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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1895
Page
2
An assortment of remedies and cautions fill the page, promoting Beeline Phetinney and One Minute Cough Cure, with Pharmacy ads and a holiday meat offer by John Falk. Also notes a rail excursion and a tale about how West Union got its name, reflecting local business and history.
A curious note from Elgin mentions a Muséum in Central Park with rocks and fossils labeled From East Elgin Town. In West Union a photo of three Tedlana triplets linked to President Cleveland prompts a $500 gift to their mother and a peculiar present of silk garments. an aunt in Dover township is named in the tale. Also advertised are real estate at Abby furniture and various patent medicine claims with local shop references.
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