Sova Sells Building In Elgin For Butler Purchase
Monday Joseph Butler bought from Frank Sova the building housing Sova’s shoe store on Center Street. Possession is set for July 15. Mrs. Butler will move her millinery stock there, creating a well lighted display room. Sova, long a key Elgin merchant, plans to retire to other pursuits after closing his stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Butler
Frank Sova
Center Street
Butler
Sova
Elgin
Est
Storm Claims Livestock In Blizzard Wrecks Farms
Farmer Charles Braibler near Hawk Eye loses eighteen three year olds as storm scatters them. Seven die, others perish from exposure. two frozen in a stream. Bevios Bros. heifer dies in shed. James McManus near Marshaltown also loses sixty steers. forty perish. Twenty six corpses recovered from a bed due to drowning or exposure. Lincoln birthday observed with school programs. Public invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Braibler
Hawkeye
Bevios Bros
James McManus
Marshaltown
McManus
Elgin to Gain New Residential Addition on Franklin Street
Effort Hunsberger will convert part of his farmland into an Elgin addition on the south side of Franklin Street. The slopey land promises prime residence lots as buyers plan modern homes, with city grading and a new west-end road connecting to the railroad. Investors are urged to act quickly as prices are expected to rise once marketed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Hunsberger
Franklin Street
Higin
Lumber Yard Sold In Elgin By Schori Benson Partners
Al Schori and Elias Benson bought the Elgin Lumber Co yard from Dubuque owner Mr Peasley who will give possession March 1. Hawley led the business. he and Mrs Hawley will be missed in town. Schori and Benson are respected locals expected to run the lumber yard well. Also notes Rosa Muehlenthaler birthday surprise at prayer meeting with friends, Esther Heck visiting from Cedar Rapids, and hens starting to lay eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al. Schori
Elias
Benson
Elgin Lumber Co
Mr. Peasley
Dubuque
J. J. Hawley
Elgin
Rosa Muenlenthaier
Muehlenthaler
Esther Heck
Cedar Rapids
Dimond Deaths Linked By Tragic Family News
Obituary notes M T Dimond, born November 10, 1864 in Elgin Iowa, died January 23 1909 near this city aged 44 years 2 months and days. He married Estella Wly December 22 1890 and left three children Douglas Alben Irene with his wife mother four brothers and one sister. Funeral conducted by Dr Jas G Dougherty at Congregational church with interment Germantown cemetery. Also Ade born Adelaide Webb Dimond died January 17 1909 in Oregon, oldest of Benj and Mary Dimond and sister to M T Dimond. Burial details omitted.
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Marvin Thornburg Dimond
Elgin
Iowa
Estella Wly
Douglas
Alben
Irene
Dimond
Smith County
Adelaid (Webb) Dimond
Oregon
Fayette County
Wisconsin
Marrion Webb
Kansas
Burg
Benj
Mary Dimond
Obituary of Ww. Kimpeson Passed February 1 1909
Ww. Kimpeson born May 5 1928 in Tyrone Ireland resided in Wayne County Pennsylvania then Perth Ontario and Iowa Illyria Fayette County. He married Sarah Wilson in 1852 and had nine children. Survived by wife five sons and one daughter. Funeral held at Lilyria church February 11 1909 Rev J B Moore officiating interment in Lilyria cemetery.
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Kimpeson
Tyrone Co
Ireland
America
Wayne County
Penn
Sarah Wilson
Perth Co
Ontario
Canada
Iowa
Illyria Township
Fayette Co
Wm. Kimpson
Lilyria Church
Moore
Mother Earth
Card Of Thanks And Local Notices
Card of thanks extends gratitude to friends for help after death and burial of husband and father, signed by Mrs. Kimrson and children. Thomas Bros. are building new double showcases and renovating their business interior. A recent storm Monday brought snow and wind but less severity than the prior week, with little cold or drifting.
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Kimrson
Thoma Bros
Pay Up and Injury Update in Elgin Community
The Elgin Lumber creditors are urged to settle accounts by March 1. Gilbert Jenson broke his leg Wednesday after a load tipped near Lew Olson’s home on the way to town. He was taken to Mrs. Olson’s where the fracture was treated and he remains laid up for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Jenson
Lew Olson
George Meyers
Machinery Installed For Local Disc Sharpening Service
G W Kinney T J Capper and Max Thoma completed invoicing of the Tonium Hauge stock at Clermont and returned home. Mrs Mary Eastman and daughter Mrs Shutt arrived from Rock Rapids and stay at Emil Schneider home. Mrs Shutt plans to make the city her future home after burying her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Capper
Max Thoma
Tonium-Hauge
Clermont
Mary Eastman
Shutt
Rock Rapide
Emil Schneider
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elgin Savings Bank
Gus Gunderson
Sam's Mosby
Cashier
Mary Buetzberger
West Union
Wok
Pleasant Valley
Abraham Lincoln
Holstenson
M. T. Dimond
Batwings
Berg’s
Elgin Lumber
G. W. “Kinney
Bunker Hill
Castile
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