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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1902
Page
2
A notice informs subscribers that no solicitors or agents are employed and to pay subscriptions only at the office, where a receipt with the payment date will be issued.
Local notices tout Finke's for wall paper and drugs Capper Shaffer for dry goods and Davenport Mills agency Benson Brothers offer cheap stock feed Capper Shaffer advertise art supplies photography at Cook's studio Roy Desart, Ottumwa mail clerk, promoted to Missouri route. General commentary mocks railroads and telegraphy while Nashua Posts notes a gossip exchange.
L Thelma is improving in health as painters prepare the Frank Gehring house in Forbes addition. A town lot on Main street near Hotel Dewey is for sale, Mrs. Berger of Elgin offers details. Elmer Pinney suffered finger injury at the box factory but expects quick recovery. The C O H club hosted a dinner at the Elgin opera house. Miller & Sons quarry yields daily stone shipments and lime production. Vinton received strawberry plants from Kellogg fruit farm to expand his northeast town berry patch.
The town promotes a first class baseball program with talent and a top park. Read on for a game-by-game outline showing Elgin defeating Clermont 14 to 0, Morowa 8 to 3, and several other results including strong showings against Elkader and Sumner with multiple strikeouts by Ruffauf and Kuster.
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