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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1926
Page
7
An offer lists Balo-durett Davenport, xentine Spanish leather uphilsterad, natural oak finish Aso dining set and waxed oak table and chairs. Item from Eoho Office or ses Mire, W Hughes, Pestvila towns.
A Sunday schedule outlines an event from seven to nine pm at a local home. Attending are Wardha Weddes Jon Jute Ailen Margera Jean firlough and Geraldine Kohler spd teat tage, with activities and social time for each participant.
Readable items include social visits, club meetings, births and parties, with mentions of Mrs. Lana Henderson, Mrs. J. D. Shaffer visiting Randalla, Myra Gray and Mrs. F. W. Hughes at Kensington Club, Glen Schori visiting from Des Moines, and a seven pound girl born to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Neville of Portland. Also notes on a treasury department count and Iowa poverty comparison.
A new Fayette county road map, prepared from official data, was issued and received by Auditor Cline on Monday. The map marks primary roads with a red line and numbers, federal highways in shield signs, state highways in circles, county roads with broken red lines, and township roads with two thin black lines. The map is complete and up to date on all Fayette county road information.
Seven rules for fire protection include clearing rubbish in cellars and repairing chimneys, reshingling old roofs, avoiding burning rubbish without wire baskets, not smoking around barns, and keeping flames away from fuel-filled areas. A Greaner’s dance at O’Brien barn on Elgin West Union road is announced for Saturday October 9 with Paul’s seven-piece orchestra. Tickets for a diamond ring display at Helferman’s Jewelry Store are on offer. Mr and Mrs C M Greene entertain friends from out of town Sunday.
School teachers may obtain assorted colors of construction paper at Echo Print Shop for primary work, 26c per package. Grant's Orchestra to perform at Isrien's barn on Monday evening October 11, weather permitting. if cold, the dance moves to Elgi Opera House. Also advertised are late-Black Walnut vendors table and a bridge lamp. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Capper plan an eight week trip visiting Waterloo, Nashua, and Cedar Rapids to visit relatives and friends.
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