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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1899
Page
4
A garbled OCR passage references an adjourned meeting about an opera, costs of materials, and attempted funding limits. It mentions Be able to hire, building a house, and various article topics from The Cosmopolitan, with uncertain figures like 8800 and 150.
St Louis hosts the Elks annual meeting from June 20 to 28 with ticket sales June 19 and 20, valid until June 24. Richmond hosts the Vac Natl Convention Baptist Young People's Union of America July 14 to 18 with tickets on sale June 10 to 12, valid until July 1, extensions to August 15 for 50 cents. Information on rates and train times available from B C G R N Ry agents or J Morton, G P T A Cedar Rapids Iowa.
Sioux Falls hosts the United Commercial Travelers of America on May 27 and 28 with travel tickets on sale May 26 and 27, good through May 20 at one fare round trip. Cedar Rapids Rante playing cards offered by B GR & N Ry at 15c per pack, two packs 28c, and $1.50 per dozen. Cards mailed with payment to J. Manton Cedar Rapids. Town notices include a tent for sale by EMIAI WEIBLE Elgin Iowa and local medicine ads for Clover Root Tea and Shiroh's Vitalizer sold by W. H. Finke.
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