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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1904
Page
5
An odd scene in a daily paper shows a Jap reader aboard a steel car when a bold young man asks if he is Chinese or Japanese. The Oriental replies with a playful jab about being a key and a donkey or monkey, prompting the intruder to leave and wait for another car, as reported by the Gazette.
Wanted help for an old established business with solid finances. Salary 21 weekly with expenses advanced each Monday by check from headquarters. Lorsa and Kupey furnished when needed. Address View Brothers and Manon Uide Chicago. Attend the opera house dance on April 2. Bust of music by Carpenter harp orchestra.
Rev R J Hook and family report being in the center of a March tornado in Higginsville. The house stood after the storm but required wading through hail and debris until midnight. Ground was littered with two inch hailstones, glass, shingles, and wood. Several lives were saved and property losses estimated at 75 to 100 thousand dollars.
P. G. Vidal has purchased the photo gallery formerly owned by J. Q. Dicken sheets and plans remodeling. He brings four years’ experience with E. W. Spurr in Decorah and a season with Dickensheets locally. Vidal emphasizes wedding groups and children’s portraits and aims to please patrons.
The article details two Republican delegate conventions in Iowa Fourth Congressional Districts. It lists counties and vote basises for representation, including targets tied to the 1903 governor and 1908 election votes, with chairmen and involved counties named. It also notes judge election reports and names several local officials and candidates.
Frank Reed died at his home on South Seventh Street after a year in Oklahoma. He was born in Town 3 years ago, leaves a 67 year old mother, a wife, and six children. A grocer by trade, he suffered from consumption. Funeral procession faced a sand storm as the town mourned. An auction will be held 3 miles southeast of Hlgin on April 4 at 1 pm listing numerous household and farm items with terms of payment and credit.
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