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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1916
Page
2
Advertisement from The Hawkeye Gasoline and Kerosene agency offers draying of all kinds with reasonable wages and asks for a share of local patronage. Promises delivery to any city area and provides a home phone contact.
Save money and attend Berg and Kohler public sale. Next Wednesday is groundhog day and six weeks of winter may follow. Thos Richards from West Union met old friends Monday. Clermont Lutheran choir hosts a social Saturday January 29. OC Kniel hosts dinner for Gus Stohr and John Falk families. Jacob Miller’s family enjoys a new player piano bought from Carmichal West Union. C B McKinsey near Lamont crushed by a falling tree last week. Ec Converse of Greenwich turns 1600 acres into a bird sanctuary. Fyonech army adds thirteen thousand priests and min jatega serving as chaplains with regiments.
The Elgin Echo announces local column advertisements five cents per insertion with continuous runs until ordered discontinued. Monthly accounts due. one year in advance. Also promotes a fine assortment of jobbing material and printing services in a style surpassing competition.
West Union and surrounding community news from January 1916 cover personal visits, business trips, and local commerce. Reports note auctions, farm feed sales, canning industry events, church and construction discussions, a civil war veteran’s death, and public notices. Local families travel, illnesses update, and civic matters include school bond approval and ice conditions on area waterways.
The Wirth of a Nation film slated to show at the Mjestic theatre in Dubuque for two weeks beginning February 6. Reports note public interest and ease of access for local residents. Also mentions local social news, banking developments, and community notes amid a wide range of items.
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