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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1930
Page
8
Echo Office advertises adding machines rolls and office supplies at low prices. Claims best quality and cheaper rates than town office supply houses. urging readers to try the shop for reasonable wants and satisfaction.
Classified items show rates per word for paid notices and a large mix ofWanteds for employment, sales, livestock, and services. Listings include rawleighs opportunity, farm animals, plants, furniture, paper hanging painting, and hardware offers from Elgin and surrounding towns with prices and contact names or addresses.
Mary Schlupp and son John, guests at Eliza Friederich home, plus visits to John Friederich and Martin Larson homes mark a busy Cheery Valley weekend. Ellen Hanson hosted callers. Anns Lerch stayed with Eather Friederich. numerous visits among Friederich, Dennler, Christen, Baumgartner, and Lehman families report in detail.
The ad promotes a combined subscription deal at the Echo Office with Elgin Echo and Dubuque Telegraph-Herald for five dollars, saving one dollar. It also notes new and renewing subscriptions, plus local social items and a hardware store notice in Elgin Iowa.
Information from the U S Department of Agriculture covers poultry house setup and egg cooling decisions based on air cell size, plus seedbed soil mix and horse care. It cites self feeding for pigs at an USDA Maryland farm, with reduced feed cost per 100 pounds gained and better weaning condition. Local notes mention Dr Sperry and Fayette visitors, Mayo on brain use, and George Kohler seeking the Elgin creamery report to guide new creamery efforts.
Anna Falk, who fell weeks ago and hurt her left leg, now has a knee cast after the knee cap split and must stay quiet until healing. Mr and Mrs John R Schmid spent Monday in Elkader on business. Mr and Mrs O H Larson of Elkader were dinner guests in the BM Benson home on Tuesday.
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