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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
4
Fragmented ad text offers wood nabbing and subscription inducements. It promotes Karl's Clover Root Ten and other nostrums with dubious claims, citing nervous relief, bowel cleansing, and general health boosts. It mentions sellers Wy al Finke and W t Floke and implies nationwide distribution with little coherence.
In 19th century promotional note the May & Company offers a weekly family paper subscription via The Dispatch. It highlights vegetable and flower needs, premium content, and a low annual price of a few cents. The message urges readers in St. Paul Minnesota to subscribe and pay weekly.
Advertises rail excursions from Chicago to California, Texas, and the North, detailing dates, routes, pricing, and availability. Mentions Central Route, Northern and Southern States promotions, and agents handling sales. Also includes medical notices and testimonials for tonics and cures with local dealer references.
Notice from Mus M E McCain of Clermont Town invites customers to view Bon Ton sailor hats and other millinery at reasonable prices while maintaining a ready stock. Coughs hoarseness and croup warned as serious. Shilohs Catarrh Remedy promoted with a nasal injector and guarantee. Also mentions a four room house for sale in Clermont and various tonic remedies sold locally.
Des Moines dispatch estimates 2,225,000 hogs lost in 1890 due to hog cholera. Director D. R. Sage of the Iowa weather service cites reports from 61 counties showing greater losses than early projections. At 81d per hog, total losses exceed 23 million dollars. counties’ assessors provide the data heard so far.
Fragmentary OCR notes advertise a farm three miles west of Elgin with 45 acres under plow and a good house plus outbuildings. It mentions running water and good wells on the place and adds a call for inquiries and an address for sending information.
A Waukon Democrat account details a sudden fatality in Millmakee County last Saturday as a father and son shelter in a log house during a rainstorm. The younger man had prior paralysis and heart disease. authorities suspect the combination caused his death. The article also notes long-shot hopes for lead in Buena Vista and surrounding Turkey River territory, with a half-witted blacksmith uncovering a possible deposit and intermittent finds suggesting multiple pockets near Elgin.
The Iowa crop service 700 reporters report that the crop outlook is poor with corn seed rotted by persistent cold wet weather. Grapes and strawberries suffered frost damage and many northern vegetable gardens were ruined. replanting on thousands of acres is required. A July Epworth League conference in Toronto invites bishops and lay leaders, with a low round trip rail rate offered via the Burlington Route.
Des Moines Daily News offers farmers a reduced subscription at 1.00 per year due to low farm prices. The paper promotes its condensed format for busy readers and lists travel offers to San Francisco with rail and berth rates. Contact details for reservations and agent inquiries are provided.
Photographers' Association shows July 12 17 in Celeron Lake Chau Tauqua N Y and other groups list one fare for round trip from various cities including HAL Chattanooga Detroit Indianapolis Cedar Rapids and more with dates in 1807 and 1997. Also prices for Elgin Mill products and Cedar Rapids Route playing cards offered by local agents with postage paid orders and commissions to G P A T A Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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