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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
2
Local sports note: Monona ball team cancels its date at Clermont on Sunday. Community updates report Ossian water works proposition losing 64 to 91. Also mentions local figures and upcoming Elgin Concert Band uniform purchase and Yeoman picnic.
The item highlights offer on trading checks at Capper’s Oelwein and West Union shops. It notes Gold Medal options at OCAPPER'S, Capper's spring line of filles and ginghams, a Saturday dance with Carpenter’s orchestra, and local social notices including church services and community meetings.
Upper Iowa University will celebrate fifty years with commencement week June 14 to 18 and invites former students and friends. Prominent speakers will address attendees. Other items note Baccalaureate at German Baptist Church, a West Union ball game, visits by local residents, and the death of Maurice Cavanaugh, ages announced. Senator LaFollette’s long Senate speech and local social plans are also mentioned.
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