Chautauqua Trial Yields Strong Elgin Interest
Elgin's first Chautauqua week drew large crowds and favorable opinions with lectures readings and music seen as instructive and entertaining. The Howard Hall Male Quartet and Kipling’s Mandalay impressed. some substitutions occurred due to illness. A Saturday ball game Volga City beat Elgin 13 to 3 before a closing program Saturday night and Sunday quiet concerts. Financials show receipts of 494.20 with equal disbursements to the Jones Chauquaa system and local needs. treasury details dated July 7 1914.
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Elgin
Chale Quartette
Slocum
Charles F. Sheldon
Pooler
Howard Hall
Storm
Kl. E. Middleton
Kipling
Mandalay
Agar
Walter Sewell
Upper Town Musical Club
Martha Becker
Volga City
Chautauqua
Benson Wins Deer Park Golf Medal in Close Battle
QO M Benson cashier La Salle Trust Savings Bank yesterday won the Deer Park Country Club spring tournament medal after a tight final against Willis Brown of Oglesby. The match went to an extra round after two even rounds, Benson edging Brown 4 and 5 on the nineteenth hole to claim the trophy.
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QO. M. Benson
la Salle Trust & Savings Bank
Deer Park Country Club
Willis Brown
Oglesby
Benson
Brown
Daily Tribune
LaSalle
Tis
Won From McGregor in Hard Fought Baseball Clash
Elgin defeated McGregor 3 to 1 in a pitchers’ duel at Kohtler’s ball park. McGregor’s Belliette and Presleo held the Elgin attack for six innings, but Elgin’s timely seventh inning two runs broke the tie as Nichols and Nelson held the field. The two teams resume Sunday in Elgin with the same batteries.
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McGregor
Elgin
Elgin Boys
Elgin Club
Belliette
Presleo
Nichols
Nelson
Waukon
Kohtler
Obituary of Ulrich Haag of North Plains dies after long illness
Ulrich Hans Ulrich Haag of North Plains died June 21 1914 at the family home after an illness lasting nearly two years. Born November 9 1843 in Canton Bern Switzerland he came to the United States in 1873 settling in Fayette County Iowa and moved to Washington County in 1896 where he resided since. Survived by widow four sons and three daughters including John Haas Madison SD Ulrich Haas Jr Clermont IA FP G Haas Portland OR Ernest W Baas Sheridan OR Mrs G M Hunter North Plains Mrs Albert Lincoln Sage MT and Mrs John Wilkins Portland OR Funeral services were held at the English Baptist Church in this city.
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Ulrich Haag
North Plains
Canton Berne
Switzerland
United States
Fayette County
Iowa
Washington County
John Haas
Madison
South Dakota
Ulrich Haas Jr
Clermont
Iosva
G. Haas
Williams Ave
Portland
Oregon
Ernest W. Baas
Sheridan
G. M. Hunter
Albert ‘Lincoln
Sage
Montana
John Wilkins
Fourth Street
English Baptist Church
North Plain
Calif
Hane
Cheery Valley News Social Roundup at the Hansons
The Cheery Valley News lists a busy social week with Adolph Hanson's entertained company Sunday and the Thos Hansons hosting visitors Monday evening. Several locals including Elizabeth Pulver, Mrs Harnst Meyer, Louisa Christen, John Meyer and wife, Edwin Hanson, and others are noted visiting or assisting families at nearby homes.
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Adolph Hanson
Louisa Dennier
Marie Grimmara
Fred Frieden
Will Baumgartner
Fred Dennier
Thomas Hanson
Jacob Kurth
Jacob Dennier
German Baptist Church Sunday Schedule as Teased
The notice lists services at the German Baptist Church with Sunday School at 9 45 A M and sermons at 11 A M by Rev J Neiman plus 7 30 P M prayer meeting by Y P and 8 P M sermon with weekly Thursday prayer meetings and broad invitation to all attendees.
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Rev. J. Neiman
Y. P
Fall Therapy Positions for Graduates at Waterloo
Free catalog offer invites 100 young men and women to apply for the telegraph or medical therapy positions. Address Coliuran or Comapice, Waterloo, Ic, for details and enrollment, with a September 7 fall term notice.
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Ourveapfual
Coliuran
Comapice
Waterloo
Dresh Shifts Offer Gains on Bar Shirts
Fragmentary text indicates Halstenson notes 25 percent gains and a sale or offer related to bar shirts. The readable parts are unclear about exact entities, dates, or actions. The report preserves the surface claim of a 25 percent gain offered in a dreary sales context.
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Halstenson
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Elgin Savings Bank
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Gus Gunderson
Sam’s Mosby
Cashier
Star Cafe
Greenley & Carothers
Adrian Fence
Adrian
Fred G. Gehring
Jones Chauqua
Miller & Co
Light
R. Earl
AB Balash
John Fars
H. S. Hadsel
Hans Keiser
Bowen & Greenly
Ulrich Hans
Cheery Valley News
Max Hunsberger
Will
Edna
Mary Kirkeberg
Wi. Gehring
Gilbert Patterson
Leslie Baumgartener
Marie Grimm
Bertha Frieden
Jacob Gehring
German Baptist Church
Citizens’ State Bank
Barn Schori
Pres
C. F. Becker
Or C. S. Halstenson
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