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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1900
Page
5
Clipped items report Fayette county events from West Union and surrounding areas. Mentions include residents Ed and Mrs Hoyt, Maynard visitor Adam Guinier, local tax and prohibition issues, farm cooperative changes, a shipboard disaster in Past history, and a court case in Livingston.
scattered local items report ore content in Michigan and Wisconsin iron, a notable charity gift to Wikader Congregational church for a parsonage, reminiscences of L L Ainsworth, calls for North Iowa reunion plans, Cartwright’s death in Decorah, and an upcoming excursion from North Iowa to the Dominion Exposition with steamship details and fares.
West Union seeks a new canning factory in the old brick mill building once housing shops and a pickle factory. Pigeons linger. many workers left town as the old mill deteriorated and the venture faded, but renewed interest sparks a potential revival in the community.
Editor Griffiths admits a burglary at his Blader home on March 12 and explains that pressure from Rain of the Manchester Press Ed Medary of the Democrat of Waukon and others forced a reluctant confession. He states the stolen items were not money and mentions a church society’s lady as a key figure in the incident.
Omudala World-Herald reports Mr Haditha dismissing the Porto Fito dispute as damned nonsense while Hanna grows more prone to profanity. The note laments Myrian denouncing as damned nonsense anything touching common justice and dangerous fronts and core corporations.
The opening of a new town line along Worthington prompts rapid development in adjoining communities, with rail service to December and plans for Cedar Rapids route expansion. Growth expectations center on Nobles, Rooks, and allied counties as merchants, farmers, and professionals migrate to the unsettled prairie "new towns" area.
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