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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
2
The Elgin Echo notes local ads for printing services and jobbing work, lists prices and payment terms, and reports on residents and visitors including Gladys Dean, Alf Weibel, and Miss Jensen. It covers local business, theatre tensions, a bank construction update, and community events at Capper store and area churches.
News items describe 190 tb sacks of digester tankage at Elgin Roller Mills and a clever counterfeit mould found in Davenport rail yards. The mould produced 12 dies for coins totaling 85 cents per casting, with a central pour hole and tubing to each die. Also noted are a hay day in midweek and social visits. The Fair store in Chicago reportedly paid Victor Lawsons News advertising bills totaling 117,767.74 for the year ending March 8, 1907, with daily patronage implying a large circulation.
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