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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
7
A bustling local ad page highlights Benson Bros selling mackintoshes, ginghams, prints, and new dress fabrics. Nearby notes include fresh bread at Will Bishop's lunch room, Reducing prices on tea, and notices of visitors and local shop specials.
A handwritten column mixes chatter about cycling ridersary events and local bargains with notes on visits from George Baldwin and Miss Austin Patterson. It mentions Schappys bargains for summer wear, new lardwood doors at Schappys, China lectures, and a Clermont versus Blunder baseball game with a 20 to 7 score in Clermont’s favor.
Tomato and cabbage plants for sale cheap in Aug at Hornet Bign, Iowa. Also Rudolph Lehmann Blacksmith shop offers machine aid and repair work, guaranteed. Local ad notes quick service for busy people and concise remedies.
A letter from local residents recalls the first dumping incident and their participation in the legal process. They pay 2.80 costs, express shame, and commend Mayor Mattoon and Marshal Schnetier for prompt action. They urge neighbors to avoid repeating the fault to prevent similar expenses.
In Elgin this week merchants discuss how Palda’s cigar factory boosts town prosperity by circulating money locally. Increased population and wages come from outsiders who settle here to work, while homegrown goods are urged to replace imported items for further growth.
Late Friday evening the jury in the Dawson murder trial at Des Moines returned a verdict of murder in the second degree carrying a discretionary punishment, the minimum ten years in prison and life with possibility of parole. The defense mapped to the father’s anger and the ruin of his daughter, with plans for a new trial likely. Also includes local notices and advertisements for Shiloh’s Cure and local happenings in Fayette, Iowa.
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