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Elgin Echo highlights local life and farming notes
A Thursday Elgin Echo column chronicles tiny town events and farming topics. News covers ads, homecomings from Cedar Rapids, visitors from Minneapolis, upcoming opera features, feed price cuts, home moves on Main street, prisoner feed benefits, a piano of social visits, and school expulsions tied to public dances in Strawberry Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Lyle Wilson
Walter Kohler
Cedar Rapids
Weibel Mill Company
Fred Muehlethnaler
Frieburghaus & Co
Quinsy
Fred Kohler
Main Street
Kohlers
Elizabeth Neuenschwander
West Bend
Winthrop
Minnesota
Fayetta
Strawberry Point
Ed Hanson
Elgin Creamery
Clermont
United States Department of Agriculture
Knutson Brothers
Alfred
Milfred
West Union
Ricr Knutson
Wadena
R. W.muehlenthaler
Brubeck
Franc DeSart
Ray DeSart
McGregor
Ann Cooley
J. N .Nelson
Milltown
Wisconsin
T. A. Roland
Mr. Nelson
Miltown
St. Paul
Minneapolis