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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
4
160 acre farm within 2 miles of West Union with a large barn corn crib granary bog house and fair dwelling needing repairs. Stock and hay farm with room for extra help and drainage to improve. Valued around 60 per acre but offered at 950 per acre with 5000 remains on place. For particulars inquire of.
Local items list numerous visits from Elgin West Union and Waterloo residents. Names include Klingman Rothlisberger Kerr Fritz and Shaffer family. Several illnesses and injuries noted plus a birthday gathering at Mrs Conner’s home.
Local notes report Tom O Lein in the vicinity this week and Fred Hanni with wife visiting Fred Schupbach. John Grimm’s family received visitors. Mr. Hanni to teach German school next Monday. John Schmid sold two horses for 200 and 150 dollars. Families of Frieden Haberger Lehman at Oscar Frieden’s. Julius Blattner’s wife from Bern left for West Bend on a wedding trip. Schnieder Ritz repair wood saw. four teeth were pinched from the saw and sent to Elkader for refitting.
Mrs J P White of Rushboro Pa credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving her life from lung trouble and urges its use for coughs colds lagrippe asthma bronchitis and hoarseness sold by Muehlenthaler Bros 50c and 1 00 trial bottle free.
A fragment mentions Fred Kuhn’s seventeenth birthday celebrated on February 29 and notes the rarity of the date. It includes a quote from Norman R.B. Coulter praising Electric Bitters as a tonic and blood purifier, recommending purchase at Muehlenthaler Bros. drug store.
Reports detail a youth escaping serious injury after a wagon accident, a bank alarm breach quickly corrected, and a string of local events. Notable items include a 60th wedding anniversary at Waucoma, court sentences in district proceedings, and misfortunes linked to health and travel across the county.
The notice discusses buying junk metals for cash or trade from Bolleyn & Wine. It explains pork quality standards from The Delineator and cautions on stale pork needing trustworthy sellers. It mentions Emstomery with a large dress trimming line and reports Horstenson Wilson and Dolt heading to Seattle via Washington, planning an extended stay.
A busy weekend ahead with a big dance scheduled for Saturday March 14. Boies Capper visited his brother Frank at Oasian on Wednesday. C Moser completed work on a well at the Butikofer place and now has ample water. A thunderstorm with rain and hail occurred just before noon on Thursday, typical for this season.
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