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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1925
Page
7
The Elgin Echo, a Thursday paper in Elgin Fayette County Iowa, details mailing status as second class. Advertising costs listed: local columns seven and a half cents per line, classified one cent per word, consecutive display ads until canceled. Subscriptions in advance: one year two dollars, six months one dollar.
Local notices list Dr L S Hutchinson dentist and merchandise from Weibel Mill and Lehman hardware, plus household sales and visits. Social items note teachers, visitors from Marquette and Fayette, family travel to Cedar Rapids, and plans to move to Waterloo. Road work by Beer(t) Wilson and school notes on Blue Bird songs and 4H aims conclude with March 27 program details.
Bulletin style recap of neighborhood happenings includes illnesses such as Louis Thoma and Mrs Frank Marlin, social events like Mrs Jake Lehner’s quilting bee, and visits by Otto Topp and Harry Becker. Mentions Cedar Rapids trip, Trendy-to-Wear promotion at Double Store, and ongoing estate matters linked to Mrs Anna Hunsberger.
The document outlines assets and liabilities of New York Life Insurance Co with Real Estate and First Mortgage Loans totaling over 8.9 million dollars and overall assets near 120 million. It highlights bonds and government securities and notes a sales pitch promoting life insurance benefits of the mutual company.
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