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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1906
Page
4
Money offers very low interest loans on second mortgages and land with reasonably good security. Plenty of money for municipal property loans, insured. If you need funds, visit to discuss terms or get an abstract prepared to fix defects now before it costs more later.
Local items recount visits by residents to Clermont and Postville, meetings, and social events. Notables include Amon Bruckeon injured on ice, Peter Melguire ill in Monona, and ex Governor Larrabee planning a Cuba trip with relatives. Obituary notices for Michael Fleming and a long obituary thread for Gurley of New Hampton.
An old newspaper fragment discusses widespread fatigue and remedies. It suggests organic trouble can be remedied and promotes various advertised products as advisers, recommending concentrated fats to enrich blood and tone the body.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil as ideal nourishment for the weak and emaciated. It claims to build up run down bodies and aid delicate children and pale anaemic girls, offering a free sample.
Local notes report labor disputes over ice delivery near Fayette easing with price talks, promising a plentiful ice season. A 10 pound girl was born to Mrs. H. L. Adams and her husband, who rushed home from Chicago for the birth. Community events include a Simon O’Niel family gathering and reflections on town and farming prosperity. An English county court decision limits doctor payments to authorized officials, while state marshals face uncertain prospects in the legislature amid reform debate.
In a village snapshot, Pa Twaddles hints Phyllis is engaged to a regular caller while Ma notes a lighter gas bill this month. In a separate tragedy Mrs. George Young, an 80 year old grain buyer's wife, died after a cloth ignited by an improvised purifier in a flaming incident at Baid.
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