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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
5
The Elgin paper announces a cut in publication for New Year week to reset finances and vows a stronger 1903 edition. Local holiday celebrations include Christmas trees at churches, with multiple programs and generous gifts, plus social dances and a student backdrop at the West Union high school.
The Fayete County Tid Bits notes rural mail routes starting 1908 for Maynard, plus town improvements in Delwath and Oelwein. It praises the Waudoma Sentinel, reports license hikes for transient merchants in Oelwein, recalls a church dedication, a fatal accident tribute, and plans for Chicago Great Western railroad double tracking. Buffalo meat thrill in Elgin and Monona ends with distribution details of the quarry’s mount.
A local report details a check forger who swindled merchants in Waukan, with a $117 total loss, then fled toward Postville. The notice also covers parole for Rodecker, a former inmate, and various county items including politics, agriculture, and a Buchanan county grand jury outcome.
Alcester-like tales and oddities flood the page with a Decorah visitor named Olson found intoxicated and frozen, a Lawler Dispatch note about James Burns missing in Chicago after buying a Chicago bound ticket, and ice jams at McGregor and Prairie du Chien closing the Mississippi pontoon draw. A Jones water bore tale caps the item with claimed truth.
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