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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1895
Page
9
A condensed price report from Elgin markets shows Ben Schori paying higher prices for produce, dairy, and groceries than nearby towns. It lists per unit rates for vegetables, fruits, onions, apples, flour, tobacco, and canned goods, reflecting a frank, locally sourced overview of current buying prices and market notes.
The item lists Elgin flour as best with claims of strength and rest, praises Benson Bros and Ed Walters, notes local Elgin visits by John Moor and Leo Pulda, and mentions new goods at Mrs Graham’s. It covers local residents’ travels, a church sermon by Rev Schneider, piano tuning by Hans Keiser, and Da Witt’s Colic and Cholera Cure sold at Stahgr Pharmacy.
Fresh goods arrive from New York at Mrs Gratian's while D W Clemente & Son supply complete tile abstracts. Local visits include Leo J Palden and Chas in West Union, and Amos Huffman named principal for Elliott school. Community reports cover a ball game, entertainment by Oakes Swiss Bell Ringers, water works election results, and a Maynard lightning incident.
Fragmented local notes describe Sherif O Neualanferad nh reload last Thursday with fluctuating condition through Monday and Tuesday. A Dubuque doctor expresses confidence in recovery though reports say still critical. The column urges locals to share clear, named news and introduce visitors with full details.
A birthday gathering was held at Lars Hanson’s Grand Meadows Township home in Clayton County on Thursday August 22 to celebrate his 68th birthday. Family members G DL Ostlie Olson Olson Knudt Kittleson and Tein and their relatives attended, sharing a day of happiness and family affection.
Midland Monthly edited by Leigh Leslie presents Grant's loyalty to James St. Wilson and his split with Waalburne, Gen Johnson, and Col Titty while picturing Chickamauga. includes Prize Poem by Mrs Blunden and a map by Eben K Roxford. The fiction dept offers four stories and the Twenty Questions game. Cemetery Association meeting August 20 and postponed picnic rescheduled to August 30.
The First 8. P. Spiritualist Society of Payette County announces its annual meeting and picnic on Saturday and Sunday August 31 and September 1, 1895 in the Grove at John Hutchison’s residence one and a half miles west of Lima on the Albany and Dan lam road. C I Peters of London England will address the meeting. Services start Saturday 2 50 pm and Sunday 10 30 pm. Public invited. A D Sivan presiding. Join Acreittson secretary.
The eighteenth annual report of the superintendent of the hospital at Mt Pleasant covers 1894 and 1895. It shows 1640 patients under treatment, 720 admitted, 240 cured, 70 discharged much improved, with about 10 percent of all under care cured and 26.9 percent of the treated discharged cured or improved among those admitted.
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