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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1897
Page
5
Notice lists M O Kulien proprietor of a shoe business in Elgin Iowa with a date April 1 1897 and references Clermont Pontville Gunder St Oliff Wadena Elgin in the readable fragment form.
The April 7 ruling by Judge Fellows closes saloons in Fayette County after reviewing petition requirements. It finds 146 nonvoters among 8,524 names, with 8,878 eligible voters counted, 122 short of the 65 percent threshold. criticizes rigid law application and warns against enforcing laws by brute force while urging reason and justice in governance.
A philosophical critique labels certain individuals as born criminals driven by a mania to cause misery. It cites protest leaders in Fayette County against temperance moves, arguing their actions harm merchants and raise taxes, and contends prohibition cannot succeed without personal psychological reform.
The article outlines a fishing law with open and closed seasons and penalties, defining lawful hook and line use, bait minnows exceptions, and propagation rights. It notes prohibitions on catching salmon trout bass pike crappies or game fish and specifies fines from ten to fifty dollars plus costs. It also mentions West Union shifting to prohibitionists and the city’s financial strain from lost saloon revenue.
A notorious critique of the country editor blames the publisher for tapping town notices while taking abuse and neglecting his own business. A separate solicitation offers ten dollars for information leading to the conviction of anyone poisoning domestic animals in Elgin. Dated at Higin Town, April 9, 1807. TL. B. Marroon, Mayor.
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