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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
2
The Elgin Echo warns that local ads are charged per line and will continue unless stopped. It notes monthly accounts and a printing service with a varied stock of jobbing material available for various styles and purposes.
Local life centers on births and funerals as families travel for visits and services. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Max Guyer near El kader on Monday February 26. Funeral attendances draw relatives from Fosston Minnesota to West Union Iowa others. Post office moves planned to old Elgin Savings Bank building. The Bayley Stock Company performed well at the local opera house. Local businesses urge support and advertize specials. March weather brings thaw rain and snow with lingering cold in between.
Karl D Fisk announces regular visits to Elgin Iowa as part of his northeast Iowa practice. In 27 years he has fitted glasses for 30 000 citizens in northern Iowa and emphasizes lifelong full time commitment to scientific refraction. Office hours 9 am to 5 pm. No agents employed.
Township committeemen plan a series of discussions across the county this month inviting farmers to attend. J W Coverdale of Ames will speak in West Union on March 21 Oelwein on March 22 and Hawkeye on March 23. Peter Thoman and family relocated from Ossian to a Decorah area farm. 8 C Blockhus visiting Center Valley Creamery near Sumner where he works and notes his adaptation to improving weather after a long winter.
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