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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
2
President Taft plans stops in five Iowa cities over September 28 and 29, more than in any other state on his tour. The piece notes Iowa’s need for federal attention and calls the visit a major event in the trip.
The Elgin Echo announces weekly publication on Thursday at noon edited by Hugh Hughes. It lists advertising rates five cents per line for local and display ads and notes payment monthly with printing services offered. Subscriptions available one year or six months in advance.
Thursday 1912 municipal notices and community tidbits cover health views in Ireland sugar prices, visits by Henrietta Topp and Will Walther, county work by Supervisor Gunderson, millet paper from Manchuria, hog deliveries by Oscar Lind, sidewalk projects at German Baptist church, parsonage improvements, stray red steer near 850 pounds, frost forecasts from Washington, weather damage to electric and telephone lines, Bayfield garden reports, visit to Morris by Luchsinger family, farewell gathering for Mrs Harmon and Anna Schori, rental home plan for Postville workers, lost black overcoat, large Iowa farm land price, printer’s apprentice wanted, upcoming Village Postmaster show, 1911 odd figure year note, and a one sided game between canning factory and Volga City.
A mixed essay of town booster notes and comments on prices predicts potato costs dropping to 21 to 30 cents a bushel with a possible 50 cent ceiling. The piece urges thrift, local improvement, and public spirit while recounting a New Orleans molasses flood that spilled five million gallons and caused a quarter million dollars in losses.
Osage Iowa claims a forty acre field of onions owned by A O Gilbertson, largest in northern Iowa. He estimates yields of 350 to 400 bushels per acre and plans to load the crop into cars for shipment.
Multiple properties offered for sale near West Union with 22 1-3 acres and 10 acres under plow. Features include spring, cement finish, three room house, stabling, fencing, timber, and good soil. Prices around 950 dollars with 500 down and balance on time. Also 10 acres eight miles northeast with 4 room house, barnyard, granary, sheds, hog tight fencing, and 120 acres under plow across. Includes abstracts and loan options.
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