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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
4
A fragment recalls Senator Knox at his elegant home, a new daughter in law asserting control in the kitchen, Sardou’s work consuming his thoughts, and a breakfast scene where a distracted mood leads to a near forgotten meal and a quip on taking money.
A garbled reminiscence mixes Dr. Frederick A. Coot, Henry Smith, and a new collector for Cache & Co at a Jane Town exposition. Twain is cited discussing laziness, and a narrator recalls Jim Black’s labor by the river, with odd misfires of speech and memory throughout.
Community announces Christmas exercises at Union Sunday school and a Christmas program at the schoolhouse. Revival meetings begin Saturday the 38th with the Presiding Elder. Anna Minger returns to West Union from Cedar Rapids and Cora Davis visits relatives in Wisconsin. A circular seeks about 65 for five eighth grade civil government students to visit Des Moines and attend the Iowa State Teachers Association.
Local notes from Clermont cite visitors and residents across nearby towns including Elgin Ossian Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Chicago. Mentions include Mrs. John Wells Mrs Larrabee Wm Larrabee Jr and others with various travels and work changes plus a humorous currency anecdote involving Finnegan at a Chicago bank.
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