Christmas Seals Drive Boosts County Health Fund
A school report notes first and second graders calling for Christmas Seals, with a quota of 500 and a $30 goal toward the health fund, while 60 percent goes to the Town Tuberculosis Association. Freshman girls sew gifts and shoe trees, and a high school basketball double feature at Fayette next Friday draws excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Jones
Lyle
Nelson
Lillian’ Kruger
Santa Claus
Santa
Dolly Dot
Teddy Ar
Town Tuberculosis Association
West Union
Frieden
Dicken
Special invitation to attend annual meeting at Bigin town hall
A notice invites flanmers not stockholders of Bigin-Brainard Cooperative to attend the annual meeting in Bigin on Saturday December 12 at 1 30 p m. It offers a chance to buy a share and become voting members while listing services from Balloon Tire Co and Beamer's Tire Shop including balloon repair, track tires, auto tops, curtains, radiator work and car washing. Also notes Elgin Creamery meeting postponed to December 19. Stores in Elgin will stay open evenings until Christmas starting December 4, then revert to regular hours after Christmas with closings on Tuesday and Friday at 6 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanmers
Bigin-Brainard Co- Operative Company
Bigin
Beamer
West Union
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company
Elgin
Giradora
F. Lodge No
Measant Valley Farm Bureau Meeting
Mic
Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau
Directors Meet at Elgin Savings Bank
Directors of the Elgin Brainard Cooperative Company met at the Elgin Savings Bank last Friday afternoon to transact business and arrange for their annual meeting set for the coming Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin-Brainard Coroperative Company
Elgin Savings Bank
Torsadors a Baccces The Toresdors operetta at Hi gh High School
The Hi gh High School Glee Club presented The Toresdors an operetta to mixed weather attendance but strong praise. Harl Rothisberger as Senor Didorio and Myrtle Knudtwon as Juanita led a skilled cast with lively Spanish choruses and clever gags from Clifton Menley and Edward Klingman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glee Club
Boya’ Glee Club
Senor Didorio
Har! Rothiisberger
Juanita
Bonita
Girls’ Glee Club
Myrtle Knudtwon
Josephine Kniel
Juan
Pablo
Fred Grimm
Joseph Becker
Clifton Menley
Wackee
Edward Klingman
Swateo
Totsadors
Boya
Mixa van Horn
Alan
Cream Haulers Chosen At Creamery Directors Meeting
At a recent creamery directors meeting selections were made for haulers. Poan and Stoffregan routes assigned to Arth Nutting and Arthur Groth respectively. Several others including Harold Bennett and Chris Schweitzer drew the Schwaitsar and Bar routes with multiple names placed on the same routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poan
Arth Nutting
Stoffregan
Arthur Groth
Kinsons
A. C
H. Prieden
Harold Bennett
Schwaitsar
Chris Schweitzer
Bar
Bennett
Lew Light
Theodore Loftagard
Walter Dennler
Will Lantz
Will Christ
Jim Yearous
Christ
Bert Thoman
Former Resident Brought Here for Burial
Co W Doty received word last Saturday of the death of Mrs B A Doty. Mr Doty, brother of W, had the remains brought to Elkader Monday. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning with burial in the IH yria cemetery. Bert enjoys community sympathy as he visits C W Doty before returning to Crookston Minnesota where they have lived for the past thirteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. W. Doty
B A. Doty
Mr. Doty
Elkader
Ihyria
Bert
C. WV. Doty
Crookston
Minnesota
Winter Snow Storm Hits Region With Heavy Drifts
A severe snowstorm swept in Friday evening, leaving at least ten inches of snow by Saturday. Roads were badly drifted, mail carriers halted routes, and most residents stayed home. By Monday, roads reopened and daily business resumed. Local ad notes Elgin sale items.
Foboggan Slide E. E. Gunderson Operation at Elgin Hospital
A complex spine surgery was performed at Citizens' Emergency Hospital in Elgin last Thursday afternoon on E. E. Gunderson of near Elkader. Surgeons Meggers of McGregor and Grattedge of Farmersburg assisted to realign displaced vertebrae restore spinal integrity and graft a bone segment from his left leg into the spine. Gunderson is recovering in a cast and is expected to show marked improvement, with three of his daughters present for support during the procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Gunderson
Citizens’ Emergency Hospital
Elgin
Gunderson
Elkader
Meggers
McGregor
Grattedge
Farmersburg
Pleasant Valley Brackin School hosts Good Morning Teacher program
A Friday December 11 program and basket social at Brackin School Pleasant Valley No 2 features the comedy Good Morning Teacher with Wesley Brackin September Knight and Pleasant Valley’s all star cast. Everyone invited and ladies to bring baskets. Zoe Smith Teddher.
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Brackin School
Pleasant Valley
Wesley Brackin
Zoe
Smith
Teddher
All Records Were Broken at International Stock Show Chicago Week
Attendance soared beyond all records at the Chicago International stock show held over the week, with top entries and exhibitors praised as the greatest ever. The event concluded Saturday night with animals loaded for return journeys. the record turnout marked a high point in the show’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
State expands child welfare with new placing department
The legislature created a child welfare department under state boards to supervise child placing agencies and two institutions in Davenport and Toledo. About 3000 children are served annually, with over 20 boys and others in need of family homes. Interested households may request information from Major Edwin H. Sands at the State House, Des Moines Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Legisature
Davenport
Toledo
Edwin H. Sands
State House
Des Moines
Towa
Population Jovveries in Elgin Area Births Reported
Population in Elgin and surrounding territory has risen this summer with three more births this week all girls. Mr and Mrs Max Lehman welcomed a daughter on Tuesday December 4. Mr and Mrs Olavug Holm reported a daughter born Monday the 7th. Mr and Mrs Walter Bauman announced a daughter born Wednesday the 9th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Max Lehman
Olavug Holm
Daugther
Walter Bauman
Fars Barta Committee Sets Women’s Project Plans
The Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau women’s committee met in special session called by township leader Mrs. August Brause on November 21 at the home of Elgin Ravings Battle. They chose to begin home nutrition and home management projects in 1926 with Miss Gertrude Lyon in charge, offering training centers across five county locations from February to June. Five county training districts were outlined and a millinery course is scheduled at Payette in December.
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Fars Barta
Gertrude Lyon
Jefferson-Fremont-Oran
Harlan-Center-Banks
Windsor-Eden-Bethel
Wlyria-Westfield-Union-Pleasant Valley
Payette
Postal mailing tips for Christmas packages and cards
Mall Randy urges careful postal planning to ensure timely delivery. The note outlines suggested mailing windows by region with dates in December and asks for cooperation to avoid last minute congestion. Postmaster Qa HL Palb closes the advisory.
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Regal
Vaeife Coast
Western
Em’ates
Maciocia States
Towo
Qa. HL Palb
West trip to Portland for Mrs Frieden and Habeger family
Go West on a Tuesday visit to Mrs Henry Frieden in St Paul then travel to Portland Oregon to visit relatives of the two families and attend the golden wedding anniversary of their parents Mr and Mrs Herman Stricker who moved to Portland from Palo Alto county Iowa about 26 years ago. Eleven children live near Portland. The plan is to bring the family together for the event.
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Henry Frieden
St. Paul
Ben Habner
West Bend
Portland
Oregon
Prieden
Habeger
Herman Stricker
Palo Alto County
Iowa
Plana Ace
Wadena News Notes On Sickness Funerals And Farm Elections
Sickness and caregiving details fill the Wadena page with updates on Glen Hall and Mrs Liaife Hawning. Arthur Walters’s whereabouts are uncertain while funeral reports honor John Whittenbaugh and Mary Flanagan. Farm Bureau officers are elected and Fayette County Sunday School Association plans a December 11 program with multiple addresses and departmental group activities.
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Glen Hall
Liaife Hawning
J . Wo. Jones
Six Corners
Arlington
Blanche Agectiman
Green Mountain
Montana
Russell Pierce
Alph Fox
Pieres
Lee Murphy
Farm Bureau
Tlyrin Township
Wadenn
Sle Walters
Wadena
Arthur Walters
Washington
John Whittenbaugh
Union Church
Stewart
Presbyterian Church
Bindsalt
United B Bretheran Church
J. M. Jennings
Sam Jennings
Henry Jennings
Volyn City
Lyle Whittenbaugh
Sarah Fitggibbon
Taurry Wells
Fayette
James Probert
Charles Talcott
Aulden Finch
West Duich
Albany
Gilos
Tmlyria
Whittenbaugh
Tremaine
Mary Flanagan
Flanagan
Crigson
Minnesota
Hom West Town
Lillian Mane White
John
Alice
Misse
Lillian
Carl
Ceci
Jeanette
Bohle
Wadeno
Wm, Mattocks
John Corkery
Patrick Toomey
Daniel Raftis
Edward Raftie
Fayette County
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Eigin-Brainard Co-operative Co
Ot Berg
Elgin Land Co
M. Weibel
Mer
Maria Robbins
Highland
Service
Mackellar
Herve
A. M. Weibel
John Miller
Fred Muehlenthaler
Muehlenthalers
I . Welbel Mill Company
Echo Office
Echo _office
Mabel NASA
Near Gander
Andrew Yearous
Em Holzer
Neutrowound
Grimm & Flutter
Berg
Tripp &Bailey
Hans Winkler
F. R. Berg
Max Thoma
H. H. Gilbertson
the Narrows
Carpenter's
A. M. Weiel
Pairfield
Smithfield
Schori
Elmer Schori
C. S. Halstenson
Rell Calt
Filmer Sehori
Klingman
H. T. Knut
Ph. Lauer
Quaker
Reves Bao Blain
Weibel Mill Company
I. Q. Ulving
Citizens State Bank
D. Bhatter
Harpers Ferry
Walter Berg
Walter Sweartngear
Elknder
Ab Louis
Farle Point High
Damavnak
Nfl Ford Bass
Weibel
Wadena News
Worslip
Wykle
Herbrecht
Dea Moines
Lotz
Northshurft
Hawkeye
Bunday School
Fergusson
Oelweth
Clinton
Weisling
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