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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1906
Page
4
J W Bopp reports many inquiries from responsible parties to rent farms for one to five years. He offers to secure first class tenants with secure terms and moderate rents. He also has several good farms available and urges prompt contact for the best tenant or farm choices.
An advertisement touts Kodol for indigestion relief, claiming it mirrors natural stomach juices and tonics to cleanse and strengthen the mucous membranes. Testimonial from S S Ball of Ravenswood praises long sour stomach relief, noting wide stomach benefits and baby use. Manufactured by E. C. DeWitt & Co. sold locally.
Miss Myrtle Shaffer and Walter Ernst with wife visited Elgin. Rose Wenger called at Oelwein. Mae Fritz stayed with H. M. McMillan. Louis Wenger works in canning. Francis Robbing visited Isreal Shaffer. Kerr sisters visited Elgin relatives. Frances Medberry at Isreal Shaffer. Robert Peters hosted guests. Peters sold gray team for four hundred dollars. James Probert moving to West Union. four locals on fishing trip to McGregor. Keener leaving for Ohio. Edith Ernst to two months visit. Mrs. Klingman and Mrs. MacKellar to South Dakota with son Glen. Also prose on gorilla lung power and Dr King’s New Discovery cough remedy endorsed by Ora A. Stephens of Port Williams.
The artist Chinnings paints a picture featuring Gov Larrabee and his wife Mrs Byers of Des Moines and Miss L Aigle of Wellesley College Mass. Charles Ash and L W Bunton of this place Lew Hunsberger Richard Probert and Mart Frey of Wadena Jane L D Shaffer Son Fayette left Friday with a car of Poland China hogs for exhibition at the State Fair. The hogs are expected to win top prizes. The stock business is thriving for Fayette County farmers and Tun Anco wishes the exhibitors good fortune at the fair.
West Union reports Puma Weaver of Elgin Canning Company visiting the area and Anson Rubger and Mrs. James Finch attending the Tri-State fair in Dubuque. Efford Hunsberger and George Neuenswander of Elgin recover from operations at St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids. Nora Conver of Elgin departs for Chicago to take a position in a large department store. Judge Hobson and family return from several weeks at summer resorts. Ingraham, Hobson's sitter, has gone home to Pittsburg. Mr and Mrs S B Zeigler host a house party.
Mrs. Mary H Walters of St Clair Street Columbia Missouri describes severe stomach weakness and sleepless nerves caused by drugs. She praises Electric Bitters as a complete cure and urges others to try the remedy. Also appears in Clermont News with local notices of Henry Grossman Elgin caller C Miller transacting business Randalia and other community items.
An item advertises Dr King s New Life Pills with a Pittsfield attorney endorsement and promotes Pike s Peak Centennial in Colorado Springs with Rock Island rail rates from Cedar Rapids and other points Tickets on sale Sept 19 to 22 with return by Dec 6 A note repeats Bucklen s Arnica Salve for a felon and burns with 25 cent price at Muehlenthaler Bros drug store.
A young man, Billups, professes deep love to Misa Tartan but she teases his overblown tale. She mocks his earnest heart speech, notes his foot movements, and questions whether his feelings match his act as he stumbles through a deliberating plea.
A detailed critical look at the opaque world of Standard Oil in New York contrasts the vast public interest in Rockefeller with the secretive inner workings of his company. It questions what executives know about records, worth, and key figures, highlighting a culture of discretion and mystery within the firm.
A fragment recounts 1772 Baltimore exposure of the first umbrella in America, drawing a wild scene as townsfolk cheered storms of reaction in taverns and meeting houses. It notes the umbrella later spread to Philadelphia, New York and other colonial centers.
The fragment describes a scene where players argue a move in checkers and a lawyer and dentist discuss costs. It hints at a humorous or casual interaction with a reference to a $15 price, but the surrounding context is missing.
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