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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
7
A new barber shop opens in the Mrs Charley Becker building in Elgin Iowa. Ed Klingman proprietor advertises an expert barber and satisfaction guarantee with courteous treatment. Calls invited for tansorini service and tailoring items. First door east of Bank Elgin Iowa.
A cafe advertises hot meals and lunch at the restaurant lunch counter. It offers canned goods, candies, cigars and tobaccos, with a specialty in fresh bakers’ stuff. Located two doors north of Schappy’s store near the depot.
An advertising blurb offers a new biography by Mural Hale steal titled The Life And Achievements of Admiral Wey, described as the world’s greatest naval hero. It promises a 100-page early edition with over 500 illustrations, priced at $1.50, with a promotional offer and free outfit accessories from The Dominion Company in Chicago.
Local notices advertise 1500 bushels of potatoes, flour and buckwheat, oysters, fresh meat, and a wide range of dry goods, clothing, and household ware at Capper Shaffer and Knudtson Halverson. The Elgin news notes cold wave, school praise, mill operations, theater success, and new residents with plans for Holiday displays and redone stores.
Administrator R N Sosom offers Steiner farm southwest of Elgin for sale. Prospective buyers may contact for price and terms. inquiries welcome from any interested party. Elgin, Iowa.
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