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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
4
Illyria residents share Sunday visits and guest updates from West Union Elgin and Cedar Rapids. Amy Richards hosts at Mrs Max Guyer, Elgin friends visit Turnbull, and many others attend gatherings at the Guy Moore and Reichert households. Also mentions operations in Dubuque and a local promotional ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Brainard News notes Frank Vamp of West Union on business Monday. Mrs. Ernest Grain visited relatives in Del Wo Saturday. C. M. Craft and Mrs. Sare Helms visited the E. B. Grimes home Sunday. Mesdames John Burke and G. W. Tripp rode to Cedar Rapids Tuesday. Rev. Stavend of La Porte City preached at the Baptist church Sunday evening. Henry Bartlett of Delhi visited relatives and returned home Friday. Melvin, Glen Boyer, and Henry Martin attended I. C. C. F. in Elgin Saturday. No school Thursday and Friday this week. teachers plan to attend the Oelwein institute. E. G. Boyer and wife visited daughter Mrs. Fred Vesey in Hopkinton from Friday to Monday. The Movies at the hall each Monday draw crowds and satisfy viewers. Mrs. Nelson Crain visiting Badger family near Rochester Minnesota reports all well on her return last Tuesday.
Ben Hofer and Hansons hosted company on Sunday with several callers visiting Adolph Hanson and Gott lieb Dannlere. Local residents including the Dennlers, Dennler family, and neighbors shared time with relatives and friends across Clermont and nearby homes. Sloan's Liniment advertised for lumbago relief with a money back guarantee.
Miss Edna Knight returned from High Saturday. L A Grimes attended a Duroc Jersey hog sale at Melbourne Town. Hon Christian Miller of Clermont visited on business Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs E B Shaw and Mrs Carl Evans hosted Mrs D W Clements’s friends on Friday night. E G Erler plans building west of Charley Howard’s lot. expects to start before snow flies. Mrs Walter Beall travels to Mt Pleasant for Des Moines Branch W F M S meeting, gone about a week. Charley Kohler bought the CG C Farrington place and may move to town. A L Rosier rents the H J Adams farm formerly Kabler’s. Maple View Farm owner slashes price for quick Fayette county sale. farm described in another column. Tue Every Land Agency.
A pill advertisement promises vigorous stomach and liver function with regular bowel action. It claims to improve digestion, relieve constipation, purify blood, and cleanse the body of poisons, available for 260 at druggists.
A closing out sale will be held on the farm three miles south of Elgin and two miles north of Hikader West Union road junction. Items include live stock, hay, grain, and farming machinery with cash terms for small amounts and a one year note on larger sums. Sale starts at 10 a.m. with free lunch and coffee at noon. John Kohler owner, T N Carothers auditor, Samuel Mosby clerk.
The undersigned hold a cross ing out sale on the Ben Frieden farm two miles south of Elgin and eight miles north of the West Union Elkader road on Friday October 23. Property includes 66 cattle 54 hogs 50 tons hay and 11 sheep plus farm machinery. Terms bear 8 percent interest. Fried en Hanson, Props. T. N. Carothers, At ict, C. F. Beckor, Clork.
The Robert Wilson estate offers 190 acres with 160 acres prime land and a large spring, on the main road with school on the farm. Adjoining 234 acre parcel also part of the estate will be sold at a price within reach for a small farm home, via Elgin Land Agency Weibel Bros & Hughes.
Public notices promote Dr Bell pine tar honey as a cure for hopeless lung trouble with testimonials from W. B. Wilkins of Gates North Carolina. Advertising real estate in Elgin and urging prompt action on proposals from Tae Evcin Lane Adgney Weibel Bros Hughes appears in the same fragment.
The Old Vinton farm, midway between West Union and Elgin on the main road, offers 175 acres with 150 acres of tillable land and 25 acres of second growth timber. It features a 2 story main house heated by hot air, electric light, telephone, and R F D service, plus a 76 by 54 barn, a hog house, wood house, carriage room, machine shed, and a maple sugar bush of 500 trees. The land is well drained, fenced in 20 acre fields, and priced at 200 dollars per acre.
A lengthy sale ad describes multiple farms near Clermont Brainard Elgin West Union Elkader and Gunder with 60 to 211 acres tillable or timber land. Prices range 85 to 170 per acre plus one 185 per acre offer. features include barns granaries wells springs orchards and modern improvements.
A long list of Elgin area farms and properties offered for quick sale. Multiple parcels detail acreage from 60 to 160 acres with improvements including houses, barns, silo, wells, windmills, and timber. Prices range from 60 to 120 dollars per acre, with locations west and east of Elgin and near Clermont and Wadena. The Elgin Land Agency, Weibel Bros and Hughes, advertises the Depot Hotel and Moser residence, urging prompt inquiries and viewings.
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