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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1898
Page
2
A boy near ten sees the moon briefly hidden by fast moving clouds and mistakes it for moving away toward the north. The incident teaches him a early lesson about nature and perception, contrasting cloud movement with the moon's steadiness. The narrator ponders if wise statesmen who boast about power grasp such simple truths.
An antiquated civic riff imagines the world under Americas influence with Uncle Sam and Miss Liberty as guides. It critiques distant statesmen and envisions a moral lesson delivered by the United States to rival republics abroad.
The Cedar Rapids Republican reports Fayette county sheriffs transferred eight tramp prisoners to Anamosa penitentiary after a jail visit. Four were moved by the Fayette sheriff via Cedar Rapids and West Union, and four more by the deputy sheriff. Each received four months hard labor. The men were described as a tough-looking band of tramps, with police noting them for a warning reception upon Cedar Rapids arrival.
Christmas gift guidance lists many don ts for holiday shoppers. The column mocks common presents to avoid, including champagne to a temperance advocate and gloves to someone whose size is unknown, while warning against unsuitable items for various recipients.
A fragmentary warning urges readers to avoid sending photographs unless they are certain the request is legitimate. It cautions against sharing images with unknown parties and emphasizes verification before sending any personal or visual material.
Walter Tumphry trips on a fractured fork while pitching straw, falls on ice with no fractures but a shaken state. Elgin jeweler E G Stoehr repairs a family heirloom gold finger ring with an old engraved stone, a fourteen carat piece showing mastery. Ice wagoners break through near river while John Connor and team end in a wet mess. A preacher Perry horse mishap on Bowery Hill disrupts Vespers. grand jury to hear Sunday disturbances charge.
George Beller visited West Union on Monday and stayed through today. Fred Durfey of Volga City is the new clerk at W. A. Fiike's drug store. Rosa Falk spent Thanksgiving with Elgin parents. Chancy Hill of Pleasant Valley visited Saturday. George Heller and Fritz Lehman of Rigin were on our streets last week. John Jones family of Volga City are in Elgin visiting relatives. Josia Leman has been at Red Wing Minnesota since last Monday visiting with her sister Mia. Fred Berg, B. C. R. and N. agent at West Union, visited Elgin Saturday and Sunday. George Heller attended the West Union court last Friday. Gus Gunderson finished as a petit juror for the District Court last Friday. Fred Gehring, J. D. Shaffer and Len Humphrey returned from Chicago with two full-blood breeding stallions.
The Elgin High School literary society will present a public program on Friday evening December 16 with a ten cent admission to aid the library. The program features duets recitations declamations essays debates and an illustrated lecture by students including Muehlenthaler Ehrlich Kasay Jaguette Hofer and Christ among others.
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