Fires at Cler mont barn sparks homecoming week item
In Clermont during homecoming week residents say several people attended daily events. Saturday at about 9 o clock two children playing in R W Helms barn started a hay fire. Fire spread to pump house hog pen corn crib and lumber piles before help could save remaining property. T A Roland A Clermont jeweler traveled to West Union on a business trip with a partner.
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Clermont
R. W. Helms
Messrs
Helms
Mounce
T. A. Roland
West Union
Elgin Area Notes Include House Paintings and Corn Prospects
Alicia Anen son, now Mrs. T. A. Koland, will share his future. the Kolands plan to make the city their home. Henry Conner’s Elgin West Union road home gains paint and new additions. Sweet corn looks promising for Elgin Canning Co. with potential packing soon, though some corn was damaged by high water. John Dewey, early county settler, dies at 63 in Garnett Kansas. Richard Strauch travels to Chicago then Illinois for a visit. Rain is desired as dust and dryness persist.
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Alicia Anenson
T. A. Koland
Elgin Canning Co
Franc DeSart
John Dewey
Garnett
Kansas
$1,500,000 Improvement at Savanna Ordnance Depot
The government plans a 1.5 million dollar expansion at Savanna Ordnance Depot to double ammunition storage. WPA work will build ninety two igloo magazines and smokeless powder magazines, plus five and a half miles of railroad and ten miles of roads. New loading platforms and other facilities are included as the project proceeds.
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Savanna Ordnance
WPA
Savanna
Lanark
Til) Gazette
We All Get the Same Dose Sometime
West Bend Journal reports a rare off week with a blank back page and little local material. Publisher notes advertising slump, farmers harvest, and plans for sewer paving and town hall improvements. Newspaper contrasts with Echo printing eight pages and reflects on off weeks in local press.
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West Bend Journal
West Bend
Elgin
Koch
the Echo
Towa Buys Timberland In Marquette Region
The Iowa Conservation Commission purchased 152 acres of timberland from Marquette Savings Bank Trust Fund on the Mississippi river bluffs north of Yellow River near Marquette. The tract includes Hanging Rock promontory and 50 undisturbed Indian mounds along a ridge 400 feet above the river, plus a large bear effigy mound.
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Iowa Conservation Commission
Marquette Savings Bank Trust Fund
Mississippi River
Yellow River
Marquette
Mississippi
Naval recruiting station opens in Decorah Iowa
The Cedar Rapids Tribune notes a new naval recruiting station serving seven northeastern counties has been established on the first floor of the Decorah courthouse. It will be open daily except Saturday noon and is under the supervision of a petty officer.
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Cedar Rapids Tribune
U. S. Navy
Decorah
Court House
Picnic at Ben Hofer Home
Relatives gathered for a Sunday picnic dinner at the Ben Hofer home. Attendees included Jake Dennler and family Elmer Dennler and family near Volga John Dennler Ben Dennler Walter Lehman Walter Butihofer Zeta Marie Clarence Hofer Bill Rayne and family near Fayette John Leonard near Strawberry Point Wm Largon Clarence Schneider Ida Christen Betty Bert Thoman and Ethel Mae.
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Ben Hofer
Jake Dennler
Elmer Dennler
Near
Volga
John Dennler
Ben Dennler
Walter Lehman
Walter Butihofer
Zeta Marie
Clarence Hofer
Bill Rayne
Fayette
John Leonard
Strawberry Point
Wm. Largon
Clarence Schneider
Ida Christen
Betty
Bert. Thoman
Ethel Mae
Monona Improves Swimming Hole
The old swimming hole at Monona has been transformed into a safer, fuller pool. A field pond at town edge, enlarged and sanded for a beach, now includes a summer lifeguard and better facilities for local youths and children.
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Monona
Echo Sightings Prompt Citywide Rumor
Residents report a fleeting sighting downtown after dusk, with several witnesses describing a strange glow near the riverfront. The Echo notes no official confirmation and cites uncertainty about the event's origin or timing.
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The
Elgin Echo
R. P. Strauch
Kathryn J. Strauch
Fayette County
Iowa
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Towa
Fasb Motor CO
Postville, Iowa
John Falb
Elgin, Iowa
Lee and
Brody
Lee
Mel Kohler
Fayette County Farm Service Company
AGROL
Med
Lester Anderson
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