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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
2
The Elgin Echo lists postal notice columns and advertising rates for monthly payment. It promotes a full range of printing services and offers various subscription options including one year and six months, with differing advance conditions.
A column from the Elkader Democrat argues Elkader shoppers should buy locally produced flour from Elgin's Roller Mills and Schmidt Bros. Co. to support home business. It praises Elgin's reputation, questions cross-town trade with Elkader merchants, and concludes by urging patrons to keep home industries thriving.
The council met in regular session with Mayor pro tem presiding. Members Capper Knudtson Nicklaus Stoehr Lehman and others attended. Committees formed on finances streets and health. John Fath elected street commissioner. room rental set. marshal appointed. health officer and street and alley duties assigned. Adjournment moved.
A busy sequence of visits and happenings threads through West Union and Elgin. Business visitors and farm guests mingle with church and lodge gatherings. dental work, hospital stays, and travel disruptions color the week. Local residents, families, and notable figures like Mrs. Hodael and Dr. Kuster appear in greetings, routines, and neighborhood chatter.
An assortment of ads for dry goods tailoring and farm equipment blends with a report of a West Union Sunner Telephone Company franchise vote and a small early morning fire in Elgin Iowa. The piece notes a joint exchange plan, local stormy activity, and quirky anecdotes about residents reacting to the alarm.
Indebted to Lansing official for enumeration district 65 Auburn to Union townships. Names appear with multiple cross‑township designations and scattered initials. Readable entries include Loomid Banka Geneal, Ayer PeL, Ganter Fayette, Schuver Fayette, Wilson Oalwain, Ingernoll Oelwein, Colling Draw, Keiser Putnam, Wiltsia Union, Star Westfield, Fussell and Sivule Windor among others.
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