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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
4
Advertisements for multiple farms and properties across South Dakota and nearby Iowa offer 40 to 200 acres under cultivation, pastures, timber, and wells. Features include houses with multiple rooms, barns, granaries, orchards, springs, and schools nearby. Prices range from under 100 to 37.50 per acre with exchanges and flexible terms.
The undersigned will sell at public auction on the Boleyn and Wing farm two miles southwest of Elgin and a half mile southwest of the Frank Boyle school on Tuesday April 1. Sale starts 10:00 a.m. Free lunch at noon. Items include horses cattle hogs grains and farm machinery plus miscellaneous articles. Usual terms eight percent interest. WM Wing proprietor. From many parts of the state comes the news that old water power sites are being purchased to be improved for electricity generation. The map of Iowa shows large opportunities as interurban lines expand. Wrestling has been added to University of Iowa intercollegiate sports with letters for those meeting requirements in writing. Bug experts claim 200000 kinds of bugs exist, and some people we know own many kinds.
Miss Margaret Follenie spends the trimming season at What Cheer. C. B. Hughes judged a collegiate debate in Fayette Friday night. W. A. Hidinger returned from a visit in Fairfield township. Russell Carmichael back from Minneapolis where he attended barber college. Miss Sadie Sullivan returned to work at Oelwein after visiting her brother Oscar. Mrs. Charles Kohler went to Waterloo after news of a birth to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kohler. J. W. Dwyer and B. A. MelThee leave for Des Moines for the Jeffersonian banquet honoring W. J. Bryan. Karl D. Fisk also to attend from Cedar Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Finch return from Rochester, hope to be home. Sympathy to the family. Doctor’s Life Pills advert. 25c at The City Drug Store.
Mrs Gilbert Nelson spent Monday in Elgin while Lester Anderson and Misses Anna and Helen Appelman also visited Elgin. Mr and Mrs West early this week visited West Union. Louis Mersgeier of Arlington stayed with Dr Becker last Thursday. Mrs Andrew Nordhus and daughter Airs Louie Olson were in West Union Tuesday. Kittle Groth returned from a Minnesota and Dakotas trip. Mrs James Sullivan and Miss Ethel Shaffer visited Mark Henderson home in Coggan Saturday. Nels Helgerson returned Friday from Canton 8 D where he attended his brother Ole Helgersons funeral. Mrs Feezer went home to Lake Park Iowa after visiting Clairmont. Mrs Grace Lattin left Saturday for Spokane Wash after visiting Clairmont friends.
A Gladwin Michigan man reports twelve years of skin disease cured after spending $400 on doctors. Bucklen's Amica Salve is promoted as a universal remedy for skin issues, burns, and bruises and is offered at 25 cents. Recommended by The City Deng Score.
Elkader notes report Martin Dittmer's business trip to Dubuque on Monday. Clyde Smith's son is ill. Katharin Kramer visited Waterloo to see relatives. Wm FP Fuelling of Farmersburg conducted Elkader business from Monday noon to yesterday morning. Atty Vi T Prien traveled for business. A doctor returned home Monday and transacted business in McGregor yesterday. Atty D D Murphy spoke at a reception for James Williken, Secretary of Agriculture at Ames, last week. Steel shelving ordered by the board of supervisors arrived for court house document storage.
A local notice touts Electric Bitters as a cure for rheumatism tied to stomach liver and kidney troubles. It cites testimonials from Charles B. Allen and a Dubuque nurse, urging readers to use the remedy for quick relief, priced 50 cents to 1.00.
Village notes from Cheery Valley record callers and visits at neighbors farms and homes. Citizens like John Bigler, Fred Hanson, Elizabeth Grimm, Adolph Baumgartner and many others are listed with daily social calls, visits, and entertainments across Clermont Itn Waterloo and nearby homes. A district sociable and a funeral attendance are noted amid weather and a new baby arrival at Henry Freiden's.
Sunday visits connect Hanson family with Fred Ny deggars and Jacob Dennler home while Lydia Odegard and daughter Gladys stayed a week. An advertisement for Dr. King's New Discovery promotes its cough remedy claim of 43 years reliability, with testimonials from J J Owens and widespread use last year. Available at City Drug Store for 60 cents and 1 dollar.
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