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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
4
Elgin residents and neighbors share weekend visits, travels, and farm news. Folks from West Union, North McGregor, and surrounding towns visit Elgin to see friends, discuss crops, and attend family gatherings. Local figures discuss drought impacts, maple syrup demand, and community events as Elgin remains active with social and agricultural activity.
A vivid glimpse at Miller and Son's brick yard in Clermont Iowa reveals a busy factory scene. Workers shape bricks from muddy cores, pass through grinders and puddling, dry in sheds, then fire in kilns to become red to pale bricks ready for mason work. The piece mixes mechanical detail with a playful, almost fantastical tone of a visitor’s observation.
A fragmentary report details brick types and production readiness in the northwest. It notes brick varieties such as ordinary, gabe, double bath, and hollow, with adaptable molds for various sizes. The text praises modern machines, new methods, and high employment at a major brick works.
Lansing Mirror reports a fatal accident during a family visit when seven year old Gracia Howe, entrusted with the infant, dropped the child causing a fatal spinal injury. Dr. Bradley was summoned and the baby died after suffering through the night. The event occurred near the Googe Dul roan home in August.
Rural Route changes issued by the Bigin Iowa post office allow mail delivery to each family or adjacent area at no extra charge if mail routes are restored directly on the route. Residents are urged to notify relatives by mail or card to update their post office address to Bigin Sows Rural Route No. 1 or 8 as named.
In Mugginton a peculiar horned-beast tale centers on Mercury Francia Broffn who, after a drunken night, finds the halter on the beast’s neck and atones by attaching a small chapel to his farm. A monthly curate presides, collecting rent on seventeen acres, with a pediment inscription and parish register entry dating to 1781.
Legal notice outlines disputes over a north quarter of the north half of section three, township ninety five west of the Fifth Principal Meridian, with multiple heirs and mortgage claims. Frank W. Driitley seeks absolute ownership. defendants include Richard M. Carson, David Gloss, and others. The District Court ordered appearance by October term. failure to appear yields judgment.
The document lists fair dates for neighboring counties including Allamukwe Woulon in September Buchanan Inidepsudance October 4 Ohiekasaw Nashug September Clayton Eskader September 3 4 Delware Manchester September 104 Fayotte Ariington September 17 West Union State Fair Des Moines August 28 31 West Union Ava 30 1901. Also a personal clearance from J Thompson West Union Iowa stating no debts or wages owed and signing off.
The article notes excellent fishing at Likea in northwestern Iowa and urges travelers to secure reasonable hotel or boarding house accommodations along the lakeshore. A transtory bus will meet all trains of the railroad to Spirit Lake town and transfer passengers to the Tor and Arnolds Park, returning in time for all trains. For rates and train times, consult the B.C. I. and N. or Jno G Farmer in Codur Rapids Ta.
Bulletin No 21 lists land from 20 to 820 acres with prices 20 to 75 per acre and small down payments. Also many timber tracts and residence properties across county towns, plus exchanges for stocks and goods and mortgage financing offers. No charge for showing property.
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