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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
4
The article lists child friendly dining tools a three year old can manage such as a small fork and spoon, individual dishware with a gay pattern, a milk pitcher with a good spout, and a hand fitting glass. It includes a school notice about Mona Selle's dinner plans and a note defining ecology as a branch of botany.
Want Ad Rates listed as ie per word per week if paid in advance. If not paid in advance charges are 7 1-2 cents per line. Various notices include lost items, for sale items such as grain, poultry feed, hatching eggs, furniture, washing machine, plants, typewriter, and real estate rental. Buyers and sellers include Schor Bros Elgin, Hall Roberts Son Postville, Louis Martie Elgin, Mrs J W Allen, Lehman's Hardware Elgin, Gottfred Pfister Elgin, Clermont Henry Erickson, R P Strauch Elgin, and Torkelson Bros Elgin Iowa. Also references to Fiesta farm supplies and Echo Office listings.
Elizabeth Schupbach spent last week in the Wm Brabham home. Gladys Feller closed her school with a picnic last Friday. Numerous visits and gatherings followed across Oak Grove, Elgin, Ossian, Oelwein, and West Union. A floor removal at a building yielded 120 rats found and killed by Earl Bennett.
The section lists local visitings and social calls across East of Elgin. Thelma Groth stayed with her grandmother in Clermont while Henry Peterson and family and Mrs. Nels Helgerson and son Harry visited George Hanson. Several families, including Martin Groth, T. J. Olson, and Lou Martie, hosted or visited relatives and friends on Sunday and Saturday afternoons.
A brief note reflects sorrow as a community remembers a loss while the sea endures. Names or dates are not provided in the fragment. The tone is somber, focusing on grief and resilience amid ongoing tides.
Clayton county treasurer sets 1929 tax total at 872010.08 with detailed township and town figures. Elkader-went leads towns at 46080.98. Osterdock lowest. Monona township highest. Buena Vista township lowest. last year’s total collected reported as 8658 184.45.
A riot of stripes, plaids and checks signals a bright spring style. The feature highlights a flowing scarf neckline and novelty crepe with bold blazer stripes and embre shaded patterns shaping the season.
Fragments describe an orange ice recipe with citrus juice sugar salt and ice salt mixture and a crank freezing method. A cursory aside references caffeine and a satirical note on dress for thin figures urging loose lines and breadth, plus an Echo Office supply ad.
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