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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1897
Page
4
Dyspepsia cured by Shiioh'a Vitalizer relieves sour stomach and digestion distress. Karla Clover Root Tea advertised as a pleasant laxative that regulates the bowels and clears the complexion. Easy to make and pleasant to take, 25 cents. Sold by We H Finke and VW UL Finke.
A fragment from an old advertisement claims Karl's Clover Root Ten calms nerves and aids digestion. It mentions relief of constipation kidney and bowel trouble and asserts rapid health recovery. The ad includes customer testimonial from Mrs A. Sweet of Hartford Connecticut and a sales note for California travel information from the California Bureau of Information Box 672 Cedar Rapids Iowa.
The B C HR N Wy offers ticket sales at one third the price on certificate plans for the National Cyela Show in Chicago at 230 to 80th. Catlon B CR N agents provide full information on the offer and terms.
A heavily garbled offer from the Central Route under the American Tourist Association advertises travel from Chicago to the Pacific with Pullman sleepers and all expenses paid. It mentions through-reservations to Los Angeles and San Francisco, homeseekers excursions from January to May, and various ticket schemes across Illinois Central and Central Route lines with dates and destinations obscured.
An eighty acre farm three miles west with 45 acres under plow, in pasture and timber. Good house and outbuildings, running water from wells. Offered at a cheap price. For particulars contact Aunty Patterson Brainordt Iowa.
In Prairie du Chien a bizarre scene unfolds at the Herald House as a chicken coop door opens to reveal chickens covered with insects from above and a strange intruder presence. Separately an advertisement from DeLand Florida promotes health resorts, climate, and amenities. A legal notice from Fayette County Iowa declares a foreclose case with defendants Van Tegtmeler Strumpell and others, requiring appearance by mid March 1887.
George Simpson suffered a crushed foot after a freight train car incident Saturday evening. He is a high school student, and doctors fear long recovery with months of suffering ahead. Arlington Car, Payette Co. Union notes warnings to keep boys off tracks and trains.
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