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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1903
Page
4
Postville faces Hin in a Sunday afternoon tilt reported with emphasis on key plays and scoring runs. The article notes pitchers and fielding highlights alongside the final score and standout performances from local athletes.
A fragmented 19th century column recalls livestock losses from storms, church and school events, visitors, and family news. Mentions losses of cattle and a steer, funerals in West Union, a clerical graduation at the Mantmant school, social gatherings, and community requests for Angora goats and cheese making tips amid informal notices and local gossip.
A fragmentary community column notes visitors in Marion Township and Highland, mentions Hed Schupbach John Grimm and Pred Buedun family, Margretta Lowry granting a week off, and various neighbors attending gatherings. The piece closes with a humorous aside about groundhog meat and a minister’s visit.
A long list of local events shows Prof J B Moore offered Fayette School principalship, L T Newton accepting Mt Vernon post, Ned ONeill buying gengeng seeds at 220 for nearly 2 1 2 pounds, and Floyd Pest taking Edgewood Journal ownership. District court handled a bootlegger case. storms caused injuries. Fayette Farmers Mutual Insurance elected officers. church minister Rev J D Magon retires after 42 years.
Bulletin No 23 invites property owners to list for sale with J W Bopp of West Union Iowa. Most of Bulletin 22 sold, many items added since, with broad distribution to real estate agents. Listing is free unless sold, and buyers reach via extensive mailings and agent networks.
J E Hall of Oelwein traveling for J J Case Co was riding to Lansing with Dodds when Village Creek swelled. The buggy overturned and Hall drowned after Dodds and horses escaped. Dr Burbank of Waverly noted as oldest active physician in town, won a Harvard ether anesthesia milestone in 1848 and remains in large practice at eighty three.
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