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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1916
Page
2
Dr. John H. Bower notes the Henderson Stock Company draws full houses with fine weather and popular prices, delivering satisfying entertainment that attracts crowds this week.
The Elgin Echo notes publication details and post office status, with advertising in the focal column, monthly accounts, and in-house printing capabilities. It advertises jobbing materials and printing services in a historic, period-appropriate style, offering one year or six months in advance at $1.50.
Community notes from Fayette county report Miss Ing Kohler assisting at Adam Boleyn store during a gale and a large oil order for main street work. W. H. Walrath campaigns for representative while school day plans for June 3 in West Union promise rural exhibits and a courtroom spelling contest. A near-miss auto incident near Clermont is cited as urging a railing along an embankment.
Advertises summer rail travel to Colorado with Rock Island trains including the Rocky Mountain Limited and the Colorado Flyer. Highlights low excursion fares, automatic block signals, all steel equipment, and superior dining car service. Encourages readers to ask a ticket agent or write for illustrated literature on destinations and costs.
Elgin residents welcome visitors from West Union and LaSalle while discussions advance for a Farmers' Dairy Picnic with support from local businessmen and the concert band. Articles note stains of trash, a Tumor operation in Iowa City, a horse sale, building construction, and improved kerosene lamp practices. Rev. T. Tegtley to speak on the Childrens' Home in Des Moines.
Mr and Mrs C L Young of Cedar Rapids welcomed daughter Ruth Margaret born Saturday morning. Grandparents T J Capper will visit Cedar Rapids to meet their first grandchild. Elgin friends extend congratulations to Mr and Mrs Young. The Peerless Orchestra to play a Volga City dance tomorrow evening with Mr Clark of Hawkeye expected to fill Charles Greenley’s spot. Mrs Rob Grimes visited West Union with her parents Mr and Mrs T W Doan.
An old advertisement urges avoiding spring illnesses and explains Dr King’s New Discovery and a laxative tar syrup as remedies. It touts ease of use with no mixing, notes tested reliability for over forty years, and mentions white middlings priced at $24 per ton from Weibel Bros Mil i.
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