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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1898
Page
2
A damaged notice from Tilgin outlines advertising and printing services with misreadable terms. It mentions accounts payable and a schedule for advance payments. The text is fragmented and difficult to parse but notes various prepaid amounts and terms over months.
A jumble of transfers lists numerous names and values with addresses such as Clermont and West Union, plus several marriage licenses including Norton and Ruth M Boode and Huddy and Eva F Grit. General Greeley’s rescue story by Schley is called in the Ladies Home Journal noting Arctic heroism and faith of American soldiers.
The Octob er Ladies Home Journal recounts Mark Twain’s occasional political stance. He praised General Hawley as a worthy candidate for re election to the U S Senate, remarking Hawley would never turn away a poor veteran and often offers an introduction letter to help them.
A bank inspection in Fayette County Iowa lists assets, liabilities, and capital of Citizens State Bank. The report details cash on hand, deposits, stock paid in, and debts to banks, with sworn statements by President L Mattoon and cashier.
A scattered ad filled page fragment urges readers to seek full travel and fare information from the California Bureau of Information in Cedar Rapids while marketing low fare rounds and tours. It mixes dubious medical endorsements and railroad ads with incomplete dates and erratic spellings, reflecting a garbled midwestern era classifieds page.
In a satirical Detroit Post piece, Mr Whimply rails against trading stamps. He laments 40 years of hard work to secure his family’s future while stamps fuel his children’s purchases and tempt a glittering array of goods. His wife buys an expensive watch to earn stamps as well.
A Detroit Free Press correspondent recalls a friend’s eerie Burma veranda episode. In a dim room a venomous Deboas Russell bit the shirt with two tiny punctures and greenish stains, prompting a quick stun and a knife to finish the deadly reptile.
Miss Olivia Van Tassel leads Topeka society in a campaign against young men being lured to drink at home by some society women. She claims several young men have been damaged by this practice and calls on women and churches to curb wine and alcohol by urging parents to discard the habit.
A South African monkey on an Englishman’s estate opened the cellar to let loose streams of ale, wasting the brew as curiosity ran wild. The story notes Jenny’s mischief and jealousy after attention shifted to the first child, ending with a nod to a London Zoo adaptation. A casual advert for Shiloh’s Cure follows.
The Citizen's State Bank of Agin offers tax payment service for Pleasant Valley township residents. Call at the bank and leave the tax amount there with no extra charge.
Directory entries show district representatives including HON THOS UPDEGRAFE of McGregor and state senator HON J H TREWIN of Lansing. Officials named include L E FEILLOWA and HOBSON, with church listings for Methodist Episcopal and United Brethren, detailing pastors, service times, and Sunday schools.
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