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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1899
Page
4
Robert Evans offers fine custom suits in latest approved styles with prompt, neat repairs and pressing. Complete line of samples to choose from. Satisfaction guaranteed. Located first door east of Bank in Elgin. Low charges for quick turnaround.
A primitive notice asks subscribers to bring a ante on subscription or receive a wood receipt. It promises shoddy medical cures for cough hoarse head or croup and promotes Shiloh's care and Clover Root Ten for constipation sold by W. Finke and Wi Finke with a money-back offer on return of the package.
A fragmented ad listing high grade playing cards for agents of the By CR and GN. It notes prices 16c per pack, two packs 250, $1.00 per dozen, plus instructions to order via stamps or money and to send the card by postage or express. Also mentions round trip tickets to 21 days at reduced rates to numerous Midwest and northern cities and asks readers to contact B C R and N agents or J Montrox. It includes promotional copy about California travel and a medical claim about Shital's Care and consumption, ending with a pharmacist ad.
An advertisement touts Karis Claver Root Tea for nervous disorders and constipation, claiming it fortifies the nervous system and cleanses the body. It notes W. H. Finke of Dartford Conn as a sponsor and mentions California information cards, travel questions, and Cedar Rapids Route card sales at varying prices.
In a January exchange, a local Elgin reader objects to a newspaper’s emphasis on city papers over local coverage. The author questions support for a “Chiengu” papers and mocks shifting interest to Chicago, recounting a humorous encounter with a farmer selling cheese and the ensuing reactions from merchants and the press.
The list outlines exemptions from execution for debtors under the new law. Items include clothing for the debtor and family, basic containers, one musket or rifle and shotgun, private libraries, family Bibles, portraits, paintings, musical instruments not for sale, pew space in worship, one bedstead per two family members, six months’ animal feed, specified livestock and wool products, six stands of bees, five hogs, household furniture up to 200 value, spinning wheels looms sewing machine and domestic tools, farm implements, books of the debtor, and printing equipment for corresponding trades. The exemptions depend on occupation and family need, with limits on value and quantity.
A Colseh Company I 401 veteran returned to Waukonfrost Ft Snelling to report for duty but was told to wait for discharge as furloughed men would be sent back to Barank. Officials expect the 40th to be mustered out within about six weeks per Dubuque dispatches.
A reader reflects on wartime rumors of furloughs and postwar demobilization. He cites units like the 49 Iowa, 3d Nebraska, and 41 Illinois as slated to be mustered out, questions whether city papers report local loyal matters, and admonishes readers not to let home papers be crowded out by larger city news.
Denver man Jones, accused petty Larceny, hoisted four live turkeys above him to flee an officer on Market Street. The turkeys expanded their wings like a balloon, lifting Jones up stairs until a ceiling collision toppled them. Police recovered the birds and jailed Jones for petty larceny.
A Matawan couple once silent for twenty years reconciled on Christmas Day. John and Mrs Stewart resumed talks after she returned to church, choosing to host a party with friends to mark the settlement of a long quarrel. Neighbors compare who yielded first.
Paris maintains fourteen homeless asylums besides two night shelters. Last year they lodged 144,037 people including 15,557 women and 2,606 children. Lodgers included 246 teachers and professors, 16 students, authors, 5 journalists, 120 actors and singers, 30 musicians and 16 magic teachers.
An advertisement notes Ripans Tabules cure indigestion aid digestion and relieve nausea. It claims Ripans Tabules assist digestion and one variety provides relief for a torpid liver.
George Heller of Elgin Iowa asks that all empty beer cases and kegs be returned to his old brand. He states the request will save him the effort of collecting the empties.
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