Falb's Market and West Union Social Notes
Elgin residents visit relatives in West Union and attend church services led by Rev. Powers from Waukon. Local residents John Falb C S Kniel and families share travel and social visits while fencing supplies are advertised by Feller's Hardware in West Elgin. 21-22¢
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Rev. Powers of
Waukon
Baptist Church
West Union
Elgin
Clarence Kohls
Karl Miller
Feller's Hardware
West Elgin
Will notices and local notices from Fayette County Iowa
In West Union Iowa on March 6 1991 Edgar A Traeger clerk publishes will notices for Anna Anderson and Arnold Bauman deceased with hearings for probate in the district court. Also multiple local sentences describe advertisements and social notes including dances hardware and market items and neighborly visits across Elgin West Elgin Decorah Elkader and L B Carter home with a playhouse gift for Betty Alice and Rennie Schori Jr and neighbor activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Anna Anderson
District Court
West
Union
Edgar A. Traeger
Una Montgomery
State of Iowa
Arnold Bauman
West Union
Iowa
Betty Alice
Rennie Schori Jr
This Great Healing Oil For Pimples And Skin Troubles
An advertisement promotes Moone's Emerald Oil as a powerful antiseptic treatment for pimples and skin troubles. It claims quick relief after first use, two weeks per 85 cent bottle, and a money back guarantee if not satisfied. It urges readers to avoid pore-clogging salves and visit a druggist for the original bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moone
Classified Cards of Thanks In Memoriam Cards Teetered Text
Classified notice style card offering payable in advance rates for personal notices. Mentions minimum insertion charge of 25 cents and no agency commission. Appears as a generic line fragment for In Memoriam and Thank You notices.
Not in the Audience A Call for Civic Duty and Church Involvement
A Jackson Cash-Book column urges readers to accept responsibility in their communities. It warns against passing the buck and reminds readers that churches, chambers of commerce, and other civic groups rely on individual effort and financial support to sustain progress and vitality.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jackson
HELP THE HEN EAT EGGS IN MARKET DAYS
A humorous essay portrays a hen laying eggs daily with consistent nutrition. It argues the eggs remain valuable as a healthful staple despite fluctuating prices. The piece calls readers to cook eggs for breakfast, noting the hens’ steady output.
The Oldest Ad Stolen Horse in 1649 Newspaper
A 1649 ad in Modera tor appeals for information on a missing piebald horse stolen near Barnet Hertfordshire. The thief is asked to reveal the whereabouts and the finder will be rewarded. The notice names John Rotherham as the owner seeking help.
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John Rotherham
Barnet
Hertfordshire
Benton reader disputes drought work story from Labor
An Alden Pinney of Benton Missouri letters to The Echo contest claims that drought relief work was on public property and served to reduce aid dependence. He cites Red Cross backing and notes locals preferred work for groceries, with towns cleaning yards, ditches, and wood piles while aiding 1000 families.
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Echo
Alden Pinney
Benton
Missouri
Piney
Rich
Benton, Ark
Red Cross
Payne
Hoover
Emergency Committee For
Alden
John Barton Payne
American Red Cross
Washinngton
D. C
Frank Bane
Sid
Jadice
Man on Horse Shoots Mad Dog in Chase
Clyde Smith on horseback shot and killed a mad dog Saturday near August Storbeck fanm. It is the second such kill in two weeks in the vicinity. the previous dog bore a Delaware county license tag.
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Clyde Smith
L. D. Smith
Storbeck
Road bond debate and curb on oversized vehicles
Wheatland Gazette reports a push for an immediate unalterable road law to ban paved highway use by vehicles wider than current family cars or longer than four and a half ton farm trucks, alongside proposed taxes on oversized trucks and buses. Mme Marguerite Leapans of Marseille died recently for the second time, after being declared dead in 1911 but revived in her coffin en route to the cemetery. three doctors examined her this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatland Gazette
Mme
Marguerite Leapans
Marseilles
France
Getting to Know the Success Family in Common Sense
A playful analogy describes the Success Family as a father named Success and a mother Amisition, with children Preserverative Honesty Thoroughness Foresight Enthusiasm and Co operation, plus daughters Character Cheerfulness Loyalty Courtesy Care Economy Sincerity Harmony and a baby named Opportunity. The piece urges readers to become well acquainted with the old man to relate to the rest of the family.
Fayette School Directors Vote Yields Re-elections
Fayette voters elected three old members to the school board in a large turnout. Eight seats were available and several defeated candidates received as many as 11 votes, reflecting a competitive race.
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Fayette
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Falb’s Market
0. Torkelson
William Torkelson
Samuel Mosby
J. D. Shaffer
Will
Lehman's
Wm. Walthera
Elkader
Prof
Jeffry Peterson
Decorah
L. B. Carter
Elgin Opera House
Carpenter
J. A. Boleyn
THE
Elgin Echo
Rh. P. Strauch
Naroxat
Enrtorial Association
Bloc
Sdmizaion
Mad Dog
Lehman’s Hardware
Stoehr Drug
Princilla Proving Plant
Hamilton Beach
Micing
Spi
Parison
Elgin Furniture Store
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