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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1920
Page
2
Ads from local merchants highlight public spirited goals with big sales and small profits as a motto. The message emphasizes that merchants prefer volume over high margins and aim to offer the best bargains to the public.
A fragmented note contrasts the value of roses and fried onions, suggesting a thousand dollars of roses barely fills a room with perfume while a dollar’s worth of fried onions could feed an entire town, illustrating a quirky cost comparison.
Gus Gunderson heads to Mohtene on a short business mission Friday morning. Joe Y. Schneider will drive into town Monday with a load of furniture. In local markets flour holds at about 2.90 per bag with an upturn in October grain prices, while Minnesota seal brands and Cinderella flour noted by Weibel Mill Company trend at about 4.00 per bag.
Mrs Arnold Bauman among the sick. Dr Avis Demared welcome a new daughter born Monday. Armistice anniversary events noted. Campers, travel, and several residents’ comings and goings listed. A runaway buggy incident near FP R Berg corner ends without injuries.
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