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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1897
Page
2
An advertisement for the Elgin Central Hotel by M. G. Webb promotes first class accommodations and reasonable rates. It offers free trolley to railway guests, shuttle service to all trains, and a 25 cent bottle of Shiloh's Cure for cough prevention sold by W. H. Finke.
James Webster, a farmer near Eldora Iowa, buried a $1000 pension.finding banks unreliable he kept the location secret and added to the treasure. His mind later failed and the family faces poverty as years of savings vanish.
Fayette county papers comment on Elgin seeking removal to Clayton county over tax and law disputes. Editors call Elgin business leaders prudent yet naysayers warn against secession while notingCriminal cases show few Elgin defendants. Union and West Union papers voice skepticism and urge restraint.
The June Midland feature profiles twenty four Elu women and rare female tributes, with Quantrall the Guerrilla Chief and the Walker Raid on Iowa Quaker youths recounted. George Merriam Hyde’s Cape May vignette, Emerson’s marriage note, Corpus Christi images, Birds of the Midland Region, and other pieces fill the issue.
Charles Cavanaugh to Derby Hemin way. Thomas Peterson to Emma P. Nelson. Henen A. Farnsworth to Mariion E. Green. W. C. Hervings to E. Della Rolling.
Monthly report for May month ending May 2h shows 20 days taught, 4 pupils unrolled, 0 absences or tardies on some measures, and a daily average attendance of 15.05. Notable students listed as not absent or tardy include Emmw Freiden Le Frelden Anna Frelded and Mary Luchsinger. others noted as not absent or tardy Maud Conner Dow Conner and Nelly Bohanan. Teacher: BALUWLY_BALUWLY
Mara offers carpet weaving back in Elgin with guaranteed satisfaction. Work will be done at 8 J Greenley’s room and customers are invited to call or visit for service.
The B C R N Ry will run a special train Monday June 7 to Marshalltown via Cedar Rapids for the State Encampment G A R. Train leaves Elgin at 1007 PM arrives Marshalltown 440 PM. Round trip fare 880 tickets valid for return on any regular train to June 12. For details contact Ticket Agent J Morton GP and T A Collar Rapids Iowa.
A local shop proclaims a premier selection of hats including Fedoras Pashows and Knox styles along with Neckties and shirts. The dealer promises the finest line in Elgin and offers very cheap prices to prove wholesale bargains compare favorably against competitors.
Ruth Ashmore counsels young wives on marriage in The Profess ion of Marriage urging kindness to husbands. She urges focusing on his virtues, forgiving faults, and avoiding sarcasm to foster harmony and a better union.
White Oaks Eagle reports John E. Owen and Oliver Peaker hunted wild animals in the Jicarilla mountains with dogs and no guns. After driving a large mountain lion from a tree, Owen lassoed it and strangled it, the nine foot four inch, 300 pound giant becoming one of the region’s largest captures.
A remarkable student named Borysik bag passed the final examination at Warsaw University, qualifying to practice medicine in Russia. Born in 1923, he studied at Sulvalks higher grade school and tutored for twenty years to fund his studies. After admission, he faced the Polish rebellion of 1803, was exiled to Siberia for thirty two years, and finally received a royal pardon in 1895 before returning to Warsaw.
The greatest military engineer Sebastian Lepreste Vauban born 1683 died 1707. He credited with fortresses guarding France’s frontiers and coastlines. He built over 300 forts and thirty three new passes, directed fifty three sieges with high success, and took part in 149 battles.
In a brief item from the New York Journal Jackson confirms Thompson’s claim that a gamecock won him at a raffle. The exchange notes the bird’s victory and ties it to the newspaper mention.
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