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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
4
A handkerchief is a practical Christmas gift with prices from five cents. Stockings, cotton and woolen hosiery line offered from ten cents to one dollar. Also featured are suitcases traveling bags suspenders and socks as suitable presents for father or brother.
Community notes from Illyria report visits and family events including births and gatherings across various households. The item also includes a 1886 Toledo Ohio affidavit for Halls Catarrh Cure and wellness ads, plus miscellaneous regional snippets and visitor notes from Elkader, West Union, and nearby areas.
Keep it Handy For Rheumatism promotes Sloan's Liniment for fast relief and claims instant comfort with penetration without rubbing. Also notes Chicago eggs at year's high 41 cents per dozen and forecasts higher prices. includes a Christmas weather question.
Mrs T Lehman visited Jobo Reitz on Friday. Fred Reitz visited Jacob Dennler recently. Mrs A L Butikofer entertained company Thursday. Willie and Celia Dennler spent Sunday with Jacob Dennler. Martin Hanson and Fred Dennler were callers at Thos Hannon's. Beo Hofer and family paid pleasant calls at Fred Dennler's Sunday. Selma Butikofer spent Friday with her grandmother Mrs A L Butikofer. Henry Hapgon and Laurence Meyer visited Martin Hanson on Wednesday. Theodore Ellen and Henry Hanson spent Sunday with Earnst Meyers near West Union. Mrs G Fredrich and son Arthur spent Saturday with her mother, Mrs A L Butikofer. Dora Leuchtenmayer assisted Mrs John Smith with household duties this week. Lawrence Meyer visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Thos Hanson. When you first catch a cold break it up at once with Dr Kings New Discovery.
The Elgin Land Agency lists numerous farms for sale across Fayette county. Properties include 175 acres with a maple sugar bush, 214 acres near Clermont, and 160 acre tracts with tillable land, timber, springs, wells, and barns. Prices range from 65 to 135 dollars per acre, with houses, windmills, sheds, and driveways noted. A bustling real estate listing highlights quick-sale opportunities and nearby schools.
Elgin Land Agency along with Weibel Bros and Hughes, and Lown are listed in Elgin area dealings. The notice highlights the firms involved in property matters and local business presence in Elgin.
190 acres on the main road with a school on the farm and large spring watered pastures. 160 acres are highly usable land with strong improvements, offered at 12.00 per acre to close the Robert Wilson estate. An adjoining 23 acre tract also available within reach of small farm buyers. The Elgin Land Agency Weibel Bros Hughes handle the sale.
A period style notice urges rapid cold treatment citing Germ spread in households. It promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey to loosen mucus stop cough and soothe lungs. Price advertised at 25 cents through the local druggist while suggesting gentlemanly linen handkerchiefs and brands.
California this winter invites travelers to enjoy the Panama California Exposition in San Diego and the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco for 1915. It promotes Rock Island Lines routes, the Golden State Limited as a luxury transcontinental train, and flexible travel options at low cost.
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