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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1927

Page

12

Illyria Notes Show Many Local Visitors and Easter Service

A long list of visitors and guests rings Illyria area life with L. Hunsberger, Rothlisberger households, Shaffers, and others hosting meals and calls. Easter cantata drew a crowded church, four baptisms, five adult entrants, and ten new members as Dr. E. J. Lockwood was set to preach next Sunday.

The Cemetery Association Ladies’ Aid Society L. W. MacKellar Albert Dennler Chas Doty Pulfer C. L. Klingman Ida Frieden Edna Hanson Cheery Valley Louise Meyer Illyria E. J. Lockwood Waterloo Dr. Lockwood Ernest J. Starr

L C A Meeting Next Wednesday at Cemetery Association

The Elgin Ladies' Cemetery Association will meet with Mrs. R W Muehlenthaler on Wednesday May 4. A good attendance is desired.

Elgin Ladies’ Cemetery Association R. W. Muehlenthaler

Seven ages of mankind meet the automobile toll parody

The Stewart-Warner Safety Council lampoons Shakespeare with a verse on car fatalities by age. It lists infants, schoolchildren, lovers, young adults, bankers, family men, and the aged, noting the highest toll among the very young and very old due to heedlessness and frailty.

Gshakespeare Stewart-Warner Safety Council Jay Saint Peter

Auto accidents peak during home going hours in Chicago

The Stewart-Warner Safety Council reports 11,788 Chicago auto crashes last year, with 5 to 6 PM the most deadly. Only 47 of 1,080 fatal crashes occurred then, while four o’clock saw many child deaths after school and seven to nine PM marked the highest risk for adults near theater hours.

Chicago Stewart-Warner Safety Council For the Prevention of

Auto Fatalities by Age Highlight School Safety Need

United States mortality figures show peak fatalities among ages five to fifteen for both sexes. Government data used by Stewart-Warner Safety Council indicates about 22,000 annual automobile deaths with 8,621 males and 2,845 females in one year. Injury figures suggest youths dominate, with New York state reporting 11,768 injured under fifteen in nine months of 1925.

Stewart-Warner Safety Council For United States New York State

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Elgin Echo R. P. Strauch Elgin Fayette County Laws Jerome Yearous Lena Hunsberger Ralph Shaffer Walter Rothlisberger Dan Craft Tripp and Family Will Barker Brainard A. L. Craft Harry Reichert Far West Union Donald Gilson Tara Henry Christiansonome Lizzie Lyons Fred Rothlisberger J. F. Shaffer Thos. Richards West Union Kent and Mervin Hunsberger Fred Light Lauer Freddie Rex Medberry and Son Fred Burrow Ruth Schifibach Harry Palmer John Rothlisberger Chas. Rothlisberger Eliza Pulter Levi Pulter Jacob Schneider George Butikofer Oelwein Leo Rothlisberger Ed Wenger Lena Wenger Henry McMillan Levi Pulfer G. B. Medberry Rev. Starr Fred Paul Bossard Elkader Myr Mrs Will Frieden Henry Christianson LaFonda Shaffer Fayette Mrs. I. F. Shaffer Ellen Hanson Elizabeth Lucy Christen Ida Dennler Adolph Hanson Carroll Klingman and Son Wm. Grover Albert Schupbach Elmer Frieden Gerald Henry Frieden H. Foxwell Gottfred Frieden Fanny Bracker Miss Vieder Fred Schneider Mer Bill Booster Youth of Nation U. S Posses yWols U.S Schori & Kuster
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