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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
2
Tom Lewis paints Mrs. J. Service's house while a road improves access to town. C F Becker travels toward Anita with wife and son Clarence from Cedar Rapids. A Postville party gathers photos of suitors none survived, all showing the hostess's husband.
The Elgin Echo of Elgin Iowa invites local advertisements in its Thursday edition. Announcement details include five cent insertions, display and local ads run until canceled, and monthly accounts. The paper also promotes its jobbing printing services and materials for order.
June events highlight Upper Iowa University commencement from June 8 to 13. Town reports note Miss Irena Boyer visiting West Union, a quilting bee at John Rothlisberger home, and Memorial Day cemetery maintenance. News includes coal price rise, President Grant nostalgia, a grave accident with a manure spreader boy, and a remarkable surgical recovery in Magnolia with tetanus treatment.
The Elgin school page chronicles staff and student movements including MissAnna Baldwin returning to Elgin, Miss Lyons teaching and receiving a party, and the Indy teachers' surprise. It notes the eighth grade graduation, commencement week events at the Opera House, Baccalaureate at the Baptist church, and a five member Class of 1912 of Elgin. Additionally a disappearance case near Lone Rock is solved by a confession followed by suicide, with detectives and bloodhounds involved.
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