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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1915
Page
2
Agency offers prompt draying of all kinds with reasonable cages and invites patronage. Delivery available to any part of the city. Contact Fr. C. Miller at residence by phone.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions dates and public figures but includes many garbled phrases. It references a birthday, a legal holiday for government personnel, a bench copy, a school section, a dentist, overshoes, and various names and items. The readable content is too fragmentary to establish a coherent event or report.
The Elgin Echo lists a local advertisement rates policy and a schedule of notices. It notes six cent per insertion, monthly accounts, a Thursday event window, and assorted local news items from Hag to Knudtson, mentioning theater, visits, quarantines, and community happenings in Elgin and nearby towns.
Notice records amendments to the articles of incorporation for Brainard Paranots Co operative Company. Changes include new name The Elpin and Brainard Farroory Co operative Company, principal place Clifton Elgin Iowa, revised Article VII on annual stockholder meetings and director elections, and Article XII/XVII detailing officer and director appointments and terms. Contains names W C Smith McMillan O P Craft HL Hilden W Reed Gilbertson Frank Bansberper G Suits Ve Cnarr.
Fred Griesinger is on the sick list and Peter is indisposed. Jack Shaffer entertained company Sunday. Walter Pritchard visited at Shaffer's, Clara Griesinger visiting West Union with friends. Ida Nydeggar visited O. P. Craft home. Lena Wenger staying with J. H. Mattocks. Florence and Clarence Thomon with Fern Craft Saturday. Lena Wenger at Tim Thoman home Thursday and Friday. Nellie and Clarence Thoman at Wm Pritchard home Monday. Local youths attended a Lima dance Friday night. Jessie Medberry closed a term of school Friday and returned home to Fayette.
The Elgin Roller Mills operated by Weibel Bros offers electric power and grain processing. The ad invites farmers to bring grist, wheat and other grain for exchange, signaling a ready service and conveyance of grain processing needs.
An old advertisement proclaims a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarran Cure. It includes a testimonial from a Toledo bank about the founder F J Cheney, notes the product’s blood and mucous action, and lists price and availability. The text is cluttered with stray phrases and misprints.
The undersigned will sell a number of pure breed Mule Foot sows at the Elgin Livery barn on Saturday March 6 starting 10 o clock. Sows bred to herd boar and will farrow in spring. Pedigrees furnished with each sow. Cash or bankable note terms. Sheldon Boyle owner. T N Carorders auctioneer.
An advertisement urges readers to take Dr Beil's Pine Tar Honey at first signs of cough or cold. It promises to penetrate throat linings, fight germs, and provide relief, with a testimonial from J Willigins of Ohio praising its effectiveness for the family.
Fragmentary OCR text indicates a postponed sale or auction with references to dates and locations. The readable parts mention postponement, a person or entity, and a general setting near a barn and a wall, with ambiguous dates and identifiers. The unclear source limits precise details.
California this winter offers the Panama California Exposition in San Diego and the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco for 1915. The Rock Island Lines advertise broad routes to California with the Golden State Limited offering west transcontinental service and modern travel at low altitudes.
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