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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1921

Page

5

Old School Room Report Includes Attendance Figures

A fragment of a school clippings page shows an Intermediate Room report with names such as Graham, Tryphe, Lewis, Mary Stihl, Benson, Amielig, and Robert King. It references average daily attendance and includes teacher names like Graham and DeSiort, highlighting a past school year in a South End setting.

Franc DeSiort Graham South End Hofer Tryphe Lewis Amelia Frei Derghane Baile Lehman Mary Stihl Rather Graham Ray DeGart Lesls Benson, Amielig Eiter Amalia Moier Robert King

Teacher Misa Lula Lehman Leads Local School Collection

A list of names including Anna wishiethaler Minnie Hanni Fred Muehlethaler Alma Gruver and others appears alongside the designation Teacher. The OCR fragment suggests a school related notice or roster with multiple individuals connected to a local lesson or collection effort.

Anna Wishiethaler Minnie Hanni Fred Muehlethaler Alma Gruver Henry Lehman Ine Stanton Anton Stoery Thomas Halatenszon Mamie Benson Grace Kinney George Sova Anna Brundal Charlie Malwitz Mloy Graham Arthur Brusdal Harry Muehlethaler Sylvia Stanton Lewis Stoehr Neltle Lehman Walter Lehman Irene Bayer Raymond Hack Florence DeBart Max Hunsberger Misa Lula Lehman

Cora Berg Kicked by Horse in Barn Accident

Cora Berg daughter of Mr and Mrs Olaf Berg east of Clermont sustained a severe mouth injury when a horse kicked her while she fed it at noon last Thursday. Five teeth were knocked out and bone fragments shattered though X rays showed no jaw fracture. Three bystanders in the Skain barn were noted as witnesses to the incident.

Cora Berg Olaf Berg Clermont Cora Skain

Milford Jonas Wins Trip to International Live Stock Show

Milford Jonas of Tlyria Township Fayette County earns a free trip to the International Live Stock Show in Chicago awarded by Swift & Co. for the county club calf with the most improvement in a year. He also won a silver cup from the County Farm Bureau and $15 in premiums at the West Union County Fair.

Milford Jones Tlyria Township Fayette County Chicago Swift & Co Berkles Milford County Farm Bureau West Union County

Church Notes Prayar Mesting and Wood Cutting

Church notes show a Thursday prayer meeting at 7:30, wood cutting for the church, and a church dinner in the afternoon. The third annual wood cutting event aims to gather ample wood, with a meeting after prayer. Mrs McNeil will speak next Sunday morning for the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. Attendance figures and weekly offerings are listed for recent Sundays. The Lyariia young people met with La Fonda Shaffer last Wednesday and plan meetings with Wayne Peter's and Stephen Rothlinberger next week. Morning worship at 11:15, Sunday school at 10:00, and services next Sunday are announced.

McNeil Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Ste Aunday Gures Igat Talyria la Fonda Shaffer Wallace Peter Stephen. Rothlinberger Otis Rothisberger Sill St the Egual Wolks

Hart on Miram Low les the form of Hiram Horner

In a mangled fragment the report notes a driver named Hart maneuvering a car at forty miles an hour through a bogeyard scene involving Hiram Horner. The text cuts off before a clear outcome or full context is given.

Hiram Horner Bower

Hiram Horner’s Fatal Speeding Tragedy on the Pike

A dark rural vignette describes Henry Ament fording and Hiram Horner dying in a speeding crash. A blotting paper soak preserves the remains as a cautionary poem mocks reckless driving with grim, rural imagery.

Henry Hiram Yana Hiram Horner Cyl Hi Ig Walt Mason

Baptist Church Notes for December Schedule

Friday December 2 at 8 p m Rev D Parker Payette lecture. Sunday December 4 9 45 a m German service and communion 11 a m Sunday school Dinner in church 1 pm Junior Society 2 pm English service Thursday December 8 8 pm prayer meeting 8 pm choir rehearsal We thank all who helped with bazaar Lauer Pastor.

D. Parker Payette Rehelarsal

Elgin-Brainard Co operative to Hold Annual Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the stockholders of the Elgin Brainard Co operative Company will hold their annual meeting in the Town Hall Elgin Iowa on Saturday December 10 1921 at 1 30 oclock p m for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting Your presence is requested Efford Hunsberger Secretary

Elgin-Brainard Co-operative Company Elgin Iowa Efford Hunsberger

Attention Rebekahs special Eclipse Rebekah Lodge meeting

A special meeting of Eclipse Rebekah Lodge No. 692 is announced for Friday evening December 3. All members are requested to attend as the meeting is called by order of N. a. at 7 15 o'clock.

Eclipse Rebekah Lodge No. 692 N. A

Murder case in Fayette County against Ashbaughs husband death

In West Union the case of Mrs Ashbaugh of Harlan township charged with causing the death of her husband Ross Ashbaugh last July proceeds amid separate trials for her and Arthur Catoe, a Kentucky native hired man, indicted for first degree murder. County Attorney James D. Cooney leads the prosecution with H. H. Lilety assisting.

Fayette County West Union Taylor With” Ashbaugh Harlan Township Chih Ross Ashbaugh Tgat Fiat Arthur Catoe Kentucky Ategsa James D. Cooney H.H Liletey Weat Union

Court room notices list Fayette county participants and first female bailiff

Opening statements have been made and witnesses examined in a Fayette county court case. Mrs Ashbaugh, mother of Queile sixteen and Edward fourteen, sits in the courtroom. Kathryn Wright, sheriff's daughter, sworn as bailiff and in charge, the first woman bailiff in Fayette county annals.

Teague Jefferson A. EB. Johnson Oelwetn Ad Ward Carl Obenchaie Fremont Robert Wilson Pleasant Valley William McGunnesy Ttyria H. A. Richmond George Hendrickson Pairfield J. G. King G. R. Abel Oelweln W. T. Richardson Bethel iAchbaugh Queile Edward Kathryn Wright Ashbaugh Fayette County

County Farm Bureau Meeting Set for December 12

Fayette County Farm Bureau schedules a county wide meeting at the Opera House Fayette Monday December 12 with Ed Cunningham secretary of the Jews Farm Bureau Federation expected to present and speak. A report from the Resolution Committee will guide resolutions for the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting in Des Moines January 10 11. The previous November 8 meeting drew a small crowd due to bad weather. organizers hope a large turnout for Cunningham and a return date December 12 to improve attendance.

Fayette County Farm Bureau Opera House Fayette Alpm Ed Cunningham Jews Farm Bureau Federation Farm Bureau Easthead Resolution Committee Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Des Moines Cunningham

Help Cries the Postmaster

A bulletin from the foot office directs postmasters to urge the public to mail Christmas parcels early. Messages advise writing plainly and marking with Not to be opened before Christmas to speed delivery and ease the workload for postal workers during the busy holiday period.

Footoffice Department Post Office

Mrs Frank Capper Returns From Waterloo Visit

Mrs Frank Capper has returned from Waterloo where she consulted her physician and is rapidly improving and able to be out among friends.

Frank Capper Waterloo

Hearing on rail line 446 447 between West Union Decorah

Crowd fills Union courtroom to hear objectors challenge discontinuing trains 446 and 447 on the West Union Decorah line. Commissioner Webster presides as legal counsel for objectors presents, railroad witnesses cite nonpayment, and the hearing runs from 10 to 6 with a decision pending.

State Railroad Court Room Union Taland Asket West UN Decorah Webster H. Jer J. A. Nelson Watken Cedar Rapidu O. Aiesworth West Union Tegal John Jamble Des Moines

Lecture on Dairy Foods by W A Wentworth at Town Hall

W A Wentworth of Des Moines, secretary of the Iowa Dairy Council, will lecture at the Town Hall Saturday at 2 PM on the cure and health value of cream, milk, butter, and cheese versus imitation butter and oleo. Presented under the auspices of the Alvin Farmers Dairy Company, the talk is free and open to dairymen and consumers seeking the best information.

W. A. Wentworth Des Moin Iowa Dairy Counci Mlvin Farmers’ Dairy Company

Life's Tragedies in Early History of Oscorah

The Necorah Journal notes that Dencan Francis a major benefactor of Oscorah died in Winneshiek county poorhouse without kin or funds. It mentions an ex governor of Idaho dying in a Kansas poorhouse and others in Polk County losing family or support, illustrating harsh fates of famous figures with age and poverty.

Dencan Francis Oscorah Winneshiek County Idaho Kansas Polk County Des Moines Court House Necorah Journal

Clermont Ladies' Aid Sale at Opera House Event

The Clermont Ladies' Aid Society invites readers to a bagage sale at the Clermont Opera House on Saturday after November 3. Proceeds from fancy work and useful articles will support the society. An evening program includes two home tables and a concert by the Clermont Wand during intermissions.

Clermont Ladies’ Aid Society Theone Clermont Opera Clermont Wand

Thanksgiving Program Notes In Grammar Room Activities

The Grammar Room had an exceptional program with no visitors. A joint program is planned for December 23. Many students were noted as absent or enrolled, with several new and moving students. The third and fourth grades are preparing a Christmas program and have started a birds club, while teachers and parents attended the primary program. Examinations mark the end of the six weeks, and classes aid in Christmas Seals sales. A talk by Mr. Pease urged wildlife protection and stricter hunting laws to preserve local birds, including quail and pheasants, with guidance on permits and local wildlife concerns.

Reuben Hackman Evelyn Topp Megdames J. Baldwin Mosby Lehman Mamis Howard Mesdames A. Bennett Harold Bennett J. Grimm J. Conner H. Steele Bert Kohler Mel Kohler N. W. Hivans Lyoné Dimham Grove Pease Finh and Game Department Towa Evans

Eastern State Social Meeting Set for December 7

The Eastern State plans a social gathering next Wednesday evening December 7 at Macone hall with supper served from six o'clock. Members are asked to bring substitutes and one covered dish. Bert Thoman and Miss Ceti Chels ten quietly married Tuesday in Elkader, and will live with the bride's mother until spring. The Mebu extends congratulations. A high school open house showcased a notable play featuring Miss Maurie Falk, while athletic band events and a Clermont gathering were reported.

Macone Hall Bert Thoman Ceti Chelsten Elkader Reho Mebu High Schootulene Maurie Falk Promstege He Athletic Band Clayton Cornery Democrat Mise Sra Gudlita Abe Hele Onel Clermont Frionds

Winter Letter From Green Lake Holstein Farm Neighbour

An elderly writer from Green Lake Holstein Farm near Chisago City Minnesota shares a warm winter note. He thanks B J Halverson for a generous check and comments on good health warm clothes and ample food while lamenting low prices for products and uncertain summer prospects. He mentions venison rabbits squirrels and even coon meat as part of meals and notes hunting has been good in the area. He closes with well wishes to Mrs Hughes and the reader.

B.J. Halverson Boho Green Lake Kernel

Witty aphorisms on life and manners by Wilbur B. Sutton

In a breezy column style, Wilbur B. Sutton spares no topic from ethics to fashion. He weighs excess, exercise, money, and romance with sharp humor about modern manners and public conduct.

Anther Newspaper Detunet In Tripoli Leader to Quit

The Tripoli Leader, under Hullman and Hoever, plans to quit January 1 if not bought. Health and a planned move to California drive the owners to consider selling. The town is urged to see a new owner for a thriving local paper in the fine little town.

Tripoli Hullman and Hoever Hullman California New Hampton

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