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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1904
Page
7
The clipping blends social mentions from Sabula and West Union with stray anecdotes including visitors from Brainard, townsfolk buying and selling items, and peculiar World’s Fair curiosities. A Texan ranch twin steers claim attention as a weight spectacle, while many small town names and routines fill the page with brief notices and chatter.
A garbled report notes a wild scene at Finke's featuring Cronmery and Kueil & Rabyer’s Popular game of Flingh, with references to American woven goods, local personalities, and scattered anecdotes about dances, theatre, and a possible prohibition discussion. The text blends various names, places, and items, yielding a fragmented snapshot of early 20th century local life and entertainment.
A jumble of short items records Art Shaffer visiting Clermont and Des Moines, and Roy Shaffer plus Frank Capper touring Des Moines to meet J D Bhaffer. Also mentions Elgin Eastern Star inspection, a Clermont school spelling class, theater plans, church services, a bog standard winter weather note, and a Pocahontas Record item about a 1904 season.
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