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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
2
Public notice brief about post office mailing, local insertions, and display ads running until discontinued. Subscription costs listed: one year $1.50, six months 76 cents.
Local brief items include visits by Nevenswander and George Vaughn to relatives, Mrs. Benson's illness, war veteran notes from France, nurse visits, and community events. There are notices of sales, theater plans, and local business ads, with updates on residents, travel, and early 20th century routines.
The piece notes Berg and Kohler's Big Sale attracting buyers early as shoppers take advantage. It also reports Mr. and Mrs A M Weibel and son William visiting Fairbank and Oran for business and family visits, with return planned Friday. Mrs H S Steele hosts a Castalia sister guest this week. A War Department warning against wearing service-related insignia by men without abroad service is reiterated and will be enforced.
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