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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1896
Page
3
Local notices mention Elgin Mills paying 60 per bushel for No 1 wheat and a flurry of shop ads. Benson Bros offers Fairbank soap and groceries while Scruppy's promotes patterns and prints. Town news covers visits, illness, school terms, dances, and upcoming auctions.
Mrs Elizabeth Kerr, wife of James Kerr, died at her home in Highland Township March 4, 1896 after a long illness aged sixty two years, two months, and twenty nine days. She was the eldest daughter of Robert and Agnes Blume, and lived among local families with relatives in Elder Sunday and nearby towns. The article lists several local names and events surrounding the Kerr family and community notices.
The obituary records the life of a Dundee Presbyterian church member born in 1833 who settled in Aderlen WIL pargats then Dundee Cane Coval and later Highland Glayton Co In 1850 she married James Kerr and lived there until 1854 Many children survived to mourn her loss including Thomas Agnes Marve James Robert Ann Edward John Urias Ellaabeth Henry Jessly and others The funeral at Union church was led by Reverend Cruson of Vola City Town and she was buried at Altoria Cemetery Postmaster Daly and others visited Elkader and Chicago mourners returned home after the service
Fragmentary OCR lists prices for Elvin Mill goods including buckwheat and corn meal with unclear figures. Mentions delivery options and orders left at a post office, but many items and numbers are garbled.
A Chicago based seed firm invites readers to form as many words as possible from the phrase Monon Seeds Grow to win cash and gold prizes totaling 1000 dollars. The offer promises prizes for the largest word lists and pledges careful administration for advertising its seeds and mailing a combination package.
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