County Seat to Sell Town Property at Auction
A sale of town property by the county is planned for Monday at 1:30 p.m after fewer bids. Clerk of the District Court notes a decline in motor vehicle registrations for 1929. total registrations and a reduced car purchases by Fayette county residents. Chevrolet led sales with 14 cars, Ford second with 10. single units of Willys Knight Marmon Whippet Roosevelt Durant and Studebaker were also sold.
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Nity
Fayetteounty
Fords
Willys Knight
Marmon
Whippet
Roosevelt
Durant
Studebaker
Calendar of Coming Events Dec 4 to Dec 12
Calendar notes E Aid Society bazaar and flipper and junior class play in Clermont. Dorcas Boat Sunday meeting. Week includes basketball games Postville at Elgin and Elgin boys and girls hosting Clermont on Dec 12.
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Aid Society
Clermont
Senediy
Dorcas
Postville
Elgin
Fire at Schneider Home Ends With Quick Elgin Respond
Elgin fire crews were dispatched early Tuesday to the John Schneider residence southeast of Elgin after a chimney blaze threatened the home. The department, on scene soon after the call, contained the fire before leaving town. In other notes, a broad critique of employment bias against married women circulated, citing economic relief from one salary per family and urging virtues like temperance and diligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
John Schneider
Kingsley
Teachers Entertain Elgin Educators and Their Guests
The Elgin school faculty hosted the board of education and other officers for a 6 o'clock Tuesday dinner in the schoolhouse. Miss Dlacn's domestic science class prepared a three course meal served in a rectangular table setup resembling a circus ground with coordinated place cards, menus, and decorations. The event honored the teachers and included several wives of school staff as guests.
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Elgin
Board of Éducation
Miss Dlacn
Fellowship Meeting at Clermont Town Masonic Group
The December meeting of the N. E. Town Masonic Fellowship Association will be held at Clermont on Monday evening December 8. Clermont Lodge No. 160 will host with P. G. M. Ernest R. Moore of Cedar Rapids as special guest and speaker. Brethren of N. E. Iowa are invited to hear him.
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N. E. Town
Play Postponed Until January
The M. E. home talent play scheduled for late November has been postponed until about mid January. The cast will remain largely the same as before, and the delay is to avoid holiday conflicts with other activities.
Election Next Wednesday in O E 8 Meeting
The annual O E 8 election will occur at the December meeting next Wednesday evening the 10th. Refreshments and social hour follow the business meeting. Florence Grimm of Elgin contracted diphtheria and remains quarantined at her home. The other immunized schoolchildren were released after a negative health report. Mrs. Wm Brabham underwent surgery for strangulated hernia. Further news on her condition was unavailable last night.
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John Grimm
Elgin
Florence
State Health Department
Rose Garber
Wm. Brabham
Exn Schorl
Max Pee Hi
Mr. and
B. J. Baumgartner
George Dur‘scher
Chilcago
Feller
John DeSart
Cedar Rapids
Kendall
Frank Greenley
Frank Capper
Chas. Greenley
Decorah
Merg’s
Campaign to Treat Horses for Maggot Flies in Fayette County
A countywide program plans to treat about 180 cooperators to combat horse maggots, mainly nose and throat flies. Local veterinarians will perform treatment at fifty cents per head, targeting December and January maggot stages to reduce colic and other troubles in roughly 15,000 horses and mules in Fayette County.
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Bose
Horne
Koraa
Fayette County
Iowa
Jefferson Bus Ditches On Highway No 85 Near Postville
A northbound Jefferson bus skidded into a ditch on paved highway 55 near the Blake Rathbun farm between Postville and Castalia after a rainy noon last Saturday. None of the passengers were seriously hurt except a Castalia schoolteacher who suffered a minor leg bruise. The bus was pulled free by tractors driven by Charley Heins and Henry Koenig before continuing about three hours later.
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Jefferson
Postville
Blake Rathbun
Castalia
Charley Heins
Henry Koenig
Postville Herald
Why Buy Christmas Seals In War On Tuberculosis
The article explains the purpose of the National Tuberculosis Association and the Iowa Tuberculosis Association to fight TB, educate children, and promote health. It notes history from 1905, reduced death rates, funding shares, and Elgin’s allocation for school screens, public nurses, clinics, and open air schools, plus broader health education efforts and campaigns against heart disease.
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Na Sipe, Tuberculosis Association
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Association
Elgin
Iowa
Mhourk
Farm Bureau
Board of Control of State
Illinois League on Street and Highway Safety drafts license bill
Illinois League on Street and Highway Safety conference in Springfield approved a drivers license bill for January introduction. The plan charges 25 cents yearly for a three year license with possession required while driving and automatic revocation for certain offenses. Under 14 cannot be licensed. If enacted, the law would take effect January 1932.
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Ilinois League On Street and
Towns and Farmers Prepare for Clay Pigeon Contests
Riverside Gun Club opened a new range with a practice match on Sunday. Members expect more trials before facing outsiders in winter contests. Birds flew well for the day, many avoiding hits, and one shooter tried a ramrod trick that backfired. The club, not fully organized, plans several contests this winter.
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Riverside Gun Club
Accident at Fayette Viaduct Causes Car Crash
A. L. Greenaugh escaped with bruises after steam from a radiator blew the cap and clouded his windshield near the Fayette viaduct. He collided with a pier at the foot of a steep hill, bending the axle and bursting a tire. The Fayette Leader notes the pier is dangerous but no fatalities have been recorded.
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A. L. Greenaugh
Hikat
Pier Dathe-Viaduet
Fayette
Kiple Makes Third Team in Region High School Football
Elgin halfback Clif Kiple earned a spot on the third all-star team selected from forty teams in northeast Iowa. He stood out as one of the few players from a small town school. Also honored were Anderson of Clermont, ranked fourth, plus Stevens of Hawkeye, Rosenberg of Monona, Louis Thoma of Elgin, and Horan of Clermont.
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Clif Kiple
Elgin
Iowa
Anderson
Clermont
Stevens
Hawkeye
Rosenberg
Monona
Louis Thoma
Horan
Annual Bazaar At Marion Church In December
The Marion Dorcas Society of Gander will hold their semi annual bazaar of fancy work and novelties next Saturday afternoon December 6 at the Marion church parlors. Sale begins promptly at 1 30 o clock. You are welcome. The Elgin Farmers Dairy Co will have a car of West Virginia Pine Island coal on the track in Elgin in about ten days. Patrons wanting coal please notify Fred Reichert and he will call when coal arrives. A prominent Englishman with liquor experience commented on Americas troubles suggesting repeal supporters outline a program to sell liquor to curb corrupt influences of retail dealers brewers and distillers. The head of a large soup concern died leaving an estate valued at 100000000. A reader notes quick ads for results.
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Marion Dorcas Society of Gander
Marion Church
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Co
West Virginia
Elgin
Fred Reichert
America
Big Soup
Interdependence in farming and town life urges unity
A Capper's Weekly letter urges farmers to engage with town and urban communities. It argues that modern farms rely on city labor, markets, and support from local merchants, banks, and schools. The piece calls farmers to be community boosters and to push for legislation and tax reform with town cooperation.
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Robinson Crusoe
Stanley Bf
Powell
Ionia
Michigan
Capper
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Etter — County Seat
District Court
Tly-Areva
Bigelow
Gladys
Schneider Home
Gladya ‘Yearous
Rose Reitz
Marjorie Relerson
Erma Grether
Kitcheh
Marie Schupbach
Dorothy Olson
Ellen Olson
Mayme Howard
Ethel Hermen
Wesley Miller Jr
Independence
Les Feller
Illinois
Gun Club
Fayette Viaduct
Kiple
R— Coal
Northwood
Acton Automobile
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