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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1897
Page
4
An eighty acre farm three wires west of Elgin offers forty nine acres under plow, balance in pasture and woodland. Describes a good house, price and terms. For further particulars call or address Aarur Parrison, Broiernd Town.
Rumors from Oelwein report Mrs. Fink widow of a man killed in a rugway accident has filed two damage suits. One targets the Biloonkeepers and the other targets the city. The story mixes rumor with unclear figures and mentions Spain and Weyler in a garbled fashion.
The 428 named Don Kerwina was found dead in Joly Manning’s bar at Oelwe on a March morning, believed to have hanged himself during the night. He was a laboring man, employed at odd times by Manning and others, without known family or friends. His despondent state and recent actions suggest a self inflicted death after a period of mental decline.
Judge Holgon sentenced Harry Donaldson and Ralph Mayeh to seven years in Ammon Penitentiary with hard labor for the highway robbery of P. Q. Bakke. Mayeh’s sentence may include four more years due to prior injury from pistol fire. Sheriff Christen departed with the prisoners Thursday amid crowding interest as verdicts were read and families bid farewell.
A muddled notice requests debtors to settle accounts, urging prompt payment to avoid statements. The text then quotes a tongue in cheek piece from the Buttington Hawkeye lampooning a former editor and a sensational book by Congressman Milton H Toward, followed by Dubuque News brief on Iowa city elections showing Democratic momentum and Republican criticisms as voters prepare for the first inst.
Travel deal from Chicago to the Pacific Coast with Pullman Sleeper service every Tuesday and Saturday night, direct to New Orleans via the Sunset Limited with Southern Pacific. Also Pullman Sleeper runs Wednesdays via San Francisco and New Orleans. January through May 1807, one fare round trip plus $2 to southern points east of Iowa, valid on selected Sundays monthly.
Vague OCR text describes tickets sold on Mondays and Thursdays from Chicago toward Wenong and Whroig Central to Centralia, Alabama and other regions. Mentions gold framed stations in Tillnois and Wieconsin, towns east of Cedar Falls to Tinois Central west of Town Falls, and stations north of Cairo. References a concerted end of cuigenta of the Central Route and connecting lines.
Sheriff Benton moved Edmund Miller to Anamosa under Gov Drake order. Convicted two years ago for train robbery near Turkey River, Miller was sentenced to three years. After seven months, the governor granted conditional parole, but Drake ordered his return to complete the sentence after indications of further crimes under the name Eells.
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