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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1904
Page
8
Supplement to Elgin Echo invites readers to Elgin for July Fourth festivities on Thursday June 30 1904 with a full program. Highlights include Hawkeye Trio street performances morning and evening, races, entertainment, a ball game, tanglefoot and wheelbarrow races, and a grand fireworks display in the night sky.
A notice warns against trespassing on land near the schoolyard in Higin Iowa with legal actions to follow. The report also notes local events including church dedication, a leap year party, and a bank failure in Maquoketa. It references several residents and upcoming meetings in early July.
The Clear Lake Mirror reports that the island opposite the mainland, once a peninsula, is again surrounded by water. Twenty five years ago boats passed through the channel, but in recent years the channel dried. Frank Jones recently navigated the channel with his launch, finding water except for a narrow ridge he had to push the boat through a few inches of water.
John Owens swapped his retail stock and the dwelling house to Grant Wilbur for Wilbur’s 820 acre farm in Auburn township. The Parker place is the farm’s location, listed at $20,000 with Wilbur’s equity at $12,000. The West Union Gazette notes the move as a major, favorable shift for Wilbur.
A visit to Elgin the Fourth notes two injuries from outdoor activity. The Garber child suffers a broken arm after falling into an excavating Dew barn construction site. Nearby, the Nutting child breaks a collar bone while playing with friends.
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