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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1917
Page
5
The Cedar Rapids Republican advocates military service for youth highlighting discipline, fitness, and mental quickness gained in khaki. It notes many families favor sons serving, viewing the army as a university and a civic benefit. William Harrison seeks federal approval to organize Sioux regiments for national service, hoping to recruit 25,000 to 30,000 Indians.
Carl Frederick Becker son of Frederick and Sophia Becker was born July 30 1860 near Arlington Iowa. He lived in Clermont most of his life graduated from Eastman Business College and served 24 years as cashier of Citizens State Bank Elgin Iowa. He died April 9 1917 in Atlantic after resigning from the bank November 1916. He leaves a wife Alice Ford five sons and several relatives and friends.
William Ezra Howard born in 1849 in Mercer County Pennsylvania died April 9 1917 at his Highn home aged 67 5 28. He lived in Iowa Nebraska and Nebraska again serving his community and churches Syria and St Paul at Elgin. He leaves wife five sons two daughters twenty three grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral at Illyria church Wed Rev Wedel officiating with interment in church yard. attendees came from Winnetoon Sioux City West Union and nearby areas.
Mrs Jake Yearous died at her Illyria home on Wednesday April 4. The funeral was held Sunday from the Illyria church in a large gathering of relatives and friends. She was 22 years 10 months and 24 days old, wife of a husband and mother of two children, including a baby named Gladys Mae who had died soon after birth. Her parents were Edward and Martha Voshell. her mother preceded her in death.
Miss Anna Stilwell of Waukon will attend next Wednesday for the benefit of the Eastern Star Lodge. An afternoon school of instruction precedes an evening meeting guiding a real candidate through the order's mysteries. All Eastern Stars should attend both meetings. Visitors welcome.
3.G. Wayman of Waucoma former representative of this district died suddenly in San Diego California last Thursday at age fifty eight death due to apoplexy He was part of a pleasure party traveling from Los Angeles to San Diego The funeral party left for the east Tuesday and the remains are expected to arrive in Waucoma tomorrow Mr and Mrs George Fertig visited from Dubuque to spend Easter with Mrs Fertig's parents Mrs C L Freiburghhaus hosted the Ladies Cemetery Association gathering Tuesday evening
Ernest White, son of Mr and Mrs George White, is Elgin's first enlistee since the war began. A member of Battery D Iowa National Guards, he will train in Des Moines, serving six years with three active. He surprised his parents when returning in uniform from Davenport, as the unit prepares to leave for training. Mrs White plans to accompany him to Davenport for the parade and to visit family there.
The Erickson residence east of town was quarantined after the family's son died of diphtheria. With no further cases, Dr. Fothergill fumigated the house on Tuesday and the family is now free to move about. Early fruit predictions suggest a prolific year barring late frost damage to buds.
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