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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
4
A 160 acre farm two miles from West Union with a large barn corn crib granary hog house and a decent dwelling needing repairs.described as a stock and hay farm with potential drainage improvements to become top in the area. asking about $50 per acre with $5000 remaining on the place and may include extra help for operations. Inquiries sought.
The column records numerous social visits and errands from Wa dena to Elkader and Clermont. Names include Kerr, Rothlisberger, Reichert, Shaffer, Klingman, Medberry, Wenger, Peters, and Starbird. Mentions of pneumonia recovery, sales, and travel to Switzerland appear alongside community events and home visits in Oak Grove and surrounding areas.
Local society notes recount Sunday visits at various homes including Coila Reed with Alice Tomptins and Ed Boyle's gathering with Judgen Conner wife and son Roy, plus Rob Wilson and Will Howard households. Moves include Wm Brabham into Baldwin house and Fred Light into vacated Brabham residence. Andrew Gilbertson and Kittle Groth visit Elgin. Mrs. Wm Larrabee Jr returns from Cedar Rapids. reports on Frank Frisbee's improving condition.
Norman R Coulter, a noted architect, endorses Electric Bitters as a tonic for stomach liver and kidney disorders and a blood purifier. The product is advertised as the best spring medicine by Muschlenthaler Bros., drug store, with ties to Standard Oil and local business moves toward Salem Missouri as a farm offer and employment shift described.
Union and many neighbors describe Mrs Hellyer as a patient figure awaiting better days. Wadena notes a school vacation of a month and updates on local governance with W D Mattocks and Thos Flanagan re elected directors. Several obituaries mention Eliza Cochran, born 1840s in Ohio, died in Wadena area after long service. The column records church visits, farewells of Rev Mrs Neudigate, and school posts including board reorganization plans.
Mayor C Theo Schmid of Elgin greeted friends in West Union on Tuesday. Henry Herwig rents Dr Barber property and will move here soon. Geo Vander visited Monday, delivering three cows he had sold to John Howard. Mrs Frank Smith of Elgin visits relatives this week. Mr 8. has gone to Washington seeking a business site. Mr Waters, new superintendent, arrived from Story City to lead local schools. Mr Sanders stays through April 1. Kohler boys expect to finish work on P A Hastings house near Lima next week. Geo Shepard to paint and decorate. J H Benedict resigns post.
An old mixed text notes Dr King’s New Life Pills promising health benefits for headaches biliousness constipation and malaria with a refund policy at Muehlenthaler drug store. It also discusses pure food seed laws fines for selling impure seed and a farmer near Winterset with weed seed counts illustrating enforcement importance. Evelyn Neshit Thaw and Harry K Thaw marriage insanity suit is mentioned along with an embroidery ad and spring weather remark.
The undersigned will sell at public auction at the John Christ Building Center Street on March 19 at sharp. Furniture from D. H. Weir with items including kitchenware tables linens towels looking glasses beds and bedding and many more in a well equipped house. Cash for sums 10 and under. over that amount one year on good bankable notes at 8 percent interest. Settlement before removal. Sale note and local ad mentions Gus Boyer Flora and local businesses. The event is tied to Taurus sale and Rob Douglass as proprietor.
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