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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1904
Page
5
A dated newspaper sale ad touts dramatic reductions on men and boys clothing. Caps overcoats mittens and tailor made outfits are heavily discounted with cash prices listed, urging readers to place orders before stock runs out.
A notable American is dying at Pine Ridge Agency Red Cloud last of the great Indian beity nearly blind and almost deaf at 85 in a tepee near the wooden government house Once a leader in the 1866 Fetterman massacre Sioux chief who signed a peace treaty in the early seventies he traveled to Washington with Sitting Bull and crossed Iowa on the Milwaukee railway on return Officials papers for 1904 appear in local notices with figures from Argo Record and Register including resignations at Hotel Dewey and staff changes.
A city girl dreams of becoming a farmer’s wife and wandering life. The rebuttal sketches a harsher reality as a husband deserts, tools forgotten, chores mount, and a goat, hen, and cat complicate daily life, warning that wandering dreams misjudge rural hardship.
The partnership between C. C. Holsten and J. Groth is dissolved by mutual consent. Groth retires and the remaining partner C. S. Holsten assumes all liabilities. Holsten requests all debts be settled immediately at the store.
An advertised letter addressed to the named recipient remains unclaimed in the Elgin post office and will be sent to the Dead Letter Office if not claimed by January 1904. Wm. Elboki Hang Karsirs Postnidstety.
Regular meeting of the city council with oath of office for J. J. Phillips. Mayor Gunderson and several council members present and later joined. Bills presented by Finance Committee for various street, lamp, and sidewalk works. Several motions approved and adjournment reached.
Notice states Elias Benson continues the operation at the old stand while Aug Benson retires. Creditors urged to call and settle. those with claims should present them at the stated place. The item notes other local happenings and social mentions in Postville and Clermont.
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