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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
2
The speaker laments a life of irony where wit yields serious verse and vice versa. He recalls youth, a changing face, and a wife who rules the household, then vows to restrain grand essays and follow simpler lines this new year. Harper's Bazaar Vignettes echo Tennyson with Ring out wild bells.
A New Year tale from a Texas sheep ranch describes a wife preparing a festive New Year’s dinner while awaiting Mr Blank. He returns late after an eggnog episode at nearby Alsatian neighbors, revealing the day’s trials and the couple’s reconciliation. The memory highlights frontier life and adapting Eastern habits to ranch living.
A December 28 1409 issue notes a Christmas night dance at the Elgin opera house with Carpenter's orchestra, rooms for rent near Finke's Drug Store, and local shop ads. It reports on Ben Stahl and Klingman family visits, a U S Army vacation, and farm sales highlights plus a calendar giveaway by Muohblenthalen Halverson and W H Finke.
Modoc Liniment and silk suspenders featured in holiday boxes. Local agents for Eddes Robe Tanning Co. Neckwear and silk mufflers promoted at the Clothing Store. Gordon Mosby ill at week start. England's female majority cited by Dubuque Telegraph-Herald. White Embden geese and White Plymouth Rock cockerels for sale. Iowa hog delays blamed on bad roads per Chicago Live Stock World. Local teachers Celia Lehman and Winnifred Schmid visiting family. Misa Schmid among school instructors. George Kiple sold a four year old mare for 240 dollars. Claude Fothergill sick, returned home to Monticello, recuperating with Dr Fothergill. Wells Fargo Express Co dividend criticized for high charges, not the payout itself.
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