Elgin shops push sales as fall harvests begin
Local merchants advertise huge discounts across clothing hats lumber and groceries. Falb Bros meat market Capper Shaffer John Lehman & Son promote low prices while Capshatter and Stoeler advertise remedies and cigars. News notes report fires, farm repairs, and a light opera house project in Elgin with rail service updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capper & 8
John Lehman & Ben
Benson Bros
Falb Bro’s
John Boleyn's
Capshatter's
Falb Bro’s. Keap Fruit
R. J. Stoehr
John Boleyn
Elgin Social Roundup Highlights Visits and Farewells
A dense local notes item records visits, greetings, and farewells across Elgin and nearby towns. The list mentions Ei and Bucher of Oelwein visiting High Saturday, funerals for Frank Meyer and Henry Wethe in Communis m and Postville, trips to Fayette Omaha Elkader and Cedar Rapids, and reflections on politics, health, and community ties with residents such as Gus Stoehr Dr Hadsel and W H Finke among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Holzer
Frank Meyer
F. B. Branch
Hikader
Chas, Palda
Harbor
Wisconsin
Will Reif
Postville
R. J
Georges A. Stoehr
Henry Wethe
Theo von Rolf
Elgin
West Union
B.D. Alexander
Fayette
C. W. Nicklaus
L. J. Palda
Omaha
Omaha Exposition
Rudy Sutter
Cedar Rapids
Stevens Place
W. H. Finke
Volga City
W. H
Elgin Canning Plant Ends Season Amid Full Stores
The Elgin Canning Company closes its yaok ing seauon as harvest ends. Despite no further demand for the big plant, two months of work remain for workers handling, casing and curing over 2,000,000 cans of sweet corn. The season was large and busy, with all 1300 acres planted yielding every ear used. Warehouses are full, and the entire output is sold at market-heading prices. shipping will begin in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lehman & Son
Junker
Stoetr’s
R. J. Stoehr
Rocky Mountain
Elgin
Knudtson
Halverson
Stoler
8Tosler's Pharmacy
Elgin Canning Company
Yaoking Seauon
Concert at A B church by Mrs Hurd Warren and Mrs Ford
A Tuesday church concert featuring Mrs Anna Hurd Warren and Mrs L J Ford delighted attendees. Warren’s voice described as highly cultivated and moving, with renditions of Scotia’s Anna Laurie and the Holy City praised. Ford also noted for a clear, commendable voice. The event drew local praise and interest for a repeated performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Church
Anna Hurd Warren
L. J. Ford
Warren
Scotia
Halled
Anna Laurie
Holy City
Ford
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Loyals
Goto Gunderson
Goto Falb Bro
Lehman
F. Sova
Stoeler's Pharmacy
Lincoln
J. Thoma
F. Sova'a
Alexander Scrupp
Noah Kiple
Inianea
Chidren’s
Gun Holzer
Bert Gruver
Agang
Forest City
Ed Klingman
Schneider Brothers
N. Schori
Clayton Co
National
Elkader
Thant
Will Bakeman
J. F. Harrington
Eldorado
Elizabeth Thompson
Canning
D. C. Forbe
Chamberlain
Stoehr
Canning Factory
Putin
BC R&n Ry
St. Loula
Burlington
St. Louis
St. Louis Union Depot
St Paul
St Louis
Great St. Louis Union Depot
Rock Island
Commerce
Vailey Junction
John Doe
Charles Roe
Des Moinea
Ei &, Bucher and Family
Oelwein
Bro-Brockhausen
Edwin
Lansing
Roy Shaffer
Clermont
Bono
Art Shaffer
Adolph Lehman
Ernst Elkader
Dolph
Gusta Stoehr
McGregor
Gusta
Fishey Sproggen
Gus A. Stoehr
Dr. Hadsel
Noble's
Elgin Opera House
Barn Stormer
Walt H. Butler
Walt
Jim Finch
Jim
Will Grover
Bert
John Christ, Sr
Warren-Ford
Rudolph Yanni
Yanni
Uncle Sam
Farmersburg
United States
Marshall Bean
Dubuque
Clayton County
Sarah Adaimy
Plaoe
A. G. Chapin
Slong
M. J. Flanpihan
Eure
Falb Brothers
GS. Haug, Clermont, Lowe
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