Obituary for John Brackin of Pleasant Valley township
John Brackin born July 31 1885 in Jefferson County Ohio died August 14 1912 near his West Union Iowa home after a paralytic stroke. He married Sarah E Butler January 16 4 and had twelve children. A farmer and land owner, he was loved for his honesty and cheerful nature. Funeral at M E church West Union conducted by Knight Templar Lodge. Burial in local cemetery. His memory remains cherished by family and community.
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Echo
John Brackin
Jefferson County
Ohio
Pleasant Valley Township
Mr. Brackin
Sarah E Butler
Lawrence County
Illinois
Rebecca Jane
Daniel Brause
Union Township
Cornelius E
Clara Belle
Aug Brause
Wiliam Henry
Maggie May
W A Werry
West Union
Edna Louise
Fred Lehman
la Porte City
Joan B
Pléassant Valley Township
Louisa Miller
Jessie
William Miller
Clermont
Benjamin Harrison
Richard
Edith
Sarah
Bay of the Hounds
M. E. Church
Knight Templar Lodge
Neighborly thanks for expressions of sympathy card
Mrs. Jonny Bracein and children express gratitude to neighbors friends and Masonic Orders for love and sympathy shown during the recent bereavement of husband and father. Words fail to convey their appreciation.
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Jonny Bracein
Death of Emma Caroline Reinhart Olson in 1912
Emma Caroline Reinhart born November 13 1892 in Grandmeadow township Clayton county died August 17 1912 at age nearly twenty. She married Lucas Olaon September 22 1910 and they had a son. Funeral from Clermont Norwegian church with Rev Bury sett officiating and burial in the Clermont cemetery. Her husband son and relatives mourn the loss of a wife and mother.
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Lucas Olaon
Clermont
Burysett
Auto Picnic at Elgin Draws County Interests
The Automobile Club of Fayette County plans its annual picnic at Elgin on August 29. Citizens will provide coffee cream and sugar and roasting ears for the picnic dinner. The Elgin Concert Band will play at noon, a West Union versus Montana ball game follows, and Carpenter's orchestra will entertain at a grand evening ball at the opera house. The Elgin Canning Co will display its new factory, canning lines active for inspection, a highlight for attendees.
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Elgin
West Union
Miondna
Opera
Carpenter
Elgin Canning Co
Wadena Social Notes From August Visits and Births
Merle Klingman visits at her uncle Mart Klingman's home. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Starr on Saturday, August 17. Will Whittenbaugh and Mart Klingman were business visitors at Elgin on Thursday. Mrs. Celia Dye visits Nettie Peters and family, with Lyle, plus Sid Jennings and wife, as they toured Dows to visit Chas Whittenbaugh. Nettie Peters, Rusger and Mrs. Dye visited Fred Ernet's home. Mrs. Potter and daughters from North Dakota visit Ed Voshell's home. Zeb Davis and wife visit their daughter Mrs. Arthur Shafter near Decorah, Mart Klingman and wife and Mrs. Whittenbaugh spend Sunday afternoon at Frank Kohler's in West Union. Rev. and Mrs. Debest travel to Earlville for a visit with Mrs. Debest's parents. Miss Rosava Rothlisberger calls at Mart Klingman's Tuesday. Mrs. Walter Ernst visits her mother Mrs. McCann in Fayette.
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Merle Klingman
Mart Klingman
George Starr
Will Whittenbaugh
Elgin
Celia Dye
Nettie Peters
John Whittenbaugh
Lyle
Sid Jennings
Dows
Chas, Whittenbaugh
Master Rusger
Mrs. Dye
Fred Ernet
Mrs. Potter
North Dakota
Ed Voshell
Mart. Klingman
Whittenbaugh
Frank Kohler
Weat Union
Elkader Skim: Town improves streets and Opera House
Elkader notes report macadamizing on the west street and a soon to be brighter Opera House interior with kalsamine. Robt Rienow and boy scouts return from Guttenberg after two weeks camping, while supervisors and Atty. Schulte survey highways south of town to wisely spend over $4,000 from the automobile tax on principal roads.
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R. E. Price
Ben Wing
Grassy Lake
Canada
Mr. Price
Robt
Rienow
Guttenberg
Great River
Board of Supervisors
Atty. G. H. Schulte
Card of Thynke to the weary and friends
A brief card of thanks expresses gratitude to weary souls and friends for kindness shown through deeds and presence, signed by ucas Olson in a formal public message.
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Ucas Olson
Trespass Notice Forbids Park Grounds Ball Playing
All parties are hereby forbidden to trespass on the park grounds for ball playing picnics or other purposes without first obtaining permission from the authorities.
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Balk Park
Masonic Lodge Resolutions Celebrating Two Departed Brethren
Resolutions from Silver Leaf Lodge No. 618 and No. 518 A F and A M Elgin Iowa memorialize brothers Gus Thoma and John Brackin. They express sorrow, extend sympathy to families, and order mourning drapings for thirty days with minutes copies and newspaper notices. Composed by committees F W Hughes Samuel Mosby Theo Schmidt.
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Elgin
Iowa
The
Leaf Lodge
A. F
Wreepas
Gus Thoma
Silver Leaf Lodge
A. M
Thoma
Excin Bano
F. W. Hughes
Samuel Mosby
Theo Schmidt
John Brackin
A. M. Warrrens
Grim Reaper
E.cin Hieno
Samuel Mosby C. Theo Schmidt
Fayette County Fair Adds Night Fair This Year
The Fayette County Fair at West Union introduces a night fair on Wednesday and Thursday evenings to attract those unavailable during the day. Secretary Mellres promises big doings and urges attendance, with large posters in today’s paper. Miss Pluma Weaver visited with her Beatrice native, John Weaver, after thirteen years apart. A group of youths spent Sunday at the Fred Muehlenthaler home nearby.
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Fayette County
Weat Union
Mellres
Pluma Weaver
John
Beatrice, Neb
The Safest Bridge to Cross Financial Disaster
An advertisement touts savings deposits as a safe bridge across financial risk. It claims reliability, cross-bank convenience, and proves liberal interest, urging customers to trust the bank with funds and credit growth.
Indian Killed On Track Near Rochelle Ill
Indian man dies after sleeping on a railroad track as a fast express passes. The piece warns readers against neglecting coughs and colds and promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs, colds, and lung trouble with testimonials. Trial bottle offered free at The City Drug Store.
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Rochelle
Ill
Fast Express
Dr. King
J. BR. Watts
Ploydada
Tex
Dissolution Notice of Lehman & Son Partnership
Notice states the firm Lehman & Son has dissolved and the business will continue under Lehman. Creditors are asked to call for settlement. Dated August 22, 1912.
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N Son
Lehman & Een
Fi i
Lehman
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Elgin Savings Bank
Elgin, Iowa
Gus Gunderson
Sam’l Mosby
Cashier
F.R. Berg & CO
FORD
H. D. Yack
Elcin
Wadena
Zeb Davis
Arthur Shafter
Decorah
Mrs. Debest
Earlville
Rosava Rothlisberger
Walter Ernst
Mrs. McCann
Fayette
Elkader
Blader Papers
Clint G. Bishop
Bloomington
Wis
Arthur C. Bishop
Fayette County Fair
Fred Muehlenthaler
Citizens’ State Bank
State OF Iowa
Criizens
Brave Bank
Bigin
Jaws
Jawa
Code of Iowa
Aamed
Ben Séhori
Elias Bengon
Knudt BH
Groth
Thomas Lien
Thomas Kerr
Oliver EB. Kuppen
Hans Kelser
Jonx L. Bueariy
H. Byrnes
C. S. Halstenson
Lowa
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