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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1930
Page
6
Local Elgin news recalls Berg sale promotion and a stream of neighbour updates. Notes include Dr. L Hutchinson’s dental practice, travel from Chicago to a cannners convention, funeral attendances for Elizabeth Schupbach, and moves of the Mervin Andersons and Mrs A E Gage. Also covers next week’s Berg sale and school/class events plus rural life items from Mayville to Volga.
Sunday schedule at the Elgin Baptist Church includes German and English services, Sunday school, meals, junior and committee meetings, with a prayer meeting and choir rehearsal. Other notes cover midweek activities, church programs for February 2 to 16, and a library annual report for 1929 detailing acquisitions, loans, openings, and finances.
Elgin school notes report the junior class under Mr Jorgenson rehearsing Apple Blossom Time for a public performance on February 7. Basketball Friday features Elgin vs Fayette at home in a likely hard fought league game. Also notes perfect attendance in first room, a new literary club formed by first and second grades, and weather booklets by sixth grade geography. J F Riche of Blunt, SD, recovering from a winter arm injury.
Frank N. Capper, assessor for Elgin, is making rounds in his eighth year on the job. He will be at Berg's sale soon for bidders to inspect properties and place their own bids, reflecting his long experience in estimating property values.
In 1885 Dr. Caldwell discovered a harmless prescription that would not gripe or form a habit. He sought a thoroughly effective laxative and found it in Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, now the world's most popular laxative available at any drugstore.
February jurors for Clayton County include Selmar Erickson and James Olson. Court convenes Monday but jurors report the following Monday. Eggs were two cents a dozen yesterday and Elgin butter costs 38 cents per pound, reflecting low prices aimed at boosting consumption.
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