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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
4
A marketing testimonial from A G C Libby of Wells Maine extols long travel and repeated nervous prostration. It asserts nervous exhaustion affects stomach bowels brain kidneys liver and nerve centers and promotes Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a remedy with a money back guarantee if no benefit.
A reader notes that mocking a local paper for not matching city papers reveals a lack of support for local journalism. The writer argues the local paper benefits residents and that scorn shows little value to the town, comparing such attitudes to a delinquent tax list.
Local notes recount visits and calls from Mary Pollock Edith Ernst and Edith Richards. Family gatherings at Fritz Klingman and Foxwell homes mix with school terms, Thanksgiving travel to Cedar Rapids and Chicago, and a dance at the M W A Hall. Myron Moore reports a wolf kill near J D Shaffer’s as residents remain numerous. A testimonial promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung issues amid community chatter.
Oak Grove notices as Ralph and Guy Reed spent Saturday evening at Ira Bennett's and a large crowd attended a Perry Craft dance. Ern Holzer and John Wilson with families visited Wilbur Patterson. Mrs Bell Richie visited Rob Wilson. Will Howard returned from South Dakota seeking a location as weather stays warm.
Town residents and visitors share Thanksgiving plans and movements. Mrs Craft of Tlyria. Jane Hughes with relatives at Strawberry Point. Glenn Dewey of U S A visiting with parents. Mrs Elwell preparing for Seattle winter. Various locals travel to Elgin Clermont Wadena Volga City and Ottawa for family and faith events. Local social scenes include a Unity Chapter visit and Eastern Star host Elizabeth Hall. Bucklen's Amica Salve advertised for skin and related ailments.
Ed Booser visited Postville on Saturday and Mrs. Alfred Miller traveled to Elgin on Friday. Andrew Nordhuse and Orm Larson went to Elgin last Thursday while Fred Drager and Arnie Bauman were in Madison on business. Mrs. Herman Rots and her baby spent Sunday with relatives near West Union. Gunder Gunderson went to Eldar Tuesday to see his daughter Mrs. Keane. Hon. Wm. Larrabee Jr. left Tuesday for Middletown Connecticut and plans to return in about a week.
By indigestion's pangs and vain remedies, B F Ayacue of Ingleside NC found relief with Dr King's New Life Pills. They cure constipation biliousness sick headache stomach liver kidney and bowel troubles. 25 cents at The City Drug Store.
Real estate transfers led the week as of November 26 1909 with numerous properties changing hands including Thompson to Miller Probert to Richard Probert Heath to Taylor and others, valued to thousands. Marriage licenses issued include Dunlap Tierney Schrieber Tierney Kelly Hetherton Wilson Overbeck Hammetter Paget and many others. Local notices mention visitors from Elgin and Aurora with brief commentary on harmony in heaven.
The undersigned will sell at public auction on December 8 starting at 10:00 a.m. near the old Olson farm southeast of Elgin and north of Highland Creamery. Items include sorrel mares, bay driving mares and horse, foals, cows, heifers, steers, a Short Horn bull, grain, hay, chickens, farm machinery, harness, wagons, and household furniture. Terms require all amounts of $10 or more be paid, with some items on bankable notes at 7 percent interest. R F Downy, auditor. G O Becker, clerk. Lucas A Olson, proprietor.
A public sale is announced for Tuesday December 14 at 10:00 a.m. on a farm three miles northeast of Clermont, six miles south of Castalia and 14 miles northeast of the Dover mill. Items include 7 horses 26 cattle farm machinery grain hay 100 chickens household furniture and a 450 lb Empire Cream Separator. Delbert Bakeman new clerk at Frank Kimball restaurant. Several local notes and social updates follow about hospital reports visitors and ads.
17 acres with 94 miles from Union near Broom, includes barn, house, kitchen, cellar, chicken house, spring, cement tanks, and timber. 8 acres timber, rest rough pasture, suitable for cultivation, on good road. Owner selling after accident. price cut from 1000 to 700 with 360 cash and balance on time. Also offers rents and loans. inquiries welcome.
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