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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1912
Page
4
Advertises a large list of residences with land near good county towns from 8 to 47 acres and farms 30 to 300 acres. Offers easy down payments, local loans, abstracts, and insurance with invites to discuss payments and totals.
Flurry of social visits from the Wenger and Rothlisberger homes. Edith Richards Mae Fritz Hazel McMillan Chas Doty and families attend gatherings. Barn raising at John Probert’s and a large Sing at the Rothlisberger home. Gov Larrabee funeral noted in nearby Clermont. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised for burns at local drug store.
Ellen Hanson spent Sunday at the Bert Chapman home and several residents visited each other through the week. A health blurb promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills for digestion and stomach regulation, advertised by ue City Drug Store for 25 cents.
Elkader, near Elgin residents make a call. Kelly leases the Anderson Hotel and moves in with family. Stallbaum sells Cox Creek farm and plans Elkader residence. Humphry family from Fayette take auto trip to Elkader. Bishop family visits. Local schooling urged for missing youths. German Church Bazaar raises 200.45 with thanks to supporters. An Ohio man credits Electric Bitters for wreck prevention and a Rahegh man praises the remedy for stomach, liver, and kidney troubles. Four bottles urged. price 50 cents at The City Drug Store.
West Union updates from Brainard to Elgin include visitors Hazel McMillan and Hattie Brause, while residents move for business and airship ventures. Porto Rico letters tout Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and chest colds. Taft era trust prosecutions outpace earlier administrations. New York Apples advertised at 3.50 per barrel.
Arthur Davis of Christchurch Cathedral in St. Louis offers timeless guidance to mothers on raising boys. He urges letting boys be boys, balancing religion with freedom, encouraging legitimate sport, channeling stubbornness, instilling cleanliness, honoring honesty, and fostering independent thought under supervision.
A special execution from Fayette County District Court directs lenders to sell a parcel in Elgin controlled by Chas Becker and Stella Backer. The 1912 judgment in favor of Ide Aureden totals $1,517.35 principal plus fees and costs, with interest and accruing costs. sale set for December 7, 1912, at 1:30 PM in front of West Union Court House door.
The Texas legislature created a state textbook board and last week the board signed contracts totaling 12 million dollars for books to be used in all state schools over six years. A Balkans war report notes heavy fighting near Tscheroukossken, with odd local quips about a sneeze contest.
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