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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
5
The West Union community notes a district court session scheduled for Monday, June 11, at 1000. The item lists surrounding local events including university commencements, births, legal matters, and community news from the area.
A widow, Mrs Tagre Anderson, is said to have killed herself by hanging near Norduvss after years of mental instability. Her husband, John Anterson, a farmer, is mentioned as having warned she would never speak of her life. The text also references a long, disjointed set of out-of-context travel and crime notes from nearby towns, including a kidnapping case in Decorah and a later court settlement with the abducted child returned to her mother.
Fragmentary text from Citizens State Bank appears to reference a public notice or banking matter. The legible portion mentions Citizens State Bank and an indistinct reference to a PRESIMENT and MED DERIENS phrase, with no clear action, date, or outcome readable.
Report from last Friday describes two men trying to buy beer at Christ's Restaurant in a law abiding community. They were refused and later arrested after sheriff and a search warrant found twelve bottles of Non-Tox liquor. The case goes to West Union, before a jury of local men for judgment. Local opinion mocks the raid and condemns perceived hypocrisy in the enforcement.
Week’s clipping highlights report the McGregor Republican quitting and a lack of local manpower for a project. Notable items include tax figures, a July invitation from Hon. Igniting Donnelly for Decorah, and mentions of Bree’s American Pulp company. Economic notes cover a new pump invention and cattle purchases. Tragic deaths occur near New Hampton Norman School and Kensallville bathing accident. Railroad route discussions involve the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern line and potential ties to St Paul Minneapolis. The Decorah division’s prospects for traffic and local business are debated.
A Bevorah division section crew recounts Tenny, the road foreman, pulling a stranded steer from a cattle guard after a freight train collision. After a long lift fails, Tenny yanks the leg free, the steer springs up, dashes away, and he trudges back to the gang in a dazed, exhausted mood.
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