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Elgin News Notes and Local Doings
Eggs sold at high prices by Charley Becker stores. Capper Shaffer advertise dry goods and Elgin flour from local merchants. A marriage license offered. Rico dies at the poor farm and is interred in Elgin. "A Fatal Card" at the Opera House draws praise. home talent in Elgin performs. Weather described as scorching and dry, crops at risk with potential total corn loss. Social items include infant birth in West Union and local shopping updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capper & B Shafter’s
Elgin
Edmund Cigar Factory
West Union
Capper & Shaffer
Davenport Woolen Mills
R. J. Stoehr
Pleasant Street
T. Lewis & Son
Towa
Rico
Opera House
Pinke
Argo
Bert Finch
St. Paul
Hoe
Northwest
Bigin Maple Syrup Company
Clermont
Higin
W. B. Clements
Pass Agt
Cedar Rapids, Inc
George Washington van Atten
West Union Fayette County Union
George ‘Washington
Finke’s
EB. W. Crandall
Rocky Mountain
Stook's
A. T. Holstangen
Bremerton
Washington
Puget Sound U.S. Naval Station
Eco
Oregon
Iuwa
Wisconsin