Elgin School Notes Highlight Student Activities and Events
Week lists absences and resumptions, institute closures, junior class pins, Thanksgiving exams, a new wall portrait, and parental concerns. It notes senior Camp Fire girls’ Red Cross fundraising, upcoming basketball practice, season ticket sales, and a Victory League certificate. A December 18 student song service and a Boxnar Japanese sale support the West high school aims, with a January opera house entertainment planned and praise for Miss Berg and Miss Meek.
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Lyle Wilson
Anchard
Mika Vivian
Weibel
Fairbank
Flossie Kiple
Qelweir
Wilson
Pershing
Foch
Haig
Walter
Mabel Dummermuth
Red Cross
Victory Hoys
Victory Girls
United War
Elgin High School
Iowa Patriotic League
Schwarte
Berg
Ateo
Elgin
Meek
Young Iowa girl wins baby beef at livestock expo
Jowa Wing 12 from Wapello Iowa with Iowa Venus defeats 27 contestants to win the Iowa baby beef special at the International Live Stock Exposition. Garden explains care of the 681 to about 1200 pound steer. Iowa Venus to be sold Friday.
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Josephine Garden
Wapello
Iowa
Iowa Venus
Miss Garden
John Garden
Towa Venus
Venus
Garden
New Zealand
Chicago Tribune
Groceries and Hardware Featured in Local Ads
A wide array of groceries and hardware items offered including oats breakfast foods, macaroni, dried beef in jars, coffee, tea, laundry soap, wrapping paper, lamp chimneys, paper bags, carpet and shoe tacks, enameled basins, flour sifters, cookie cutters, oil greases, shovels, garden hoes, harness snaps, and a nearly new heating stove. Also listed are a motor suitable coffee mill, a cigar lighter, a zeno gum machine, a nearly new wood cog stove, a set of pump tools, and 260 gallon kerosene tanks.
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Zeno
Soldier’s Letter Chronicle From World War I France
Letters dated October 1918 from Theo dore Hanson in France describe rest, music, and local posts. He notes stampede of grape wine production, plans to send a photo, and longing to return home, while asking about friends and family. A second piece from November 26, 1918 reflects on soldiers awaiting deployment, replacements, and the futility of delays for volunteers.
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France
Wilen
Salvation Army
Mike Yenney
Richard Erickson
States
Joseph Baumgartner
The Man Who Jumped At War for a Minute
A poem by G. W. Polhanis, Major United States Army, laments a man’s longing to serve in France. The speaker contrasts those sent to the front with the one who never reaches the battlefield, describing his despair, deferred chance, and the ache of unfulfilled duty. The piece reflects wartime sacrifice, hopes, and the personal cost of conflict.
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ABR
France
G. W. Polhanis
Major Inty
Iowa State Gleaners Convene At Elgin In 400 Strong
The Iowa State Convention of the Ancient Order of Gleaners met in Elgin with over 400 farmers, forming a permanent legislative committee to guide state actions. Fred Marvin led the session. committees on Legislation and Coop reported on loyalty and cooperative farming, urging coordinated marketing, storage, and a central sales agency.
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Iowa
Ancient Order of Gleaners
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Almoiz
Pennsylvania
Kansas
South Dakota
Elgin
Towa
Fred Marvin
Western
Ames
Wilson
France
Belgium
Committee On Co-Operation
Chicago
G. H. Slocum
Detroit
Caro
George EB
Houghtley
Ilinois
Highland Enter Gleaners
Elgin Gleaners
Degree Conferral Ceremony Noted in Wester Division
A fragment notes a degree conferral ceremony involving individuals including Fred Marvin in Wester Division Anies Iowa. The text indicates an opening and closing introduction of a candidate and an obligation ceremony.
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Higin
Lima Eleanors
Ruth
Fred Marvin
Wester Division
Anies
Towa
Annual Meeting of Farm Bureau Association Noted
The Annual Meeting of the Farm Bureau Association will convene in Fayette on Monday afternoon December 11 at 1 30 in the County Agent's office or a larger room as announced. Officers will be elected and reports made by the Secretary Treasurer Auditing Committee and the County Agent on the year’s finances and work. A Special Agent from the Agricultural Department may attend.
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Farm Bureau Association
Fayette
Agricultural Department
D. W. Stevenson
Scey
Sugar Regulations for Dealers and Consumers
Beginning December 2 and continuing until further notice dealers may purchase sugar without certificates or other restrictions beyond a sixty day supply. They may sell to consumers four pounds per person per month. Dealers must keep a clear sales record and report monthly on the fifteenth and first. A. M. Weibel, Assistant County Food Administrator.
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A. M. Weibel
Stockholders Meeting Notice for Farmers Co operative Co
Stockholders will hold a meeting Saturday at o'clock p m in High for the election of officers and other business. E Hilsterger secretary Walter Falk suffered a light flu attack and is home. An American- buy W. S. 8.
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Brainard
Walter Falk
W. S
Elgin News Briefs On Rail Service And Local Events
A. M. Wetbel criticizes wartime rail service comparing it unfavorably to prior operations and notes evening trains end at West Union. Mrs. Frahm of Miles mourned by the Yack family after her death from influenza. H. W. Barnhard takes over Frad Bigler’s lower barber shop, promising six days service. Influenza cases rise modestly in the area, with no severe illnesses reported. Elgin stores emphasize Christmas displays and gift selections.
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A. M. Wetbel
West Union
Thera Ahe
Tharn Walle
H. J. Yack
Virtug Prahm
Miles
Yack
Frahm
Jal
Elgin
Emma Weihs
Sahuin
H. W. Barnhard
Frad Bigler
Harold
Algin
Draying Services Advertised by Hawkeye Gasoline Agency
An old classified notice offers draying of all kinds with prompt attention. It claims reasonable charges and seeks patronage from readers. It promises delivery to any city area and provides a residence phone for contact.
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Hawkeye
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Goose River Bank
Mayville
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Echo
Highland Store
Berger
Hood Rubber Co
Bus
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Gilson
Theodore Hanson
Edwin
Edna
Mike Young
Tokine Josine
Engineers Company
Fred
Adolph
Bert Chapman
Ernest
Clemence Meyer
Bert Thoman
Camp Dodge
Martin
Goodby
Theodore D. Hanson
Company F
Engineers
American Expeditionary Forces
Camp Pike
Ark
Atmy Cage
Boles Capper
Hia
U. 5
Real Estate List
Roland
Julia Berger
Center Street
Elgin Land Co
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