Excursion Train Fiasco Sparks Rail Criticism in Elgin
The Fayette County fair trip by Rock Island Railway drew about eighty participants who paid for first class seating yet rode in crowded box cars and hogshead flats. Passengers described a rattling seven and a half mile per hour ride with unsafe conditions and blamed the railroad for inadequate accommodations and price. Residents of Elgin and nearby towns call for electric rail options to avoid being “robbed” by rail services and demand better transport in the future.
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Son
Fayette” County
Blain
Elgin
Alta Ma
West Union
Record Corn Crop Hype With Farce and Fable
The item parodies agricultural hopes with a tall tale about a corn stalk child and a starving boy, a boastful proverb on wisdom, and a quip about infirmity and wealth. It blends rural humor and moral quips in a single compact column.
Fayette County Fair posts record attendance at forty eighth event
The Fayette County Fair drew large crowds with a stronger stock show than before. Highland Stock Farm’s John Shaffer displayed premier cattle and swept multiple premiums, including a top animal, as Thursday set attendance records with five hundred more tickets sold than any prior year. Secretary Van Atten led the effort.
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Fayette County
John
Shaffer
Highland Stock Farm
Rigin
Secreay van Atten, Eee
Numerous Iowa notes report floods, deaths, and farm sales
The page recounts incidents across Iowa including hog cholera ending the Decorah hog exhibit, an eighty acre farm near Posteille selling at 110 dollars per acre, and diverse local events. It notes deaths from glanders in Bremer county, A. P. Bock owning the Waukon Republican, and Emery Robbins dying by self-inflicted gunshot amid crop flood worries. It mentions jail fence measures at New Hampton, a gush of water from a Lawler-area well, a Chicago murder suspect found near Riceville, and several local quips about slang for giving way to others. It also covers a Nashua section foreman with educated workers and regional dialects in Osage, New Hampton, and other towns.
Upper Iowa University promises broad access for graduates
A dated notice advertises Upper Iowa University as affordable and thorough, inviting beginning and advanced students to enroll. It lists fall term opening on September 16 and provides catalog information via J. W. Dickman in Fayette, Iowa, alongside a long series of real estate transfers and property transactions of unrelated local matters.
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Upper Iown University
J. W. Dickman
Fayette
Towa
Marriage Licenses and a Gubernatorial Urge in Arlington
The notice lists marriage licenses for Richard D Davis and Lentena Stone, Thomas Mabb and Bidnohe Duby, Lou Randall and Minnis Aungst, Frank Richards and Mabel Morris, John Crawley and Elizabeth Donaine, Thomas Pritchard and Etta Wallace. It also proclaims W H Warpath as a Republican county convention candidate for County Supervisor in Arlington Iowa. An ad invites shoppers to the Fair Store to swap eggs for goods and promote a line of hosiery and furmialling goods with price and quality assurances.
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Richard D Davis
Lentena Stone
Thomas Mabb
Bidnohe Duby
Lou L Randall
Minnis Aungst
Frank Richards
Mabel Morris
John KR Crawley
Elizabeth A Donaine
Thomas E Pritchard
Etta M Wallace
W. H. Warpath
Arlington
Iowa
Fuller diagnosis corrected. library dedication delayed
Advices from Washington indicate that physicians of William Fuller erred in diagnosis and he may resume work next winter. Speaker Henderson’s absence delays the David B. Henderson Library dedication at Upper Iowa University until his presence is possible, date to be set by him. The Union saga West Union boasts the state’s largest horse barn by Finch & Chandler, with overhauls and extensions for 120 horses, plus space for Shiek & Farr and a livery stable, plus city water.
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Naomi Grantwith
Grundy Center
George Grace
Marshalltown
Grace
Forty-ninth
Woshington
Fuller
Speaker Henderson
David B. Henderson
Upper Iowa University
Randy
Union Saga West Union
Finch & Chandler
Shiek & Farr
City Council Proceedings and New Store Opening
Regular meeting called to order by Mayor Shaffer with four councilors present. Albert Schori sworn in as councilman. Bills presented and approved by Finance Committee, including printing and street work. Mayor appointed Schori to Street and Alley Committee. Adjournment set for Sept 8 1902. The New Store: Chas Helstanson’s shop finishing touches. opening planned for Tuesday or Wednesday next week.
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Brain
Tora
Shaffer
Capper
Lehman
Schmidt
Albert Schori
AY Shaffer
John Fath
Citizens State Bank Council
Geo E Schori
Cenceeenee
Fox Sone
Shaffer, Lehman, Copper
Schori
Albert Sohori
Gro
Sumo
CG. L. S
Arrur
Qointers
Chas. Helstanson
Better Roads Prompt Public Demand For Government Build
Article argues for improved public highways in Elgin and across the county. It criticizes past newspaper efforts and national plans, urging residents to unite under the county newspaper to demand government built roads of solid material, using convict labor if needed.
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Elgin
Ayigo Ommuago
The Poor Thresher Man and His Costly Outfit
A dated account calculates an $2,800 thrashing outfit costing from 82,800 to 3,000 with 8 percent interest. It estimates fifty days at $18 daily expenses, $1,000 earned, but after coal, wages, and repairs the net income falls to about $300. Interest and shed costs reduce yearly earnings to roughly $6.
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Rock Island Railway
Sena
Leon
Decorah Fair
Posteille
Towadenicotats
Pitther Roggttan
Hikader Browns
Oresco
Lansing Journal
Bremer
Pioneer
Cedar, Rapids
A. P. Bock
Wau ‘Kon Republican
Catfoan
The
Republican
Waukon
Allamakee County
Andy" Re Ngsured
Suosega
Emery Robbins
Osborne
Maderville
Ethel Savoie
Waylon
Miles
Paton
New Hampton
J. H. Hanlon
Lawler
Dan Doyla
Hanlon
Bartholin
Chicago
Riceville
Illinois Central
Nashua
Néw Hampton
Osage
Ulinola Central Railroad
Charles City
Waverly
J. W. Ainsworth
Benjamin Conner
Fred Gfeller
HH Finkny
Charles Ro Rogers
Frank James
James F Holroyd
Ellen M
John W Reed
George
Broadway
Wm Bentley
James Killer
Oslwein Land Co
Eien M
Redfield
James Coaney
Martin
Mylan
August Belunke
Lot
Donnan
J Paine
J L Sorg
MaGoon
Hawkeye
John BE Jacobson
John Petareson
Jand
Cleriziont
Katie Potter
Justina Kelley Chua
W Bopp
John Bopp
Hull
Hawkaye
Mary Winders
W B
Rosserit
Grand View
Oal- Wein
Frank Slayton
Julia Farley
Martin’s
Oelwein
Conkey
J L Wilson
Armstrong’s
Eerie
Towa Dav Cotto
Wegner
Towa Dev Co
Cecesee Suevense
T Niedert
FC Friedmann
Armstrong's
Decesee Reeses
Lagu
Imleyar Crretom
Meyer
A. H. Smith
F. A. Wiegand
Mer
Elgin, Iowa
Clermont
Lowa
C. Miller
Rudy Sutter
Wagon Maeker
Sisgin
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