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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1909
Page
5
Large list of farms ranging from three acres up offered with small down payments and easy terms. West Union properties include 15 acre and 9 acre listings with houses, barns, wells, and timber. Prices from 1800 to 8600 with down payments and balance on easy terms. several larger farms available. loans on any security. some farms for rent. contact for tenant applications.
A concise musing contrasts youth and age as the young man contemplates the future while the elder ponders the past, raising questions about what thoughts bring the sweetest feeling. The piece invites reflection on memory, hope, and time's passage.
Illyria notes list neighbors visiting relatives in West Union Volga and Elkader, many Rothlisbergers and Peterses, with school events, telephone poles, and a funeral for Mrs Kerr. A Presbyterian minister officiates and the community offers sympathy. An ad promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for respiratory illnesses with trial offer at City Drug Store.
Oak Grove brief notes Mrs Linton O Neil among the indisposed this week. Tra Bennett entertained a houseful Sunday. Mrs Judson Conner spent Monday with Ed Boyle. Hans Kler and family visited Sandis. Rob Wilson's home. Thomas Howard and wife of Elgin spent Monday night with Ward Brabham. Hank Holzer will soon be one of four neighbors who have rented the.
Mrs. Vic Conner cares for Mrs. Robert Wilson and the baby as Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson Jr. welcome a fine baby girl born Monday morning. Ward Brabham visited Forest City to see his grandmother Conner who is sick with consumption. The Industrial and Orphan's Home in Macon Ga praises Electric Bitters for nine years aiding stomach liver and kidney troubles. It strengthens and builds up weak children and run-down people and is best for female complaints. 50c at City Drug Store.
Miss Beulah Grover served as county seat caller on Monday while local residents Ferguson and George Henderson conducted business in Postville. Mrs. Wm Larrabee Jr has been ill but is convalescent. Attorney Hughes from West Union visited regarding the Nygaard divorce case. A Q Larson returned to Mullen after a pleasant visit with Brick City friends. Senator Fredrick Larrabee and Rep Wim Larrabee Jr attended Hon Thomas Healy’s funeral at Ft Dodge. Florence Clark of McGregor visited Montauk to write about Lincoln place monuments for the Des Moines Register and Leader. Elea Cornely was sick Friday. Nora Erickson filled in at school and resumed Monday.
A réclame-style note extols Bucklen Arnica Salve as a quick healer for burns, cuts, bruises, and skin eruptions used by fire fighters. It claims instant relief and lists 25e at City Drug Store as the price point.
J M Wetherbee remains seriously sick but shows some improvement. Representative Larrabee of this county chairs the State University committee. Mr and Mrs A B Rubyer stay a week at Fred Parrot Lome in Cedar Rapids. Mrs A N Hobson leaves for two months to Pittsburg. John Reeder and family return from six weeks visiting relatives in Washington and Oregon. Mother Hobson ill at Mrs Knickerbocker home in Gedar Falls. Jay Wetherbee, longtime West Union resident, visited from Buffalo Center. James Wetheree and G W WainAtten return from Fulton Illinois.
A vintage appeal urges keeping Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites in every home. It claims to cure hard colds, strengthen delicate children, restore flesh for thin adults, and serve as a standard remedy for throat and lung issues. Sent with paper name, address, and four cents for a Complete Handy Atlas of the World from Scott & Bowne.
News reached us by telephone of the sudden death at her Oberlin home on Wednesday morning of Mrs Addie Finch Geiser daughter of Mr and Mrs G B Finch of Fayette who are thus called home from Florida Burial will be in Fayette Ohio The deceased had been employed among the auditing committees of the Mystic Workers of the World in the last two weeks before her passing.
A western judge grants a divorce citing ill temper and bad breath. Patent remedy claims and old firm debt notices interrupt a mixed-page notice, including a public auction schedule for Clayton County property with livestock and machinery listed for sale on February 4 at the Center School House Marion Township.
A long list details property including farm implements, animals, household goods, and scrap iron offered for sale with terms of payment on good notes at seven percent interest. It notes that no goods will be removed until settled for and names H W Mankuam, Andt. 1' A. Onson as clerks. Also mentions Adolph Rubroden as agent and H J Hjerlied’s bank examiner appointment in Decorah.
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