Obituary Notes and Local Social News From Argo Gazette
Obituary notices for Mrs Muehlenthaler Dowd and Mrs Elizabeth Muehlenthaler reveal ties to Higin and the Miller family with funeral details set for Sunday at the German Baptist church. A separate item records infant Forest King Learn’s death at age four months, with service by Rev H W Wedel and burial at Pleasant Grove. Also covered is a bridal shower for Lola Kiple ahead of her marriage to James Yearous and a political note on the deputy sheriff appointment being declined, leaving the post vacant in West Union.
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Muehlenthaler Dowd
Elizabeth Muehlenthaler
Higin
Henry Miller
R. W. Muehlenthaler
German Baptist Church
Forest King Learn
Little Forest King Learn
Lev Learn
H. W. Wedel
Pleasant Grove
West Union
Board of Supervisors
Lloyd Dewey
Dewey
John Pickard
Oelwein
Pickard
Weat. Union
Bession
Argo-Gazette
St. Valentine's Day
Oelwe
John Falk
N. H. Bakeman
Ladies' Cemetery Association
Chas. Huebner
Fred Shultz
Postville
Horace Yock
Thoma
Kansas City
Max Thoma
Kansaas City
Retail Merchants’ Association
Robert Grimes
T. W. Doan
Thrift Day Opens Elgin Savings Bank Home
Bank officials designate Saturday February 3 as Thrift Day to spur savings and launch the new Elgin Savings Bank building. Readers are urged to attend the event and view the program and details on page one of the Echo.
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Elgin Savings Bank
Echo
Elgin
Saint Paul's M. E. Church Sunday Services
St Pauls M church reports a fine Sunday School at 11 on January 28 with a 7 30 p m evening service featuring Serious Handicaps as the sermon subject and other worshipworthy features. T S Cleworth pastor.
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T. S. Cleworth
Funeral for Mrs Elizabeth Muehlenthaler at German Baptist Church
Funeral services are scheduled Sunday afternoon January 28 at 2 o'clock for Mrs Elizabeth Muehlenthaler at the German Baptist church. The community notes a mix of local tidbits including illnesses, travel, business visits, and thrift day reminders as residents prepare for upcoming dates and events.
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Elizabeth Muehlenthaler
German Baptist Church
Apollo Concert Co to Appear with Apollophone at Event
Saturday February 10 promises a great musical treat as the Apollo Concert Co presents a program featuring their Apollophone and other instruments. Over a thousand dollars invested, expected to delight attendees, with friends invited for an evening of pleasure at Pleasant Point Schoolhouse. A necktie sociable follows at 8:30 pm January 30, 1917, with auctions and fun after supper.
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Apollo Concert Co
Pleasant Point
Dist
Myria
D. Rothlisberger
Electrification rumored for Decorah division of Rock Island
Decorah Republican reports rumors that the Decorah division of the Rock Island road may be electrified soon with potential disposal of branch lines. Electrical firms reportedly eye a new line from Urbana or Brandon to Vinton and Independence.
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Tocksland
Decorah
Rock Island Road
Urbana
Brandon
Vinton
Independenct
Decorah Republican
Thrift and Scotch thriftiness quoted by Mayor Mitchell
At a Philadelphia conference luncheon Mayor Mitchell of New York urged thrift in city governance. He likened municipal budgeting to a Scotch household, recalling a vivid hall scene about a father departing on a trip and a mother’s reminders to keep a child from misseeing.
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Mitchell
New York
Conference of Mayors
Philadelphia
Kathleen
Donald
Neothing
Stomach Troubles Prompts Trial of Chamberlain Tablets
If you have stomach trouble you should try Chamberlain's Tablets. Many have been restored to health by their use and the cost is only 26 cents. For sale by Stochr's Pharmacy.
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Stochr’s Pharmacy
In Memory of Grandma Anderson tribute and reflections
A sentimental notice recalls Grandma Anderson with lines on patience and faith. A brief reflection on mortality, neighbors, and the afterlife accompanies brief moral musings and anecdotes about speech, vivacity, and manners.
That Fit Openings for Eyewear Tests in Fayette County
That Fit offers same day provision of complex lenses and testing equipment for eyes. The ad emphasizes use of every scientific instrument and promises to furnish lenses the same day. It asserts status as the only registered optometrist in Fayette County by examination before the State Board of Optometry.
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Fayette County
State Board of Optometry
Miss Nell Stashr on the sick list in Clermont district
Illinois era items note Miss Nell Stashr sick, visits by Hesse Halstengan, and local social rounds in Clermont and West Union. Mentions of notable figures, farm trips, and gatherings across Clayton County with countywide chatter on state events. Col. Cady remains in state at Denver capitol. mass crowd counted at 25,000.
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Nell Stashr
Hesse Halstengan
West Union
Wikpert
United States
Papi Trust
John Halversay
Clermont
Staston Homie
Wil Patterson
Baste
Lfipe Jagt
Clayton County
Purgle Shaffer
Payette
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Baker's
Minnesota
Schumacher
Weibel Bros. Mill
Amelia Schroeder
Iowa
Miss Haltle Bakeman
Merle Klingman
Lola Kiple
James Yearous
Lola
ST. Faul's
Neektie
Grandma Anderson
America
QO. W. Heiserman
Reliable Jeweler
Nyal’s
Laxacold
Nyal
City Drug
Berg & Kohler
Ss Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Fred Muehtethaler
Bes Moines
CG. W. Niekhens
Westidan
O. O. Wandard
Poe I Ae Beatin Deny Bo
Standard Gas
George N. Sehurl
Oat Sehord
Bowlah Bartholomew
J. A. Boleyi
Tev
Otty Stoek
Tome
Les Maines
Babcuck Insitute
Fair Grounds
Grimes Bros
Krueger
Kansas County
Frank Greenley
Bronk
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