wiaulbs scandal aftermath.
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