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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
2
An advertisement promotes draying of all kinds with reasonable charges and invites patronage for The Hawkeye Gasoline and Kerosene. It offers delivery to any part of the city and provides a contact phone at residence.
Local column highlights include Weibel Mill loading wheat for shipment and annual invoices at C. S. Halstenson store. Reports on snow shovel brigade, school spellers, Philathea class sleigh ride to Clermont, and Volga City hog sale. Weibel Mill Co advertises rye procurement and price quotes. health notices warn about influenza and encourage medical consults. Community events feature birthdays, home improvements, and social gatherings at Klingman and Berg households. Census items note district consolidation, oil and insurance commentary, and wage data for Iowa farm labor in 1919.
Dairy specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture report the butter industry produced over a ton per minute around the clock last year. A New York farmer blamed muskrats for duck deaths, but a Conservation Commission agent proved snapping turtles, not muskrats, were the culprits. The terrapin Will seize large ducks and drag them underwater.
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