Local court closes January term and sentences given
Judge Eichendorf finished the January term in Mc Gregor last Friday after a week of court. Viola Bitter of Oelwein pled guilty to soliciting for prostitution and was sent to Rockwell City Women's Reformatory until discharged by law. Mrs Ritter, mother of five, divorced with children sent to Ottumwa Home Finding Association for adoption. Frank Pattison of Fayette pled guilty. six months in Fayette county jail and $500 fine for a second alcohol offense. C C Becker of Oelwein, former Watkins dealer, arrested for weaving and speeding. bond set at $1500, awaiting April Grand Jury action. Only one marriage license issued: R J Reed of Oelwein to T R Davis of Waterloo. Community notes about Elgin workers visiting Janesville and Chevrolet plant job prospects are mentioned.
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Viola
Bitter
Oelwein
Women’s Reformant
Rockwell City
Iowa
Ritter
Ottum
Frank Pattison
Fayette
Arquor
Hichendorf
Fayette County
Becker
Justice Court
Former Clermont Resident Dies at Rockford
Mrs. Mery Goetz learned Monday that her brother-in-law Jacob Geiser of Rockford died Sunday March 31 at age 88. He lived in Clermont about 36 years ago and ran a shoe repair shop. His wife died ten years ago. Funeral was held Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Nels Olson left Monday night to attend.
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Mery Goetz
Jacob Geiser
Rockford
Nels Olson
Geiser
Clermont
Notice of letting bids for cemetery care 1920 season
The Board of Directors of the Ladies' Cemetery Association will receive sealed bids for cemetery care for the 1920 season. Bids must be delivered by 8 p m Wednesday April 10 to chairman Mrs Elmer Schori. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
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Ladies’ Cemetery Association
Elmer Schori
Elgin school teachers sign contracts to return
All teachers on the current staff of Elgin school have signed contracts to teach here again next year. The Echo confirms the full staff list and notes elections listed previously will stand. A bakery visit described as a batch of bread being taken from ovens witnessed by The Echo man is mentioned in passing. Mr and Mrs Fritz Wede hosted a party Saturday night with friends.
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Elgin Schoola
Echo
Home Bakery
Matty
Fritz Wede
Iron Works in Allamakee County Still Guarded
The only iron mines in the state lie near Waukon, Allamakee county. Once employing hundreds, a daily train load of ore moved. Now closed, a million dollars of buildings and machinery remain with a guardsman on duty year round. Eastern Dubuque lead mines may reopen. speculation on ownership by an eastern syndicate. Easter Sunday sleet and blowing weather prompts a local superstition about seven bad Sundays for golfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee County
Dubuque
Hawkeye Bank Case to Be Argued in May
S H Bevins of Hawkeye banker former First State Bank president faced fraudulently banking charges. He was convicted and sentenced to ten years and now appeals before the state supreme court at the May term. His associate M W Henderson also appealed and may be heard alongside Bevins if arguments align.
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S. H. Bevins
Hawkeye
State ‘Supreme Court
High Court
Bevins
First State Bank of
M. W. Henderson
Game Bank
Henderson
Argo-Gazette
New Hats at Millinery Stores In Elgin
The Elgin and Clermont Millinery Stores will stock 50 new hats for misses matrons and children with sizes for Friday and Saturday. Elgin faces a housing shortage but expects two or three new homes this summer. Mr and Mrs Ira Bennett plan to resettle in Elgin, Earl Bennett to farm the former home, Floyd Sires welcomed a baby daughter April 8, at Pastville hospital. Uncle Tom's Cabin coming to the Elgin Opera House next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Clermont
Ira Bennett
Sam Boleyn
Earl Bennett
Floyd Sires
Gladden
Wenger Twenty Years Married Anniversary Celebration
Mr and Mrs Alfred Wenger celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary last Sunday with a family dinner and a surprise visit from relatives. Friends joined in the afternoon for songs and lunch. The couple received a money purse and tokens, and their children presented red and white carnations. Several families attended, including Otto and Edwin Kruger, J F Miller, Arnold Bauman, Milton Miller, Will Kohls, Ed Buser, Mary Haas, and Anna Mae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Wenger
Wengers
Otto
Edwin Kruger
J. F. Miller
Arnold Bauman
Milton Miller
Will Kohls
Elmer
Ed Buser
Mary Haas
Anna Mae
Realism in Sound Gets Real on Screen at Elgin Opera House
Richard Barthelmess stars in Out of the Ruins a postwar France tale directed by John Francis Dillon Marian Nixon co stars at the Paris cafe siege scene shown Sunday April 7 patrons panicked as air raid noises echoed the on screen realism drawn from staged raids for the film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Barthelmess
Elgin Opera House
Paris
France
John Francis Dillon
Marian Nixon
Township Trustees Equalization Meeting Continues To Tuesday
Pleasant Valley Township trustees held an equalization meeting Monday but extended into Tuesday due to heavy workload. Taxation and land valuation questions were addressed. Some complaints originated outside the township and could not be adjusted locally.
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Pleasant Valley
M E Church Notes Worship Hour and Sunday School
The M. E. Church holds worship at 10 o clock with church school at 11 o clock. The Ladies Sunday school class meets at Bra Law Grover’s home Friday afternoon April 5 at 2 20. Pastor J J Snyder speaks of the church as keeper of past values and creator of present ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bra
Law Grover
J. J. Snyder
Marion Church Notes Services and Budget Appeal
Marion Church notes announce 10:00 a m English services and Sunday school, 11:00 a m Norse services. Those unable to be present Easter Sunday and contribute to the Synodical budget are urged to bring a substantial gift at the next meeting, T W Tysdal, Pastor.
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Synodical
T. W. Tysdal
Thanking neighbors and firemen for help in Elgin fire
Mr and Mrs Wm Torkelson thank neighbors and Elgin firemen who aided during a Friday afternoon house fire. They express gratitude for the Sunshine Club, which has reorganized for spring and meets on Center Road, Sunny Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Wm. Torkelson
Sunshine Club
Center Atroat
School News P T Exhibit Soon
The annual all school physical training exhibit will be in the gym April 12. Every pupil participates and you sign a treat if you miss. Stenography class dictates then types on secretarial style. Geometry class hopes for a nice field trip day. Mrs. Morris of Marquette visited. Jorgenson spent Easter in Decorah. Opening E H S baseball game set for April 19 on Schori Field. Several pupils absent from sickness. Perfect spelling record earns quarter-day holiday. Primary room planted a garden in sand table. A teeth campaign started last Monday. Medals await if work continues.
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Whitney
E. L. Morris
Marquette
Jorgenson
Decorah
Schori Field
Erma Grether
Louisa Peterson
Zea Boyle
Reuben Miller
Margaret Jean Strauch
Wea
George “Howard
Louise Baumgartner
Helena Boleyn
Lois Dean
Helen Muehlethaler
Lois
Betty Lenhart
Elaga
Baptist Church Notes Golden Jubilee events April 7 9 and 11
Sunday services include German service communion and a 11 am Sunday school followed by 12 15 pm dinner and 12 45 junior meeting 1 pm committee gathering 2 pm brief services and a gathering to discuss the churchs Golden Jubilee Tuesday April 9 8 pm B Y P U social and friends invited Thursday April 11 8 pm prayer meeting choir rehearsal Easter services noted and missions offering postponed to May Ph Lauer Pastor.
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Ph. Lauer
Ruth SkarsHaug Joins Sumner Insurance Office
Misa Ruth Skarshaung of Elgin has begun as stenographer and bookkeeper in the Insurance office of W H Pipho in Syndicate Block. Former Elgin Echo reportorial staffer highly recommended for competence and charm amid Sumner Gazette notes. Also mentions Fred Schrupp’s illness and a quip about people who talk in their sleep.
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Misa Ruth Skarshaug
Elgin
W. H. Pipho
Iyndicate Block
Miss Skarshaug
Sumner
Elgin Echo
Sumner Gazette
Fred Schrupp
New Club Leader Begins Work in Fayette and Winneshiek
Lawrence Etter, a former worker for Herbert Dumermuth, was injured last Thursday when thrown from a horse and landed on a stump, injuring his right arm. Miss Geraldine Brainard, new 4 H club and Farm Bureau leader for Fayette and Winneshiek counties, arrives Monday, April 8, bringing teaching experience from Spirit Lake and roots in farming. She will divide time between the two counties, meeting clubs, assisting programs, and guiding demonstrations.
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Lawrence Etter
Herbert Dumermuth
Postville Hospital
Awelling
Farm Bureau
Fayette County
Geraldine Brainard
Monticello
Miss Brainard
Spirit Lake
Town State College
Wall
Fayette
Winneshirk
Winneshirk County
Misa Brainard
Farm Fire Trucker Answers Country Call Near Elgin
Wm Torkelson living on Christianson farm east of Elgin sent a call for help to the Elgin Farm Fire Department Friday afternoon about four. A chimney fire burning since noon was checked upon arrival by four men with chemical outfits. Damage confined to the chimney, estimated at several hundred dollars pending a new chimney.
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Wm. Torkelson
Christianson
Elgin
Elgin Farm
Pay Cash to Support Domestic Merchants
The Decorah Journal laments that slow or nonpaying customers raise costs for all shoppers. It argues cash or prompt payment helps local merchants avoid carrying bad debts and overhead. It warns chain stores and mail order houses profit from credit and distant owners, while neighbors should support local businesses by paying on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Chicago
Decorah Journal
Mr and Mrs Feller to Locate at Moorhead
Word reached here early this week that Myrlin Feller and his wife will relocate to Moorhead for the next school year. He will serve as superintendent of schools and she will teach third and fourth grades. Feller has been Soldier's principal for three years and Mrs Feller taught there two years. The board preferred they stay, but a better position prompted the move.
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Myrlin Feller
Soldier
Iowa
Moorhead
Farm Population Declining Rapidly Across Nation
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports 4,489,000 fewer people on farms than in 1909, with farm-to-city movement slowing yet continuing. Mrs. J J Potter, after a stay in Chickasha Oklahoma, forwards her Echo to Wauris Oklahoma where they have relocated.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
J. J. Potter
Chickasha
Oklahoma
The
Echo
Wauriss
Okla
Change in Ownership at Local Elgin Oil Company
A new owner takes control of the Elgin Oil Company with partner Louis, succeeding Thos. Lofatuen. Loftsgard, a young married farmer from near Gunder, moves to run the business after April 1. His farm duties are handed to E. T. Nelson, formerly of Clermont, who has moved in with Henry Gisleson on the I. H. Skarshaug farm.
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Elgin Oil Company
Louis
Thos. Lofatuen
Loftsgard
Gunder
E.T. Nelson
Clermont
Henry Gisleson
I. H. Skarshaug
Roads Improve as Planks Fix West Union Route
Falk's garage reports the road to West Union is now in good shape after planking the bad spots. Postville likely fixed. most side roads remain impassable but are drying. Bud Boyer and team have been dumping gravel to heal spongy areas between here and Clermont, making conditions improve.
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Falk
Yeaterday
West Union
Postville
Clermont
Bud” Boyer
Returns From National Capitol City
Mrs. J. Service returned Tuesday evening from Washington D C where she spent the winter with her son Robert. She enjoyed the milder weather and the chance to visit many places and meet people. Washington’s cherry trees and magnolias were in bloom marking the spring beauty.
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J. Service
Washington, D. C
Robert
Washington
Notice to return borrowed plow to Clermont Brick & Sand Co
Executor J F Miller warns the party who borrowed the heavy breaking plow of the late Christian Miller to return it promptly to Clermont Brick & Sand Co hardware store in Clermont within a few days. Ethel Rinchimer of Oelwein arrived Saturday evening and is staying with Mrs. Ida Patterson.
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Christian Miller
Clermont Brick & Sand Co
Clermont
Ethel Rinchimer
Oelwein
Ida Patterson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eichendorf
McGregor
C. C. Becker
Watkins
R. J. Reed
T. R. Davis
Waterloo
Tanesville's
Johny Etter
Janesville
Wisc
Chevrolet Company
Elginsrey
Lowell’ Grover
Johnny Etter
Ziba Tripp
Fred Pinney
Irvin Etter
Nick Rennison
Elmer Yenney
Chas. Knight
Harold Kiple
Clint Patterson
Harry Palmer
Richard Gehring
Chevrolet
Iron Works
Allamakee
Hawkeeye Bank
Township Trustees IN
M. E. Church Notes
Marion
P. T
Baptist Church
Ruth Skarshaug
County
Winneshiek
Mrs. Feller
Local Oil CO
National Capitol City
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