German Baptist Church announces weekly services and mission talks
The pastor J G Draswel reports a good week and notes a White House visit. Sunday School at 11 00 missionary sermon by a pastor and a sermon by Rev Becker at 8 00 English singing and preaching with free collections for home and foreign missions. The Independ ent School District of Holgewood plans a $4200 heating system installation to modernize Ridgewood school building.
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J. G. Draswel
White House
Hand
Jesson
Becker
Indepen ‘Dent
Holgewood
Ridgewood
Two Hot Months and a Fatal Lightning Strike
The record hot June ends a string of extreme weather with May also setting a long-standing record and July expected to stay hot. The sun shone 78 percent, six June days exceeded 90 degrees, and humidity figures broke records. In Des Moines, Frank Williams, 36, a barber, was instantly killed by a lightning bolt while under a tree. bystanders were unharmed.
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Weather Bureau
Mrnday
Une
May
Frank Williams
Des Moines
Veterans Reunion Set for August 1 and 2 at Weat Union
The thirty first annual Fayette County Veterans association reunion schedules events for Tuesday and Wednesday August 1 2. Activities include bugle calls, quarters assignment, welcome address by C B Minchen, speeches by notable veterans and officials, and a campfire with songs and prayers. Officers listed include Commander C B Minchen and Adjutant D A Hall. Committees cover finance music arrangements grounds and entertainment. Local reports note band performances Clermont visit and a Cedar Rapids training plan.
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Fayette County
C.B. Minchen
J. M. Jennings
W. J. Ainsworth
Fayette County’ Automobile Club
H. P. Hancock
Jessie Byers
Association
C. B. Minchen
D.A. Hall
Mark Gilbert
Fred W.schneider
A. B. Loomis
J. W. Bopp
F. W. Kingsbury
C. G. Neft
Ruel Camp
T. C. Wayman
J. W. Cook
G-W. Gilbert
D. O. Smith
J. J. Earle
G. W. Fitch
First Ward
Increase of Taxable Property in Iowa in 1910
Iowa net taxable value rose by 7 957 177 in 1910 from 1909 as per deputy state auditor Bleakly’s office. Land values up 1 360 459 and personal property up 8 232 779, with the note that the state tax rate fell by one mill in each of the past three years.
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Iowa
Joe Wail
Office of State Auditor
Iown
Pleasant Valley School Board Sets Salary and Officers
On July 1 the Pleasant Valley School Township directors met in Elgin’s town council room. They raised teachers salaries from 250 to 270, levied 2700 for the teachers fund and 600 for the contingent fund. Old officers were re-elected: George L. Miller president, C. J. Harrington treasurer, M. Luchsinger secretary. Directors for sub-districts include Miller, Nutting, Dammermuth, Bartlett, Shipton, Dehler, Follett, Kohler, Boyle, and Conner.
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Pleasant Valley School Township
Elgin
George L. Miller
C.J. Harrington
M. Luchsinger
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Elgin, Iowa
Gus Gunderson
Sam’l Mosby
Cashier
German Baptist Church
TOR
Thoms OS
Thoma Bros
America
Harvey Smith
W. E. Fuller
H. L. Adams
William Larrabee, Jr
W. C. Lewis
W. J. Rogers
Thos L. Green
Arso
John Falk
McGregor
Clermont
Harold Stoehe
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapide Business College
France
C.C. Marchal
Marchal
J.D. Kenyon
E.T. Robinson
Gary
South Dakota
L. H. Oswald
C. F. Becker
Herb Robbins
Illyria
Rocky Dell
West Union
Fair Ground
Althoit
Wolgast
Atll
Owan Morat
San Francisco
Cal
Clayton County
National
Morrow
CG. L. Freiburghaus
Freda
Fred Muehlenthaler
Carrie
Muehlenthaler
Misa Lillie
J. ©. Cooley
Ler Aon
Will and Family
Albert Fisk
Marshalltown
Iowa Central Railway
Fisk
Geo. L. Miller
Sid Nutting
Christ Dammermuth
James Bartlett
H. F. Shipton
Christ Dehler
H. Follett
Ed Kohler
Frank, Boyle
Judson Conner
Sys
Citizens’ State Bank
Ben Schori, Pres
Echo
Apper
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