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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
4
A seller lists farms for sale with low down payments and easy terms, ranging from three acres up to 128 acres near West Union. Properties include a 15 acre plot with house and stabling, a four acre West Union site, 17 acres with orchard, and a one mile from town 80 acre tract, all on favorable financing. Also notes money to loan on any security and available farm rentals and tenant referrals.
Kerr entertained company Sunday and Edna Voss closed a successful term of school Friday. Numerous visits, moves, and community events fill the week from Elkader to Arlington with many residents hosting guests, teaching, or attending meetings. Several accidents and a few travels punctuate the busy schedule.
Mrs Mary Dowling of No 228 8th Ave San Francisco testifies to Electric Bitters aiding acute indigestion and stomach and liver troubles. She says the tonic purifies blood and helps female weakness, praising the remedy as the best on the market today. 50c at City Drug Store.
Joe Hobson rode as a passenger yesterday for Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Mary Mennahan visits a sister in New Hampton. Dr. Whitmore is away this week on business. Miss Ella Parrott spent the past week with her sister in Cascade. ER. D. Fisk attends a Cedar Rapids meeting of the Conslatory. Mia, R. H. Belknap and children went yesterday to Westgate for a visit.
Alfred Miller returned from a western trip Saturday. Bridget Sheehan visited Ossian for a short stay. John Crowe Jr. from West Union stopped between trains last Thursday. Mrs. Larrabee senior and junior visited County Seat Monday. Frank Schaefers was a business visitor at Waverly late last week. Mrs. Olof Berg returned from Iowa City Hospital. Mrs. T. H. Hendershott and Irene traveled to Oelwein yesterday. J. F. Miller Jr. left Thursday for business in Waukon, Lansing and St Paul. H. H. Groth Jr., Henry Groth and L. Johnson headed Tuesday for Winterset on a land prospecting trip. Mrs. F. W. Bigler hosted a visit from sister Mrs. Thos Kelly and Anna of Montevideo Minnesota. Mrs. George Wander's sister, Mrs. Engler and daughter Mra. L. Donner of Clayton, Iowa, were visitors.
An old ad promotes Scott's Emulsion and Bons Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as appetite boosters and stomach-friendly tonics. It promises health benefits, asks readers to send paper name, address, and four cents for a free atlas, and gives Scott & Bowne contact in New York.
The Elgin Public School release covers grades and departments with attendance figures, days taught, and lists of students marked as neither absent nor tardy. It records names across Grammar, Intermediate, and Primary divisions including teachers and the principal J. A. Williams.
The Knox family story centers on Philander C. Knox whose son secretly eloped with a woman from a respectable family. Knox greets the news with humor, saying he has gained a new daughter in law. The incident lightens a typical political moment and endears him to his guests.
A humorous exchange quoted by the Somerville Journal notes a long standing wish to meet the originator of a joke. The exchange highlights the desire for originality and the playful editorial back and forth.
The narration describes How Willie-Gee receives aid from a stern woman after knocking, with a quick greeting and mention of Philadelphia Prem. The scene implies a cold morning exchange and a simple request for assistance.
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