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Elgin Echo News Briefs and Local Notes 1904
Il: Local ads and notices, plus a mix of town news. Advertisements list rates and a printer’s note. Reports include residents visiting, shopping, and social calls. The Fourth of July celebrations in Elgin feature a tug of war win for Elgin over West Union and a ball game victory over McGregor. Notables include Miss Tina McCrae’s visit and the St. Louis exposition receipts. Also included are short items on religious gatherings, a Rhodes Scholarship announcement, and a wide array of community happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finke
D. P. Shumway
Cresco
Julia Bush
Clara Halstenson
Ole Thorson
F. M. Smith
Gruber
Tina McCrae
Riceville
Klingman
Our City
Steele
West Union Monument
Francis Gage
F. R. Berg
LaCrosse
Wis
Berg
St. Louis Exposition
United States
John B. Field
Waterloo
Elgin
Brainard
West Union
D. Smith
McGregor
Gene Sawyer
Argo
Slocum
New York
Adolph Molitor
Supreme Court of New York
Knickerbocker Steamboat Company