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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1903
Page
5
Postmaster Keiser offers a limited supply of McKinley memorial certificates with artful imagery of Mrs McKinley and the Canton home. The Elgin Illinois caucus on March 14 1908 will nominate a mayor assessor and two councilmen.
Molly Ritz Rosa Pultar and Rosa Grimm are ill. Ben Schneider bought a cream separator. Ed Grimm Will Schupbach were in Chicago. Rosa Uanni teaches German in District No 8. Alice Uecker left winter farm for Elkader. Jako Reinhard’s son traps and caught a wolf. Tina notes Ben Frieden will start cheese making with many cows and Fred Ubersak as cheesemaker. Frieden described as honest. Levi Pulfer fell sick after returning home. Albert Schupbach and Ed Grimm made a business trip to Hikader.
The Elgin community invites every citizen to attend a caucus next Saturday at 8:00 PM in the council room to nominate candidates for mayor and two council seats. The piece emphasizes public duty and warns against apathy in managing city funds and affairs.
At Finke's drug store the school election re elected two directors for three year terms. T. J. Ospper and C. L. Freiburghaus received unanimous support as their terms had expired but their work had been deemed highly satisfactory.
The D C Rathburn & Co store in Fayette has been sold to Mr Bloket with new management taking immediate possession. Town Odd Fellows plan a special train to the Sovereign Grand Lodge meeting in Baltimore. Eastern roads are negotiating to handle the business, while a local shooting incident and a fatal illness are noted among residents. Also reported are a disastrous Fayette fire, a marriage-aimed murder attempt near Albin, Cuba health board appointments, and a state livestock disease notice.
Gov Larrabee donates a bronze Lincoln statue for Clermont’s park, eight feet high on a stone pedestal. The piece features four reliefs of war scenes, including Admiral Farragut, Gen Grant with Lee’s surrender, Captain Henderson, and Capt Warner. The donor, Captain Warner’s widow, resides nearby. four artillery pieces from the Army ordnance department guard the park corners.
John Henning and Annie Kaster, Win J Cooley and Lena Stoshr, Davis Muadel Parker and Toh P Leuci with Lizzie Guentlier, all dated August. The notice lists couples within the county clerks marriage records.
Sunday morning the sad news came that the three year old Wilma Lehman, daughter of Mr and Mrs F M Lehman, of La Porte City, died from typhoid fever. The remains were brought to the home of John Lehman Monday and funeral services were held Tuesday. Rev A F Stockman led the rites. Interment was in the Diggin cemetery. The family moved from this city to La Porte City about years ago and many friends here share their sorrow.
The bronze statue of Speaker Henderson, donated by ex Governor Larrabee, nears completion for Clermont public park. Eight feet tall plus pedestal, cost about 80000 dollars, shows Henderson with a gavel raised to call the house to order and a crutch under his left arm, symbolizing the old soldier. Henderson spent his boyhood days in Clermont Kaouuga area.
Local customs officers report large numbers of Chinese smuggled over from British Columbia by Indians. Chinese in Indian canoes are brought to Seattle while revenue cutters Grant and launches Guard and Scout patrol waters between Beattle and Port Towns send and Whatcom. Authorities believe Indians work with a white gang and vow to break up the operation.
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