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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1897
Page
5
A fragment urges readers to subscribe by offering a yearly dollar rate and noting a weekly cost of about 12 to 13 cents. It argues the value is worth a smile and encourages non-subscribers to sign up for a year to enjoy savings.
A reader laments the Sioux City Journal for backing the gold standard and high carrier costs while urging eight cent corn for Iowa farmers. The letter accuses the paper of deceiving farmers, calls for cheap food and corn bread, and argues for a corn eating revival to curb living costs amid economic strain. It suggests plutocracy influences on farming policy and warns of rising prices and personal hardship. The piece urges farmers to embrace corn as a staple and learn new meal preparations to ease expenses.
A sharp reproach from Haiporia Daily Gazette responds to claims newspapers cost money to run. It argues a paper is a charitable institution not a business, mocks editors, and urges readers to avoid giving editors money, preferring barter or other exchanges. The piece lampoons expectations of funding and highlights the editor’s precarious position.
Fragmentary reminiscence and editorial tirade about money editing and local notices. A speaker laments corrupting money, praises charitable resolutions, and warns against sensationalism. The text shifts to a personal account of a disease cure journey from January to Lansing and back, ending with thanks to God for restored health.
The Supreme Court may rule on the validity of Dakota and Oklahoma divorces, threatening widespread domestic upheaval. If invalid, many wives and husbands face unrecognized marriages and uncertain parentage. Judge Russell's McGowan decision challenges foreign divorces, prompting appeals up to the U S Supreme Court. A $10,000 fund funds the appeal, with organizers in New York Boston Philadelphia and Chicago.
Sam Clark writes to the Lanstag Mirror detailing his struggle with a morphine habit. He describes ten years of addiction, weight loss, failed remedies, and the drain on body and mind, culminating in entanglement with drugs he could not escape.
Oscar Heiserman buys an imported Swiss music box costing 490 dollars, praised as fine as a piano and playing 28 tunes. A new Dubuque hog cholera remedy company, led by FP Baumgartner, is formed with 10,000 dollars capital. Cordner the evangelist assaults Editor Burchelli in Postville, drawing public disfavor.
The firm G I Thomas Son marks a retirement ending a long era in Fayette county. For thirty eight years the proprietor has guided the dry goods business through lows and disasters, building a solid county wide reputation for strict business honor. He relinquishes cares of business to enjoy rest.
The notice promotes The Daily Capital two dollar subscription on February 22 1807 with a full year paper and Chicago AP reports. It advertises Mardi Gras New Orleans and Mobile festival tickets, one fare round trips on B C RGN and OR N Ry tickets on sale February 22 28 return dates, and I G N Ry excursion trains through California and the west with Pullman arrangements. It lists multiple travel dates February through May with ticket validity and agent contact details for Cedar Rapids and Cudur Rapids Iowa.
An advertisement offers high grade playing cards from Cedar Rapids and the North Western Railway agents at one dollar per pack or two packs for ten cents per dozen. Orders can be sent via money order or postage paid. Also mentions grinding grain for stock and a claim about Shiloh's Cure in consumption but notes the remedy was prepared by H. Finke's store.
Bunator Bayless becomes owner of Clark House lots and adjacent parcels. He plans to erect a premier hotel in northeastern Iowa, spring and summer next year, promising local benefits and countywide credit. Molumby transfers the other four lots, making Bayless the lead owner in the development. The venture draws favorable comment from residents of Elkader and surrounding lands.
B F Blanmer once linked to Wink on byale faces five year sentence for fraudulent linking. Last week Miss Much, a preferred creditor of the bank, received six thousand dollars, limiting banker losses.
In Washington, D C a surge of unclear patent claims and bad investments threatens inventors. Protea Eur Id ena is cited amid a flood of unduly broad ideas and unanswered questions.
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