Elgin Local News Peopled by Visit and Projects
Elgin updates note Dr L H Hutchinson with 22 years in town and visitors like Mrs Heck from Cedar Rapids. Local improvements include T Capper redecorating the Elgin post office interior and 4 ceiling panels by Torkelson Bros. News recalls Mayo Hospital trip, farm bargains, and hay in January amid weather chatter from La Grange to Clear Lake.
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Weibel Mill Company
T. J. Capper
Elgin
H. B. Gilson
E. A. Mellree
Fayette County
Elgin-West Union
Elgin Land Company
Rex Medberry
Medberry
Clear Lake
Metzger herd stands high in state
The 1926 final state contest report places the George Metzger herd eighteenth from the top. Ten Holsteins produced 421.7 lbs butterfat, feed cost per cow $79.25, profit $110 per cow. The herd was sold after 11 months in 1927 and thus omitted from this year’s report. Elgin association 1927 gains expected to rise with efficiency. News notes on reading habits and local lore follow.
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Geo. Metzger
Elgin Association
Dope Peddlers Criticized In Iowa Poultry Trade
Farmers across Iowa complain to the Department of Agriculture about unscrupulous poultry remedy salesmen who claim state registration and offer to cull sick chickens for a fee then push overpriced cures. Secretary Thornburg warns remedies must be registered but registration does not prove effectiveness and urges buyers to use reliable local suppliers.
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Iowa
M. G. Thornburg
Secretary of Agriculture
Adlerika Gas Relief Adclaims For Steak And Onions
An advertising blurb claims Adlerika relieves gas and bloating after meals like steak and fried onions. It features a testimonial from Mrs J Julian and cites City Drug Store as the distributor. The copy asserts the product acts on both bowels and removes old waste matter, promising better sleep and digestion.
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Adlerika
Local Notables and Events From Around Town
August Scheel has been ill for weeks Frances Pinney heads to Rochester for nurse training Mrs Herbert Falk hosted Levolin Acklin Ronella Larson and Inex Cook at a six oclock dinner John Schneider the horseman was a business visitor in Ossian Geo Falb Fal and Falb women and Bobby visited Postville Tuesday Yowll be dee lighted with The Rough Riders at the opera house Sunday and Monday Jan 22 23
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Elgin Land Company
Dick Williams
Tofield Heck
O. K
Torkelson Bros
J. W. Schneider
Hazel Davis
Rochester
Minnesota
Mayo Hospital
August Scheel
Frances Pinney
Herbert Falk
Levolin Acklin
Ronella Larson
Inex
John Schneider
Ossian
Geo. Falb
John Fal
Herbert Falb
Bobby
Postville
Rough Riders
Opera House
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Edward Grimm
Will Butikofer
la Grange
Missouri
Echo
Nashua
California
Metzger
John Fennell, Sr
Ames Abe
Schicken
Tyminieanen
Oxfords
Percales
Kellog
Max Thoma
Geo. E. Schori & Co
Schori
Luc
J. A. Boleyn
Elgin, Iowa
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