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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1903
Page
4
Real estate agent Bopp announces Bulletin No 28 with the largest local property list. Properties include residences with $10 down and farms with no money down by security. Free viewing and listing unless sale. loans on secured notes offered. current abstracts provided on short notice. Contact via telephone.
Community events fill the week with visits from Elgin and Fayette residents, a new bridge near Fred Hanni, and a basket sociable planned for October 17 at the Butikofer school house to raise funds for a cupola and bell. Attendees include Miss Emr Olvlat, Peter McKellar, Sam Bracker, Della Blake and families, Mary Foxwell receives education post, and Mr and Mrs Mro st celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with relatives and friends.
Portland Oregonian notes King Chulalongkorn of Siam may visit the United States as a guest of the nation. Secretary Hay estimates $10,000 for entertaining, while the king could leave a large tribute and a grand parade along the route, a spectacle worth the cost.
Auction set for Tuesday October 20 1903 at 10 oclock old Wilson farm 34 miles south of Elgin cattle hogs horses mares and calves machinery and miscellaneous farm equipment listed with terms 10 and under cash over on approved notes at 8 percent interest lunch and coffee provided auctioneers Dorland Harrington clerk Boleyn notes about a widow’s day question from Nortlwestern text fragment remains.
A Boston Transcript piece profiles Emerson as seen by Frank B. Sanborn, noting his aversion to shoe blacking and a disdain for artificial pigments. It recalls other science anecdotes from university life, Astor’s turbine patent surrender, and a Naples noble family with carriage doors.
A fragmented political exchange shows a first campaign dispute with references to Havana cigars and a canal vessel crossing. Names and actions are obscured by garbled OCR, but the scene hints at candidate interaction and campaign rhetoric amid a transit context and a monetary figure around 1045 000.
The Rock Island System announces another period of reduced fares to California. First selling date September 165, with November 80 as the rate match to last spring levels. Fares include 38.00 from Chicago, 3.00 from Peoria and Rock Island, 92.00 from St Paul and Minneapolis, 31.70 from Cedar Rapids, 20.25 from Des Moines, 25.00 from Missouri River points. Tickets valid in tourist sleeping cars, two routes California Scenic and Southern American. Agent Jne G. Farmer, Cedar Rapids, IA.
White Lily washing machines advertised as best value with easy use. Bohannan farm south of town sold to Chris Wenger and Fred Reichart for 5000 dollars, eighty acres. Lara Jenson of Marion township dies at 87, father of five. Ladies Cemetery Association to meet next Wednesday eve. New Clinton Methodist church dedicated at 35000, seating capacity 14000.
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