Local bargains and services fill Elgin shops
Local ads highlight Capper Shaffer and F Sova offerings with shoes mills and wool goods while John Boleyn sells corn planters. Capper Shaffer promotes summer dress goods the Elgin Domino Band plays, stabilizing prices and building trade as Benson Bros and Lehman & Son push lumber and cement. Community events note the German Baptist picnic, Dowie meetings, and a new opera house foundation rising.
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F. Sova
Benson Bros
F. Sova's
Capper & Shaffer’s
Gua Gunderson's
Sea
Elgin
John Boleyn’s
John Boleyn
Lutra
The
EcHo
Jon
Capper & Shaffer
W. A. Pegg
Finke
John Boleyn’ S
Capper & Shaffer's
Herman Mabvitz
Ier
John Soleyn
Conner's Grove
Knudison & Halverson
Commercial Hall
Mahaffy
Bertrich
Carl Becker
John Falk
Crage Moser
John
U. B
New York
Thurlow Dean
Andrew Eunsbarger
Alte
Gus A. Stoehr
Stoehr
Elgin Domino Band
West Union
Gunderson
Capper & Shaffar's
Gus Gunderson Valles
Levi Lowers Shot By Fox In Elkader Saloon
Reports from Elkader say on Monday evening L. L. Lowers was shot by Fox, a local saloon keeper. Four shots were fired, one struck Lowers in the mouth and neck near the jugular vein. he bled and is in very critical condition.
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Elkader
L. L. Lowers
Fox
Special Train For July Fourth To West Union
The B C R N Ry runs a special train for West Union festivities leaving Bigin o a m and arriving 9 25 a m Returning service departs West Union at 10 p m Round trip tickets at reduced prices sold through July 5th.
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West Union
Bigin
Market Prices for Domestic Goods and Produce Noted
A fragment lists everyday grocery items with prices, including granulated sugar at 1.00 per package, Arbuckle coffee, oranges per dozen, flour, hams, bacon, cheese, Graham flour, Heinz beans, tomatoes, and tomato catsup. It notes highest prices paid for country produce.
Sentence Upheld for Sam Steiner in Manslaughter Case
In West Union district court last week Sam Steiner pled guilty to manslaughter for killing his brother John in a late 1800s quarrel near Elgin. Judge Hobson sentenced him to eight years in prison and a $1,000 fine, the outcome welcomed as safer for all involved given Steiner’s presumed instability.
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West Union
Sam Steiner
John
Hobson
John Steiner
Steiners
Elgin
Sam
Notice of Incorporation for Elgin Opera House Company
Notice of incorporation records creation of The Elgin Opera House Company in Elgin Fayette County Iowa. Capital stock four thousand dollars, four hundred shares at ten dollars each, with three hundred shares paid in eight monthly installments, rest offered to public. Directors and officers listed. business to start March 25 1899 with twenty year term. Stock nonassessable, private property exempt from debts.
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Iowa
Elgin Opera House Company
Elgin, Fayette Co
Opera House
Elgin
Aschael
Rudolf Moser
Secy
Gua A. Stoehr
C. Lehman
Hadsel
Geo
Neuenswander
Thos. Knudtson
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H. S. Hadsel
M.D. Elgin
Gundsraon & Kaudteen
Citizens State
Bank
Haigin Lown
Feiders
L. B. Mattoon
Sap Cee E Yes
John Halverson
Vick
Qo, Becker
Oye Cashier
Aug
Benson
F. Becker
David Jacobian
United States
Uropa
Banke
George Neuenschwander
Gus Gunderson
Deering
John Lehman & Son
Renson Bros
Gus Gudderson
Copper Shaffer’s
Mackintosh
Gus Gunderaon
Lehman
Capper & Shagerg Hiate
Capper’& Shaffer's
Clements & Clements
West Union Town
National Bank
B. B
T. T
Gus Gunderson’s
Cnaruzy Beonir
Hanson Bros
Oelwein
Hanson
W. Kuster
Josie Ehrlich
Cedar Falls
Charley Becker
Towa
Chicago
R. J. Storer
Phillips & Phillips
Fayette County
Stoak
Wood Workers
Bakeman
Tom
Harry
Callon
Fath Bros
Fred
Safe and Reliabe
Life Insurance
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Levi
S. Schappy
Stcemr's Pharmacy
Igin, Iowa
Sventapeo Loaded
Lawrence & Houska
Clermont
John Lemanh
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