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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1913
Page
5
Real estate dealer advertises numerous residence properties with land, 10 to 25 acre small places, 80 to 47 acre tracts, and farms 80 to 800 acres. Offers moderate down payments, easy terms, local loans, abstracts, and insurance. Encourages readers to call and discuss options and down payment.
Illyria items note Amy Richards visiting Fritz home while winter weather persists. Several families entertain guests and attend church events. A yearling colt dies, watch and pony ownership changes appear, and many residents visit relatives during the holidays. Rural life and Christmas gatherings are highlighted amid scarce local news.
An 1842 New Orleans banquet paid tribute to Henry Clay, while modern readers are urged to use Dr King’s New Life Pills for stomach, liver, kidney and bowel troubles. Easy to take, safe and reliable at 25 cents, available at The City Drug Store.
Oak Grove residents share a week of visits and gatherings. Names include Mable Pinney, Johnny Howard, Iva Bennett, Harold Bennett, Ern Holzer, Colonel Monaco, Hall Brabham, Mrs Robi, Wilson family, Enos Howard, Mrs Jack Shaffer, Mrs Henry Holzer, Mrs Will Fishback, Fay, and others. Several trips to Cedar Rapids and Dakota are noted along with Christmas gatherings at the Thomas Howard and W Smith homes.
A young girl rode at midnight to warn villagers about a fearful forest from the Catskills and saved many lives, while Dr. King's New Discovery is touted as a cure for lung troubles. A Wellington resident reports a dramatic recovery and weight gain after consumption in the family, with a free bottle offer and City Drug Store guarantee.
Cheery Valley News notes Grandma Imhoff is seriously ill and under medical care. Adolph Baumgartner hosted a large Sunday gathering. Several local residents are listed with visits and illnesses as Christmas events unfold. Electric Bitters praised for health benefits with a testimonial from J. S. Donahue of Havens Michigan.
Attorney D. D. Murphy returned on Monday from a business trip. Wao A. Walther and family traveled to Elgin to visit relatives. Clerk Max B. Bishop went to Fayette to join his wife for Christmas. Miss Kathleen Hempel came from Madison where she has been attending the Wisconsin State University.
Miss Myrtle Sunderlyt departs Friday for Boston to visit relatives during holidays. C M Kingman rides to the County Seat with his father Martin Klingman visiting relatives. Miss Elizabeth Heck leaves Tuesday for Ossian to spend Christmas with A C Heck and family. Martin Klingman returns from South Dakota in good health to stay with Clayton County relatives. Jansey Tieden brings Montana grass and grain samples echoing Iowa’s half century past. James Farmer and sons haul clover hay, tipping near Elkader State Bank. good samaritans aid righting the load. Miss Mary Neylon named secretary of Congress for the 2nd town district in Washington.
A weather report notes extreme northern winds causing red rough and sore hands and lips. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is advertised as healing cracked skin and soothing cold sores burns boils cuts and sores. Available for 250 at The City Drug Store.
West Union news lists Elgin visitors T. J. Capper and W. H. Wing, Christmas visits to Orlando Shopp and from Montana, trips to Elgin for holidays, Miss Pluma Weaver staying with her parents, Mr and Mrs John Weaver, Chicago visitors James R Hughes and family, Ruth Mellree’s guests from Osliwein, and plans for New Year’s revel in Chicago. Local real estate: Nels Olson sold 60 acres north of West Union to Williams Hanneman for 165 per acre. Harvey Smith to donate flour to couples he marries in 1913. Railroads protest parcels post starting January 1, citing weighing limits and need for extra mail cars and pouches.
Local residents share holiday travels with K White in West and Mrs Alfred Miller in Beain ard. Senator Fred Larrabee returns from Ft Dodges to Montauk for Christmas while Julia Olada Medalen wed Exston Landsgaard at the Medalen home. Blanche Ostlie and Wm Wander announce weddings. Bailey of Britt ends Britt Tribune run. editor’s wit may appear elsewhere.
Farm Bargains No 1 presents 160 acres two miles west of the Elgin Canning Factory with 120 acres cultivated 16 timber 24 stump pasture and several springs. Nearby farms have sold at $100 an acre. No. 2 offers a 181 acre tract three and a half miles south of Elgin with a twelve room house barns and multiple outbuildings plus a windmill reservoirs and springs. Excellent for stock raising. Inquire of
The report describes a mild autumnlike New Year day in Elgin with light frost, noting residents enjoyed car rides and the weather compared favorably to any part of the world.
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