Elgin Ads and Local Items Passim 1908
Local column notes bustling Elgin scene with trades, jobs, and ads. Mentions Mrs Luther Shatter hosting Ladies Aid, Nellie Nelson dinner, Capper printing, and a range of sales and services. Reports on cabbage farming, cattle losses near Independence, and August Holzer’s 40 years in Elgin. Also covers telephones and parade night at the opera house with band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Bill
Nellie Nelson
Miss Nelson
Clayton County
Elgin Caps and Beloit Visitors Highlight Local Shop Finds
The finest line of Caps in Elgin was shown at Cappers with Mr and Mrs L G Stordack of Beloit Wisconsin visiting last week at the Gus Gunderson home. A niceline of bordered flannelettes appeared at Enzen and Rusger’s. A chronic kicker tends to whine about something.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan
Lana
Messrs
Will Walther
Arthur ‘Kramer
Elkader
Anna Harmon
Rothlisberger
Elgin
L. G. Stordack
Beloit
Wisconsin
Gus Gunderson
Enzen & Rusger’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Weibel Bros
Jewell
Fred G. Gehring
Northwestern
Kratzer
Rock Island
Perry and
Banner
Frank Gehring
Iowa
Rani Rug Insurance Neee
Richardson
C. L. Freiburghaus
Elgin, Iowa
THE
Elgin Echo
Elgin and
North Eastern
W. Hughes
Seserene Blou Veertanee
Canuom
West Union
Carper's
W. Hyaris
T. J. Capper
Luther Shatter
Ladies’ Aid Society
Gus Boyer
City
Warren
ComMaricau House
Postville
Town
Mason City
Kensington Club
Maude Fitzgerald
Wall St
Fred Thayer
Cresco
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Illinois
Sid Rubger
Sam Greenley
Sid
James Craney
Independence
Hazelton Free Press
Emanuel Dolt
Vancouver
B.C
Rocky Mountain
Switzerland
C. G. Graham
Portland
Oregon
City Drug Store
Atty
Alf, Bander
Cedar Rapids
Finke
Matthys
Thoma Bros
Chas. Kitcher
Lake Mills
Lew Peebler
Mr. Kitcher
Ladies’ Cemetery Association
H. 8. Hadsen
Ernest Bauder
Ames
State College
Ida Schor
Des Moines
Convention of
Eastern Stars
Hulda
Cas
August Holzer
Paris
United States
Europe
Bell Companies
Citizens’ State Bank
C.F. Becker
Benj, Schori
Elgin Lumber Company
J. J. Hawley
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