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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
7
One stray steer black and white taken up at a place in Elgin Iowa. Owner may reclaim by proving property and paying expenses. Signed Tra Bennett, Elgin Iowa.
A spread of local items notes gasoline at 16 cents at Finke's drug store, Holstengen's assortment, and Amelia Lehman starting the Lime Kiln school term. Other notes include Nuree Ella Lehman nursing in Ravenswood, the Waverly Sugar Beet Factory beginning operations, beet yields, a Chicago visit by Hattie MacKellar, Homer Moats visiting Volga City, and Dr. Berry's car update after rough weather.
A jumble of town news covers residents visiting relatives, plans to attend Oelwein Business University, local church dues, a National Y W C A delegate from Fayette, a broken elephant on a school roof, lamp issues, butter makers’ convention travel, a Norweg ian Lutheran Church fundraiser, an eye surgery, a serious fall at the Clermont power plant, street cleaning, Christmas gift photo work, winter travel reports, egg packing cautions, a train accident settlement, and a Cairo mob violence case with hangings and state troop intervention.
The Unity Chapter conducted Saturday night class work followed by a supper in the lodge dining hall hosted by the O. E. S. women. Attendees included members from West Union and Postville and Celia Lehman, a public school instructor. Cedar Rapids will return home before Thanksgiving to visit her parents Mr and Mrs John Lehman.
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