Elgin area farm listings offer many opportunities
A long advertisement describes multiple Fayette county farms near Elgin and Brainard, including Fred Schneider Farm with 210 acres and 74 acres near Brathard. Farms feature timber, pasture, springs, and improvements. prices range from 7,500 to over 155 per acre. Wisconsin lands offered for investment with fast sale prospects and favorable terms.
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Fred Schneider
Elgin
Ideal
Mainroad
Brathard
Thos, Lewis
West Elgin
Union
Fayette County
Arnold Banman
Wigin
Helms
Brainard
Yewa
Belgin
West High
Main Street
Highland Store
Local Preacher Draws Large Crowd Near Sumner
J. F. Miller Jr preached near Sumner last Sunday afternoon to a large audience. Rudy Moser was seen painting his barn and Mr. Rennison was busy painting Mrs. F. G. Spahr's house.
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J. F. Miller, Jr
Sumner
Rudy Moser
Mr. Rennison
Porest
Jack Shaffer
Harold King
Jud Conner
Elgin Echo Advertisements and Printing Offerings
The Elgin Echo lists postal rates and advert ising terms in a preface. It notes display and local advertisements run consecutively until canceled, with monthly accounts, and promotes a range of jobbing printing material and high quality styles. Subscriptions are offered with advance payment options including one year and six months.
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Higin
Hutchinson dentist ad joins town chatter and travels
A rural column from September 28, 1915 notes Dr L B Hutchinson promoting a Ford seat start with J G Schrampfer, Hans Keiser in Aplington for a week, and family travel. It covers local visits, illnesses, road issues with dummies, farm repairs, and a busy slate of social updates including church and club activity, market reports on peaches and onions, and a school building contract in Luana.
Hawkeye Gasoline & Kerosene Delivers Citywide Service
The Hawkeye agency advertises delivery of gasoline and kerosene to any part of the city. Contact at residence, F. C. Miller.
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Hawkeye
Vermillion painted depot prompts local railroad critique
The Rock Island Railroad is calling improvements at the station here. The depot is now vermilion, and a rotten plank platform has been replaced by a sand and cinder one, making unloading difficult. Other towns faced brick platforms after protests by business leaders. Elin remains the greatest shipping point on the Decorah Division, but locals risk harming their town if they tolerate poor platform standards.
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Rock Island Railroad Company
Ossian
Decorah
Elin
Scrap iron and junk wanted in Iowa prompt cash offer
Advertises cash payments for scrap iron and junk at Lehman & Hanson and J. A. W Boleyn in Iowa. Offers $3.00 per ton cash and highest prices for rags, rubber, and metal. Bring in your scrap rank to receive payment and cast.
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Lehman & Hanson
J. A. W Boleyn
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Weibel’s
Zimmerman
McGregor
Berger
Brainard Depot
Maple View
West Union
Wisconsin
Port Wing
Wilson Farm
Samuel Bracker
Pioneer Crate Belt Farms
Gunter
Portvilla
A.M. Weibel
Elgin Land Company, Local Farms
A. H. Weibel
Iowa
Cc. J. Harrington
THE
Elgin Echo
Eastern
W. Hughes
Ath
Reseoee
Hans Keiser
Aplington
Arnold Bauman
H. Keiser
St. Paul
C. F. Stoeckmann
George White
Jobn Johnson
Florence
Oklahoma
George Berry
Hoffman
Clermont
Gus Stockr
Kensington Club
Esther White
Wauseca
Minnesota
Stamp
Cedar Rapids
Ed Klingman
Highland
John Shatter
Simon O'Niel
Lowe City
University Hospital
Chicago
Colorado
Dubuque
Dubuque and
Lore
A. M. Weibel
Lizzie Lyons
Dunham Grove
Gus A. Storar
Madison
South Dakota
Weibel Bros
Seal
Waterloo
Eldorado
Melvin Olzon
Helen Nicklaus
Helene Ward
Sanders
Blesrine
Postville
Cedar Falls
Georgia Stoehr
Badger
Town
Ed. Bauder
M. J. Layton
Mary
Fannie Palmner
St. Ansgar
John Falk
Oelwe
Gus Stoehr
John Rolf
Melvin Olson
Buick
Rolf Brothers
Elkader
O. T. Banson
Ole K. Olson
Points
Wald
Luana Consolidated School
Western Construction Co
Iowa City
Echo Office
Lehman & Hanson, Elgin
F. C. Miller
Dave Schumann
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