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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
4
February in Iilyria brings minor illnesses and social visits as residents attend family events and gatherings. Notices mention illnesses, visits, interments, farm duties, and local chatter along with an advertisement praising Kings New Discovery for coughs and lung troubles.
Supervisor Gunderson of Elgin visited here Tuesday. J C Probert returned from Wa dena. Mrs. C F Chambers spent yesterday in the U B Chambers home at Oelwein. Hunsberger of Illyria township called on the Argo Gazette. J W Bopp and Mr and Mrs F E Whorley left for a six week trip to Florida. Barry Anderson, after surgery at Iowa City, may come home soon. Mrs Will Noonan and child stay with H W Conner for a week. Dr Elmer E Darnell and family from Fone Okla visiting ADs and family.
Local notes report the Darnall family line and Brause buying Hiram Craft farm near Windsor with possession set for March 1. Auction activity in Postville and Rock Valley, Iowa features hog sales and buyers from nearby towns as residents travel for auctions and family visits. A farm-themed Farmers Institute draws crowds while local poultry purchases include a 32 pound bronze turkey and a mistaken Plymouth Rock rooster ransom tale ending in a humorous mix-up.
In Clermont this week Mr and Mrs Robt Pringle were in Elgin while a son was born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Geo G Wander. Other items include C F Miller’s farm block shipments, a history making cold month, dairy train outreach, new business openings, shop moves, and Conrad Reinhart’s family loss after fleeing a burning home in January.
W Evans of Danville Virginia blames long lasting heart distress on indigestion and credits Dr Kings New Life Pills with a complete recovery. The pills are advertised as remedies for stomach liver and kidney troubles constipation headache and debility and are sold at The City Drug Store.
In Wagner township Hans Helgerson and Nela Halver gen were in Elkader. The fragment reports a local connection or event involving the pair with no further details available.
Tom Moore of Cochran Ga says a sore on his instep was healed by Bucklen's Arnica Salve a wonderful healer. It treats running sores ulcers boils burns cuts bruises eczema or piles. Only 26 cents at The City Drug Store.
Oak Grove news recounts visits among families including Mrs. John Wilson, Jacob Kruth and wife, George Stansberry, Ezra Howards, Enos Howards, and others. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson returned from Prairie du Chien where their son John is improving in a sanitarium. A high wind sparked a fire that destroyed the Karn Holzer farm house. Lester Boleyn was at home when it happened and escaped through a broken window.
Cheery Valley residents hosted visitors and held gatherings from Sunday to Friday. Adolph Baumgartner entertained, Bert Thoman visited Gottlieb Denner, and quilting parties occurred at Mrs Colin Meyer's home. Louisa Christen stayed with her sister Mrs Adolph Hanson, and Dr Bowers called on Adolph Baumgartner to treat a badly kicked horse. A correction to last week's issue is noted. North of Ledyard Iowa smallpox cases rise over twenty miles. conservative estimate at least fifty affected with measures underway.
The notice outlines two public auctions near Gander and Elgin in Grundy County, Iowa, detailing livestock, machinery, and household items for sale on February 19 and February 16, with terms of sale, aid by auctioneers Geoff Waters and A. Weizer, and clerks Jacobia Bros. The text also mentions a separate local note about a hog disease outbreak reported by the Burlington Hawkeye and a visit from Lena Wegmiller.
The January issue cites figures from the internal revenue commissioner showing nine prohibition states issuing 694 to 8.77 thousand retail liquor licenses and 16 to 181 wholesale licenses, with 13 breweries overall. Revenue from liquor dealers in these states exceeds 1.5 million dollars annually, while several temperate states permit open saloons and report higher dealer counts than some prohibition states.
Hotels in New York City have dropped the old custom of brides signing room mirrors and windows during their wedding trips, according to hotel keepers cited by the New York Sun. A lingering reminder remains at the Astor House where a guest notice warns guests against using diamonds on room mirrors or windows.
Little Arthur watches a man with a pet ear trumpet explain his deafness and water in his ears. The man, a fine engraver, shows how he uses the device to hear, while Arthur jokes about pumping water out.
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