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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1905
Page
4
Capital 25000 dollars and surplus 8000 dollars are itemized. Officers include President Ben Shori, Vice President David Jacobia, and someone listed as C Becker. The text is garbled but indicates a corporate or financial filing with board members and cashier T Mt. Shorts.
An advertisement proclaims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cures surface cancers citing a Duffield Via writer and asserts a lip cancer healed by the remedy. The Clermont News item also notes local obituaries, social visits, church events, and community notices with multiple names and places across the surrounding towns.
The Rockford Register notes strong local business activity with leads on western shipments and renewed demand for necessities. It documents social visits, a Bennett dance, and a family stay, plus a farmer coalition urging support for local merchants against mail order rivals, and a grafted cherry plum tree crop at a local farm.
For sale is a 200 acre farm four miles from Elgin on Tima with about 120 acres under plow and a mix of timber. The land is clear and fertile with fine timber and soil, plus 26 acres of second growth timber and 40 acres of stump land pastured but restorable. Included is a new unused house, a good well, thrifty orchard, a large hay shed, some stabling, and a shed on a corner. two good roads serve the property and a shop is present. A very reasonable figure and favorable terms offered. For more details inquire.
Photograph gallery building is offered for sale at a low price. Inquiries directed to W E Govyar at F West Union Iowa for details.
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