Local Syria items and community notes from the week
Weather mild with a fine rain Monday evening. Harry Reichert home Sunday. Thresher sounds fill the area as families welcome a baby boy to Klingman. Various visits, theater trips, and lectures noted around Reichert, Medberry, Foxwell, Gehring, and Wenger households. A harvest home picnic near Humphry grove and several family gatherings are recorded alongside health notes and a traveling salesman endorsing Dr King’s New Life Pills.
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Harry Reichert
Local notes and social items from Montauk area
Saturday, July 27, friends wish happiness and prosperity. Local arrivals and visits include F K White in Weet Union, Frank Frispie sick, Miss Hannah Paulson and Perena Halverson in Dig, E J Sheehan in Mason City. Mr and Mrs C F Week home from Dubuque. Clemmens, son of Rev and Mrs Burcett, has a broken arm from play in Andrew Thornen’s barn. Harry Wallace and Harvey Inghram visited from Des Moines to Madison, Wis., during a Sunday auto trip. An ad touts Electric Bitters as a health tonic with testimonials from T D Peebles of Tennessee. Only 60 cents at The City Drug Store.
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F.K. White
Weet Union
Frank Frispie
Hannah Paulson
Perena Halverson
Dig
E. J. Sheehan
Mason City
C. F. Week
Iiert
Dubuque
Clemmens
Oak Grove News Social Roundup and Notices
Oak Grove residents share visits and host gatherings at Frank Boyle and Will Cole homes. Mary Bennett and Katie Wilson return from Vermont and Denver respectively. Local visits include Brabham, Howard, Bennett, Conner, and Stansbury families. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised for piles and skin ailments.
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Bowers
Mary Bennett
Frank Boyle
Julia Brabham
Ira Bennetts
West Union
John O'Niel
Waterloo
Ward Brabham
Weert Union
Beth Monnahan
Edd Boyle
Mesdames Enos
Tommy Howard
Ed Boyle
Geo Stansbury
W. E. Howard
Will Cole
Ern Holzer
Albert Morse
John Green
Randalia
West Union Notices and Visit Highlights
Miss Ruth Nicklaus of Elgin visited friends in town Sunday. Miss Mamie Humphry spent a few days this week with friends in Decorah. Miss Beatrice Duggan of Randall visited over Sunday with Miss Margaret Follen. Married at West Union, Iowa, Ruroden were united in marriage July 27 1912 by J J Berkey Justice of the Peace.
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Ruth Nicklaus
Elgin
Mamie Humphry
Decorah
Beatrice Duggan
Randalia
The
Enterprise
Margaret Follen
Mies Gunelda E. Stray
Gilbert
West Union
Iowa
Ruroden
J. J. Berkey
J. P
Vacation for Rock Island foreman ends thirty five years’ labor
John Grover, foreman of the north section on the Rock Island, begins a two months vacation after thirty five years of faithful service. John Craft will supervise the section in his absence. Also notes a fatal accident when an Indian was killed on tracks near Rochelly, Ill. and a promotion for Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for coughs and lung trouble with testimonial from J R Watts of Ployd ada Tex.
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John Craft
Rochelly
Ill
Fast Express
Dr. King
J. R. Watts
Ploydada
Tex
Elkader Fair set for Sept 24 27 with strong program
Elkader reports hog losses due to heat while Frank Hagensick fractures a shoulder but is treated by Dr Mc Grath. Dance hall and opera house ceilings and steel wains coating are under repair. Subscriptions are being raised to hire the popular Iowa State Bank band for the 1912 Elkader Fair, promising one of the best county fair programs yet.
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Elkader
Frank Hagensick
Dr. McGrath
Iowa State Bank
Local News Notes from Wadena and Nearby Areas
The community records a July 31 birth of a baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. James Klingman in Wadena. Visitors include Robert Banger and family from LaPorte City staying with L. E. Bigler. A new threshing outfit prepares for work at the Wittenbaugh farm. Several residents travel to Dows and Clear Lake. A July 28 social at the Ernst home marks a Peters family reunion with eight living children and the Peters’ golden wedding in 1908, with the family still together after nearly fifty-nine years.
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James Klingman
Robert Banger
LaPorte City
L. E. Bigler
Geo Schmidt
Wittenbaugh
Will Gebring
Jennings
Oklahoma
Robert Ernst
A. W. Peters
L. L. Ernst
Illyria
R. A. Peters
Highland
Nettie Peters
Mra
Wm. Gehring
Jennings, Oklo
M. A. Klingman
Wadena
Picnic dinner under apple trees brings four generations together
A fifty generation era crowd of forty gathered for a picnic dinner beneath apple trees. The oldest approached seventy while the youngest was four months. Four generations shared music on piano and violin, social chat, and a sunset farewell, hoping for another reunion in the future.
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Tyas
Christen family hosts visitors in Cherry Valley
In Cherry Valley news the Christen family hosted guests Sunday with Ellen Hanson visiting Bert Chapman, Marie Grimm staying with Hulda Frederich, and Celia and Ida Frieden at the Christen home. Nearby, Florence Baumgartner visited Ernest Lerch, Ida Baumgartner stayed with her sister, and a surprise party honored Oscar Baumgartner with games and a watch.
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Christen
Ellen Hanson
Bert Chapman
Marie Grimm
Hulda Frederich
Dan Bellis
Chris Meyer
Celia
Ida Frieden
Florence Baumgartner
Ernest Lerch
Edward Grimm
Oscar Frieden
Elkader
Bertha Frieden
Alex Baumgartner
Volga
Florence
Adolph Baumgartner
Willie
Elmer
Celia Meyer
Cherry Valley
Oscar Baumgartner
Grant Stop-Overs in Iowa Travel Improve Rail Access
Greater Des Moines committee seeks railroad stop over tickets for Iowa travelers to view Iviva and the fertile prairie. The plan aims to let tourists visit Iowa despite rail policies favoring western scenic routes. Also notes Washington county hospital dedication in William Perry Wells park, a three story brick building with 25 beds costing $50,000, and the death of Thos. Fennell Jr. in Wadena with funeral services held on Sunday.
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Greater
Iowa
Thirty-third General Assembly
Washington County Hospital
William Perry
Elgin Iowa approves Clermont Road grade ordinance in 1912
Ordinance No. 137 establishes a graded West line of Clermont Road in Elgin Iowa with detailed elevations and slope descriptions from Lot 2 Block 10 Connors Addition to Latra Main Street. It repeals conflicting ordinances and is signed August 6 1912 by Mayor H. Hapsat. Clerk.
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Clemont
Elgin
Iowa
Comneil
Inwa
Clermont Road
Bleunwa
Boutherat
Connor
Latra Main
Clermont
Main Street
Clarmont Road
Hapsat UH
Wintiany
Ordinance for sidewalk on Clurmont Road Elgin Iowa 1912
Ordinance No 138 enacts a permanent four foot sidewalk along the east side of Clurmont Road from the southeast corner of Lot 20 Block 10 Connor's Addition to Lutra Blain Iowa. It requires adjacent property owners to build and maintain the walk, with specific start point and line measurements. All conflicting ordinances are repealed. Passed August 5, 1912.
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Clurmont Road
Ita
Main Streat
Elgin
Digin
Higin
Connor
Wnulans
To The Man On The Farm And West Union Prospects
Time of year to plan for rest for the old and better school advantages for the young. West Union offers good residences in a clean moral healthy town with farm rental and sales opportunities. I have money to loan, can furnish abstracts and examine titles, and can discuss securing property and relocating plans.
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West Union
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Syria
M. Klingman
Minnesota
Fred Rothlisberger
Clarence Coventry
C. L. Klingman
Rose Wenger
Fred Reichert
Ella
Mary Foxwell
Reichert
Mr. Cable
Chas Medberry
G. E. Medberry
Mildred Harrington
Wenger
Wilsons
Ogle
Alma Gehring
Mabel Gehring
Mary
Shirley Albright
Grandma Foxwell
Rose Kohler
Will Walters
Chas Rothlisberger
Jona Chapman
Curtis Chapman
Pauline Tuoertscher
MacKellar
John Yearous
Myre
Paige
Daughter
Andrew Yearous
Harriet MacKellar
Chas Doty
Lawrence] MacKellar
Will Gehring
Bertha
Amy Richards
Elizabeth Kimball
Oliver Trumbul
E. E. Younge
E. Berkshires
City
T. D. Peebles
Henry
Tenn
Oak Grove News
Katie Wilson
Denver, Col
Mesdames
Brabham
Tolzer
Vermont
Winnie Crooks
John Howard
W. C. Smith
Charles City
Jack Shaffer
Enos
Tom Howard
Ward Brabhaw's
Hugh Conner
Tia Bennett
Harold
Earl Bennett
Nelg Holm
Winefred
Leila Conner
Walter
Emery Dammermuth
Perl Stansbury
Bucklen
Clermont News
Mr. Gibert O. Burodin
Gunelda E. Stray
Clermont, Town
Cheery Valley News
Ida Baumgartner
Mia
Celia, Meyer
H. S. Hadsel, M.D
Citizens’ State
Fothergill
M. D. fEouzorto
Soslacven
Dewey Hota Ecain
State OF Iowa
Office of Auditor of State
Criigens
Hne
Code of Iowa
Frst
Ben Bseberl
Elias Benson
Knudt H. Groth
Thomas Lien
Thomaas Kerr
Oliver Bi. Kuppen
Bans Keiver
Des Moines
Joan L. Buiaktiy
J. Byrnes
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Gov. Johnson
California
T. R
Mr. Taft
Republican Party
Teddy
New York
Tota
John DeSart
Fred Tatro
Barg & Co
Schori
Greenly Bros
Bopp West Union
Colorado
Coleen le
Rock Island
Denver
Colorado Springs
Publa
Worley
Lowa
John
Proprie
Falb
Stor
Blach- Tn
Henry “Topp
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