Elgin local notices offer printingads and town news
Advertisements describe local mail rates, printing services, and a window shades business. Notices mention Berg, Delwe, and Metropolis plates, plus various local people visiting or leaving. Reports include storm damage to Fayette electric works, infant burial near Decorah, and theft arrests at New Hampton. Also listed are school hires, clothing orders, and doctor King remedies with testimonials.
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Elgin
Tia
Eich Iteertign
Iscevees
Elgin News Briefs Include Garden Push and Local Notices
Monday meeting of the school board discussed local civic matters. Glen Kinney and wife relocated to Fred Falk property. Garden work ramps up in Elgin as residents till soil. H T Knudtson adds hardwood walk to machinery compound. Ladies Cemetery Association publishes articles of incorporation. Evergreen hedges along W H Finke residence trimmed by Rudy Lehman. A local critic laments press freedom amid sensational papers. Congressman Lacey praises Iowa fertility and Hawkeye soil as he listens to farmers sharing stories.
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Glen Kinney
Fred Falk
Elgin
H. T. Knudtson Haas
Ladies Cemetery Association
Matt
Lacey
Hawkeye
Berg era and local notes mix in Elgin report
The piece records Berg family business and local happenings in Elgin. Frances Skarshoug is ill at the Caroline Bauder home on Center Street. Fred R. Berg displays a fresh-painted score board. Henry Bergeman of Bergeman Bros visits from South McGregor, owner of a burned opera house. City council met Monday evening. C. S. Halstenson shipped 23 cases of ages. Egg shipments highlight Elgin as a key trading point with 690 dozen eggs over three days.
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Frances Skarshoug
Caroline Bauder
Center Street
Fred R. Berg
Ball Park
Berg
Henry Bergeman
Bergeman Bros
South McGregor
C. S. Halstenson
Hig
Elgin
Mr. Halstenson
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