Elgin Opera House project gains steam with incorporation
The Elgin Opera House project advances as meetings choose directors and secretary, adopt articles of incorporation and by laws, and file with county and Des Moines offices. Plans outline a brick exterior theatre with a large basement, substantial seating, and modern stage facilities, with construction hoped to begin by May first.
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Htouk
Elgin Opera Afnass
A. Holzer
Hind Bsen
Hogan
fUlluwass
Geo
Nenenschwander
R. W. Moser
Haisel
L. J. Bulda
And
Thos. Kuudtson Gud Gus
Canter Streat
Koy
Opera
Rother
Passing of Duncan Clark's Minstrels Amid Prohibition Scandals
A fragmentary notice recounts Duncan Clark's Lily Minstrels touring West Union and Clermont under prohibitionist scrutiny. The troupe allegedly mocked authorities, performed public entertainments, then retired to a private car, before moving north to Clermont and provoking a village scene at the governor’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satan
West Union
Clermonts
Doctor Parlyhuysts
Law Ana Order League
Himin Vulturas
Bown
Duncan Chark
Lily Minstrels
Jack Parsunalon
Beaugh
Burlington Road
Palaenof
Weat Union
Clark Street
Ynanton
Clermont
Tta Bag Ghia
Phut Righteous
Auvernor
West Union election defeats library plan amid moral panic
In West Union a municipal vote rejected funding a public library and related tax. The piece questions local ignorance and contrasts with county needs, hinting at broader debates on education and public institutions. It laments limited town resources while urging support for a hospital and care facilities within the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Thara
Easter Monday egg rolling at the White House grounds
Thousands of children spend Easter Monday on the White House lawn in Washington. The activity features egg rolling downhill and egg knocking games, with groups socializing and spectators noting favored eggs and outfits. A separate anecdote about a habitual drinker named Binks appears in the same piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Chitford Goward
Washington
April
Ladies Home Journal
Ouassiu
Reyal
Hing Ag Tagiy Champign
Nightingales Nest In Rifle Range Fagot Stack
A Kent reporter recounts nightingales nesting inside a stack of fagots near a Cranbrook rifle range. bullets shattered fagots as the birds cared for and fledged their young, with one fledgling killed, while parents sheltered them amid a hail of fire. Witness First West Kent volunteers Serjt Cogger confirms continual firing during the bird’s nesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levere
Cranbrook
Kent
Wales
Tate
May
J. Herbert Alletin
Matislong
W. Cozger
Maidstone Company
First West Kent
Irde
Serst
Cogger
Absent minded historian teased by Berliners in London tale
A London Telegraph profile of German historian and scientist Professor Theodore Mommeen notes his eight decade, eating breakfast with wife and five daughters, and his famed absent mindedness. The piece recalls stories of waking late, misaddressing his child, and ferrying a crying baby in a waste paper basket. He is described as devoted to children with twelve living descendants and a younger generation growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Mommeen
London Telegraph
Jila
Charlottenburg
Apne
Finke's Sale Affected by Deceptive Trade Claims
A garbled note references deception related to a sale by Finke and warning of trouble, with mentions of a dose and shilolits onre and other fragmented terms. The readable portions imply a dispute over a product or misrepresented item tied to W and A eve hy, but specifics are unclear.
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Elgin Echo
Gabbern
Tharedey' Mlgen
Lesthr Ainsworth
Thuersday
Qtrovse Company
Duncan Clark
Tamparanes
Eden
Public Library
Binke
bin “Binks
Rudolph Lehman
Elgin, Iowa
Ainsworth & Ainsworth
Attorneys AT Law
Iowa
Rahway, B. GR
Thaile
J Morrerr
Gund
Jobe Gund Brewing Co
la Crosse
Wis
W. HH Finke
Scott
Scott & Bowne
New York
Elgin
Benson Brothers
Janesvilloe
John Boleyn
Congress
L. B
Lilas Lula Lehman
Olliedray U. Lotiman
Bree
Finke
Bec Johnabu
Trent Diveet
Begson
Becker
Methodist Wptecopat
Perry
Sullivan
Cneh
Grater Baptist
R.dy Hack
Sundiye
Arid
Bundsy School
Fridwanny
Pri
America
Fink6’s Drug Store
Desart
Express
Murry Miple
Rudy Buttem
Kiple
Sutter
General Carpenters
Wiipher
Suaaer
Algin
Towae
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