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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
2
A jumble of ads and notices includes monthly accounts payable terms, various printing offerings, and a year and half year advance pricing. It also notes county business, a reward discussion tied to arrests, and an ordinance adoption report. Additional items describe river bank robberies, a Prairie du Chien marriage, and local civic notes.
The Slgin High School commencement begins with a baccalaureate sermon at the U B church next Sunday and ends Friday evening with graduation at open house. Ten graduates, praised for diligence and promise, will deliver exceptional productions and strong deliveries. Meanwhile F H Bloodgood, long-time Fayette County school superintendent, is moving to Waterloo after being elected to lead that district, a loss Elgin schools deeply regret but wish him success.
The council met in regular session with Mayor Mattoon and five councilors present. Bills from Lehneider lumber John Lehman & Son CW Nicklaus Rudolph Yanni and others were approved for payment. Bonds for John Falb Gerebelli and street commissioner and for L B Mattoon as mayor were presented and approved. Ordinance No 75 was read and the rules suspended for final passage.
Clermont's baseball team lost to Oelwein in a tame match, ending in an 11 to 0 shutout. The Brickies showed little fight while the Oelwein squad dominated from the first inning. Mans Kaiser, Census Enumerator for Pleasant Valley township, is conducting the 1910 style home census, urging residents to answer honestly between June 1 and July 1 under threat of fines.
A newly highlighted Revolutionary heroine, disguised as a man, served three years in the Continental army with bravery. Her social ascent followed, meeting the Colony’s elite at balls and gatherings, where affection and gifts poured in. A detailed feature in Home Journal’s July issue sheds light on a romance record detoured by history.
Local items report social visits by Fred Frelden Ben Baumgartner and John Benson in Tudinn Territory on Tuesday evening. Halver Olson of Clermont visited the Loung as a longtime friend of Ernie Lehman while Sam Glenn now travels as a West Union factory rep. Miller of Elgin appears active in farming and stockholding in the Canning Factory. photographer Mook promotes sessions in Elgin. Knudtson and Halverson offer hats and styles.
A compilation of philosophical musings from Bacon Shenstone Temple La Bruyere and Feltham on libraries learning life and the perils of legal disputes. The excerpts compare value and virtue to coins, life as a burden or plaything, and law as two people burning feathers to gild others.
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