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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1910
Page
7
Mrs Mary Apiers of Des Moines, a boarding house keeper, was arrested last week by the United States marshal for refusing to furnish information about her boarders to a census enumerator.
Multiple small town items recount visits and travel. Will Koles and brother went to West Union on business Monday. Mrs J C Miller visited Cedar Rapids. Dr Will of Boo Norway welcomed a daughter through Elgin. Mesdames Curley Mealey to Chicago. Weibel Northup rode to Delavan. John Fath sold his black team and mules, bought a bay horse. A railroad brought 100 laborers from Mexico amid immigration forecasts and Roosevelt’s European trip draws thousands toward America.
A whirlwind of local items follows the school election's end with mentions of T J Capper visiting Onsian and Postville, Dr Harris in Elgin, Supervisor Gunderson's county business trip, church aid society gatherings, upcoming ball park game Elgin Clermont vs Wadena, and a new cement crossing planned at Center and Clermont streets. Also noted are births, marriages, funerals, new machinery at Elgin Canning Co, opera house measures, and local political announcements for county treasurer and recorder in March and June primaries.
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