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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
5
staT ESTATE AGENT T has prepared bulletin No. 20 for distribution. Property listings include ranges from 20 to 8200 acres at prices from 20 per acre to 75 an acre. Quick-cheap plots, mortgage options, and many exchanges listed. No charge to show property unless sale is made. contact Happ Block, Telephone No. 6.
Public notices show school officers and church listings with names such as Perryman principal and Rev. Pert as Episcopal pastor. The document lists trustees and staff for BCHUOULB, Ziony pr, and other entities, plus service times and religious activities. Apple sales and community events appear alongside.
For sale 198 acres with about 40 acres of choice hog timber suitable for saw timber. Includes seatings growth and scattered trees, blue jay pasture, some fencing and watering. Entire property available or divided. Suitable for farmers seeking rich land and water access. Located near West Union. Price upon application.
Reports outline bondmen tied to ex Postmaster Gem mill of Harpar's Perry Allamalkee county who used funds for personal needs. They must cover 8900 after agreeing with a government official last week. Five bondmen expected to contribute $100 each as part of the repayment plan.
The Oelwein saloon petition has been withdrawn before the county board, restarting the process. Green and West Union supporters criticized the filing. a corrected petition containing the required signatures will be submitted for the next board meeting, with possible reevaluation of open saloon petitions in the county.
An opinion piece denounces Tom Green and his supporters in West Union and Oelwein as meddlesome foes of local governance urging prohibitionists to defeat them. It argues for licensing saloons over bootlegging, criticizes Green as authoritarian, and claims his influence harms Oelwein’s self governance.
A fragmentary Fayette County column notes a light form of care affecting Westgate children, Leigh Wade’s appointment as deputy recorder under Mr. Peek, the death of Fayette’s oldest resident A H Strong aged about 90 after a brief illness, and W F Lake recovering from five weeks of illness that paused his Antington News. Minnie Bronson visits Fayette from Paris exposition work, a house fire in West Park consumes a family’s goods with 1400 insurance, pitcher Kenin Buntz draws pro offers, Gov. Larrabee attends bank directors meeting in Blades and is linked to regional bank interests, and Rev W W Lewy is a candidate for Minnesota state office.
A dense summary of Fayette County activity over the past week notes an influenza like grip in the area with hundreds of children affected but no fatalities reported. The piece mentions residents Burgess and Winson expanding farm holdings and questions showcasing them at the county fair. It also covers local administration changes with A J Ulvember transitioning in the abstract office and Chambers & Junting continuing the firm’s work.
Last week eighteen parents were brought from Independence to the county asylum four miles southwest of town. Twenty four people will be cared for by My and Mrs DeWitt’s attendants provided by the Board. The county farm ward will become a model facility. The West Union Methodists plan a brick veneer church enlargement with Sunday School rooms and capacity for six to seven hundred worshippers at an estimated cost of 10,000.
The Argo reports that a group including B. Mat tonn and Gua Stohr bought a North Dakota coal property for 12,600 and bonded more for working capital. They began digging and found a new deposit paying for the site as speculation flares with bids up to 175,000.
A State Waukon Democrat item urges using the home paper to foster reading among youth by featuring familiar people places and events. It argues children will grow intelligent and bond with their heritage as they read about local life and arrivals in the Indiana papers. Officers in Chickasaw County New Hampton reportedly split pay and plan to have deputies handle tasks, aligning with supreme court opinions.
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