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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1910
Page
2
Announcement urges attendance at the March 12 dance at the Elgin opera house. Also notes gasoline price at Finke's drug store and mentions Des Moines and La Crosse penny savings in public schools with deposits averaging two dollars per pupil.
W Hughes is listed in the Elgin post office records as a second class mail member. Advertising in the local column costs five cents per insertion with display and local ads running until canceled. All accounts payable monthly. The paper offers jobbing material and printing services with pricing for one year or six months in advance.
A crowded Elgin column lists rooms for rent near Finke’s Drug Store and Capper’s store hiring, a March 12 dance at the Elgin opera house, school openings, business trips, weddings, and community notices. It records roving updates on residents, store staff, and local events, with brief items on deaths, auctions, and real estate.
A 50 cent bottle of Scott's Emulsion mixed in its bottle will last a year-old baby about a month, four bottles in three months, and will build strength for a healthy child. For sale by all druggists. Send 10 cents and the name of paper with this ad for the Sayings Bank and Child’s Sketch Book. Scott & Bowne, 409 Pearl Street, N.
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