Elgin Visitors and Local Moves Highlight Week
A flurry of Elgin visits and moves fills the week, with Mrs Jaaper Richia visiting relatives in Emmettsburg and Gua L. Stochr from North McGreror guests in Elgin. Miss Alma Johnson of Decorah arrives for a week with Miss Schori and Mrs Frack Grout visits her father L J Grout. Numerous guests from Madison, Corning, Elkadar, and West Union travel to Elgin for visits, while L J Palda Jr departs Elgin with family for Kenmare N D to settle there. Tom Knudtson, a Milwaukee binder salesman, tours with his family, and Bernlee Brockhausen from Chicago visits grandparents P Nicklaus. John Lehman of Elgin visits Hen Kotler’s home, and Miss Busket heads to St. Louis after a stay with Wattle McKelier. Ed Follett of Fairmount and Miss Anna Heller of Norfolk come to Hin. Anna performs with her family, while Oscar Benson faces a tedious wait for a July Fourth ball game, hoping for better weather and a healthier outlook.
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Milwaukee
Bernlee Brockhausen
Elgin
Chicago
P. Nicklaus
Jane Harrington
Eletn
Misa Busket
Misa Wattle McKelier
St. Louis
Minnesota
Anna Heller
Norfolk
Neb
Hin
Anna
Ike
Egin
Elgin Iowa Council Approves Bills and 1901 Fourth of July Fund
July 1 1901 council session led by Mayor Shaffer approved finances committee bills for lumber printing street lamps street work telegrams and health office costs totaling obligations via yeas from Shaffer Knudtson Schmid Capper Gruver Lehman A petition from local businessmen requested donation of Fourth of July license proceeds to cover celebration expenses including marshals and ordinance printing. motion to adjourn carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaffer
Knudtson
Schmid Capper
Gruver
Lelman
C. W. Nicklaus
L. Ainsworth
J. Nichols
John Falk
W. J. Grush
Q. O. Fathergill
Knudison
Schmid
Capper
Lehman
Elgin
Fayallea County
Iowa
Agaume
R. W. Muerlethaler
Joan Fann
Shafver
Ainsworth
Recordar
Notice to Subscribers on Delinquent Bono Accounts
A notice warns Bono subscribers that many accounts are overdue and asks payment promptly. It states statements will be issued in July and that delinquent accounts will be sent to collectors on July 12. Readers are urged to avoid having their names placed with collection efforts.
The Hatter Devotion Chapel At Muggintown Suburb
A Derby Mercury note recounts Francis Brown of Hyland Ward who built a small unlicensed chapel after a drunken night. The hermitage sits beside Mageinton lands near Huland, with a curate visiting monthly for a rent endowment of seventeen acres. The parish register records his 1781 burial and the chapel’s intended annexation to Mugginton.
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Muggintog
Derby
England
Mercury
Francia
Brown
Mageinton
Huland
Mugginton Parish
Francis Brown
Hyland Ward
Intakes
Intakes Ward
Mugginton
Edward Allen
Subsurface Mines Threaten Northwich Buildings in England
Northwich Cheshire faces subsidence from upper rock salt bed pumping and brine removal. Water intrusion under pressure dissolves salt pillars, causing cracks and leaning structures. Many homes are now supported by framework frames with screw-jacks for lifting back into place as the town shifts toward a framework-building approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duildings
Northwich
Cheshire
England
T. Ward
Institution of Mining Engineers
Rocksalt
Norwich
Hngland
United States Leads in Coffee Consumption Worldwide
The United States consumes 802 million pounds of coffee annually, more than all other nations combined, with large imports rising from 231 million pounds in 1870 to 490 million in 1880. Per capita use varied, France at 4.6 pounds and Austria 2 pounds, while Brazil led imports at 28 million pounds alongside other countries like Venezuela and Colombia supplying tens of millions each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
France
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Great Britain
Russia
Austria
Brazil
Venezuela
Colombia
Mexico
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Gymnasiums in America from the Teachers’ Convention
Teachers of physical culture in New York spoke to a broad audience about the spread of physical training. The movement now reaches 270 colleges, public schools in 300 cities, and about 500 YMCA gyms, with hundreds more in Turnerbund facilities, military posts, police stations, and industrial settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York
Turnerbund
Opal Gem to Crown Jewels Aims for Royal Gift
Australian lawyer Maurice Lyone shows the Imperial Opal in London. The 250 carat gem, two inches long, weighs about 926,000 pounds value, and was found six years ago in Western Queensland. Lyone hopes Queen Victoria or King Edward will receive it for the royal regalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Maurice Lyone
London
Edward
Queensland
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OURAN
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Stoehr’s Pharmacy
Elgin, Iowa
Elcin
Ipin
Aevsn
T. Grout
Postville
Mra
RJ. Stoehn
Harvey Wera
Moetor Wella
Webster
Abby
Misa Noyn Thatcher
West Union
Rezo
Phas
Milbank
E. H. Burlingham and Son
Alma Johnson
Decorah
Missea Schori
Mrs. Frack
Fina Grout
Mascntine
L. J. Grout
John Jackson
Madcapolis
Mra. C. Baldwin
Oscar Benson
Alok
Oscar
Council Proceedings
Wwe
Elgin Home Talent
Elgin Cornet Band
OPERA
Propritor
Fayette County
Gent
Capper & Shaffer, General Merchants
Depot
L. Freiburghaus
Center Street
Joan Ghrist
O Fothergill, M. D. Faouxorro Prysioran and
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Towa
Ainsworth, Ainsworth
Attorneys AT Law West
Union, Iowa
D. W. Cheats
Clements & Clements
Attorneys AT Law
National Bank
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