Bergs Overcoats Drive Elgin Sale Rush
Elgin shoppers flock to Berg’s sale on overcoats with half price promises and a windged warning of limited time. Local figures include Berg, Schori, Weibel and Muehlenthaler, while news items mention a bridge plan, a chimney fire, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berg
R LI
Ageeminace
Leo Schori
Schori Bros
A. M. Weiber
West Union
Elsie Smith
Edna Bopp
Enid
M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society
Frank Mock
Clarence Schori
Minneapolis
Wm. F. Miller
Des Moines
Moving Picture
Ferg
Woods
F. G. Gehring
Hazel
Cedar Rapids
Josephine Kniel
Edna Hunsberger
Chris Lehman
A. M. Weibel
Elgin
Bertha Mealey
Bothwell
Oelwein
Waterloo
Rivera
Herg
Constance Talmadge
Antonio Moreno
Vitagraph
Tim
Veaus
Venice
Elgin Opera House
Ole Olson
Bec Home
Sid
Fayette
Berg's
Hans Grether
Henry Tapp
Moser
Mr. Topp
Decorah expands city parks to nearly 220 acres
Decorah park commissioners have added about 23 acres near Twin Springs and completed surveys for 68 acres along the bluff east of town. The main park reaches 55 acres, with Pulpit Rock at 11 acres, giving Decorah one of the region’s most extensive municipal park systems. Also noted are Eskimo relics including carved bone and ivory artifacts found on MI Island in the Budson Strait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Parka
Twin Springs
Winneshiek Couny Fair
Pulpit Rock
City of
Iowa
Decorah Journal
Rekiovik
MI Island
Budson Strait
Buy It at Home Merchants Plea to Support Local Trade
A townwide appeal warns that closing stores would raise prices, kill jobs, and force residents to buy out of town. It argues local merchants sustain taxes, payrolls, and community prosperity, urging readers to favor home-town shopping to keep stores open and prices stable. The note also mentions St Paul’s Sunday school event and Sheriff Robertson’s stop in Elgin with court tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bérg
Albert Schorj
Chicago
Celia Meyer
Martha Chapman
J. S. Phillips
Berg
Dan Butler
I. D. Hendershott
Oelwein
F. G. Spahr
Elgin Opera House
Masons
Ames
Weibel Mill
Arnold Bauman
Elgin-Clermont
Mia
L. B. Carter
Louis
Des Moines
Clint Rush
Susie
West Union
Harold Wittenberg
New Hampton
Richard Brackin
Elgin Creamery
Louis Wagner
Monona
Col. Geo. Waters
Postville
Postville Herald
St Paul's Sunday School
Katherine Strauch
Sheriff Robertson
Elgin
District Court
West Un fire visits end in supper dish gathering
A social visit turned alarming when a West Un gathering faced a sudden blaze during a Friday afternoon get together with Ina Kobler Elma Kiple and their friends and relatives nearby. Fire crews responded quickly as attendees evacuated safely and investigators began assessing the cause of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betweer
Ina Kobler
Elma Kiple
West
Ion
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J. A. Boleyn
Weibel’s Mill
Etwas Kgufen Will. Weibel Mill Company
Sam Lehman
Weibel Mill Company
Max Lehman
Otto Kruger
G. Hackman
Tofield Heck
B. J. Baumgartner
F. c. Muehlethaler
Karl Kiple
Emma and
Clara Muehlenthaler
Louisiana
El‘gin
Clermont
Edwin Bauman
Gustav Hackman
Ll. W. Richards
Detroit, Mich
Chas, Midgley
Kankakee
Jil
C. W. McConnel
Frank Mack
Gleaner Organization
Richard
Midgley
McConnell
Poe
Bennet Doty
French Foreign Legion
United States
Doty
Legion
Sanheee Traer Star Ctipper
Munsingwear
May ‘Thoma
Rerio Ag
Pelosa Ida Napa
Gardner Nursery Company
Oszge
Kowa Sex S
Ossge
Kowa
A. J. Topp
Blacksmith
Oxfords
Percales
Kellog
Max Thoma
West Elgin
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