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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1909
Page
4
A brief travel blurb touts the Rocky Mountain Limited as the best choice for trips to and from Colorado, inviting readers to request a pamphlet about Gulf Coast Texas routes and services.
Large list of farms from three acres up offered with small down payments and easy terms. Several properties near West Union and Ti town feature good houses, barns, wells, timber, and cultivation. prices range from 600 to 2400 dollars with down payments and liberal terms. Also offers loans on secured security and farm rental options. Interested tenants can contact for weekly applications.
Illyria community reports rain and storm damage to roads and telephone lines. Mary Pollock and Amy Richards visit relatives. residents attend a show in Elgin. several neighbors visit family homes. Funerals for Mrs Henry Robinson and Miss Judith Wilson held at Illyria church. William Dickinson buried in Leo Cemetery. several local gatherings noted along with church events and illness recovery. Electric Bitters advertised as kidney aid with testimonial.
Dr. Becker made a professional trip to Castalia Saturday. Mrs. West is ill and cared for by Mrs. Jas Johnson. Miss Winifred Appelman returned to Iowa State University. Mrs. Robi Pringle’s hand improves slowly after a fall. The Wells infant broke an arm between elbow and shoulder. A lightning strike shattered a catalpa tree in C F Weeks yard injuring Miss Burkhart nearby. Tag Day raised funds, nearly 2500 dollars, for a south Public Square fence. A store sale closed, H B Tonjum sold his cash store to W E Rounds and W R Blake, taking possession in May.
Follston Minn based merchant Mr Round gains a 50 percent stake in the Enterprise plant and plans to move publishing responsibilities to a new firm after May First. Generous promotion for Dr King's New Discovery follows with testimonial from Gen Bievens at Springfield N C. The remedy is pitched as safest cure for coughs and lung diseases with trial bottle offered at City Drug Store.
Marshal Hockings brought up a plain drunk from Oelwein yesterday. Attorney D W Clements was called to Waterloo on legal business. Mrs Wm E Fuller returned from an extended visit with relatives. Miss Effie Prottt visited S B Zeigler home. Archie Smith left for Sterling Colorado to run the Union Pacific station. Hawkeye school board case linked to S B Zeigler. Senator Adams and family return from Des Moines. N H Brown, Pittsfield Vermont, praises Dr King's New Life Pills. 25 cents at City Drug Store.
Oak Grove News reports the Gleaners will hold a lodge at Simon O'Neill's home on May 1. Farmers work in good weather, planting grain. John Kohler and wife from Elgin visited John Wilson's home Saturday. Mrs Anna Koher stayed with her sister Mrs Simon O'Neill and returned home Tuesday. Mrs William Brabham and Mrs Frank Boyle attended Miss Judith Wilson's funeral Tuesday at Highland Church. Mrs R W Reed's brooder burned 165 one week old chickens Monday night. Mrs Roy Vought of Dornan visited her parents Mr and Mrs Tra Bennett and left Monday.
An old advertisement proclaims Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a restorative food for weak appetites, weight loss, and hard work, claiming it brings health and brightness when digestion is difficult. It invites readers to mail four cents and their paper name for a free atlas.
The notice extols A Hazard of Hearts as a charming, earnest romantic serial featuring Mathilde Thorne and Jem Stewart. It praises natural daily life scenes, calls it clean and sterling, and notes early chapters appear with Matt in the BoxHo. It promotes subscribing to The Hour paper for $1.50 and access to other features.
In Princeville Illinois M L Bingham feared amputation to escape gangrene after toes were eaten away. He relied on Bucklen's Arnica Salve, used as directed, and was wholly cured. The salve, said to treat eczema fever sores boils burns and piles, sold for 26 cents at the City Drug Store.
March proved a red letter month for Fayette County finances with general tax receipts totaling 141,596.88 and overall receipts surpassing last year by over 20,000 dollars. County Treasurer Blunt’s office logged the largest cash intake in county history, including delinquent tax and other taxes.
Local ad offers Mighty Rev Overland Olds and Premier automobiles from Gane, Mra. & Co. at Hawkeye Iowa. Encourages buyers to talk to the dealer to save money on a new machine.
An advertising notice promoting Black Hawk Dip for horses cattle sheep hogs and poultry. Claims to kill lice ticks screw worms and tiny worms and to heal cuts and wounds. Sold by Cuas Monnanan.
For sale barred Plymouth Rock eggs for hatching priced at 75 cents for 26 eggs. Contact Mrs. Frank Honsuercer in Elgin Iowa RR No 1.
West Union court week brings mills of justice as local news covers a grippe attack on T. J. Capper, planned prize fight between Jim Jeffries and Johnson, a fatal self injection by Wis Bluss, two funerals at Styria church, Elgin Woman's Study Club meeting on April 24 with officers and reports, and potential extension of Upper Iowa Power lines to Postville with a special election for city lighting and pumping contracts.
Notice of Incorporation announces the formation of the Elgin Home Telephone Company in Elgin Fayette County Iowa with capital stock $1800, five directors named, and annual elections starting December 1909. Officers elected: A J Chapman President T Hanson Secretary John Smith Treasurer. Directors include Gilbert Anderson Sam Butikofer Levi Pulver. Also advertises Stewart horse clipper by Q Laman & Son.
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