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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
2
Upright folding bed in oak with French bevel plate mirror 18 by 40 inches, includes spring and mattress. Priced at 10 dollars. Contact c. L. Freiburghaus and Dr John H. Bower, veterinarian, for purchase.
The Elgin Echo notes weekly publication, local ads run in order until canceled, with monthly accounts due. It promotes a wide assortment of jobbing materials and printing capabilities, pricing one year in advance at 1.50 and six months at 0.69 per inch or unit.
Town news and society notes include dental ad, fishing sights, visits by Hicks and others, filing deadline for township nominations, construction at High Savings Bank, home improvements, a Cedar Falls trip, and a dance at Wikader. The Echo reports on weather, church farewells, memorial band plans, sales offers, theatre plans for The Perils of Pauline, Who Pays, and local school events.
A. V. Shaffer, once publisher of Shaffer's Alma Record, visited the city seeking a newspaper venture again after selling his plant. Meanwhile 200 Rock Island government machinists and toolmakers threaten to quit by May 16 unless wages rise, per an edict to Colonel George W. Barr. Also notes Brainerd visit by Mrs. Mary Monnahan and a Sloan's Liniment testimonial from Philadelphia.
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