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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
4
A classified offer advertises farm properties for sale with small down payments and easy terms. Listings include 18 acres near West Union with house, spring and timber at 500 dollars with 200 down, plus other farms from 3 to 123 acres near various towns, many with buildings and under cultivation. Also notes rental and loan possibilities and ongoing tenant applications.
In Illyria and surrounding areas Alt Weibel and others report social calls and visits. A quiet wedding occurred at G E Medberry’s home as Rudolph Rothlisberger wed Emma Gusset. Weather worsened, delaying mail and road travel with heavy snow and wind.
Kemp Texas veteran J. A. Stone recalls a plot between illness and death. He describes a stubborn cold and cough that nearly ruined his health, then credits Dr. King's New Discovery with restoring him to 178 pounds. The notice promotes 50 cent and $1.00 bottles with a free trial.
Ed Conner and wife visited Sun day at the Rob Wilson home. Mrs John Wilson visited Monday in Elgin at the Jim Boyle home. Robert Wilson Jr has a very sick girl under a doctor's care. John Wilson and wife entertained a house full of company Sunday evening. Perry Craft and C Mounce and their families visited Sunday at the home of C W Smith. The little Dennler girl at the hospital was very sick the past week but is some batter. There is an epidemic among the children in this vicinity with many sick. Ward Brabham returned home Saturday from Forest City. no trains, he walked from Postville. Saturday Tom Howard had an accident with a can of gasoline that exploded while pouring into the engine.
The piece notes a French scientist claiming a blood meal method for longevity alongside claims that Electric Bitters restore health. It cites W. M. Sherman of Cushing, Maine, saying kidney trouble vanished after using the remedy. The ad promotes Electric Bitters as a life extender and nerve restorer sold for 10 cents at the City Drug Store.
Frank Weck of Slayton Minn visiting his father. Guy Mead of Charles City spent Sunday with his parents. Bridget Sheehan and Louisa Devery were in Postville Monday. J F Miller Jr and Ed Krueger returned from Chicago last Friday. M C Mead plans to move into Halverson brick residence this week. Mrs H S Tonjum hosts a visit from her mother and brother. Maurice Cabalan bought the lacra farm north of town from John Trainor and plans to move in spring while continuing as Route 2 carrier.
Washington, Texas, contracted blood poisoning from a spider bite and stayed in bed five weeks as three doctors failed. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him completely, restoring his leg. Suitable for eczema boils burns and piles, now 25 cents at City Drug Store.
West Union items report E M Phillips laid up with grippe Supt Belknap and family visited Fayette relatives A B Rubyer return from Cedar Rapids Mrs W E Fuller left for extended east visit W J Ainsworth home from St Paul for court Wm Peek and wife at Oelwein for a musical Warnie Rubger visiting from Rice Lake Wis CB Hughes back after a week with grippe G Hoyer V N Brown and Jas Wetherbee recovering Mrs H K Rubger improved from pneumonia Seventeen high school boys staged a blackface minstrel at the schoolhouse Glen Dewey as Prof Johnson introduced the performers Raymond Gardner end man plantation songs and music The old Hornbeck place house west of town burned Friday night R C Leathers asleep in bed woke to fire with little time to escape
An advertisement claims half a teaspoonful several times daily works wonders on babies and children. It offers a 50 cent bottle to prove the claim and asks readers to mail the paper name, address, and four cents for a "Complete Handy Atlas of the World" from Scott & Bowne at 409 Pearl Street New York.
A man kicked out a window to escape as fire destroyed the building. Mrs. Phil Leahy, 71, slipped on a church walk home Sunday evening, injuring her knee and thigh, likely sidelining her for some time. G W Van Atten departs for Oelwein to assume temporary charge of the Record, which has struggled since Will Reed left over a year ago. his insurance business continues locally and Mrs. Van Atten will manage this duty.
Mrs. M. E. Fisher of Detroit suffered severe rectal trouble. Three doctors advised surgery but she credits Dr. King's New Life Pills with her complete cure. Pills claim to prevent appendicitis cure constipation and headache. Available at City Drug Store for 2 cents.
Week ending January 80 1909 reports numerous property transfers from the Abstract Office of W J Rogers in Oelwein and surrounding towns. Transactions include Campbell to Staehle in Wing's Addition, multiple Wilbur and Johnson to Richards, Dwyer to Ostrander, Lauer to Lauer and Latter, and several Oelwein developments. Also listed are transfers in Elgin Armstrong's Additions and Fayette, West Union, and other locales, with prices ranging from $1 to $9,000. Marriage licenses shown: Paine and O Neel, Berst and Ott.
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