Basketball Season Opened Here Tuesday
Elgin met West Union high in the season opener on their home floor. West Union won 25 to 10 as Elgin showed early vigor but trailed 17 to 5 at halftime. The second team also lost to West Union 19 to 3. Elgin’s next game is against Randalia next Tuesday at 7 15 p.m.
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West Union
Elgin
McMillan
Schupbach
Haas
Schori
Christ
Kohler
Beermann
Anderson
Alcorn
Wright
Kohls
Randalia
What the Answer? By Edward Finch
A short humorous piece noting the old practice of wiping the nose on sleeve and a king’s idea to sew buttons on sleeves to lift the handkerchief there. It traces how the habit changed and handkerchiefs became a hygienic essential in the kingdom, ending with the note from Western Newspaper Union.
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Western Newspaper Union
No Petty Thieves: Wanted Here
Reports describe petty thefts in Elgin including a hose cut from Ed Medberry’s gas pump siphoning gasoline from a semi trailer. Coal was stolen from the town hall supply in recent weeks. Elgin intends to stay vigilant to catch the offender(s).
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Elgin
Ed Medberry
Opening of Christmas Season in Elgin
The Christmas shopping period after Thanksgiving has 25 days total with 20 remaining. Elgin merchants began festivities with gift parties and entertainments running through December 24. Shoppers will see street lights and planned decor from the merchant committee, aiming for a full seasonal atmosphere by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Seting Aeith
Malicious mailbox damage could bring $1000 fine or three years
A letter box on route 1 was shot last week injuring mail service. Ray DeSart reported the damage Saturday morning and authorities warn that firing on highways is illegal while noting the offense carries a $1000 fine or up to three years in prison.
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Louis Becker
Ray DeSart
Becker
Elgin Farmers Send Stock to Waterloo Amid Chicago Yard Strike
The Elgin Farmers Cooperative shipped a little over two carloads of stock to Waterloo on Saturday due to the Chicago stock yards strike last week. The strike was expected to end at week’s start when shipments would resume, but the situation remained unsettled as the market opened Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Farmers' Cooperative
Waterloo
Chicago
Supper at Ilyria Church Supports Cemetery Association
The Highland Illyria Cemetery association will host a supper Friday evening December 2 at the Ilyria church. Serving starts at 6 30 and lasts until all are served. A short program will follow. Dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Richard Miller and family Mr and Mrs Grant Dawson and family Mr and Mrs Lawrence Etter and Sandra Kay Mr and Mrs Harold Fischer and Hazel Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland,Illyria Cemetery Association
Ilyria
Richard Miller
Grant Dawson
Lawrence Etter
Sandra Kay
Harold Fischer
Hazel Howard
Mabel Grover
Nelson Hyde Wedding Ties Elgin and Wadena Families
Miss Lillian E. Nelson and Woodrow W. Hyde united in a Saturday 2 pm ceremony at the Oelwein Methodist parsonage. The Rev F C Witzingman officiated as Dawn Swale and La Verne Hyde served as attendants. The bride, Elgin high school graduate, wore blue transparent velvet. groom is a Louis Nelson farmhand. They left for a Detroit wedding trip and plan to reside on a Clermont area farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian E. Nelson
Louis F. Nelson
Elgin
Woodrow W. Hyde
George Hyde
Wadena
Oelwein
F.C. Witzingman
Dawn Swale
Hawkeye
la Verne Hyde
Celebrate Sixty-Eighth Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. George Weeks quietly marked their 68th wedding anniversary at their Aurora home. He, 86, born in Boston, moved to Iowa at four and once worked as an early northeast Iowa creamery man. she, also 86, is the daughter of John Metz. They were wed in a log house near Strawberry Point and Edgewood. Both read without glasses. Mrs Weeks does housework, oil painting, and handcrafts. he tends a garden with a long-used hoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Weeks
Aurora
Mr. Weeks
Boston
Samuel Weeks
Iowa
Weeks
John Metz
Strawberry Point
Edgewood
Elgin
Thompson and Waters Farm Partnership Forms Auction Team
Orvin Thompson of near Gunder and Eaton Waters of Postville form Thompson and Waters Farm Partnership. All sales from now on will be booked by the two auctioneers. Thompson covers Elgin Clermont and Gunder areas while Waters is centered in Postville. The union expands their territory and aims to improve service, as two auctioneers at a sale are believed to work best.
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Orvin Thompson
Near Gunder
Eaton Waters
Postville
Mr. Thompson
Elgin
Clermont
Gunder
Waters
Taxes Exceed Value In Automotive Tax Bill 1938
The year 1938 will see motorists pay taxes totaling more than 200 million dollars, surpassing the factory value of all new cars and trucks sold in the United States. This highlights the heavy tax burden on vehicle ownership as the national automotive tax bill tops the value of new purchases for the year.
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United States
Athough
Echo
Move in Stone Crusher At Mork quarry east of Elgin
A large stone crushing outfit from Minnesota was moved into the Mork quarry east of Elgin last week to crush rock for resurfacing the east section of the Postville El kader trunk road. Dinner guests included multiple relatives from Clive Polk City Postville and Gelwein. Mrs Hans Friederich of Taylor Missouri has recovered and moved to the Fred Grimm home in Quincy Illinois after seven weeks ill health.
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Mork
Elgin
Minnesota
Postville-Elkader
Clarence Conner
Clive
Clarence Boleyn
Polk City
Cile Dyke
Postville
Helena Boleyn
Gelwein
Sam Boleyn
Leo Boleyn
Hans Friederich
Taylor
Quincy
Ill
Fred Grimm
That City
Epworth League Elects Officers At Recent Meetings
The newly formed Epworth League elected officers at Friday’s meeting with Robert Kohler as president and Laura Learn, Lois Brandt, Bessie Grimm, Helen Dummeruth, Winnie red McMillan, Kenneth Schort as secretary and treasurer respectively. About forty young people joined. The next meeting is set for Wednesday, December 7 on The Great Missionary introduced by Lois Brandt. All young people are welcome.
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Epworth League
Robert Kohler
Laura Learn
Lois Brandt
Ona
Bessie Grimm
Helen Dummermuth
Winnered McMillan
Kenneth Schort
C. B. ‘Sehort
Tie-Leamié Aba
League
Wesley Miller of Iowa Falls in Serious Accident
Wesley Miller independent electrical contractor of Iowa Falls suffered a severe accident Saturday November 19 when cleaning lye from old style refrigerator pipes. A blast burned his face and eyes. an eye specialist from Iowa City estimated two to fifty chance of saving his sight. Miller, son of Mrs. Wesley Miller of Elgin, previously worked for Northeastern Iowa Power and Central States and has worked independently in Independence and Iowa Falls. Mrs. Alfred Jacob and others plan to visit him in Iowa Falls Thursday while federal court duties loom with juror summonses for B J Baumgartner and J A Erickson in Dubuque. Federal court usually lasts a week.
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Wesley Miller
Iowa Falls
Miller
Iowa City
Elgin
Northeastern Iowa Power Company
Central States
Independence
Alfred Jacob
Bankers
Erickson
Fox Story Escalates In Algona Chronicles
Irvington youth Louis Scheppman shot a red fox after it charged while he harvested corn. An ear of corn became the weapon that stunned the animal and two boys then killed it. They claimed the bounty at the county auditor’s office as the fox stories grow bolder.
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Geraldine Kohler
Algona
Louis Scheppman
Irvington
Sly Reyward
Scheppman
County Auditor's Office
Elgin’s Oldest Citizen Celebrates 93rd Birthday
Mrs. Mary Spahr celebrated her 98rd birthday at home in Elgin on Wednesday November 30. Relatives and friends called to extend congratulations. Spahr has been Elgin’s oldest resident for years and still performs her own housework without trouble.
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Mary Spahr
Elgin
Family Church Supper at M. E. Church
Members of the M. E. church gathered Monday evening for a 6:30 dinner followed by a short program including an opening song a group reading by Bessie Grimm songs by the boys glee club quartet a talk by Rev J C Warton and appearances by Mr and Mrs Rob Grimes and family Mr and Mrs J F Bailey Werley Gene and Mr and Mrs D Doan and family were Thanksgiving dinner guests at T W Doan home.
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M. E. Church
Bessie Grimm
Glee Club
J. C
Warton
Rob Grimes
J. F. Bailey
Werley Gene
D. ©. Doan
T. W. Doan
Slight Accident Near Fayette Injures Mrs Gilson
Mrs George Gilson of Dyersville sustained slight injuries last Friday when an ice skid near Fayette between Dyersville and West Union. She is being cared for at her parents home in West Union with her husband Mr Gilson.
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George Gilson
Dyersville
Fayette
West Union
Visit Notes From Blairstown Thanksgiving Gatherings
Mr and Mrs L L Kiple and Karen visited Blairstown to see Karen's sister and her husband Henry Meyers. Mrs Kiple and Karen stayed several days while Mr Kiple returned home that evening. Guests of Eva Baechler on Thanksgiving included Mr and Mrs B J Baumgartner Louise Marie Lena Baumgartner and Mrs Mary Matthys.
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L. L. Kiple
Karen
Blairstown
Henry Meyers
Farming Still Listed as Hazardous Occupation
The annual Christmas seals drive continues to fund tuberculosis control, with readers urged to participate. The piece stresses voluntary support, state and national encouragement, and the goal of substantial disease eradication to save lives and bolster economic and public health well being.
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Towa
Declamatory Contest Entrants Represent Elgin at Clermont
Ernestine Benson and Bessie Grimm represented Elgin in the state declamatory contest at Clermont. Selections by winners included Aristocracy of the Unfit and Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Giant. Three Decorah teachers judged the event. William Weibel moved from West Union to Greene, Iowa. Mr and Mrs Wayne Gilson were dinner guests of the Shaffers.
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Ernestine Benson
Bessie Grimm
Elgin
Clermont
Sheela
Ednah Mae Kamm
West Union
Gretchen Hauth
Hawkeye
Crystal Miller
Decorah
William Weibel
Central States
Greene
Iowa
Wayne Gilson
Howard Shaffer
Workmen Shovel Snow From Capitol Steps
Workmen shovel the United States Capitol building as a heavy snow blanket, the heaviest November storm on record for Washington, D C, part of a severe East Coast winter system last week.
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Washington, D
Piolo
United States Capitol
Michael Blockhus Hurt In Runaway Accident
Michael J Blockhus was injured last Saturday when a runaway wagon started as he and Wilson hitched a team to help shred at Ern Boulder farm. He leaped free after the lines broke, landed on his head, and was knocked unconscious. He remained in perilous condition for days but is improving and no serious after effects are expected.
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Michael J. Blockhus
Wilson
Ern
Boulder Farm
Mr. Blockhus
Mr. Blookhus
Hilder
Millard Gilbertson
Mr. Block
Norwegian Royalty to Visit Decorah Mecca for Norwegians
Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess Martha visit Decorah on May 6 and 7 with Norwegian vicecounsel Dr. T N Stabo. It will be Decorah's first royal visit as the couple tours the United States, inspecting Luther College before departing May 7.
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Decorah
Iowa
Olaf
Norway
Martha
T. N. Stabo
United States
Luther College
Haakon
Sweden
Waltersons Rent Former Christ Farm
Mr and Mrs Alfred Walterson who moved from Verona North Dakota two months ago have rented the Pleasant Valley farm near Elgin. The farm is now tenanted by Jacob Gehring Jr who has purchased the former Etn Baechler farm just east of his present location.
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Alfred Walterson
Verona
N. D
Pleasant Valley Farm Company
Elgin
Jacob Gehring, Jr
Etn Baechler
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Elgin High
Commercial Department
Eunice Butikofer
Margaret Crider
Ethel Mae Thoman
Namaaaii
S the
Edward Finch
Hwilhy
Nelson—Hyde
Thompson and Waters Farm Partnership
Epworth
Capitol Steps
Eda
Michael Blockhus
Waltersons
Christ Farm
Poace de Hun
James Bowln
Texas
Ponce de Leon
Brunswick
M. C
Whitman
Waidlatpu
Paris
Abraham Lincoln
Sohn Brown
Charleston
Vat
Evi
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