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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1929
Page
1
The Elgin Echo advertises sales books from Mc Casky and Crosby-Wirth, claiming two top salesbook firms in the U S. It promises the lowest prices and higher quality than typical houses and urges customers to see them first for sales books.
The Elgin Echo offers a combined subscription with the Telegraph-Herald at five dollars per year, saving one dollar compared to individual rates. Applies to new subscriptions and renewals, with Echo Office handling payments.
The note advertises the value of placing classified want ads, urging readers to read the entire listings to maximize returns. It emphasizes that advertising income benefits the seller and highlights the profitability of placing multiple notices.
John Reed born June 11, 1839 in Shelby County Indiana and Emeline Brown Reed born April 6, 1836 in Wyoming County New York. They married April 10, 1853 and moved across several states, helping build brick making milestones and a first hotel, with children Caroline E. Reed born 1855 and L. W. Reed born 1857. They lived in Brainard and other Iowa towns, then Henderson Prairie and Postville, finally settling in Oklahoma after Emeline’s death aged 93 in 1929.
A memorial piece commemorates Henry Bartlett Caroline Bartlett John Reed and Emeline Reed. It notes their Iowa pioneering era their siblings and family ties across generations highlighting violin music kindness as mothers nursing and neighborliness. The piece reflects belief in reunion beyond death.
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