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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
2
The Elgin post offices announce second class mailmaster entries for the town paper. Advertisements in the column cost five cents per line per insertion, with all chaplay and local ads run consecutively until discontinued. Monthly accounts due, paper offers printing services and jobbing material in various styles.
Local notices cover oil meal at Elgin Roller Mills, rye seed at Lehman’s Hardware, sharpening services, and several town visits. The report mentions sales of potatoes, a wine mill being built, regional gas and drug stores, and a dance with Bill’s orchestra. A Waukon banker died, locals visit Clermont, and community ads promote grocers, canning factory activity, and a charity-skeptic traveler debunking a beggar.
Mrs Norm Lewis of Alcester South Dakota visited relatives in the area for a week or more and returned to McGregor with her husband who left earlier for an urgent business matter. The piece also advertises Kodol for digestion and recounts weather events including hail storms and a late snow in early May with memories of May 10 1908.
A Northfield Virginia woman writes that after five years of heart pain and breathlessness she improved markedly within weeks after starting Dr Miles Heart Remedy. She reports full recovery after six bottles and urges others to try the product with a money back guarantee. The note appears amid a string of local notices and advertisements.
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