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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1912
Page
5
A worker found two team horses struck by a passing train near the factory area. One horse was cut in two and parts littered the track while the other had limbs severed. A citizen later humaneely ended the suffering of the surviving animal. The owner, Mr Jennings, faces a potential railroad claim and possible settlement.
The fragment notes Mrs. George Berry traveling from Omaha for her mother's grave illness. The mother died in Clarkson on Monday, September 16. Community sympathy is extended to the bereaved family. A wagons and trains scene mentions a wagon catching the train with a good natured chap and boys assisting.
Public sale advertised for property in the estate of Dumermath deceased in Treb County Iowa. Describes northeast quarter and a southern tract with a combined area around 45 acres, appraised values set, bidding restricted to the appraised sum, sale date on a weekday in October, details of location and boundaries included. Also notes an education note about school reopening and new pupils in town.
Cedar Rapids residents Chas Burianek and Elizabeth King wed on September 23 in Cedar Rapids. The couple greeted old friends during a honeymoon visit and received warm congratulations. Burianek said his brother Joseph married Helen Williams Alden on September 2 and now lives in Cedar Rapids.
The big canning factory plans to shut down for 1919 as machinery is damaged and output cannot be handled. Week over week the plant hit nearly double a normal yield with 1,768,189 cans filled and 78,464 in storage this year. Patterson holds a belt for the largest load of corn weighed 6110 as the season ends.
The passage denounces extreme stinginess as ruinous to towns and economies. It contrasts 18 karat selfishness with enterprising, liberal citizens who invest, live, and let others live, arguing squeezing every dollar halts economic circulation and hurts national prosperity.
A musical comedy Weary Willie Walker in three acts will be presented Friday evening October 4 by a first class company. New and original singing and dancing specialties will be introduced throughout the play. Secure Your reserved seats early at Stoehr's Drug store.
City ordinance enforces ban on all bicycle riding and coaster wagon coasting on sidewalks. The measure prohibits such riding and coasting and requires enforcement. Officials urge adherence and immediate discontinuation of the practice.
A notice lists male pigs for sale as good quality with fair pricing. The fragment mentions Wooks of Wiook and Zolla A Petty from Mt Carroll Alabama arriving Friday. It states Petty will become assistant principal at a public school on Monday.
A North Carolina town uses a roadside belt to deter tramps. Police gather arrivals at the hall while four officers fire a pistol and release men to run away from town toward a distant point. The last man is captured and sent to road work, with others exhausting themselves en route. Local residents Lewis and BE. M. Phillips noted in town for painting and business. An autumn rain fell early today.
A draft parcel post act outlines rates and rules for mailings up to eleven pounds. It specifies one cent per ounce up to four ounces, zone based rates above four ounces, and rate ranges from four to twelve cents per extra pound up to twelve pounds. Packages over eleven pounds, or with excessive length or girth, are rejected. The Postmaster General may adjust rates and conditions with IPC consent after study. The bill becomes law on presidential signature. It also notes indemnity and delivery on collection provisions.
The M B conference assigns local appointments with few changes. Oelwein J P Van Horn Fayette G H Kennedy Hawkeye BR Leach Arlington W W Soule Maynard Will A Piper Randalia William Galbrath Wancoma R W Luce Lima J F Mitchell.
The S. A. expresses thanks for kindness at the canning factory and Pair Store last Saturday. Sunday school is at 11. A dance at the opera house Saturday evening drew youths from nearby towns for a pleasant social event.
C Cammermuth lists a 45 acre Chester White hog sale with Grimm Yuall bloodlines in November while L Adtey and McKellar close out another sale in November.
For sale 62 acres of land three miles southwest of Elgin Iowa with a good barn. For particulars inquire of Nick Bevorr of Gyo N Sortors Elgin Iowa.
A damaged notice fragment indicates a sale action with contact by phone. Partial text mentions Angua bulla and a call or phone line. No clear names, dates, or locations are readable enough to specify.
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