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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
7
Local notice touts laundry with satisfaction guaranteed and affordable pricing. Offers starch and ironing services, clothing care, and prompt pickup, inviting customers to bring garments and accessories for thorough processing.
A collage of shop ads from Capper Shaffer Finke and Halverson promote eyeglasses photographs flour and shoes while Elgin Opera House hosts Christmas Eve dances and a later stockholders meeting. A runaway near Christmas and a diphtheria death mark civic reporting in Elgin Iowa.
An 80 acre farm of the best land in Fayette county for sale. Good building, barn, wells, fences and improvements. The farm is within one mile of Higgin and in fine class condition, near the George B Shananan farm. Also: Oakland of good timber land lying two miles west of Elgin. For particulars call on or address Lewis O Fuaxx Bottanan, Elgin, Iowa.
A personal column covers two weeks of holiday visits and reunions in Elgin and nearby towns. It lists friends and relatives traveling to and from Elgin, Christmas and New Year gatherings, church visits, and local social happenings with numerous names, towns, and events across December 20 to early January. It notes business visits, dental and medical info, and civic pride in local institutions and people.
A convicted felon seeks clemency from a Missouri governor. The governor tests him with a stark memory of a brutal riverboat past. The man denies further crimes and faces a grim implied judgment linked to a banned violent act from years ago.
London paper objects to German mottoes on school stoves in Addison Ferdens. Chairman Viscount Morpeth says texts not meant for use in Britain. Telegraph notes potential educational value but critics worry about national sentiment and language lessons.
In Holland four November Sundays mark courtship customs Review Sunday brings church and a silent parade of youths and maidens Decision Sunday tests acceptance with a ceremonious bow Purchase Sunday seeks parental consent Possession Sunday showcases couples as prospective brides and grooms to public view.
The article explains the phrase up Salt river from Kentucky history where a crooked stream made keel boat passage hard. It notes slave punishment by hiring out to pull passengers upriver, and cites a Kentuckian in Congress using the term while referring to Balt river.
Noor Ware lecturer Lieutenant Winston Churchill, who recently prevailed with the ritiah Army in South Africa, will deliver 100 lectures here. The first was in New York on December 12, introduced by Mark Twain, with the claim that the War is a thing of the past.
Timber land with potential pasture use located 68 miles west of Elgin. Property offers division options and timber value. opportunities for buyers seeking affordable, wide acreage with flexible selling terms. Will consider varying price by appraisal and buyer needs.
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