Local social guests honor Mrs Falk at Ames and Oelwein
Eleanor Bauer of Ames and Mrs. George Lauertry of Oelwein were guests of Mrs. George Falk at her home Tuesday and Wednesday. On Wednesday evening Mrs Falk hosted in their honor Mabel Lawler. Clarice Grace Nichole of Cler Waher Falk.
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Eleanor Bauer
Ames
George Lauertry
Oelwein
George Falk
Mrs. Falk
Mabel Lawler
Clarice Grace Nichole
Cler- Waher
Teach Fire Prevention in the Schools
Education networks push fire prevention and fire drills in schools to cut preventable conflagrations. Officials warn most fires stem from ignorance and carelessness, urging 1928 efforts to reduce waste of property and lives through public programs and lessons.
Miss Van Horn Leaves Elgin for Arlington Teaching Job
Miss Marion Van Horn, finishing her third season as music and English instructor in Elgin high school, will not return next year and has signed with Arlington schools to teach the same subjects. Her departure leaves a difficult vacancy for the district. A Sanitary report meanwhile notes Mrs Zurbriggen, patient at Oakdale sanitarium, shows only weak lungs and recovery through rest is expected.
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Marion van Horn
Elgin
Arlington
Miss van Horn
Mattia Zurbriggen
Zurbriggen
Oakdale
Booster meeting last night in Elgin community action
The Elgin Community Club and Fayette County boosters held a mass meeting at the school gym to explain the Upper Town college issue and obtain public sentiment on locating a college in the area. The report could not cover details due to late timing after forms closed for this week.
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Elgin Community Club
Fayette County
Your Town and Mine Reflections on Community Kindness
A reflective piece urges residents to refrain from condemning neighbors. It argues shared town life means all are guilty of faults and calls for speaking kindly and helping one another instead of criticizing. The author stresses unity and mutual support within the community.
Screen time and garden trellises offered locally
The item highlights available services for replacing fly-screeners and adding trellises for gardens with options for making or supplying materials. A clerk and customers exchange light dialogue about stockings and bread with comical street slang.
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Clermont
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Chester
Wark Hanes
Ole M. Blockhus
E. M. Olson
Auct. Farmers Sav. Bk
J. A. Boleyn
West Elgin
Kohler
Kohlers, Elgin
Mother Insurance
New York Life Ins. Co
Elgin Opera House
Wm. F. Miller
Zane Gray
Nevada
Gray Cooper, Thelma
Philip Strange
KNIEL
Iowa
Pickaninny
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Emil Jannings In
Belle Bennett
Phyllis Haver, Donald Keith
Lindbergh
Pres. Coolidge
Congress
Adam and Evil
Elgin Savings Bank
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