Karl D Fisk Vet 27 Years 1917
Karl D Fisk veteran age 27 years is listed with service details from 1917. The brief entry notes his veteran status and year associated with military records.
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
4
Local notes from Elgin and vicinity highlight gatherings
Jimmie Haines stayed at the Ray Shaffer home while Libbie Kingman visited the Gilson family in Elgin. Multiple families visited, attended dances and chautauqua events, and a Sunday School picnic at Medberry’s grave drew a large crowd despite rain. A new Chalmers car was purchased by Frank Hunsberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Haines
Ray Shaffer
Libbie Kingman
Gilson
O.L. Kingman
Elgin
Charles Chapman
H. B. Gilson
Fred Rothisberger
Cedar Rapids
Bertha Medberry
Lena Medberry
Joe Frelden
Martin Hanson
George Leath
Hikader
Fred Reichert
West Union
Dorothy Gilson
Higin
Ed. Larson
Flossie
Susan Robbina
Hilda Klingman
Fayette
Frank Hunsberger
Chalmers
J. D. Shaffer
Mary
Dr. Bowers
Helen
Israel Shaffer
Richard Probert
George Gibson
Postville
Edgar Kimball
H. B Gilson
Anna Gilson
D. C. Stafford
Medberry
Clermont items cover band trip and local notices
The Clermont column reports the Brick City Band traveling to Elgin to boost the Clermont chautauqua and Elgin’s band plans to visit Clermont next week. It also notes Mae Crowe’s tumor surgery in Iowa City with a good recovery, a dam incident involving Parker Gress, and Vivian Johnson earning Red Cross dues from her own work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Enterprise
F. Ki. White
J. B. Brorby
Httle
Harry Moon
Liana
Mae Crowe
Iowa City
Everett
Brick City
Elgin
Clermont
Red Cross
Coal price outlook and order offer from Schori and Kuster
The message warns of rising coal prices and limited availability, noting that prices will go higher and supply will be hard to obtain. It promises prompt handling for orders within the next two weeks and urges readers to place orders with Schori and Kuster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schori & Kuster
Chamberlains Colicani Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
A summer preparedness notice urges buying Chamberlains Colicani Diarrhoea remedy now. It promises value many times its cost when a diarrhoea attack occurs in the family and notes sale at Storchs Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain's
Stochr
Wan Two Good for the U S Navy Weekt Straw Man
Fragmentary OCR notes reference young men and the U S Navy, mentioning a postmaster T J Capper and a plan for a weekly event or meeting. The text is incomplete and lacks clear dates or outcomes, offering only scattered names and affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Navy
T. J. Capper
Publicity Notice on Abbey Estate and Absentee Case
Elizabeth Abbey petitions for administration of Frederick Abbey's Fayette County Iowa estate alleging seven plus years of absence and unknown whereabouts. The filing seeks letters of administration to Rudy Maser with West Union court action set for September 1917. Frederick is linked to lots 3 and 4 in Elgin Second Addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Abbey
Elizabeth Abbey
Payette County
Towa
West Union
Elgin
Fayette County
Iowa
John Abbey
Frederick Abbay
Rudy Maser
District Court of
Elizabeth ‘Abbey
Kansan Views on Iowa From The Christian Herald
Wichita Engle quotes urge Kansas readers to see Iowa as home as he compares Rube stereotypes. He recalls riding horses and a car in a day, notes Iowa’s colleges shape education, and remarks Iowa’s economy values savings over flashy wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Towa
Christian Herald
What is Home Without a Father
The piece contrasts a mother centered home with the father’s daily labor and sacrifices. It salutes fathers for rising early, lighting the fire, delivering meals and finances, guarding the home, and doing hard chores while mothers manage sewing and fruit. It ends with a toast to fathers, acknowledging faults but affirming value and eventual absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Tribune
H.C
Millkmoon
Dad Lis
Dad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Karl D. Fisk
Optometrist
Dewey
D. Fisk
Towa Optometrists
N. E
Ag Weil
Datiog
O. W. Heiserman
Graduate Optometrist
Rock Island Lines
Colorado
Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes Park
Pike's Peak Region
Yellowstone National Park
California
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Minnesota
Iowa Lakes
Hals
Ray
Des Moines
Powahiohtas Coal
Schori & Kuster Lumber Co
Elgin, Iowa
Kansas
White
Fen
Daddy
Conigisky
W. J. Kohler
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