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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1914
Page
5
A long advertisement touts a guaranteed attraction at the Opera House November 16 and 17 featuring magic acts, illusions, and other specialty performers including sopranos, dancers, jugglers, and contortionists. The piece urges advance tickets and notes related local ads for Ed. V. Price tailoring and Maple View Farm sale, plus farm listings.
James J Fox aged forty three of Dubuque was accidentally shot and killed while hunting near Clayton Iowa. He was accompanied by Roy and Raymond Fox. The shotgun discharged on a hill injuring Fox who died soon after. He leaves a wife and four children and was a longtime worker for a railroad construction gang. Funeral services were held in Dubuque Linwood cemetery with M W A lodge in charge.
Grace Agnes Sands born October 9, 1876 in Belmond Iowa died November 11 1914 in Elgin Iowa at age 38. She grew up with grandparents in Belmond and cared for the elderly. She married Henry F Krug on October 10 1910 in Wheeler County Texas. Funeral to be held at Sands Memorial Church Belmond Friday at 10 00 AM.
Crop Reporting Board of the U S Department of Agriculture released preliminary Iowa yield estimates for 1914 based on early October conditions. Expected per acre yields include corn 44 bushels, buckwheat 20, Irish potatoes 180, sweet potatoes 1271, and flax 12.4 bushels, with final figures due soon and not anticipated to differ much. Also a COPD style ad notes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a remedy for coughs and colds, promoting use for adults and children.
Hazel Wilson praised in third grade while Miss Lyons visits a parent at Dunham's Grove. Several students return from absences, with many listed as perfect in attendance and punctuality for the month. Programs by the Swastika Society and V. L. M. Society, plus a debate on daily high school sessions, are announced alongside local farm stock listings.
In Mt Carrol Illinois the Democrat reports Gus Benson credits a simple recipe from Peter Weber for curing hoof and mouth disease in his cattle twelve to fifteen years ago. The method uses Lewis lye swabbed in throats and mouths and applied to hooves where ulcers appeared. The farmer claims it cost little and was completely effective.
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