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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1898
Page
7
Robert Evans, merchant tailor offers fine custom suits in latest approved styles at reasonable charges. All orders filled on short notice. Repairing and pressing promptly and neatly done. Complete line of samples to choose from. Satisfaction guaranteed. First door East of Bank Elin Town.
Rainy windy weather delays squirrel hunting and prevents early work on several buildings. Snow at Elgin on Oct 26 is noted. Miss Anna Sebair marries Mr Busser at John Bannan's, Rev Hoch officiating. Hotel Dewey dining rooms remain busy as workers improve local properties. George Harmon visits from West Virginia. local and regional news cover church, railroad, lime kiln, and sorghum molasses production.
The Miller family operates two lime kilns one mile west of Elgin and will have fresh lime ready to sell this Saturday. Lauded as the purest and best lime by masons and plasterers, it is priced at 25 cents per bushel with full measure and quality guaranteed. Sold at Miller Kilns or at John Lehman & Son's Lumber Yards, Elgin Iowa.
Fritz Lehman visits West Union on business while Mrs Ainsworth and Mrs Ehrlich travel between towns. Edward Webb considers gallery plans. a group of Elgin citizens take a four dollar Omaha rate train to the Trans Mississippi Exposition. Merchants advertise hats, gloves, millinery, dry goods, and hog remedies. Capper Shaffer and Knudtson Bros promote groceries, shoes, cheeses, and winter wear as Elgin vendors seek customers and local notices highlight available services.
A dealer announces closeout prices on trimmed sailor hats and dress shapes starting Oct 28, with feathers included, by Halse and Son. Simultaneously E A Schirfelbeln offers German language instruction beginning November at Hotel Davey rooms, inviting interested attendees to call.
A public notice in the Elgin Bone appeals to readers who owe one or more years of subscription to settle immediately. It asserts that payment is needed from all, rich or poor, to support the newspaper and cover dues.
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