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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1917
Page
7
The Mt. Vernon Record argues sale bills posted on trees or poles are read by few drivers as obsolete. It notes such notices are relics of horse and foot travel, while the best advertising for public sales is newspaper ads that reach homes and stay read when people have time.
Items report social visits by Thos. Richard and Mrs. Medberry, a Clermont ball, a German in Clinton school board dispute, flour deals by Weibel Bros. Mill, property transfers at the Roland and Blough sites, illness and coma for Joseph Butler, improving roads and weather talk, Billy Sunday quotes, Kansas editor critique of readers and ads, tree care tips, Hangon Wang’s return to Norway, and praise for Army Y M C A work at Camp Dodge with heavy paper and envelope distribution and religious activity.
The article notes that Civil War regiments faced rough, improvised barracks. Iowa regiments often lived in tents or empty halls, with crude two-platform structures for sleeping. Construction work was often done by the soldiers, and barracks for a regiment cost about two dollars per man. Morano Leader.
Fraudulent inspectors prey on families by visiting cellars, claiming excess canned goods must be sold at low prices. They buy products cheaply to resell at higher prices, tarnishing the food department. State Defense Council investigates but offers no clear remedy and no legitimate authority inspectors are sent out.
Aunt Ide Habeger writes from Base Hospital No. 12 General Hospital No. 18 B. Ey F. France to Hazel and the Molks. She describes rough seas aboard the ship and England’s scenery with green hedges and castles. She mentions night duty, cold weather ahead, and gratitude for letters from home as she prepares for hard winter and wartime duties.
BH R Patterson cow wandered into Walter G Hyman’s Hayward Park rose garden and ate blossoms prompting a civil dispute in San Mateo California. Hyman filed a complaint with city trustees who sent it to the Poundmaster. Patterson published a letter offering $38.25 to cover damages but condemning the teacher like response from local officials and the dispute continues.
A fragmentary reflection on the American woman rising from dependence to independence. The text frames her swift transformation from negligible and voiceless to a fixed, vociferous presence. her feverish energy, justification for gains, and plea for greater moral authority are noted as part of the change.
American manufacturers produce instruments valued at about 100 million dollars annually but export only about 300 thousand dollars to foreign countries. American pianos go mainly to Canada, comprising about 90 percent of piano imports to Great Britain, then reshipped worldwide and to Central and South America. Player pianos ship in roughly equal numbers to Australia, England, Italy, and Argentina, with larger volumes to Canada.
Clyde Smith recovers from pneumonia after a three week illness. Herbert Falk returns from Cedar Rapids to attend business college. Henry Herwig and family visit the Harringtons in West Union. Frank Lipton visits Harringtons in Homer City. Harold Greenley and Walter Falk buy a Buick in Oelwein on their way home to Elgin. Echo office offers old papers for sale. Mrs P O Stuchell of Homer City praises Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for her son Ellia’s cold, now sold by Stoehr & Co.
Welbel Bros Mit advertises purchase of several hundred used mill feed bags. They offer 40 cents each for immediate delivery. Collect two good bags and bring them in. bags needed right away.
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