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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1903
Page
5
The Ladies Cametary Association held a bazar at the opera house in Migin with a four- booth display, ample viands, and a lively program. Proceeds exceeded expectations, with revenue near $100, supporting the resting places of departed ones at the cemetery.
The Street and Alley Committee of Elgin Illinois notifies property owners sidewalks are defective or dilapidated must be repaired to safe condition within two weeks or the Street Commissioner will remove unsafe sidewalks and reroute repairs at owner expense.
A fragmentary letter and reflections discuss the word wife, Saxon roots, and the home as center of a noble woman’s influence. It contrasts duties of housewives and mothers with sustaining fortunes, praising a wife’s quiet life and support. Also a funeral notice thanks friends for help, sympathy, flowers, and choir songs for Julius’s burial.
Regular meeting notes show Capper presiding with Schmid Schori Muehlenthaler present. Bills approved include Capper Shaffer and Nichols lamp work and board expenses. The council adjourned, then reorganized with Gunderson sworn in as mayor and committees named. The assessor's tax board reopens, approving tax changes and setting a road grader purchase limit of 415.00 before adjournment.
Community debates a new depot and franchise for the electric light plant, with council approving a franchise for the electric light company amid condition concerns. Grants and accidents populate the region, including a Lamont man’s hand injury from a discharged revolver, a pastor’s cancer death, and a wrongful death suit related to unlabeled buttermilk.
Funeral gratitude from the family of the late Arthur and the Cemetery Association for support during the bereavement. Arthur Shaffer acquires W A Ellis barber shop with plans for interior improvements and pride for Elgin. Local business community gains a renewed, stable barber operation.
On Tuesday evening April 41, our young people present Capt. Racket a three act comedy drama at the Elgin opera house under the Ladies Cemetery Association. Cast includes Capt. Robert Racket Sidney Ruby Thnathy Volman Mr Tudoy and others in a lively farce with Mrs Tolman and Katy among the cast. Good entertainment expected by local audience.
Julius Keiser died at nine months eleven days after whooping cough and pneumonia. Born June 20, 1902, he passed away Sunday April 12, 1908. Funeral held April 15 at Guman Baptist church with Broeckman in charge.
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