Gov Wilson Knudsen Washington Visit Prompts Iowa Troop Inspections
Gov George A Wilson planned to visit Washington to meet with William Knudsen and inspect Iowa troops in southern training camps. The move sparks talk of the 1942 senatorial race with Senator Clyde L Herring likely seeking renomination and potential opposition from former Gov Nelson Kraschel and others.
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Washington
Wm. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
National Defense
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Towe
Capitol
Herring
Nelson
Kraschel
Rumor of Rudy Sutter Death Found Inaccurate
A rumor that Rudy Sutter formerly of Elgin died in Portland was disproved. Authorities traced Rudolph Suter who signed the name Rudolph Suter and found no connection to the Elgin Sutter. Rudolph Sutter, a brother of John Sutter, Mrs. Mary Matthys and Mrs. Rosa Jacob, has been missing for years.
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Rudy Sutter
Elgin
Portland
Oregon
B. J. Baumgartner
Rudolph Suter
Elgin Sutter
Rudolph Sutter
John Sutter
Mary Matthys
Rosa Jacob
Centennial Assn. Holds Annual Fayette County Meeting
Max Thoma attended the Fayette County Centennial association annual meeting at West Union for a general check-up on first year activities and officer elections. All officers were re-elected: President D B R Roberts West Union, vice president Mrs H R Young Arlington, secretary Walter H Beall West Union, treasurer F B Claxton Fayette, directors Virgil C Welch Fayette, W H Antes West Union, R D Noble Oelwein, Max Thoma Elgin, Leo C Stone Waucoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Thoma
Fayette County Centennial Association
West Union
D. BR. Roberts
H. R. Young
Arlington
Walter H. Beall
F. B. Claxton
Fayette
Virgil C. Welch
Proposes Everyone Sweep Street
Mel Kohler proposed that each property owner sweep their section of the business street weekly and have the street commissioner cart away the rubbish. He argued that if everyone did this once a week a clean street would follow and only a few minutes would be needed.
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Mel Kohler
ETS
Mayor’s Notice on poultry confinement and waste cleanup
Mayor G H Falb warns Elgin residents to keep chickens on their premises and stop them from running at large. The notice cites existing ordinances and promises action on future complaints, urging property owners to tidy yards streets and alleys and to dump rubbish only at designated sites away from embankments.
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Elgin
G. H. Falb
Ossian Council Rejects Roller Rink Plan 4–1 Vote
Ossian town leaders refused a proposed roller skating rink by a 4 to 1 vote despite a turnout of town children appealing for reconsideration. Residents fear the rink may move to another town where it can be built and operated. A well regulated rink is seen as beneficial but the council did not approve.
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Telegraph-Herald
Elgin Echo
Ossian Council
Women’s Society of Christian Service to Meet
Circle A hosts a church picnic lunch while Circle B meets with Mrs Ethel Kohler and Circle Ruth meets with Mrs Ed Medberry with Mrs HS Steele as assistant hostess on Thursday May 1.
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Women's Society of Christian Service
Circle A
Circle B
Ethel Kohler
Circle Ruth
Ed Medberry
HS. Steele
Rothlisberger Works as Aircraft Inspector in Wichita
LeRoy Rothlisberger, son of Mr and Mrs W S Roethlisberger, is stationed in Wichita Kansas working for Stearman Aircraft Corporation. He inspects materials used to manufacture airplane parts after completing two years of regular agricultural college work.
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LeRoy Rothlisberger
W. S. Roethlisberger
Wichita
Kans
Stearman Aircraft Corporation
Agricultural College
More Young Men to Leave for Army
Leonard Roberts volunteered for service at West Union Monday and expects to leave May 6 with the regular quota of selectees. Joe Lerch and Elmer Meyer of Marion township are also leaving today with that countys quota of inducted young men.
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Leonard Roberts
West Union
Joe Lerch
Elmer Meyer
Marion Township
Spring Fix-up Begins for Thoma Muehlenthaler and Yack
Max Thoma and R W Muehlenthaler start the spring campaign by repairing their properties. H D Yack shingles his home and builds a new porch while Thoma and Muehlenthaler have warehouses recovered with siding and roofs shingled.
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Max Thoma
R. W. Muehlenthaler
H. D. Yack
Mr. Yack
Church Dinner Feeds Big Crowd at St Pauls Methodist
St Pauls Methodist Church served a baked pork dinner with trimmings on Sunday attracting a large crowd. The church held at least two seating rounds to accommodate diners, but exact dinner counts were not reported.
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St. Paul's Methodist Church
Call for Five Physicians in Fayette County
Fayette county asks for five physicians for military service and a decision is expected this week as the draft board of seven physicians convenes in Oelwein. Mary Ogle returns home from Washington with her daughter and son-in-law Chas Wilson. C. B. Christian elected superintendent at West Union after nine years in Coon Rapids. Marvin Nodland leaves after four and a half years to take Atlantic post. Floyd Dummermuth visits Cedar Rapids and spends time with his mother Dena Dummermuth. Mr and Mrs Allen Habeger and Gene attend supper with Carmen Swenson near Clermont. Mrs Peter Luchsinger visits Jake Lehman home Sunday afternoon.
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Mary Ogle
Washington, D. C
Chas, Wilson
C. B. Christian
Coon Rapids
West Union
Marvin T. Nodland
Atlantic
Floyd Dummermuth
Cedar Rapids
Dena Dummermuth
Allen Habeger
Gene
Carmen Swenson
Clermont
Peter Luchsinger
Jake Lehman
Warning Against Spring Leaf Burning By Officials
Conservation Commission officials urge against spring burning of dead leaves and vegetation. They say burning adds nothing to soil and harms fertility by destroying organic material and reducing soil absorptive capacity, leading to runoff erosion and damage to fence rows, posts, poles, buildings, wildlife habitat, and landscape aesthetics. Continuous burning may foster noxious weed germination and offers no grass improvement.
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State Conservation Commission
Stewarts to Move to Lamont Early in May
Mr and Mrs W R Stewart plan to move to Lamont early in May. He works as supervisor at the CCC in Lamont and will save travel. Dr and Mrs D E Tinker have leased the Capper home here and will move in after alterations.
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W. R. Stewart
Lamont
CCC
D. E. Tinker
Capper
Stewarts
Elgin reminiscence and 1889 horse show memory from West Union
Frank Boyle of West Union recalls 1889 Easter memories about a wild horse in Elgin in a hinted reminiscence of a past show. Bonnie Dunkle and family visited Cedar Rapids and Waterford for the weekend. Mrs Frieden returned home after a week with Joe Frieden, and the Hollis Finch family visited the Habeger households. Dance at the Elgin opera house with Les Hartmann's WMT Band on April 30.
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Frank Boyle
West Union
Elgin
Bonnie, Curry
Genevieve Dunkle
Cedar Rapids
Water- Do
Fleet Frieden
Joe Frieden
Hollis Finch
Fayette
Joe
Allen Habeger
Les Hartmann
WMT
Elgin Opera House
Eight Game Packets Being Planted in the Elgin Vicinity
Harry Groth underwent an appendectomy at the Decorah hospital last week and for several days was a very sick man. Rev. E. B. Ramsey, who visited him there Monday, reports that he appeared considerably improved and his condition was much more encouraging.
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Harry Groth
Decorah Hospital
E. B. Ramsey
Will You Help Keep Elgin Clean
Elgin residents are reminded of dumping regulations. Two sanctioned dumping spots along the old river bed—east road to the cemetery and west of the town tool shed on Pleasant street—require rubbish be thrown over the bank, not along the road. Mayor Falk appeals for public cooperation to keep streets clean and sightly. The river bank near Main Street north of Straud home to Diagonal Street north of the Methodist church was cleaned last year by NYA. dumping there is prohibited.
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Elgin
Pleasant Street
Falk
Falks
Main Street
Straud
Diagonal
NYA
Esiahes
Bauman Estate Closing Out Sale at Elgin Home
Administrators of the Mrs Edith Bauman estate announce a closing out sale at the Elgin home on Saturday afternoon April 26 to empty the residence for rent or sale. The sale advertisement runs in the Echo today. If unsold the Bauman home will be rented.
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Edith Bauman
Elgin
The
Echo
Bauman
Tabitha Society Meets at Baptist Church
The Tabitha Society met Wednesday afternoon, April 16, at the Baptist church with hostesses Mrs. Alfred Baech ter, Mrs. Fred Lehner, Mrs. Erwin Miller and Mrs. Harry Johnson. Devotions were led by Mrs. Clarence Muehlethaler. The program featured a solo by Mrs. Edward Kruege, and readings including "Christian Fiction" by C. Hutchins and a piece by Mrs. Len Simek.
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Tabitha Society
The
Baptist Church
Alfred Baechter
Fred Lehner
Erwin Miller
Harry Johnson
Clarence Muehlethaler
Edward Kruege
C. Hutchins
Len Simek
J. J. Phillips Returns to Town After Hip Injury
J. J. Phillips, who fractured his hip last winter, made his first trip downtown on Sunday. He travels with a crutch and cane and says it feels good to be out. Friends express happiness at his return.
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J. I. Phillips
Kellys Return to Canada from Prairie Town Farm
Mr and Mrs Arthur Kelly departed Monday for their Milestone Saskatchewan farm after wintering here They arrived around December first Their son Dale who attends local school will stay until school closes
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Arthur Kelly
Milestone
Sask
Canada
Dale
Installing Dial Equipment in Des Moines Bell Office
E C Holland of Des Moines began installing dial equipment in the local Bell office on Monday. The remodel places all gear in the southwest room over the State Bank. the second room now in use will be closed.
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E. C. Holland
Des Moines
State Bank
Yin
Boy Scouts Lead In Tree Planting Near Elgin
Three thousand one hundred trees and shrubs will be planted within a mile of Elgin this spring by Boy Scouts aided by six forest nursery game packets via NYA funds. Max and Keith Thoma have secured two packets and 1000 pines with 500 white oaks. Planting on the Thoma farm southeast of Elgin will finish the 1000 pines on hillside gullies to boost farm value. Packets cover about an acre and a half at Ern Holzer farm corner and along the old Turkey river bed to provide game cover. Scouts seek additional adult supervision. volunteers including Er n Holzer and Supt. Robinson, Mr. Strong, and others are urged to help.
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Elgin
State Forest Nursery
R. P. Strauch
NYA
Max
Keith Thoma
Thoma
Lehman Farm
Ern Holzer
Supt. Robinson
Strong
Prison Evangelist to Speak at West Union
Dr. Thomas Noah Carter of Peoria Illinois national director of the Inter Church Prison Evangelistic association will speak at the Methodist church in West Union Monday evening April 28 at 8 o clock Rev Mitchell announces this community service to which the public is invited Carter once inmate in Arizona state prison was called the most despised man in the prison and is famed as a prison evangelist with a dramatic life story and work.
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Thomas Noah Carter
Peoria
Ill
Inter- Church Prison Evangelistic Association
Methodist Church
West Union
Mitchell
Carter
Arizona State Prison
Reports Plenty of Moisture in Colorado
Letters from readers note a late spring with more rain and snow than usual. Mrs G W Bauder reports farmers planting beels and optimistic crop prospects if the war ends.
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Colorado
Elgin
Echo
G. W. Bauder
Meldrum St. Fl. Collins, Cala
W C T U Meets Friday in April eveing
The Women's Christian Temperance Union will meet at Marian Patterson's home on Friday evening, April 25. Local social notes mention Mr and Mrs Lyle Caleman visiting Fayette, a scarlet fever quarantine removal, Mrs Dena Dumbermuth's illness, Mae Anderson at the M V Kiple home, Mrs Kiple's slow improvement after a stroke, and Les Hartmann with his WMT Band at the Elgin opera house on Wednesday, April 30.
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The
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Tome of
Marian Patterson
Echo
Lyle Caleman
Fayette
Donald Gilson
Lauretta
Adolph Normark
Minneapolis
Minn
Dena Dumbermuth
Mae Anderson
M. V
Les Hartmann
WMT
Elgin Opera House
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Iowa Press Assn
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Lloyd Thurston
Secretary of Agriculture
Mark G. Thornburg
State House
General Assembly
Hallow
tuck’”—Emerson
Contibrsar Grenerene
Hall Columbia
Harteford, Conn
Becfergatie
Boeton
Duce
Breay
Britain
Hitler
BN War
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Rothlisberger
Wichita, Kan
Fayette County
Oelwein
J. J. Phillips
Kellys
Boy Scouts
Thema
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