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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1921

Page

2

Plain sewing and socks at local shops noted

The column lists Wanted Plain sewing by Mrs Bert Fnos and infants socks at J H Bouman & Sons plus The Weibel Mill Co shipping a carload of wheat to Waterloo. Several residents are mentioned including W H Vinton visiting Dubuque and Miss Marie Reusser attending Fayette summer school.

Bert Fnos J. H. Bouman & Sons Weibel Mill Co Waterloo W. H. Vinton Dubuque Marie Reusser Fayette Lone Pine Boy Scouts Elgin Scouts Bertha Kiple Nelle Chas Grover Bart Kiple Floyd Dummermuth Bobby Demaree Knudtson Clayton Sam Greenly Sam Lehman Florence F. C. Hillman Waverly Hillmen Homer Sewell H. L. Brandt St. Ansgar Harnack P. C. Gunderson Seal of Minnesota Weibel Milk Company H. W. Falk BE. J. Halverson Margit Chisago City Minnesota Mel Kohler Betty Hillman Mary Patterson Harriet Musby Plainfielt Fred Walter Reusser Walter Independence Freding Fred Daught Clovis New Mexico Iowa City Wales Bech America Abraham Lincoln Otto Eewin Kreuger Sam- Wmez Madison South Dakota John Krenger J. F. Miller Beal of International Milling Company Welbel Mill Co Mies Marie Gehring Hagel Gehy J. H. Beitian & Sone Florence Ottey Arlie Holzer Halver Gilbertaon Oith John Falk & Bon Anna Baldwin Vinton Delia Twist Ortog New Hampton F. W. Hughes Fred O'Dell J. D. Shaffer Milwaukee Hadee Wain Falb Black Hawk Weibel Mill Company Ruth Arfield Larnon Firanite Falls Elgin Florence Berg Hagel Habeger Town City State University Fair Grounds West Union Weat Union Ralph DeSart F. RR. Berg Willeys- Knight Grimm & Schupbach W. W. Luce Richard Payette John Falb & Son Citizens’ State Bank George Falb C. S. Anderson Wausa Nebraska H. W. Brabham Theodore Dons Cleveland Ohio Rosa Muehlethaler Katie Bauman C. J. Harrington Clermont Boles Capner Boles Capper

Fixing It Up For New P M's Post Office Card

President Harding issues an order to align postmaster offices with civil service protections and legal government business status. Across four classes there are 52 232 postmasters. appointments on term expirations will be made from the three highest eligibles. The order covers current incumbents as terms expire in all classes.

Elgin Marshal John de Sart Mr. DeBart Deart Max Thoma S.eeeraeee P. Stoehr & Co N. W. Evans Bere & Kohler Whytes Grimm & Schupbac Christ Bros J. F. Bernat Schmin L. G. Lehman Fald & Sons Scree Melvin Boyer Hénry Topp Philip Moser Harrington Seeses C. & Hniel Geo. Vaughn W. J. Kohler Ceeseseess Thomas Howard A. M. Weibel Frieburghans & Co Lace C. S. Halstenson F. W. Hughes James Bordman Wees Mrs. Fosha Lg Bauman & Sons T. W. Dean A. Boleyn Schori C. H. Grover Glen N. Schori Clint Patterson William Frederick J. WN. Nelson Oe A. Pb, Lehman Gottfried Pfister Sever Conner Hutchingen Harding

M. D's on Right Track at State Medical Society

In Des Moines the State Medical Society voted to launch an organized health education campaign and promote home sanitation. A physician described a typhoid outbreak in a seven member family linked to a privy location above the well. Another clinician claimed nine tenths of pneumonia could be prevented with proper ventilation.

State Medical Society Des Moines

Reserved Front Row For Officers Sparks Laugh

A mud-splattered doughboy enters a YMCA hut where entertainment is underway and sits front row. A polite YMCA official informs him the front section is reserved for officers. He replies with a wry line about the previous assignment.

M.C. A American Leglor Weekly

Perry visits Chicago for school closing exercises

Mr E Perry traveled to Chicago last Thursday to visit Miss Helen Nicklaus and attend the closing exercises of the University schools. For sale listings include Biz yearnings, three cheers and three heifers. Inquiries to Will Laoty, Elgin, Lowe.

Mre Perry Chicago Mise Helen Nicklaus Will Laoty Elgin Lowe

Route to freedom along the Underground Railroad stations

A fragment describes trunk lines and branches guiding enslaved people through Northern states toward freedom. Stations near towns and rivers, including private homes, barns, caves, and berry rooms, offered temporary refuge at night. Escaped individuals moved by carts, wagons, or on foot, receiving welcome and aid at each station en route to the next.

Tabor Lewis Desene Town City Weat Liberty Witt Low Moor Mississippi River Clint Josiah Berinel Gover

Hog feeding proves tankage boosts pig growth and cuts costs

Purdue trials compare shelled corn alone to corn with tankage and with fish meal. Daily gains rise from 0.97 to 1.76 pounds with tankage and to 1.89 pounds with fish meal, while costs per 100 pounds fall from 6.08 to 4.97 and 4.40. Mia Steele and sons visit Castalia with Barnhart family relatives.

Purdue University

Mr Coburn Trip Aide Aims Evening Return

The fragment references Mr Coburn and an associate aiding on a trip with plans to return home by late evening, noting a postponed or delayed departure.

Prae Coburn

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M. D's Mia, Steele and Sons Castalia Mrs. Barnhart Amarica Adayl ATL Iag Johnson Bros’, Ga Costa Elgin, Towa B. Elgin Bowery Dance Brackin’s Bowery
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