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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
2
Next Saturday December 15 Fayette county opens the first free rural mail delivery with Elgin as the distributing post office. Post master Hina Keiser aga and carrier John Fallng will serve about one hundred farm houses south of the town. The system promises social and business benefits and wider access to markets.
Rural free delivery expands the daily reach of towns into farms, linking agricultural communities to intellect and commerce. It mitigates isolation, boosts school performance, stimulates civic interest, and raises citizenry standards. Benefits grow where distributing post offices are located, with more details to follow after routes are established.
Notices are given to all who expect to receive mail by the free mail delivery at Elgin to commence Saturday December 15. They must provide a box to receive their mail and fasten it to a post or foundation at the side of the road traversed by the mail car so the mail can be deposited without the driver dismounting. Hans Krisuir, Postmaster in charge.
Levi Fuller died at his West Union home on Saturday December 8 after being at his office in the morning and suffering a fatal apoplexy in the afternoon. Funeral services were held Tuesday December 11 at the M E church,-West Union, with many friends in attendance. Fuller moved to West Union in the late 1850s to practice medicine, a calling he pursued there for years.
Levi Fuller an energetic Mayette county leader and West Union figure dies. He served on the Du board of directors and the West Union school board, aided the M church, and influenced county and state affairs. Survived by son W TH Fuller. wife predeceased him. Also listed are farm equipment for sale and two 80 acre properties near Elgin, Iowa with details for buyers.
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