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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1905
Page
4
Notes from the Fayette Teachers and Farmers Institute discuss improving schoolhouses and grounds, consolidation benefits, and expanded curricula including agriculture. A Chicago theatre fire and pneumonia deaths highlight public health gains from prompt remedies, with a testimonial for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Also mentions cheap Southwest rail rates for home seekers and travel agents in Cedar Rapids.
People from Elgin visit and stay with local families. Postmaster O Z Wellman is reappointed after confirmation. Professor Wiley’s whiskey as food comment spurs national discussion. Dr. B H Ash leaves for the Panama Canal Commission. Court delays due to snow. Arthur Bailey resigns as deputy auditor and relocates to New York to work in a coffee firm. his wife remains.
The Farm Crops Department of the Iowa State College requests farmers to submit 100 ears of seed corn to prove two kernels from each ear. Samples will be tested for germinating quality and results mailed back privately. Names will not be published and cooperation is requested to assess Iowa seed corn condition this spring.
The Towd Tourist Association promotes an extensive winter tour to Old Mexico claiming sunlit beaches, exotic landscapes, and varied sights. Manager Winkle of the Iowa Tourist Association at Des Moines invites inquiries for favorable pricing and trip details.
The article outlines a historic weather forecast describing a regular storm period moving from west to east across the country. It predicts falling barometers, shifting winds, and a sequence of storms from mid to late February into early March, with warm and tropical phases followed by cold fronts and widespread rain and snow in various regions.
A notice warns the public of counterfeiters selling imitations of Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. It urges buyers to seek the genuine Bucklen remedies, noting over 30 years of proven results and to look for the company name on the wrapper. Bucklen & Co. Chicago Ill and Windsor Canada.
On January 17 and February 21 and March 21 the Rock Island System will sell one way second class Colonist tickets to points on its lines in Missouri Arkansas Kansas Oklahoma Indian Territory New Mexico and Lexis with only half of the first day’s fare plus $3.00 For full information apply to the ticket agent or write Mr Jno G Farmer Division Passenger Agent Osage Rapids Iowa
Public sale details list farm and miscellaneous estate items near Elgin and West Union. The notices describe livestock including cows yearlings and a Short Horn bull, assorted horses, farm implements, hay, grain, and furniture. Auctions occur February 4 1905 and February 15 1905 with terms and security details.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette extols its mission to deliver fresh news without party allegiance while promoting community interests. It critiques mail order competition, touts local merchants, and notes editor John Hoch and various regional concerns including Keokuk dam talks and broader economic trends shaping Iowa towns.
Nearly all 200 acres is four miles south of Mighty mid, with about 120 acres in cultivated soil and good timber. Twenty five acres of second growth timber, forty acres of stump land suitable for pasture, a house with well and orchard, a grove, barn, and outbuildings. Two good roads and a schoolhouse corner the farm. Reasonable figure, terms easy. For farther particulars enquire of.
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