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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1903
Page
4
J W Bopp advertises Bulletin No 24 from Bopp’s Bulletin No 23 with listings of properties for sale in Iowa. It promises residences with ten dollar down payments and other deals including no money down with security, and offers to help buyers and sellers with pricing, abstracting, and mortgage services. No showing charges. Telephones available.
The item records various community mentions from a town, noting Fred Hoani de and Martha WPicderleh at home near Hlicaden, Anna Rirengery in Bigin, and a social at Mrs de Martt’s. It mentions farmers gathering, a busy Saturday night, Christ Meyer and visitors Randalla and others, and a damaged cable bridge from heavy winds. Miss Martha Hinui greets friends, and Mrs. Hanni’s extended visit from Wisconsin is noted as a daughter of Cad Honni who moved years ago.
A collage of rural items from Illyria notes includes visits, family news, barn raising, travel plans, and local shoptalk. Mentions of Ed Kobler’s foxes, Miss Sarah Patridge, Joli Bluister Jr., Rev. Griffith, town hauling, and visits to West Union appear alongside notices about D. Shaffer’s campaign trip, fashion ads, and a new rail service set to launch. The piece weaves community life with brief commentary on local business and a swindle warning. The Golden State Limited announces its inaugural run from Chicago to El Paso on December 20 with luxury, electrified cars, and fast service via Rock Island and Southern Pacific routes.
A jumbled mix of events chronicles property disputes, repairs, and community anecdotes. References include a rambling house dispute, a remodeling of a business on Canter Street, and a glimpse of Miss Goalen wedding plans with nobility intrigue. Also noted are Iowa Telephone Co pole work, ginseng farming, wheat labor costs, and farmer readership urging subscription support.
The Rock Island System announces another period of reduced rail fares to California. Selling dates run from September 16 to November 90, with Chicago at 33.00, Peoria and Rock Island 81.00, St Paul and Minneapolis 82.90, Cedar Rapids 31.70, Des Moines 20.25, Missouri River river cities 25.00, plus reductions from other Rock Island stations. Nickels valid in tourist sleeping cars. No winter reductions expected. Two routes to California offered, Southern and one more. Contact nearest Rock Island ticket agent for details and folder Across the Continent in a Tourist Sleeping Car. Spo G. Firmer, Davenport Rapids, Id.
The text mixes an ad for the White Lily washing machine praised as easy to run with a right price via O Lehman, plus a State Auditor report noting a rise in deposits in Iowa banks over three months and ten years, and a Michigan City preacher joke about opening the Bible, interrupted by a sleeping deacon.
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