Elgin Wins Another Over Vinton Colts
Sunday afternoon the home team defeated Vinton's Colts by 5 to 2 on the local diamond. Wet grounds hindered play as the field was nearly ankle deep. Elgin's battery Lehman and Bobler opposed Vinton's Koehler and Shipton. Injunctions have been issued against Davenport's three amusement venues under the Samlot law. Suburban Island Park to be laid out as a summer residence, the big inn to be used as a summer hotel. Mrs. J W Stahl, visiting locally, returns home after learning a daughter in Oklahoma plans to visit.
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Vinton
Elgin
Lehman
Bobler
Koehler
Shipton
Davenport
Scheutzen Park
Island Park
Ferashington Gardens
Ieland Park
Big Inn
J. W. Stahl
Arlington
Oklahoma
High Paid Ad Copywriter Sparks Advertising Fame
Claude C Hopk ins of a Chicago agency earns 1000 dollars weekly or 62000 yearly, rivaling top North Dakota salaries, as his copy fuels client ads creating millions in revenue. Merchants who doubt adverts fail to see returns. diligent advertising sustains thriving shops. Myrtle Halstenson, Bessie Halstenson travel with Miss Clara to visit Postville and McGregor friends.
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United States
Claude C. Hopkins
Chicago
North Dakota
Hts
Misa
Myrtle
Bessie Halstenson
McGregor
Miss Clara
Postville
Eastern Star Picnic At Harringtons Grove 1908
The Eastern Stars held their annual picnic in Harringtons Grove on a sunny Tuesday. About seventy attendees enjoyed perfect weather under large trees with pleasant conversation and a hearty dinner and supper. The crowd was congenial, and the day ended with everyone returning home satisfied they had attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Stars
Harrington's Grove
Elgin Millinery Change as Miss Albright Sells Stock
Miss Ethel Albright sells her millinery stock to Mrs. Joseph Butler who has moved the stock to rooms above Finke's store for millinery parlors. This leaves one millinery shop in Elgin as the Albrights retire after eight years in business. Mrs. Butler, a skilled trimmer, travels to Chicago to select fall and winter stock for local ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Albright
Joseph Butler
Finke
Elgin
Albrights
Ben
Butler
Chicago
M E Church Notes And Local Social Roundup
Next Sunday evening the Methodist Street Meeting on Main street promises final lessons with the Elgin Concert Band and choir performing at 7 PM. Eva Blow visits from Decorah. a big Opera House dance is advertised. several locals attend Des Moines events and state fair plans unfold. Hovilek from West Union draws minor league interest as Clinton and Waterloo claim him.
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Main Street
Elgin
Eva Blow
Decorah
Opera House
Walker
Esther Heck
Cedar Rapids
F. W. Heanes
E. F. Mason
Bryant
Lawler
Emma
Frane DeSart
Ed Pringle
Des Moines
Roy DeSart
Florence
Hovilek
West Union
Clinton
III
Waterloo
Old horse and old man compare in a Britt musing
Bailey Sees St Bailey of Britt draws a withering analogy between an aging horse and a widowed man. He describes how loss of a spouse unsettles a man, prompting social changes, grooming, and new habits, and notes the challenge of reining in a once steady life. The piece blends humor with cautionary social commentary.
County Republican Delegate Convention in Fayette County
By direction of the Republican State Central Committee of Iowa a Fayette County delegate convention will meet at West Union Iowa at 11 oclock a m Saturday August 29 1908 to select sixteen delegates for the Republican State Convention in Des Moines on September 9 1908 at 10 oclock a m to nominate a candidate for Chief Justice to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles A Bishop and to transact other business. Delegates are those elected from precincts at the June 2 1908 primary. Representation is one delegate per precinct plus one for every 26 votes over 12 cast for Albert B Cumming for governor in the November 6 1906 election. Pleasant Valley is entitled to seven delegates. Walter H Beall Will N Rogers Sec Chairman.
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Republican State Central Committee of
Iowa
Fayette County
West Union
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Charles A. Bishop
Albert B. Cumming
Navy
Pleasant Valley
Walter H. Beall
Will N. Rogers
Probate of Will in Payette County Iowa
Probate notice from the District Court announces a hearing on September 14, 1908 in West Union Iowa to prove and admit the last will of Christ Wenger deceased. Clerk J W Window and kinship details noted. Additional item mentions Mrs S E Kinney visiting son Glen Kinney then traveling to Aurora and Minneapolis Minnesota.
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State OF
Iowa
Payevte
Christ Wenger
West Union
E. Kinney
Glen Kinney
Aurora
R. D. Kinney
Minneapolis
Minn
How Stamps Are Made Harmless Sweet Potato Gum
A historical note explains stamp production with gum derived from sweet potato. Gum is prepared by the government at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, applied to stamp sheets through pipes to rollers, dried in hot air in a long flue, and then the coated sheets proceed to finishing.
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United States
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Food for Horses and Diverse Forage Cultures
The text notes horses in Egypt fed on currants for endurance, Smyrna horses nourished by figs during harvest, West Indies horses fed green sugar cane tops, Canadian windfall apples as staple food, Tasmania peaches, and Arabia dates replacing hay and oats. It references Edward Everett Hale with August Book News Monthly pieces by his son and tributes by Higginson and Wagstaffe to the author of The Man Without a Country.
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Egypt
Smyrna
West Indies
Canda
Tasmania
Arabia
Edward Everett Hale
Book News Monthly
Hale
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
W. de Wagstaffe
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America
Algin Savings Bank
Gus Gunderson
San's Mosby, Cashier
C. S. Holstenson
M. E. Church Notes
Econo
Thoma Bros
F. R. Berg
Bailey
Grass Widow
G. W
Natwe
J. W. Window
Berg
Berg’s
Food
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