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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1928
Page
2
Mrs Herbert Dummermuth visited at the Walter Kohls home Tuesday. Mr and Mrs L S Lofstuen of Clermont visited Tuesday afternoon with Elgin relatives. Incubators are offered in several makes with attractive prices by Fellers Hdw.
An advertorial urges homeowners to choose Mule-Hide roofing for guaranteed satisfaction and savings, warning against paying unknown quality to strangers. The note promises proper cement work timing for basements and floors, plus humorous asides and quips about local life and a safety joke about driving with one hand.
Classified notes list harness sets selling at savings before price hikes, corn and oats supply, cash basis sales, pullets for Capper Hatchery Elgin, two lots in Schori addition Elgin for trade, three day mares near 1600 to 1700 pounds, Webster's dictionary bargain, leather bound edition, scratch pads one cent per pound, Echo Office notices.
The Probert car ran into a ditch near Theodore Hanson’s home last Sunday causing substantial damage to the vehicle while Hunsberger Schori Chris Schweitzer and Guy Probert were involved in the mixup none of the occupants were injured. Corn and oats dealers advertise continual supply at market prices offered by Hunsberger Schori Chris Schweitzer and Guy Probert.
The spleen is a muscular bag on the left side near the stomach that engorges with blood and acts as a sieve for red corpuscles. It filters older cells, releasing blood when needed, and dilates to withdraw blood during strenuous heart activity and certain poisonings or losses.
Rag dolls cherished in early New England households varied in size and costume. Faces were flat with stiff hands and westward toes, often with painted or embroidered features. Hair used yarn, hemp, or real strands. clothing mirrored full skirts and sunbonnets. One doll reportedly delighted a New Hampshire family for over eighty years and remains in use with a renewed face.
A historical report describes bullfighting as extremely dangerous for matadors. It notes frequent wounds, rare deaths, and dramatic risks such as chairs, swords, and bulls tossing fighters. The piece highlights the skill and peril involved in the matador’s deadly duel with the bull.
The piece argues that absolutely pure water is tasteless and odorless, existing only in theory or when distilled. It notes our bodies are largely water, so taste perception sees no foreign substance, and ordinary water carries salts from the earth or soot from air, limiting purity.
The Montreal Family Herald explains that the English king’s demise transfers titles and power instantly to the heir, who rules as king from the moment of accession though not yet twenty one. A regent handles administration during the monarch’s minority and officials renew oaths of allegiance after a demise of the crown.
A fragmented OCR passage shows an angry customer accusing a butcher of misidentifying a brass-like object. The butcher notes it resembles brass and hints at a joke about a purchase, but the garbled text leaves the exact event and outcome unclear.
Albert Schori and T W Dean left Sunday evening for Chicago to attend a canner s convention. The Floyd Sires family visited over Sunday at the home of his brother Vern Sires of Postville. Alfred Holzer, ill over a month, remains confined at home but shows some improvement. Mr and Mrs Chas Feller entertained the Ray and Franc DeSart, R W Muehlenthaler and Mrs Emma Bunting families Sunday. J W Schneider completed ceiling work at the Torkelson Implement Shop last week, enhancing the building.
Mrs J F Keeling of Volga City visited the J I Phillips home. Dr and Mrs P H Lotz Miss Dora Carter and Miss Madge Pinton of Fayette were visitors at the Rennison home Sunday afternoon. Wanted Solicitor for Watkins products in Elgin Write A E Beeck West Union. I will mail products parcel post paid.
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