Fayette County dairy association reports strong milk yields
The Fayette County No 4 Cow Teat ing Association finished its 12th year with 460 cows on test. Total milk value reached $77.72 with feed costs $41.01. High herds include Kerrs with 405.7 lbs butterfat and 12,297 lbs milk. Lauer with 404.8 lbs butterfat and 11,577 lbs milk. Ten top herds averaged 80.7 to 87.8 lbs butterfat. New records show per cow butterfat up 72 lbs since 1926-27, yielding $18.72 at $0.72 per lb.
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Fayette County
Kerr
Grant Lauer
Mr. Lauer
J. C. Matthews
Jermeya
RF. Legin
Walter Duligrd
Mra
H.W. Groas & Sons
H. N. Turner
John C. Life
K. J. Kerr
Max Grafenberg
Annie
Holdtein
Hubert Teig
Fayette county fair ready to open next week
The Fayette county fair runs August 20 to 24 with a completed grandstand and bandstand, and officials say the event will be big and successful. Entries indicate all pens will be filled, with dairy classes growing, sheep arriving in large numbers, and swine stock up from last year.
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Fayette County
Fayette ‘County
Bauder
Eolviciaunes
Local Field Day Contests At Schori Field Friday
The sports committee of hometow Ing has arranged several contests to be held Friday afternoon at Schori Field after the ball games. Howard Shaffer oversees the event and entrants should see him before Friday. Contests include bag race toe tag race sack race and more among others.
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Hometow~ Ing
Schori Field
Howard Shaffer
Homecoming Greeting Extends Warm Welcome to ROMECOMERS
A nostalgic 1981 homecoming message invites ROMECOMERS to visit old friends and neighbors. The town promises hospitality and eager business houses to serve attendees, hoping the gathering will be memorable and improve on past events.
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Imost
Gov Herring Dinner At Oelwein August Evening Event
Gov Herring and Mrs. Alex Miller will be honored guests at a public reception in Oelwein on Monday night August 20. Congressman Biermann and Ed Dunn of Mason City will also attend. A 630 PM dinner at the Methodist is followed by an 8 PM Coliseum meeting with speeches by Gov Herring Mrs Miller and other notables. The program includes music entertainment and dancing by the Little German Band with public welcome.
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Gov. Herring
Alex Miller
Congressman Biermann
Ed Dunn
Mason City
Methodist
Coliseum
Sallie
Cy Ona
Canning Factory Opens Early as Sweet Corn Rush Hits
The sweet corn crop matured rapidly forcing an earlier opening of the canning factory. Officials had planned to delay past homecoming but started Tuesday with incoming corn and initial machinery runs. Operations may run daily this week. the crop is reportedly fairly good and a successful season is expected.
Old Age Pension Receipts Near Million in State Funds
State Treasurer Leo Wegman reported $802,180.00 in the old age pension fund with Aug 10 receipts and an estimated $100,000 held by county treasurers plus $25,000 in unrecorded employer remittances. The Old Age Assistance Commission now has about $925,000 to begin pension payments this fall.
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Awith
Leo J.wegman
Old Age Assistance Commission
Parade Meet At Canning Factory Saturday
Ray DeSart chairman of the Saturday parade committee asks that floats be brought to the grounds west of the factory promptly at 2:00 PM Saturday afternoon. Everyone should be prompt and those planning a float should notify Mr DeSart promptly.
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Ray ‘DeSart
Mr. DeSart
Elgin School Opens On September Third
The Elgin school board announced the term will start Monday September 3. Teachers will be notified and expected to report for duty on the opening date.
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Elgin
Dentists gather for 1934 ADA convention in St Paul
Dr L. Huchinson attended the American Dental Association annual meeting in St Paul Minnesota. The 1934 convention drew six to seven thousand dentists from the United States Canada and Mexico to the new St Paul auditorium with a week of health exhibits and a pioneering ice show entertainment.
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Hutchinson
St. Paul
Minn
American Dental Association
U. S
Canada
Hulda
Bergen
New-York
Lake'Placid’ Sey
Joe Goswitz
White Sparrow Shocks Believers In Small Town Office
Earl Kiple brought a dead pure white sparrow to his office on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Kiple spotted the unusual bird in their maple Tuesday evening and alerted the men. Elmer Grover shot at it, crippling the bird, which could not be saved. The Kiples display the sparrow in a casket as a true story.
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Earl Kiple
Doll and Pet Parade Entrants Meeting Notice
Children entering the doll and pet parade should meet by 2 00 PM Thursday. Pet entrants assemble at Falks used car lot and doll entrants on the lawn south of the furniture store. Be prompt for the scheduled hour.
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Falk’s
Fureniture’ Store
Dr Frank Mock Receives New Appointment at Haskell Institute
A letter from Mrs. Frank Mock notes the Mock family moved from Ft Duchesne Utah to the Haskell Institute at Lawrence Kansas. The institute is described as the largest Indian school in the country with its own laundry power plant print shop and various shops plus a 40 bed hospital employing two nurses. The family arrived August 1 finding heat then relief from recent rains.
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Frank Mock
Dr. Mock
Ft. Duchesne
Utah
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kansas
Mock
Friday Kittenball Games Canceled For Homecoming Park
All kittenball games scheduled for Friday evening are called off due to homecoming activities at the park. Marie Schupbach returned Monday from Chicago, visiting in the Hugh Casper home, arriving with Mr. and Mrs. George Falk. The message ends with a reflective remark about money.
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Marie Schupbach
Chicago
Hugh Casper
George Falk
Record Depth Set in Halver Farm Well Project
Gilbertson and Scholtz drilled to 556 feet at the Halver don Bros. farm, a likely regional farm-well depth record. The 222 feet of water kept the level high. ordinary pump jacks failed to handle the heavy pull, prompting Carl Halverson to manufacture an extra strong pump. He also plans a hilltop reservoir to provide on demand water.
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Gilbertson & Scholtz
Halverdon Bros
Carl Halverson
Publishers Picnic Delayed by Rainy Day in Iowa
The Northeast Iowa Press Association held its fourth annual picnic at Backbone State Park near Strawberry Point on Aug. 10. About a hundred members attended, a drop from prior years, with talks by Senator B. W. Newberry, J. C. Hartman, Congressman Fred Biermann, and J. A. Druger. A park tour and fish hatchery visit followed a brief business meeting. Prior locations included McGregor, Lansing, and Guttenberg.
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Northeast
Iowa Press Assn
Backbone State Park
Strawberry Point
Richmond Springs
B. W. Newberry
J. C. Hartman
Waterloo Courier
Fred Biermann
Decorah
J. A. Druger
Elkader Register
G. L. Caswell
Iowa-Pregs Agsn
McGregor
Lansing
Guttenberg
Clayton County Farmer Kills Wife Then Commits Suicide
Louis Bigler, a 62 year old Clayton county farmer from Marion township near Clermont, shot his wife with a single barrel shotgun in the barn while milking and then killed himself in the house. Mrs Bigler was rushed to Postville hospital and is recovering. Insanity due to ill health was given as the cause. The couple has three children.
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Louis Bigler
Marion Township
Clayton County
Clermont
Republicans Hold District Meeting at West Union
The state central committee of the Republicans holds district conferences in each congressional district. This district meets this week on Wednesday afternoon in the assembly room of the courthouse at West Union. Stanley R. Smith of Osage, district committeeman, sent letters to county chairmen and officers asking their presence. The campaign organization plan will be presented at this meeting.
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Republican’ ‘State Central Committee
Court House
West Union
Stanley R. Smith
Osage
Five Bands Here Saturday at Elgin Homecoming
Elgin hosts a Saturday homecoming with five bands, led by Rube Bills from Farmersburg and Monona uniting as one. Also appearing are the Elgin Concert Band, Hilda Meyer’s Little Tot Band, and the famed Elgin Little German Band.
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Elgin
Farmersburg
Monona
Hilda Meyer
Lehman Family Annual Picnic Brings 145 Attendees
The tenth Lehman family reunion was held at Elgin school grounds on Sunday August 12 with 145 in attendance. A bountiful picnic followed by a business meeting and program featured Rev. J J Snyder and the Reinhart sisters from Alta Vista. Officers elected for the coming year include President Max Lehman and vice presidents Celia Lehman Sam Reinhart and Will Reinhart. A long attendee list names many Lehman relatives and spouses from multiple towns including Houston Fairbank Algona Cedar Falls Postville and Alta Vista with Reinhart and Lehman families dominant.
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Lehman
Elgin School
J.j.snyder
Reinhart Sisters
Alta ‘Vista
Ernie Baumgartner
Elgin
Max Lehman
Celia Lehman
Sam
Will Reinhart
Edna Hunsberger
Schori
Houston
Texda
Harry Conversa
Carol
Fairbank
J. H. Williams
Mary Robert
Margaret
la Porte Ae
Geo. Klock
Frederick
Man
Algona
C. €. Scharlach
Geneva
Cedar Falls
J. M. Johnson
Elma
John Lyford
Joan
Reinhart
Strawberry
Lloyd Puffatt
Puffett
Gail
Dundee
Eather Gejnapp
Burdett
Glen
Donald
Helen
Alta Vista
Sam Reinhart
Lena Smith
Edna
L. L. Reinhart
Caudill
Bonnie Low
Darlys
Vincent Reinhart
Ralph Reinhart
BR. R. Erian
Connie
Theresa
Janice
Lulu Schmid
Rex Medberry
Earl
Gene
Marian
Maxine
Leo
B. Hunsberger
Elmer Hunsberger
Goo
N. Sehori
B.C. Olsen
Norton
Clifford
Robert
Sam Lehman
Celia
Ella Lehman
Lew Lehman
Louis L
L. G. Lehman
Louisa Bucher
Louise Sehori
Celia Rennigan
Ethel
Mabel
Anna
F. C. Burrow
LeRoy
Lois
Rose
Mabel Reitz
Mildred
Margaret Friederich
Adeline
Dan Lehman
F. R. Berg
Edwin Anderson
Rudy Lehman
Adolph
Walter Lehman
No Band Concert During Fayette County Fair Week
Elgin will not host a band concert next week per local custom during the Fayette county fair. Residents expect to attend the fair next Thursday, the big day, with many planning their attendance at the event.
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Elgin
Fayette County
Store Building for Rent in Elgin
Rest location in Elgin offers suitable possession arrangements within a reasonable time. Dated notes mention K0tfe R. W. Muehlenthaler and social visits, including Mr and Mrs D Henderghott bringing Mrs F G Spahr from Oelwein after a ten day visit, and Myre Krone of Chicago arriving Monday evening to visit in the home of Dr and Mrs H H Wolf.
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Elgin
R. W. Muehlenthaler
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Canning Factory
Inereor
Hawkeye
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Meyer
Steele
Frieden
Henninger
P Evans
Klingman
Weibel
Moore
Gebring
Rhe Hughes
Barker
Mwfalah
al Buether
Stevens
Smith
Boeckenhour
Nieman
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