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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1919
Page
2
The Elgin Echo lists weekly publication details and local ad rates. It notes post office status, second class mail, insertion charges, display and local ads run until discontinued, and subscription prices of 1 year for $1.60 and six months for 75 cents.
Two wartime letters recount daily life for soldiers in Germany in 1919. Pvt. William Hult Brabham of the 369th Infantry details guard duty at Trier, weather, letters from home, and hope for June sail of the 95th Division. Gottfried Kurth, in Franca, writes of discipline, food, snow, and long-distance greetings to friends and family back home.
Coming from Elgin on the morning train, I will save you time by phone or card, allowing a noon return. If you prefer the afternoon train, you may return on the evening train. Patients who drive or ride the train receive a special price for the town’s best equipped optical office with fixed instruments.
Elgin Iowa council met in regular session with Mayor Hughes and six councilmen present. Samuel Mosby elected town clerk, oath taken. Bills approved for muslin, smokestack, street labor, road work, blacksmithing, powering, salaries. Lew Christ pool hall license granted. Council to become Board of Equalization.
The Board of Equalization met to adjourn to Tuesday evening April 8 at 8 60 o'clock. Samuel Mosby town clerk Elgin Iowa filed the notice of adjournment and minutes show exemptions and reductions for Louise Bucher C J Harrington W J Kohler John Berndt John Sutter and John Baldwin as well as Magdalena Garber Mrs Bertha Kiple and Mrs Matilda Stanton. Further sessions and petitions on bank securities were discussed with adjournment to convene again at the town council. The paper also carries local notices and ads for wheat prices and flour brands.
Local ad copy promotes Elgin Cement Works for cement work and Capper's offering a wide range of ladies misses and children's footwear. It also mentions Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for hatching at 76 cents per setting of 16, and notes products from Weibel Mill Company and Baker's Premium flour. Mrs. Frank Huneberger signs the poultry offer.
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