Annie Carpenter Dowse Carpenter dies after long life
Remains of Annie Dowse Carpenter were laid to rest in Elgin's Igia cemetery after arriving from Okmulgee Oklahoma. She was born in England in 1841 and lived in Auburn Fayette County Iowa West Union Rock Rapids and Oklahoma with husband E R Carpenter and two children Edith and Roy D Carpenter. A memorial service in Elgin honored her and noted her intellect and adaptability through a life spanning England the United States and multiple towns.
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Annie Carpenter
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Llgia
Annie Dowse-Carpenter
Philip Dowse
Rebecca Dowse
England
Auburn
Fayette County
Iowa
Annie Dowse
E. R. Carpenter
Edith
May
Rome
Italy
Roy D
Samuel
Fuller
Dowse
George
Oelwein
Burlingham
Chilicothe
E. M. Phillips
West Union
J. G.draewel
Kansas
Barbara Schreiner
Bauer
Canton Zuruch
Switzerland
C.H. Schreiner
J. G. Draewel
Elgin
Emilie Borgman
Enterprise
Otto
Lizzie
Lydia
Mama Schriener
John Miller
Dorrance
For Rent Near Elgin with House and Orchard Features
For rent a 2 acre tract with house and good well. Includes a 60 by 60 strawberry bed, 100 bearing grapevines, and 50 swarms of bees. Located two miles east of Elgin. Inquiries to John Fann.
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Elgin
Jonn Fann
Notice to clean ashes and contain chickens per ordinance
The notice requires all residents to clear ashes and debris from alleys and premises. It warns chicken owners to keep poultry confined, citing the mayor H. Hapser.
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Hapser
Sunday closing law enforcement notice 1912
City announces strict enforcement of Sunday closing, all places of business must close all day with exceptions for hotels and eating houses serving customers only. Dated April 25, 1912. Mayor B G Batigngn.
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Big
Batiggn
Mrs Miller Sale Date Change Notice Highlights May 4
Sale announcement shows date shifted from April 27 to May 4. Readers urged to inspect the list for items and bid at their own price. The notice emphasizes being on hand for good articles.
Eastern Stars Shortened Meeting At Opera House
On account of a lecture at the Opera house next Wednesday evening the Eastern Stars will hold only a four item business meeting from 7 30 until 8 00 o clock All officers are urged to attend due to important matters on the agenda.
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Opera House
Eastern Stars
10 Day Offer On Irons And Toasters At C Leaman & Sos
A special 10 day offer on Electric Hot Point Irons and Toasters. Get 3rd hot point iron and toaster for $5.00, regular price $8.00. Visit C Leaman and Sos to see them.
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C, Leaman & Sos
For Sale Buick and Overland Cars and Weekend Family News
For sale two old cars Buick No 10 and Overland No 54 both five passenger in good shape and cheap. Dr H Bavsen and J W Keight plan a winter visit with Mia, Edna, and Edna’s aunt at Beatrice and Weymore. Knight and daughter travel to meet brother and niece, the first white child born in their county. Chas Holzer finds fox den in woods and sells three kits to Robyer for his fox farm. Spring arrived yesterday with weather notes.
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H. 8
Bavsen
J. W. Keight
Mia
Chas Kniel
Edna
Beatrice and Weymore
Ned
Mr. Knight
Chas. Holzer
I, Robyer
Mr. Robyer
School Notes And Upcoming Fourth Grade Reading Program
The Fourth Grade adopts new small histories as supplementary reading and a school entertainment is planned. Olga Gilbertson left school for parochial schooling. Numerous students across grades posted perfect attendance for the past month, with lists of names in each class. The Foxes will present a Grammar Room program Friday afternoon featuring songs, recitations, quizzes, readings, clippings, and various acts, marking the last literary of the school year. Friday, W. H. Finke was taken to Minneapolis for sanatorium treatment, with C. L. Shaffer assisting. Mrs. Arthur Dibble and children arrived from Spokane to care for a seriously ill mother, now staying with James Boots’s family.
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Olga Gilbertson
Fox
Chas Capper
Alma Gehring
Fred Hanson
Edith Keiser
Otto Stoehr
William Wickham
Worley
Hazel Frieden
Elmer Yenny Augusta Mosby
Edward Schmid
Vernon Hotchkiss
Hdnak Weibel
Flossie Kiple
Florence Lehman
Minerva Weibel
Hazel Habeger
Opal Schori
Walther Falk
Ernestine Schart
Julia Boyle
Evalyn White
Hazel Gehring
Robmnie Boyle
Lewis Boleyn
Leon ‘Holzer
Charles Gehring
Lowell Gruver
Millard Muehlenthaler
W. H. Finke
Minneapolis
Minn
Spokane
Washington
James Boots
Dibble
C. L. Freiburghaus
Will Kreuger
Castalia
Iowa State Convention Delegates Favor Taft At Cedar Rapids
The Iowa State Convention met at Cedar Rapids and Taft forces controlled the selection of four delegates at large to the Republican National Convention. Taft secured sixteen delegates from Iowa, Cummins ten, with early reports signaling a Taft majority and a Cummins showing.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids Yeatowly
Taft Porton
Waynton
Albert B. Cormmming
Taft
Iowi
Cummins
Marriage of Miss Lillie Goetz to John Feniole at Oelwein
Miss Lillie Goetz of our city wed Mr John Feniole of Guttenberg at the German Lutheran church in Oelwein on April 17 1912. The couple will reside in Guttenberg where the groom works with his father. A reception and dinner at Hotel Mealey followed the ceremony thanking the bride for her service to the hotel.
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Oelein
Lillie Goetz
John A. Feniole
Guttenberg
Miss Goetz
Daniel Goetz
Our City
Ulwein
Fenicle
Fenisie
Guvard
Mia
Entertainer Robert Heath to perform at Opera House
Robert Edwin Heath, a versatile humorist, will deliver the final lecture of the course at the Opera House next Wednesday evening. His refined, popular programs include character sketches in costume and a fast lightning change act. Publicly approved, he is billed a born platform man. Popular prices.
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Opera House
Heath
Robert Edwin Heath
Check Your Expenditures For Convenient Daily Tracking
Pay bills by check only and you have a receipt for your money without cash handling. It is the most dignified way to do business today. Place your accounts here and you will appreciate the conveniences and courtesies our customers enjoy.
Seed Offer for Home Grown and Acclimated Varieties
A brief notice invites readers to request specific home grown and acclimated seed varieties. It promises access to trusted seeds and encourages contacting the supplier for available options and guidance on selection.
Modern public study shifts trace to practical aims
Aug Holzer notes that much instruction in public actions is impractical and should give way to studies preparing youths for serious occupations. Geo N Schori travels with wife to Minneapolis for treatment at a sanitarium as she seeks renewed health. A large group plans to attend Decorah Odd Fellows anniversary with a special train from Elgin at 8:30 am and return at 11:30 pm. Miss Lillie Oswald hosts a Priscilla Club gathering with friends. Lew Christ’s restaurant closes while M V Kiple renovates. new features planned. Halver H Gilbertson adds a sunroom and interior upgrades at his home near County Line road. Heath program at the opera house next Wednesday invites all. Monnahan & Lehman improve Main street property recently bought from R W Muehlenthaler.
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Geo. N. Schori
Minneapolis
Mia
Decorah
Elgin
Lillie Oswald
Priscilla Club
Miss Oswald
Lew Christ
M. V. Kiple
Lew
Halver H. Gilbertson
County Line Road
Heath
Opera House
Monnahan & Lehman
Main Street
R. W. Muehlenthaler
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Elgin Savings Bank
Elgin, Iowa
Gus Gunderson
Sam's Mosby
Gordon
F. R. Berg & Co
O. E
Edith Worley
Grace Conner
Chas, Greenley
Florence Kobier
Herbert Pinney
Margarete Greather
Francis Skarshaug
Harry Fitzgerald
Merie Klingman
Harry Keiser
Herbert
George Falk
Louis Klingman
Marie Falb
Charlie
Allen Habeger
Elmer Frieden
Frances, Had
Glen Schori
Charles Graver
Otto Draewel
Leo Schori
Gordon Mosby
Gladys
Fred King
Loren Worley
Edith Greather
Frieda Yenney
Esther Draewel
Merla Klingman
Beth Monnahan
Belma Koudtaon
BEA
Merle
Klingman
Leila Conner
John Yonney
Carrie Freiburghaus
Willie Bauman Donald Dean
John Yenney
Walter Draewel
State Convention
Lawrence
Thos
Knudtson
Lew Oswald
Chas Holzer
Rudy Lehman
Cedar Rapids
Will Conley
Obrecht Stock Co
M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society
Tom Lewis
Phahalal
KY AR
le Roa tSeweres Bal
Citizens’ State Bank
Holzer
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