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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1906
Page
5
Cedar Rapids marks its fiftieth year with a Jubilee celebration planned for June 10 to 16. The event invites Eastern Iowa residents to visit Cedar Rapids as guests, enjoy free Jubilee exercises, and receive hospitality. Special excursion rates and trains will be arranged, making it the year’s biggest public event.
The paper notes Dr Hunt died around age seventy seven, likely by his own hand, after a long journey across states ending in Denver and McGregor. He had returned to visit old friends and homes, and mourners are urged to withhold harsh judgment while recognizing a life not fully lived. Mrs. Roxena Smith.
The Salen town council held a regular session May 7 with Mayor Schmid presiding. Bills approved include Elgin Echo stationery and lighting. street work orders for Eliza and Diamond streets. overflow river location to be studied. and council adjourned. Community notices cover prayer and youth meetings, deaths of Mrs. Roxena Smith and James Moats, and upcoming Prohibition County Convention.
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