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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
2
The Elgin Echo issues in Elgin Iowa on Thursdays. Advertisements in the local column are five cents per line per insertion. Display and local ads run until ordered discontinued. Printing services offered. rates listed for subscription and mailed issues with various advance payment terms.
Local Elgin reader items report Flora Boyer visiting West Union, Hans Keiser in Oelwein, and various neighbors making calls. Advertisements promote DeWitt’s remedies, window shades, and farm listings while Michael DeSart’s drag line sale closes and Frank Greenley takes over, with cemetery work underway. The piece notes business changes, town visitors, public notices, and upcoming county road improvements including five concrete arch bridges and macadamizing Phillips hill.
The advertisement claims Ayer's Sarsaparilla is not a strong drink and contains no alcohol. It is pitched as a non alcoholic tonic and alterative for thin impure blood, urging readers to consult their doctor and follow advice.
A reader cites a quip about health’s first ruse and asks doctors their view on Ayer's Pills for constipation. The ad notes Ayer Co. of Lowell Massachusetts as producer.
Lew Oswald Max Thoma and Mrs C Halstenson returned from Waureka Wisconsin where they attended the funeral of Mr Oswalds mother Thoma and Halstenson are relatives of the deceased Remember the special election Tuesday Feet happy Capper s and getting a pair of shoes Gus Boyer and family spent Sunday with the John Rothlisher family in Myria
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