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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
4
A Texas Gulf Coast grower reports earning 13440 dollars from 28 acres of onions. The brief item notes cash income tied to a coastal farming operation.
Large list of farms from three acres up offered with small down payments and easy terms. Properties include No 15 acres near West Union with house, stabling, spring, timber, under cultivation, fenced at 600 dollars and 200 down. No 2 West Union four acres with house, barn, well, fruit at 1800 dollars. No 3 seventeen acres with orchard, large house, barn, mill, at 2400 dollars. No 4 128 acres near town with buildings, timber, 80 acres cultivated at 50 dollars per acre. Money to loan on any security. Some farms to rent. Modern tenant applications available weekly.
West Union updates note W J Ainsworth trips to St Paul and Rob Ingersoll visiting from Wadena. Local arrivals include C B Hughes recovering from illness and Elgin visitors C G Monnahan and Pluma Weaver. Notices of moves, sales, and a new medical practice by Dr E W Feige, plus a May marriage in Brainard and other minor local business matters.
Mrs Ida Soper of Big Pond Pennsylvania recounts severe lung trouble years of suffering. She credits Dr King s New Discovery with a quick relief and lasting cure after other remedies failed. The medicine is advertised for coughs colds and bronchial issues with trial bottle offered. Also note Tofield Heck returns to Pendleton Oregon after visiting friends to work on a dairy farm.
Miss Jessie Halverson visited Elgin last Friday while Misses Anna and Inga Moshy were in Elgin Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Mead returned from Charles City Friday. Fred Larrabee visited Montauk with his parents Sunday. Clara Nelson of Elgin came to visit Monday. Andrew Thorson and J. F. Miller Jr. transacted business in Lansing late last week. Anson Gruver of Elgin visited at B. Schaefers uncle’s home. Henry Schaefer arrived from Preston Minnesota to visit Clermont relatives. Will Crowe traveled to Low City Sunday to spend time with Mrs. Crowe. Agnes Minnehan visited relatives near Elgin last week. Representative Wm. Larrabee Jr. returned from Des Moines Saturday, then Tuesday afternoon. Frank Carragher spent last week with his parents. plans to stay in Spokane, Wash., where he has lived. Clermont gains its first dentist, Dr. Bear, locating here. Anna Knudson purchased the Schaefers Double Store building, now occupied by Jena Hauge and Joe Brorby. Lester Anderson left his hostler job with Dr. Berry to buy a team. Bert Wood also joined Dr. Berry’s staff. Ladies Aid officers elected: President Mrs Grove, Vice-President Mrs Grover, 2nd Vice-President Mrs Blake, Secretary Mrs Triem, Treasurer Mrs Pringle. Six Clermont young men left for Montana via Postville to scout homesteads. party: Hendershot, Anderson, Sheahan, Sullivan, Bilden, Sheehy. Double Store inventory finished. Jens Hauge and Joseph Brorby begin business Monday as The Double Store, promising complete stock and top Northeastern Iowa service.
Dr A C Cooley seeks change of address to 333 BH. Ohio street Chicago. Office currently on the north side about six blocks from the Masonic temple. The product targets ticks screw worms and war wounds in horses sheep hogs and poultry.
Listings show numerous transfers across townships with buyers and sellers including Nydegger to Christain Schweizer, Schneider family, Grimes to Jensen, Miller to Mitchell, Webb to Gehring, Luma to Luma, and many others. Amounts range from 800 to 12000 dollars, parcels described by section, township, range and lot numbers, with properties including lots, blocks, and acreage in Oelwein and surrounding areas.
A series of real estate transfers in Brown's Sab of Forrest add to Oelwein, Grandview add, Herriman's add, and nearby areas, plus marriage licenses for several couples. Amounts range from 1200 to 87000 dollars, with parcels described by lot, block, and section. The piece also notes a medical ad for Dr Kings New Life Pills and a brief business trip report.
C. O. Fothergill M D physician and surgeon available promptly day and night office at residence near Deway Hotel Euarr 5 Tow a (text unreadable).
H S Hadsel and M D Sova shoe sale continues. Clara Larson visiting from Clermont. one guest of Latlie Goetz. Sul livan of Tiroquon passed to Clermont for interment. Mrs Sophia Burianek from Cedar Rapids visiting her son Joseph Burianek and daughter Mrs Frank Stepanek. Ed Capper of Westgate creamery invents a butter paraffin machine. A.M. Adau’s son from Henrietta affected by eczema. Electric Bitters praised as cure by mother. 60c at The City Drug Store.
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