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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1895
Page
7
The fragment lists prices for produce and goods with unit terms and figures such as onions and butter per unit, hogs at 4.06 to 4.60, and various items labeled with vendor names and per unit costs. It reads as a market table with mixed garbled OCR text and column headers, reflecting a historic commerce page.
A garbled Elgin newspaper page lists flour, goods, and new merchandise from Benson Bros and Grol with mentions of New York direct import, a July celebration, and various local store updates. It notes Ed Hinson leaving Barner’s Creamery, Penny Lehawn and Mollie visiting, Georgie Ghori’s novel bicycle, and a traveling rope walker performing in Elgin, plus advertisements for De Witt’s Colic and Cholera Cure and related remedies.
Dorland reports the State of Iowa versus Max Bigong. a new trial was granted with bail set for the defendant. The lengthy notice includes scattered local items, weather notes, farm prospects, and community details from Elgin to Decorah, detailing crops, thefts, weddings, and public concerns, all reflecting a busy county newspaper page.
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