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Elgin Echo in Elgin, Iowa

03 Jul 1913

Page 6

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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1913

Page

6

Iowa News Roundup Highlights Tax Vote Demands and Local Events

A wide sweep of Iowa items reports towns seeking tax levies to fund interurban rail lines, including a 3 percent tax plan and a $200,000 petition drive. Other notes cover university budgets stalled by missing board meetings, a $75,000 YWCA building dedication, an Ames farm inquiry tour, a Des Moines church cornerstone, and various local incidents from burglaries to accidents, divorces, and notable society events across Cedar Rapids to Mason City. The roundup mentions rail modernization, hospital and hotel plans, clergy moves, and an agricultural commission tour through Chickasaw county with 25 cars and 200 farmers in attendance.

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Cedar Rapids Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Road Urbana State Board of Education State University State Agricultural College State Teachers’ College Burlington G. H. Higbee Higbee Higbea Emma F. Byers Minneapolis Daniel O’connor Cartersville Mason City Daniel O'Connor Daniel, Jr Michael John Catholi Winterset Mary Monashan B. M. Merbina John Knowles George W. Knowles Philadelphia Knowles Iowa F. G. Murphy St. Joseph's Catholic Church Stone City Keane Hamburg John Shields Northwestern Railway Nebraska Street Sioux City Ellen Hallquist Frank Hallquist Stanton Des Moines Hia Namline Methodist Church Washington, D. C James Neo McCray Kansas City Clark Grundy County Cornell Osage Oldtorna Belle Plaine Iowa City Mazon City George Gudgel Farragut Mitchell County Pheoda Ann Cole Misa Ida Johnson Cole Ely & Elis Charles City Clyde Towa Falla Milo Hamilton Neoda New Thumb Hamilton Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor Los Angeles J. R. Wallace Logan Missouri Valley Iowa State College Iowa River Raymod Bartovsky W. J. Hamilton Waterloo Wherset Marshalltown Robert E. Trinkle Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Cedar Falls Navy Little Sioux Magnolia Old Settlers Magnholia Thrends Krngler Ames College J. 2 Smith Oelwein Iown Stevens Glidden W. M. Wilfong Henry Hronberg Williamsburg Rowland Jagper Dubuque Club Comiskey al Moore Dea Moines Indian Bureau Washington Cato Sells Moore
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Gettysburg Turned Tide of Civil War After Three Bloodiest Days

The Gettysburg battle marked a turning point as Confederate forces failed in Lee’s invasion and the Union under Meade halted the advance. Across July 1 to 3, 1863, roughly 54,000 to 54,000 combined deaths and injuries occurred, with Union casualties near 24,000 and Confederate losses near 30,000, including several generals.

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Gettysburg Lee North George G. Meade Generale Longstreet Ewell A. P. Bill John F. Reynolds W. 8 Hancock D. BE Sickles Sykes Sedgwick O. D. Howard Longstreet Little Round Top Peach Orchard Cemetery Hil Culp's Hill the Devil's den Weed Luel Pickett Lew Virginia Getty Abure Field Meade Blue Ridge Buford Wheeler Stara AED
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Reminiscences and Cigars Contrast in Old Note

Excerpt from Reminiscences of Charles Uavard reveals a secretary at the French embassy in London shielding time and privacy while addressing indemnity matters after the Franco-German War. The piece contrasts with a vivid, unrelated meditation on cigars, their varieties, wrappers, and the eye catching appeal of brands and shapes.

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Agathat Bores Lord Rothschild Garon Nathan Charles Uavard London Osvard St. Swithinsland
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Gettysburg Veterans Hold Semi Centennial Reunion Peace Echoes

A Pennsylvania village echoes with Gettysburg memories as 16,000 veterans from the Blue and Gray converge for a midcentury reunion. Women from the town recall the 1863 welcome, governors arrive, and General Sickles meets old comrades on the battlefield amid renewed pledge of common peace.

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Pennsylvania Luford Wheeler McGovern Wisconsin Tener
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Electric Trains Crash Kills One In Atlantic Ohio Line

In a head on collision on the Ohio electric road near Spruce Lawn Farm, a passenger train hit a double header freight. Motorman George Lutz of Delphas, Ohio, died in the blaze while other crew members were unable to rescue him. One killed, one fatally hurt, five seriously injured among passengers.

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Springfield Ohio Electric Bpruce Lawn George Lutz Delphas Lute
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Winchell Receivership Salaries Set at $1600 Monthly

Judge Sanborn orders Benjamin J. Winchell former railroad president now receiver to be paid 1600 dollars per month. Receivers Thomas H. West Henry S. Prisat and Thomas T. Fauntleroy receive 1000 dollars monthly each.

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Winchell St. Paul Minn Walter H. Sanborn Benjamin J. Winchell St. Louis & Sanfrancisco Railroad Thomas H. West Henry S. Prisat Thomas T. Fauntleroy
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Four Sisters Drown In St Joseph River Elkhart Ind

Four Schwyn sisters aged sixteen thirteen eleven and seven daughters of John Schwyn a farmer near Elkhart Indiana drowned in the St Joseph river when the youngest strayed beyond depth. The others perished while attempting a rescue. The tragedy occurred one mile east of the city on July 1.

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Elkhart Ind Alice Schwyn Clerc Ida Grace John Schwyn St. Joseph River Eistern
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