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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1903
Page
4
Real estate agent Bopp announces Bulletin No 23 with the largest list of properties for sale in the area. Listings include homes with ten dollar down payments and farms with no money down, plus loan options and mortgage services. Free property showings and listings unless a sale is made, with quick abstracts and both telephones listed.
Miss Ida Rothishergat possesses the new writing plane while Mae and Lavina Conner hosted over Sunday visitors at their parental home. Numerous locals attended church and school events. Amy Richards taught twenty magic lessons last week. A series of accidents and illnesses affected residents including John Rothlisberger and Milo Conner. Community members participated in district conferences, lectures, and relics collecting while J J Schrack and family planned travels and hosted guests.
The Rock Island System offers a fall sale to California with first selling date September 15 and last November 30. Fares mirror last spring: 38.00 from Chicago, 31.00 from Peoria and Rock Island, 32.90 from St Paul and Minneapolis, 31.70 from Cedar Rapids, 20.25 from Des Moines, 25.00 from Missouri River points. Two routes ob to California Sesnic and Southern. Tickets good in tourist sleeping cars. No winter reduced rates. Inquire at local Rock Island agents for the folder Across the Continent in Four Passenger Sleeping Car.
The Des Moines depot preserved a blood stained flag of the 19th Iowa Volunteers. Wounded Lt. David B. Henderson retrieved it from the ground during the Corinth siege. Presented to Gov. Cummins by Mrs. Merriam of Manchester, it accompanied the unit in later preservation and was carried by the Union brigade. Thirty-nine of eighty brigade members were killed or wounded at Corinth.
A Baltimore anecdote recalls Know Nothing era fraud at polls with a visitor voting three times after being forced into the street. The piece also cites a French study claiming naval and military brains fail earliest with 199 per 100,000 becoming hopeless lunatics and rates rising through liberal professions to 177 per 100,000.
A citizen laments rising prices while another argues goods remain affordable for those who know how to navigate trust controls. The exchange reflects concerns about economic pressures and the perception of market manipulation.
The Rock Island System arranges a special train for Odd Fellows and friends from Des Moines leaving September 18 at 10:00 P.M. to attend the Sovereign Grand Lodge in Baltimore, arriving September 20 at 4:57 P.M. The route includes Chicago Big Four D C Washington and Pennsylvania QR. For details contact a company agent or Jnc. G Farmer, Division Passenger Agent, 1 Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Thursday night a large crowd of La Crosse High School students burned in effigy Principal Hemmingway on campus after being refused permission to play on the football team this season due to scholarship standards.
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