Homecoming Week Sets Four-Day Park Events
Community Club in the park hosts its weekly meeting with plans for homecoming activities. Key events include a Thursday August 19 kickoff, a Friday doll and pet parade, a decorated bicycle parade, a largest family in one car contest, and two dances featuring Cedar Valley Hill Billies and the Little German Band at the opera house.
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Community Club
Evans’ Cafe
Elgin
Cedar Valley Hill Billies
Opera House
Big Cake Award for Longest-Distance Homecomer
Elgin bakery to bake a large $3 cake for the couple who traveled the farthest to return as true homecomers. Mr Zurbriggen sponsors the contest as a sideline, with the award to be presented Saturday night. Amateur contest follows with yodelers singers musicians dancers and others performing Saturday evening at the band hall.
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Elgin Bakery
Zurbriggen
State Board Sets Farm Valuations In County
The state tax board kept Fayette county farm assessments at 50.41 per acre, above the state average of 49.30, and left Clayton county valuations at 42.31 per acre as set by local officers.
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State
Fayette County
Clayton County
Mildred Steggall and C S Whitney wed at Nashua church
Mildred Steggall of Fayette and C S Whitney of Britt were married at the Little Brown Church in Nashua by Rev lent. Attendants were Mrs J Leonard Davies of Cresco and Paul Zurbriggen of Elgin. The couple will reside in Kanahwa where Whitney will teach.
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Little Brown
Nashua
Mildred Steggall
Fryette
Elgin
Kanahwa
E ‘Gin
Too Fast and Too Hot To Handle at Creamery
Umpire Nydegger rules on a near miss at a creamery as Louis Lehman, using pliers to adjust a boiler valve, is struck by lightning. Sparks fly for seconds, but heavy rubber boots may have saved him from a severe shock. George corroborates the visible sparks.
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Nydegger
Louis
Lehman
Atet
George
Mrs Caroline Wenger Dies After Illness at 77
Mrs Caroline Wenger of Illyria died Wednesday morning after several days of illness. She was 77. Funeral services will be held Friday at two o'clock at the Illyria church with burial in the local cemetery.
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Caroline Wenger
Illyria
Wenger
Ilyria
Study Club Farewell Party for Hougs in Elgin
Elgin Study Club members and husbands held a park picnic supper Tuesday evening to honor Mr and Mrs E M Houg with Mrs Houg a club member. A social hour followed the meal and plans for a talent contest at eight are announced by S K Langsdale.
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Elgin Study Club
The
Park
E. M. Houg
Welcome Showers Bring Hope For Corn Crop
The week brings light to moderate showers totaling seven sixteenths, seven eighths, and one and one eighth inches. Farmers report ground moisture rapidly restored, boosting corn prospects for 1937 and renewing optimism after dry spells.
Bird Sells Elgin Drug Store to Chas O Neill of Dubuque
Elgin town records reveal Elgin druggist R Bird has sold his drug store to Chas O Neill of Dubuque. Deal dated July 19, Bird to stay on briefly while O Neill moves in, new owner previously with Harding Drug Co in Dubuque. Bird and wife plan to live in Clear Lake temporarily after 2 1 4 years of operation here. Local reaction mixed. social calendar notes play Civil Service on August 15 with Rudy Yunker ill earlier this week.
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R. Bird
Elgin
Chas. O'Neill
Dubuque
Mr. Bird
O'Neill
Mason City
Bird
Clear Lake 2
Stoehr
East Clermont Luther League
Civil Service
Elmer Larson
Rudy Yunker
Pig Draws 4000 a Month Beauty to Hollywood
Beauty, a trained 100-pound Duroc Jersey pig owned by Theodore Wright of Union Star Missouri, will earn 4000 dollars monthly. The pig pulls a cart and claims to drive better than a horse. Beauty will be shown first at the Missouri state fair and later at the American Royal in Kansas City.
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Beauty
Hollywood
Theodore Wright
Union Star
Kansas City
Elgin and Volga Baseball Tilt Ends in Volga Rally
Elgin and Volga met Sunday with Volga scoring 16 runs to Elgin's 11 after a seesaw game. Volga pulled away in the seventh and eighth as O Lamphier and Evans homered for Volga while Klingman and Dawson starred for Elgin. Next Sunday West Union visits Elgin and other local games are on the schedule.
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Elgin
Volga
Cardinals
Dawson
Klingman
Chase
Krouse
Volga City
Abrhe
O. Lamphier
Voshell
F. Chase
L. Lamphier
Vorden
Smith
E. Chase
J. Krouge
West Union
Waucoma
Wadena
Alpha
Sumner
Hawkeye
Newspaper Men to Gather At Guttenberg Friday
Northeast Iowa editors plan the seventh annual Northeast Town Press outing at Guttenberg. A catfish dinner kicks off the picnic followed by a Mississippi boat ride and a tour of the lock and dam. The gathering invites editors from across the state.
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Iowa
Guttenberg
Mississippi
Northeast Town Press Association
Lehman Clan Holds Picnic Here Sunday
The Lehman family met for their 18th annual reunion at Elgin school grounds on Sunday August 8. Officers elected were F E Lehman president J H Williams and F R Berg vice president J W Lehman historian Mabel Rennison secretary treasurer. A program followed with readings duets and vocal selections under Mrs F B Lehman leadership. One hundred twenty names registered spanning several towns with thanks offered to committees and Elgin school board.
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Lehman
Elgin School Grounds
F. E. Lehman
J. H. Williams
F. R. Berg
J. W. Lehman
Mabel Rennison
F. B. Lehman
Mary
Margaret
Robert Williams
Donald Gisnapp
Ethel Vatthauer Reinhart
B. L. Caudrill
H. Converse
Tyler
R. R. Erion
Mary Williams
Helen
Ethel Vatthauer
Elgin Achool Board
Alta Vista
Fred Reinhart
Oletha
Fred Haeflinger
Will Gerhardt
Vinita
Dundee
Rose Lehman
Ther Gienapp
Burdette
Donald
Rosaleen
Glen
Oscar Lehman
Elma
Elmer Tyler
Fairbank
J. H. Wiliams
Robert Fayette
R. R. Erio
Constane
Theressa
Janice
Houston
Texas
Janesville
Wis
LaRoy Burrow
la Porte City
Geo. Klock
F. BE. Lehman
Frederick
Lawler
Rose Heimerdinger
Mason City
Lena Smith
Idna
Ridgeway
Arthur Vatthauer
Paul Vatthauer
Ethel
John Reinhart
Emma
Gladys
St. Olaf
Irvin Glawe
Waterloo
Ena Lehman
Elgin
L. G. Lehman
Lois
Celia Lehman
A. P. Lehman
Lulu Schmid
B JL Baumgartner
Louise Marie
Oats Yields Near Elgin Reach High Levels
H H Gilbertson of Elgin area reports oats yields per acre across three fields totaling 39 acres. One ten acre field averaged 71 bushels, a nine acre field 60 bushels, and a twenty acre field 63 bushels. Early variety oats lodged heavily but grain saving guards cut losses in one pass. Also noted is Wendall Miller of Faribault Minnesota sustaining serious injuries in a bicycle accident.
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H. H. Gilbertson
Elgin
Gilbertson
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