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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1906
Page
5
Readable fragments indicate a NASCENT slate listing a president and vice president with a cashier role. No clear names or full structure emerge from the OCR fragment, leaving only references to office titles and generic election terms. No dates or organizations are identifiable in the snippet.
The article reports early county vote counts for governor and various local offices in Iowa, with names like Cummins Porter Shaffer Scallan Finney Bailey and others. It notes Pleasant Valley township results and a defeated one mill tax proposal for a Soldiers Memorial Hall. The piece also includes obituary notices for Mrs. Sarah Week and a Clermont resident, detailing their lives, families, and funeral arrangements.
A farmer named John Boland was found dead in a cornfield near his Clayton county home with the scene described as brutal and mysterious. Ed West, a neighbor and Boland relative, is arrested and faces a preliminary hearing at Elkader. investigators found a bloody hammer and horse hoof prints, suggesting the body was transported after the murder.
A mixed set of farm listings, local society notes, medical ads, and family updates. Includes land offerings in Highland township and Clermont area, a Halloween club event hosted by Mrs. Rudy Muehlenthaler, messages about local theater and toy sales, a kinship history update on the DeFrance family, and pharmacy ads for Ping-ulea and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
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