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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
4
A dense ad listing multiple farms for sale across Elgin and nearby towns. Properties include 100 to 172 acre tracts with work land, timber, pasture, springs, wells, windmills, and several improvements. Prices hinted near 85 per acre in places, with terms and inquiries urged promptly.
Mrs Chas Walker and daughter Lizzie visited in Egin last Friday. Prof P Howard of the State University at Iowa City stayed with Dr R P Berry Monday. Mr and Mrs C G Weck visited at the Frank Weck home in Blayton Minnesota Tuesday. Kittle Groth and Rimer Haug attended a Decorah Lutheran College band concert Friday night. J Palmer, sick with blood poisoning, shows improvement at his daughter Mrs Geo M Berry’s home. A C Miller & Sons brick and tile plant chimney 65 feet high completed, first kiln under way. Frank Pringle improves his restaurant with steel ceiling and full plate glass front. Dance Friday evening May 8.
Spring weather brings quick improvements for Jack Bhattér while residents share visits and household duties. Townsfolk travel between Volga Elgin Cedar Falls and West Union with many staying with relatives and helping hosts.
A 19th century advertisement offers a $100 reward for any catarrh case Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease's foundation and build constitution. Proponents solicit testimonials and list Toledo Ohio as the address. Pills for constipation also marketed.
Sunday visits and neighborly calls fill the Oak Grove page as families and friends share time at homes in West Union and surrounding areas. Mentions include Holm, Smith, Bennett, Howard, Shaffer, Conner, Boyle, Brabham, Monnahan, Dummerman, Bolzer, and Wilson households among others. Local chatter blends with a brief health note on Dr Kings New Life Pills and a testimonial from C E Atfield.
Local notes recount visitors at multiple farm homes and illnesses around Cheery Valley. Jacob Christian and others hosted company Sunday while Alex Baumgartner and others were ill or under care. A series of callers at Dennler, Hanson, Reinhardt, and Leuchtenmacher homes is noted along with household tasks and help. Also mentioned are a cough cure and a railroad accident involving Jon Brause, with updates on family support and recovery.
John Mattocks rode between trains in Elgin on Monday while Miss Thomas rode as a passenger to Delwein on Saturday. Joe Mounce of Center Point was an over Sunday visitor in the vicinity. Mrs G W Tripp and son Ziba were at West Union between trains. Mr Gilbert of southern Iowa visited the Chas Peters home. Jessie Hills traveled to Clermont Thursday and then to Deveral Friday for the Big Five Teacher's Meeting. Alvin Crain joined H D Yack to Waterloo last Friday and returned with Crain's new Maxwell touring car. Ern Meyer plans to build a new house this summer. John Schaer of Elgin holds the contract for the project, with Arthur Bartlett men sawing timbers. Indigestion can be eased with Electric Bitters per local notice. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve noted for eczema.
Miss Grace Thompson visited relatives in Oelwein at the week’s start. J J Earle returned from a winter in Ponca Park Florida. Geo Simpson and daughter Janet visited relatives in Arlington Friday night. The Dan O Halloran home redecorated after recent fire, the family aiming to move back soon. Hunting Barnes, a smallpox victim, was taken to the city hospital Sunday after a week of illness.
Across the country an ad touts Kickapoo Worm Killer as a candy that expels worms causing a child’s illness. It claims quick, painless relief and urges buying at a druggist for 25 cents. The notice also lists real estate offerings by F. W. Tuller and associates in Postville and surrounding areas.
Ordinance No 140 to restrain poultry from running at large in Elgin Iowa. It bans poultry from March 15 to November 15 and imposes $3 daily fines for violations after notice. Marshals arrest offenders. Mayor fines violators. Defines poultry and owner. outlines enforcement steps.
The town council of Elgin Iowa enacts a dog tax ordinance. Dogs must wear a city tax tag and tax must be paid by June 1 each year. Unregistered dogs found after August 1 are declared nuisances and may be killed by the marshal.
A Rexall Stores advertisement claims Rexall Orderlies ease constipation without gnawing upset. It promises satisfaction or money back and highlights that the product tones bowels and nerves, relieving headaches and biliousness. Sold in Steebre Pharmacy Elgin Iowa in pocket tin boxes 10c 25c 60c.
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