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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1914
Page
4
A long list of social visits and movements across Illyria and nearby towns. Residents including Kerrs Shaffers MacKellars Robins and Reicherts are noted visiting relatives neighbors and attending events. The piece closes with health advice promoting Sloan’s Liniment to fight infections from insect bites and injuries.
Summer coughs and colds threaten health and may signal low vitality or lung trouble. The ad claims Dr King’s New Discovery relieves coughs and colds promptly, soothes irritation, prevents complications, and improves feelings at once. A money back guarantee applies with bottles priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
Brainard News mentions Mrs. Weil of Des Moines visiting relatives. Fred Barnhowne rode to Delwe on Tuesday. John Burk and J. L. Bartlett were in West Union Monday. Farmers are threshing this week. G. W. Tripp spent Monday evening with a brother in West Union. Win. Prouty operates a sawmill north of here, sawing for Sidney Nutting. Walter Jennings and Sid Patterson family autos to Hawkeye on Saturday. Mr. Mouse of Clermont was here.
West Union reports visiting relatives in Elgin. Mrs. George Simpson and family return from Arlington. Local meetings include a Royal Arch Masons nesting, a National Currency Association of Iowa formation by bankers, a Chautauqua assembly decision for next year, and a 3.00 assessment for guarantors to cover a deficit per the prior Union.
An old advertisement urges readers to avoid constipation claiming the body absorbs poisons from backed up waste. It promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills with a single nightly dose and a 25 cent price at the druggist. The copy ends with unclear scrawl.
A. Coffman visited Clermont as an Elpin business caller Saturday while Wm Grover of Elgin made a Friday visit. Senator Fred Larrabee returned to St. Dodge after weeks with relatives in Montauk. Miss Elizabeth Crowe left Friday for Forest Lake Minnesota for a ten day post office vacation. Chas Killerlain bought 160 acres of the Ed Delaney farm and will take possession this fall. The Delaney family will move to town into their former Chauncy Hills residence. Trustees of the Methodist church settled with Hartford Insurance regarding lightning damage, agreeing on 226 dollars.
Proposals for the erection of a schoolhouse in the township state of Iowa are invited. The undersigned secretary MeEtLeaR LUCHSINGER announces a bid opening at one o clock p m August 20 1914 four miles south of Elgin. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
July 29 1914 report notes Lawrence Brause Walter Scott Algie Burt and Stub Kiple rolled their car on Larra bee hill. Engine failure and failed brakes caused loss of control but all escaped with minor cuts. Car sustained demolished top and the scene near E. W. Appelman’s home.
J W Bopp advertises farm rentals and sales in West Union offering tenants, abstracts, title fixes, and loans. He promotes farm listings for fall, town property on installment plans, and small loans with easy terms. Call for meetings to discuss buying selling renting or abstracts.
Ray Shaffer reports two foals at his Slyria homestead, twins of jet black color and thriving health. He expects them to become a fine driving team in a few years. Later, one foal died after the initial note was written.
A noisy farm advertisement lists multiple Elgin and Fayette county properties. It highlights 48 acres of timber land near Brainard, several farms near Elkader and Wadena with 4 to 163 acres, good houses, barns, wells, springs, and timber. Prospective buyers are urged to act quickly on moderate prices and ample improvements.
Weibel Bros & Hughes of Elgin Iowa listing multiple farms near Elgin and Clermont. Properties include 51 acres of pasture land with water, 60 acre and 80 acre tracts with buildings, springs, windmills, and timber, plus 120, 140 and 200 acre farms with houses, barns, silos, and improvements. Prices implied as favorable with emphasis on rapid sales and prompt investigation.
Old Vinton farm located between Weat Union and Elgin offers 175 acres with 150 acres tillable and 28 acres timber. Includes 500 maple sugar trees, new two story house with modern amenities, large barn, multiple outbuildings, good water, and fenced 20 acre fields. Priced at 200 dollars per acre. inquiry to Euvuin Land Agency.
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