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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1914
Page
5
The Elgin Cannling Co factory operates from 7 30 to midnight with rapid corn canning progress. Workers, office staff, and visiting observers praise the clean sanitary method and high quality corn. Sailor Mr. Mosby near Clermont is thanked for a timely rope splice fix during a belt issue.
Wednesday morning Superintendent Dean sustained a knee injury when a heavy hammer struck the side after a shaft was removed from a pulley. He went home in pain and remained away while manager Al Schori and Paul Doan supervised the factory during his absence.
Elgin ball team defeated Volga City 7 to 3 in a hot contest at the Elkader fairgrounds on Wednesday. West Union fair events closed amid arrests for bootlegging theft of tents and car, with two men and a woman in custody and a 250 dollar bail set for bootleggers. Yack vs Bopp lawsuit verdict awarded $97 to Yack with Bopp paying all costs. Gold watch missing at West Union fair grounds, reward offered.
Miss LaVena Miller writes that she and her mother recently completed an auto tour in the Rockies and are well. They send regards to Elgin friends and request mail to 1244 Columbine St Denver Cal. The piece mentions three years of trials of Cook County women for murdering their husbands with the state attorney denying convictions, while statistics reportedly support his claim.
The Atgo Gazette reports Thursday objections filed with Auditor Shallima against ballot names for fall election. Republicans challenge Earl Manuel for county clerk, George D. Bortner for county treasurer, Ed C. Deeney for county recorder, William A. Anderson for county auditor, and Dr A. S. Hadel for coroner. Question: can post primary party conventions name candidates to appear on official ballots as if primaries nominated them.
The Literary Society of Dist 4 in Marion Township presents a September program featuring biographies and essays. Readers include Eleanor Schneider, Elizabeth Hong, Celia Marti, Signy Hong, Ruth Mork, Freddie Marti, and Arthur Schneider. The evening includes poems and dialogues such as Abou Ben Adhem and A September Dialogue, with topics ranging from Winston Churchill era bios to the Empress of Ireland wreck discussion.
Rome reports Cardinal Giacono Della Chiesa chosen to head the church of Rome succeeding Pope Pius X He will take the name Benedicto XV Born in Genoa on November 21 1854 he is in his sixtieth year He was elevated to the archbishopric in Bologna in 1607
The dispatches conflict over battles near Paris and Russian victories against Austria leave outcomes unclear. Dr D W Dickman of Fayette preached a sermon at the M E church while Rev Graham led services at Randalia Hawkeye and Volga City plan a new Methodist church amid substantial local building this year. That Printer of Udell's plays at Elgin on September 12 with reserved seats available.
Mrs QO Tollefson and Bern lard of Decorah arrived Sunday for a week with B Nelson and wife near Gonder. Helen and Julia Nelson, who had stayed four months with their sister, returned home. F R Barg, visiting Norway, completed his trip Saturday and will soon arrive home, likely to share insights on the European war's effect on a neutral country.
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