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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1923
Page
7
Published weekly in Elgin by O W Hughes. Local news and columns priced at five cents per line. Display and local notices run until discontinued. Subscriptions 2.00 per year or 1.00 for six months.
A collage of small town items from Oelwein area including bakery specials, local weather, farm updates, births and outings. Mentions free potatoes at H W Parbs, bank clearings up 15 percent, June bugs seen, residents traveling to Westgate Maynard, Holstein herd losses, school diplomas for Elgin High, Fayette County I O O F meeting in Maynard, and local church and club activities with short observations on local business and farming conditions.
A mosaic of brief notices from a small town includes sale items from Gotfred Pfister and Johnston's Home Made, a motor accessory find, domestic service quips, a marriage-tinged joke, a lost tire carrier report, flour and mill feed promotions, a commencement address note, Decorah oil drilling progress, a Cedar Falls picnic invitation, and a tribute praising a kind local woman.
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