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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
7
A jumble of brief items covers store ads and promotions, transfers of ownership, church services, sidewalk policy, and local incidents. Included are weathered notes on road teams, a pension board appointment, a lightning strike, a bridge collapse, a 101 year old obituary, and several crime and accident mentions with neutral phrasing.
In Clayton County several men drank freely and then assailed a woman while seeking redress for a supposed wrong. They were ordered to appear before a justice, with confusion over authority expressed. The report notes the hearing date and outlines the incident as a local disturbance.
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