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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
9
An Elgin Iowa advertisement by C L Freiburghaus touts high quality merchandise at low prices. The line features price ranges from 6.75 to 24.00 and 4.50 to 25.00, inviting readers to do their shopping at the store.
Elgin residents debate restoring street lights after the city council discharged the lamp lighter and halted lighting. Citizens urge reactivating the oil and gas lamp system to aid housewives, farmers, and town progress during Christmas season. The piece also notes the December 16, 1908 marriage of Miss Mary Robbins to John West at the Robbins home, with congratulations from relatives. Pete Rae Weibel visits relatives near Randalia.
Excerpt argues life is created by individual effort not fate. It rejects heredity and environment as excuses, urging readers to overcome weaknesses and actively reshape their paths. The piece emphasizes personal pluck and ambition to avoid drifting with circumstances.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening Sunday School at 11 a m Epworth League at 6 45 p m Preaching Service at 7 30 p m District Superintendent to conduct first quarterly meeting Saturday at 2 p m Weekly attendance 60 last Sunday aim 75 Will you be one of the 75
All persons knowing themselves indebted to me are hereby requested to call and settle. January 1, 1909. Kindly give this notice prompt attention and settle accounts with the undersigned without further delay.
A family in a struggling community imagines a magical tree that grants gifts to the poor each Christmas. The tale unfolds with longing, generosity, and a Christmas Eve mystery as relatives secretly prepare gifts for Santa Claus, culminating in a cheerful, hopeful ending.
A lyrical note celebrates bells from steeples and towers ringing with love at Christmas. The verses compare bells to roses in tune, binding hearts toward home warmth and festive meals for saints and sinners.
A photographer directs a family group portrait with expressions asked to appear cheerful as Christmas nears. Mr Housefull is despondent, recalling concerns. Mrs Alden with child Fayette and Mrs Fritz Reinert attend a Wednesday event alongside Mrs John Reinhart and Miller Ta wue.
Monthly school ledger lists days taught and attendance across High School Grammar Intermediate and Primary departments. Names of students with perfect or notable attendance appear, including Esther Sova Ruth Nicklaus Benj Baumgartner Dinah Kirkeberg Sarah Sova Nora Stanton and others. The report attributes 862 attendance days in the Primary department with an average daily attendance of 43 and notes lists of tardiness and absences by several named pupils. Teacher Minnin Eanue signs the document.
The Primary Room will host a program the day before Christmas. Edith Grether and Helen Reichhart return after a week of sickness. A class completed The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and will read short selections. Heating plant accepted and paid for, expected to withstand cold. Grammar room enrollment down by two as Boleyn children moved to Des Moines. Exams finished and pupils expect six more weeks of work before the holiday. Fourth Grade pupils received a letter from former teacher Miss Baldwin who will be home next week. Intermediate students Donald Dean Thelma Kuudigan Frances Skarshoug and Margaret Grether will miss Thursday's school due to sickness. holiday vacation begins December 25 and runs to January 4, 1909. Perfect spellers named: Frances Benson Lena Halverson Mildred Barrington Grace Tomkins Hattie Bakeman Edith Keiser Mabel Ackley Louis Becker Clifton Christ Earl Jaquette Gustav Hackman Lillie Freiburghaus Georgia Stoeler Nellie Hofer Fred Hanson Melchair Yenney Huldah Schricker Nellia Kiple Lola Kiple. The last four were all perfect in the test.
A strange family scene unfolds as the father mother and children face a hue band returning home late. Calm tensions rise into a war of darkness at the doorway as night falls and Christmas time nears with unresolved clues.
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