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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1928

Page

2

Dover Mills Social Roundup of Local Visits

Mrs. R F Learn spent Friday to Sunday with her father W H Scott at J C Matthews home while her sister Mrs Matthews visited H B Foster and aunt Mrs Emma Eatey. Ezra Rowland visited his daughter Mrs Henry K Johnson and family Wednesday. Doris Learn was ill last week but improving. Nelsons and friends in Clermont visited Arthur Nelson and family Sunday. Werner Anfinson of West Union and Anfinsons from Perry visited Louie Larson Friday. Halvor Hanson visited his sister and sons Tom and Henry. Amy Nelson helped Rose Johnson move in Clermont. Ellen Bear visited Hazel Mark over Sunday. Howard Borland from Oelwein visited grandmother and H K Johnson. Messerli family moved to Will Dullard farm. working for Dullard. Cornel Anfinson and families visited Charles Wagner. Anfinsons stayed longer and planned more visits. A. G. Thompson and Hadley Johnson's daughter visited West Union. Rose Guyer helped serve oyster supper at church. large crowd. H K Johnson and children visited Hadley Johnson Monday. Graveling work on the Everson to bridge road and to east of it began Monday with local interest.

R. F. Learn W. H. Scott J. C. Matthews Matthews H. B. Foster Emma Eatey Ezra Rowland Henry K. Johnson R. ¥. Learn Doris Learn Millara Nelson Arthur Nelson Clermont Werner Anfinson West Union Anfin Anfinson Perry Iowa Louie Larson Halvor Hanson Chas Wagner Tom Henry Amy Nelson Rs. Rose Johnson Ellen Bear Hazel Mark Howard Borland Oelwein H. K. Johnson Hadley Johnson Everson Place Pat Orn

Will Notice in Fayette County District Court

Notice is given that on the 40th day of January, 1928, an instrument purporting to be the last Will and Testament of John Burk late of Fayette County deceased will come on for hearing before the District Court for admission to Probate. Dated West Union Iowa January 3 1928 Edgar A Traeger Clerk The Rough Riders at the Elgin Opera House next Sunday and Monday Telephone your News Items Sell it with a Want Ad

Fayette County John Burk District Court West Union Iowa Abe Edgar A. Traeger Rough Riders Elgin Opera

Broadcaster's Forgivenes and Feathers Mentioned In Ad

In a fragmented note the Broadcaster references forgiveness and feathers, recalling a Wood value in a Mule-Hide ad. The garbled text hints at branding and topics but lacks clear details or context.

Harnesses and goods sale offers advertise in Echo

A jumble of local shop notices lists harness price drops from five to ten dollars, cash-only corn and oats sales, animal listings including three-day mares and Jersey calf, dictionaries at reduced prices, grain supplies, gun bullets, and scratch pads available at the Echo Office or local dealers Hunsberger Schori Oliver Jacobson Gunder and others.

Feller Hunsberger & Schori Jersey H. S. Steele Echo Office

Local Ads Offer Corn Oats at Low Market Prices

Leone Kerr returned home from school Tuesday with chicken pox and is resting in the country. The notice urges readers to read the ads and save money, promising a steady supply of corn or oats at the lowest market prices.

Leone Kerr

Local notices and community updates in West Union

Names and events include petit jury duty for Frank Greenley and Mrs. J D Shaffer, visits to Castalia, Des Moines trips, a canary business shipment of 34 males and 49 females, Elgin's String Quartette touring for farm bureau, J A Boleyn moving a meat refrigerator, Eileen Evans turning twelve with a party at Evans cafe, Hunsberger Schori receiving carloads of corn, Warren Harrington moving to Town City, Marjorie Heubner's extended visit, and state automobile registrations totaling 704 712 for the year ending December 1. Mr.

Frank Greenley J. D. Shaffer West Union H. S. Steele Kathleen Castalia L. B. Carter Louis Des Moines G. H. Potter Carter Peter Lucheinger Jake” Kingman Elgin Farm Bureau J. A. Boleyn Eileen Evans Evans Hunsberger & Schori Warren Harrington Town City Postville Ermj Weibel Iowa City Wilton Iowa Marjorie Heubner Luchsinger

Official Newspapers Appointed by Clayton County Board

Five county newspapers sought appointment as official papers for Clayton County with a contest among the county supervisors. The board appointed for 1928 The Clayton County Register Elkader, The North Iowa Times McGregor, and The Monona Leader Monona.

Clayton County Clayton County Register The North Iowa Times Monona Leader Strawberry Point Press Guttenberg Press Elkader McGregor Monona

Fee simple as a legal term in earlier language

An obscure historical note links fee simple to an old meaning of simple and describes how the word evolved from a phrase meaning full ownership. The passage also mentions the creation and intense scent of rose products causing workers to be overwhelmed by odors.

Tony

Local Fragment Prompts Editor Send News

Vague OCR fragment lists actions: killed a pig, shot his wife, got married, borrowed a stap, made a speech, robbed a bank, sold a dog, lost his wallet, gone fishing, death by own action, drowned a cat, been away, come back home, taken a vacation, got licked, made a bet, lost it. Request to send to editor for publication.

Early Millstones and Their Quarry Origins

The nillstones used in the early grist oilis abroad were made of bunt stone a form of ailica as hard an nnt but not so brittle. In this country they were largely from sandstone quarried in Ulster county New York Lancaster county Pennsylvania and Montgomery county Virginia. An ounce of prevention is worth fifty.

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Dover Mills Clarence Messerli Will Dullard Mr. Dullard Cornel Anfinson Mrs. Anfinon Will Kohler’ Thoma’s Sofield Lehman Howe Laws Sam Tad Schor Kyster Lor Ca Vipin Dewa Elgin Opera House Wm. F. Miller Wallace Berry Raymond Hatton Mary Brian Monty of MON Noah Berry Geo. Bancroft Mary Astor Chas. Farrell Charles Emmett Mack Frank Hooper San Juan Hill Col. Roosevelt Venus of Venice Norma Talmadjre Bugle Call Jackie Coogan Paris Behe Daniels Ularly Citizens State Bank the Bank of Friendly Servi Rollins Kohler’s Store Elgwn Rollins Hosiery
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