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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
7
Capper's promotes Xmay candy lines and gifts with several items like sweaters and handkerchiefs while noting offerings from local merchants and a notable move of residents to Elgin. The page lists local notices, migrations, school term openings, and a fatal accident in Waterloo, with community events and society meetings.
The company presenting The Lion and the Mouse at Elgin Opera House on Tuesday night December 9 boasts a stellar lineup. Management emphasizes a collective effort, avoiding a single star model, and touts one of the strongest casts ever assembled for the production.
A mixed page notes a trespass warning banning hunting with dogs or guns on local farms. It also mentions theater at the opera house, rent ads for Wenger building living rooms, sale of used brain bags, and personal items tied to Weiber Bros and Amelia Behgoeder of Postville. Several family movements and California earthquake references appear with brief social chatter.
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