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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
4
An advertisement lists farms for sale with small down payments and easy terms near West Union and surrounding areas. Properties range from three to 123 acres with houses, barns, wells, timber, and cultivation. Several larger farms are offered, plus rent options and loan money on any security. The dealer seeks tenants and notes ongoing applications.
Edna Voss and others were home over Sunday with numerous visits among neighbors. A special program at C E on Oct 11 invited all. The Il Dys funeral for Mrs John Howard at Illyria Union Church. Many locals visited, hosted, or performed chores across Illyria and nearby towns including Fayette and Rock Rapids. Dr Kings New Discovery praised for cough and cold relief with local sale details.
Alva Barrett of Chicago visits parental home. Co. B. Hughes stays in Oelwein on legal business. Judge Hobson to hold court next week at New Hampton. R O Woodard and son George plan a two week visit to Washington DC, starting Monday.
Mrs. Woodard plans a simultaneous Chicago trip while Mr and Mrs J M Wetherbes visit Elgin. J W Dwyer peddles business near Maynard and Westgate. Dr Bartlett returns from Texas and plans to move. Miss Anna Kuhn wins a gold watch at the electric theater. Postmaster Green attends to duties in Chamberlain. Mrs Frank Kohler and two daughters visit Elgin for a weekend. Mrs Frank Miller of Elgin visits her father Orlando Schepp. Misses Nell and Emma Green go to Elgin to see Mrs O E Stab. Mrs L L Ainsworth visits Lester Milton in Decorah. Marcuse returns from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma travels for a few days with friends. H W Bishop elected Venerable Consul of Arbor Vitae Camp M W A, succeeding Dr L Ty Bartlett. Dr Hadsel, F W Hughes of Elgin and Fred Bigler of Clermont seen en route to chicken hunting territory. Civil War veteran David Parker of Fayette, NY praises Electric Bitters, saying they cured stomach trouble and give strength. 50 cents at Muehlenthaler Bros.
Clermont Enterprise lists local social visits and travels with Elgin Postville Garna ville Waterloo Cedar Rapids Manchester Delwein and Eau Claire mentions. Also cites Mrs Wm Hendershott Ora in Delwein and John Finnegan’s Westward years. Ends with Dr King New Life Pills testimonial from L A Bartlet of Guilford Maine.
In Oak Grove Mr. Peterson remains ill while Emma Bennett visited with her parents on Sunday. George Stansberry and wife called from West Union, and Mrs. Della Wilson spent Tuesday with her sister Mrs. Jim Boyle. Verbeua Tomkins visited Cella Reed, Lula Mounce aided Mrs. Frank Boyle, Anna Grover stayed with Lottie Wilson, and E. W. Howard family visited the William Howard home. Lizzie Stansberry of Sioux City visits her son George Stansberry. callers at L. W. Reed’s were Ern Holzer and wife and John Wilson and wife. Mrs. John Howard’s funeral was held at Highland church with many attendees. Hans Winkler and wife and Mr. Wilson returned from Boscobel, Wisconsin, while Mrs. Wilson extended her visit.
Ordinance 116 confirms dedication of a ground strip in Conner's Addition for an alley, with precise lot and block references and conveyance to German Engebretson. Ordinance 118 orders a new cement sidewalk on Main Street with graded elevations, width, and construction deadline in Forbes addition, Elgin.
Ordinance No. 117 vacates a specific county block area in Iowa. It begins at the northeast corner of Lot 24 in Block 8 of a Mid Addition, proceeds west to the northwest corner of Lot 9, then north five feet and east to a point five feet from the initial line.
The notice touts Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypo as a household essential. It claims to cure cold, strengthen delicate children, restore esting parents, and aid throat and lung issues. It invites readers to mail details and four cents for a "Complete Handy Atlas of the World" from Scott and Bowne of New York.
Farmer W. A. Floyd of Rural Route 2 in Empire Georgia testifies that Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured his worst sores on hand and leg. He says it is worth more than its weight in gold and would mortgage the farm to obtain it. Available for 25 cents at Muehlenthaler Bros. drug store.
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