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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
2
An ad claims catarrhal deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and that only a constitutional remedy can cure it. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine, offering one hundred dollars for any case not cured, with circulars and druggists selling it for 76 cents from Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
The article argues experience is a key teacher but urges using others’ experiences too. It cites Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as widely used with reliable results for coughs and colds, praising its prompt, effective, and pleasant qualities. Sold by Stoshr & Co.
Real estate notice urges buyers to consider a farm or four good residences. Elgin Land Company promotes a large list of bargains and notes local activity. A report mentions J C Phillips selling apples from his south town place, winter variety, not yet ready to eat, proving apples can grow in Iowa.
The Elgin Bond column promotes local advertising rates with five cents per line for each insertion and continuous display until canceled. It is published weekly by F W Hughes and mailed from Pigin, Iowa, on Thursdays in 1917.
A mixed clipping recounts local notices in Elgin and nearby towns. It mentions Dr. L. B. Hutchinson in Cedar Rapids ads for canning peaches, a grand ball at Clermont opera house on Friday October 6, and various social updates including travel, school notes, weather remarks, and local happenings such as sports chatter and farm incidents.
A jumble of items from county life includes veterinary notices, bread prices, and wheat trade offers. Meetings with Mrs Thos Knadtu and remarks on bass fishing surface alongside farming inquiries about watering horses, chimney cleaning, and stove overhauls. Local transport, college military training at Upper Iowa University, and a family reunion of five Gruver brothers in Clermont illuminate the week.
Rev. Stuart Cleworth has been elected president of the College Mens Christian Association in Upper Town University at Fayette. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Bower hosted Sunday dinner guests H. B. Gilsom and family of Illyria along with her father and mother J. D. Shaffer and wife.
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