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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1931
Page
1
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The piece argues that advertising alone cannot work miracles and must be paired with strong sales effort and good merchandise. It cites a Des Moines dispatch noting Iowa legislators’ expense claims, including a high of 575.50 and a low of 140.05, and ends with an ad for half price hats at Elgin Millinery Store.
Illyria residents host and visit neighbors across Garnaville Elgin and West Union with several weekend gatherings. Elmer Frieden becomes a father to a boy born May 15 and many families share meals and hospitality at the homes of Klingman Medberry Rothlisberger and Beacons group. The community extends sympathy to Miss Humphry of McMinnville Oregon. A variety of guests from Elkader Oelwein Waterloo and Cheery Valley are listed along with several local graduations and a forthcoming Upper Iowa University Summer School program. Florence Grimm returns from the Pritchard home and local farm bureau notes plus a nearby newspaper plug for Want ads.
Edith J. Marriott of Baltimore writes she weighed 200 pounds last winter and dropped to 145 after using Kruschen Salts for four bottles. She credits the daily dose with fast results and notes a money back guarantee if not satisfied after the first bottle.
President B. H. Maytag of The Maytag Company says rising washer purchases reflect improving employment. He notes April sales surpassed the average of the first five months of 1930 across all regions, with the Newton factory moving to full-time, some departments at 24 hours.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a sale of one lot at 75 with goods from Elgin and Clermont Mint ory Stores and lists Mr and Mrs F C Muehlethaler and Helen related names. It notes visits to St Ansgar, Emmet Nicholay illness, Paul Liddle of Orchard visiting Ke EB Mark home, Georgiana Path, and a third birthday party for a child with Bennie Short Jane Falk and Betty Snyder mentioned.
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