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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
4
Bargain table linen and cover sale text displays reduced pricing with confusion. Items show grade 76c per yard and 90c pricing cited, plus a $125 regular price item now listed as $1.00. The fragmentary ad mentions discounts but details are garbled and unclear.
Inventory brief lists men's pants overalls and shirts with prices stating work shirts at six shillings and three pence, items identified as men’s wear and work attire. No clear dates or vendors provided. includes repeated phrasing and potential OCR artifacts.
A ledger style item lists toweling prices per yard at 04 and 10c, with a per yard rate of .0B B0c. Toweling sale price per yard shows 04 10c. Towels sale price per pair is 46 with a value of 75c. Another line shows towels worth 90c priced at .69 per pair.
Bargains listed for flannelette waistings with prices per yard in varied fractions of a dollar. The ad highlights several shortages and discounts including 26c, 18c, 12 1/2c, 10 1/2c, and 8 1/2c per yard, promoting low-cost fabric for buyers.
Outings list shows items priced at 10 cents each and 7 cent shakers. Flannel deals include Canton flannel marked down to 7 cents and elder down at 29 cents, reflecting clearance era pricing.
A compact price note lists various sheetings including 8c per yard and 10c per yard offers. Verona width sheetings are advertised with different gauges and prices such as 3fe and 06 08. The snippet emphasizes current low rates and different fabric types for immediate purchase.
Store runs a clearance ad listing all 75 cent blankets closing at 1.15 dollars and all 56 dollar blankets closing at 56 BB, signaling a final price drop on remaining stock.
A dated price list shows dried apples at 1b for 400, fine Japan rice, oatmeal, soap, starch, cocoa, toothpicks, sorghum syrup, brooms, lantern globes, and other household items with varied unit prices and bulk offers. Several entries include per sack or per pound rates and small quantities like 3 lbs or 2 pkgs. The fragment reflects a generic mid 19th or early 20th century retail catalog page.
A fragmented listing shows canned goods including peaches egg plumes tomatoes salmon sardines and mustard offered in odd two for offers. It references pink silmon and red salmon with quantities of three cans and two for pricing, reflecting a local promotional note.
A brief note lists teas and prices, mentioning Our Regular 400 tea, Our Regular 500, and a ten for ten offer. No clear events or entities beyond generic store items.
The report tallies eighty nine illegal executions in 1904, with most victims African American. North and south disparities noted, few lynchings in the north, and a trend toward punishment of white participants in lynchings. Also mentions counterfeit medical ads, rail ticket sales, and a pneumonia remedy anecdote.
Local items report Frank Schaefern and wife returning from a western trip, Elgin business visits by Frank Otte and Dr. Garvey, and Sheshan Burke dissolving partnership in the meat market. The Banner Class plans a Friday Feb 8 entertainment for the Or. Bohol Library, plus pension figures for widows of veterans and generals. An advertisement touts Electra Bitters as a remedy for stomach and liver troubles with testimonial from Mrs. John A. Young.
A promotional notice invites readers to join a winter tour to Old Mexico described as sunny, historic, and scenic. The ad frames Mexico as America’s Egypt and directs inquiries to J B Van Winkle of the Jaws Tourist Association in Des Moines for pricing and details on Rock Island routes.
The Mother's Favorite Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised for soothing, healthy properties and pleasant taste. It is advertised as a safe, non opium cure for colds, croup, and whooping cough suitable for babies and adults, and is available through all druggists.
The fragment discusses a meeting in Muscatine from February 9 to 12 and mentions ticket agents J T Wolfe of Oelwein visiting Tuesday. It notes Earnest Blow visiting Union township to see his aunt, and references a New Jersey firm selling Navajo rugs to collectors. It also reports Mrs Church in Janesville fell ill after taking unlabeled capsules mistaken for cascarones but were butte colizing. she recovered.
We guarantee to do good work and to get your work out. Make your wants known and we will do the rest. Bopp Block, West Union, Iowa.
For sale 200 acres southwest of Wigin, level land with about 121 under cultivation, clear soil, second growth timber on blade, a new house with a good well thrifty orchard and fine grove at a farm corner. 40 acres put under, reasonable, early delivery. For further particulars inquire.
Fragmented OCR lists several train services including eastbound No 808 Mall and Expressa, Sund 4 p m, No 672 Local Freight, with garbled timings and destinations. The readable items indicate a railway timetable notice from NLGIN.
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