Obituary notices of Rebecca Ogle and others from Fayette County
Rebecca Ann Ogle of Carroll County Ohio born January 1855 died June 6 1923 near Elgin Iowa aged 68 years four months and ten days. She married Robert Peters December 2 1875. Funeral at Illyria Presbyterian Church with Rev Stewart. Milton G Webb born May 4 1848 in Rock County Wisconsin died June 10 1923. Funeral in Elgin with Rev Ded V Butler. Interment Dig in Cemetery. The Bowen family notices and thanks follow with details of bereavement and service.
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Rebecca Ami
Ogle
Rebecca
Ann Ogle
Carroll
Ohio
Eigin
Iowa
Illyria Township
Payette
Robert Peters
Chester Peake
Fremont Ogle
Mattie Prouty
Mikader
Giara Foster
Dubuque
Fayette
Clayton Counties
Florida
Illyria
Rev. Stewart
Presbyterian Church
J. 5
Rebecca Paters
Sarah Ogle
Elatera Chester Peake
Wilmer Everett Bowen
Machias
New York
Elgin
Gertrude Dean
Hart Greenley
Clayton
Miss Grace
Mra. R. Bowen
Bdlden
Charles
George
Tustin
Im Kansan
Charles Smith
Mra
John Whring
Litle
June Greenley
Bowen
Elgin Canning Company
Milton G. Webb
Ded” V. Butler
M. H. Church
Frank Capper
Mel Kohler
Rock County
Wisconsin
Fayette County
Moonshine linked to fatal car crash manslaughter charges
Wesley Coonfare faces manslaughter charges in a case tied to illicit liquor that led to a fatal crash near Manchester. James McCusker and Garner Eastling, the liquor provider and the drunk driver, also charged. all four held on bonds of 2000 dollars. Coonfare’s preliminary hearing set before Justice J. J. Pentony with grand jury bound over.
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Telegraph-Herald
Manchester
Wesley Coonfare
Roil
Kerns
Garner Eastling
James McCusker
Estling
McCusker
Justice of the Peace
Irving D. Long
Soja Nee
Cornerstone Laying Planned for Fayette County Court House
A page from Fayette County details the cornerstone ceremony for the new court house in West Union on Thursday June 21 with a 10:00 registration at the fair grounds a 12:00 picnic a 1:00 group photo and a 2:00 cornerstone laying ceremony. The program features the Masonic Band with several speeches by Grand Lodge officials and local figures including Hon John Hammill and Hon C B Robbins. Over 100 musicians are pledged to participate making the band the largest heard in the state.
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Fayette County
New Court House
West Union
Fairgrounds
Fair Grounds
Court Yard
Weather Rains Pause All Little Eight Games
All Little Eight games were postponed Sunday due to rain and wet grounds marking the first full league postponement in three years. Next Sunday shows Elgin at Hawkeye Arlington at Clermont West Union at Volga City Postville at Westgate.
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Little Eight
Phils
Elgin
Hawkeye
Arlington
Clermont
West Union
Volga City
Postville
Wetsgate
Real Estate Advertising Opportunity From Elgin Land Co
Real estate ad urges listing farms and town property for sale before July 1 with a reasonable commission. Elgin Land Company promotes ready listings and revised catalogs around July 1 and mentions a shoe line by Mayer's Work Shoes priced from 3.75 to 5.00 from Kohler.
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Elgin Land Company
Mayer
Kohler
Farmers Face Reality of Low Prices and High Costs
A newspaper editor in an agricultural district questions living wage rhetoric, noting farmers struggle with rising costs, taxes, and interest while prices for farm products fall. He argues farmers must intensify production rather than strike, warning that cutting crops would ruin about 75 percent of average farmers.
Wall Street Speculation Described and Its Risks
An experienced Wall Street reader recounts a scheme offering $6,000 for names and addresses of successful speculators who quit ahead of a downturn. The piece explains margin buying, going short, and how profits hinge on price swings. It contrasts speculators with investors who ride volatility without margins.
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Wall Street
Board of Trade
Boards of Trade
Notice to Contractors for Elgin Iowa School Plumbing Bid
Sealed bids will be received at the Secretary of the School Board in Elgin Iowa until 7:30 p m on June 29 1923 for installing the plumbing and heating plant in the school building. Plans and specifications are available at the Secretary's office. The Board reserves the right to accept or reject any bids. Dated Elgin May 20 1923. Samuel Mosby Secretary.
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Independent School District
Wigin Laws
Elgin
Iowa
Laws
Board of Directors
Sameul Mosby
Citizens State Bank Holds Annual Meeting
The Citizens' State Bank held its annual stockholders meeting Monday with the board of directors for the coming year named as Earn Schori Elias Benson B M Benson T J Capper K H Groth H F Knudison F E Kohler Max Thoma and J S Bilden The officers listed are Earn Sehori president Elias Benson vice president B J Baumgartner cashier and Walter Kohler assistant cashier Miss Nelle Mattoon former assistant cashier resigned to take a summer vacation Walter Kohler news mentions visitors Prartk Bell and wife from Waseca Minnesota arrive to visit Mrs John Christ Also a local ad for Mayer's Work Shoes.
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Citizens’ State Bank
Earn Schori
Elias Benson
B. M. Benson
T. J. Capper
K. H. Groth
H.F. Knudison
F. E. Kohler
Max Thoma
J.5. Bilden
Earn Sehori
Public cost of summer strike grips nations
One Strike's Coat. The shopmen's strike of last summer cost the government two million dollars. This amount spent by the Department of Justice to guard life and property nationwide. In one middle western agricultural state the same strike cost railroads three millions and employees six millions. The total cost was immense, shading both public and private losses and urging a move toward arbitration over strikes. The piece argues labor should embrace cooperative methods with employers to settle disputes.
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Department of Justice
Middle West
Minneapolis Journal
Eight Luhring family members graduate from Nagie high school
The Luhring family of Nashua leads a Nashua Reporter noted record with eight siblings from one family completing Nagie high school. Six have diplomas, one more this year, and a final sibling may graduate later. Similar records appear at Chadwick School with eight graduates from another family, out of nine children. Six of sixteen from the two families attended the University of Illinois.
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Elaht
F. N. Luhring
Nash- Wa
Naghie High School
Iowa
Nuashua
Isnoels
Chadwick
University of Illinois
A. A. Strauch
Louis Duhler
Baptist Church Notes Sunday Schedule and Youth Mission Group
Baptist Church notes list services for Sunday June 17 with German service at 10, Sunday school at 11, and a youth program in the afternoon. A pleate at West Union fair grounds is planned for Tuesday June 18, with gathering at the church by 10 a.m. A prayer meeting on June 21 at 8 p.m. and choir rehearsal that evening are noted, along with a special missionary offering on Sunday June 24. The piece lists young people who traveled to Muscatine Tuesday morning including Walter Miller and wife Midna Miller Wilma Miller Mable Rennison Grace Miller Ada Miller Metta Buser Dorothy Peeper Dorothy Etter Frances Pinney George Durscher Esther Durscher Appa Rennison Freddie Schaer Wilma Suhner Edith Grether Frieda Freiburghaus Rey Ph. Lauer and Hans Keiser.
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Young People's Society
West Union Fair Grounds
West Union
Muscatine
Walter Miller
Midna Miller
Wilma Miller
Mable Rennison
Grace Miller
Ada Miller
Metta Buser
Dorothy Peeper
Dorothy Etter
Frances Pinney
George Durscher
Esther Durscher
Appa Rennison
Freddie Schaer
Wilma Suhner
Edith Grether
From Horseshoes to Hairsprings How We Value Ourselves
The piece contrasts iron used for horseshoes yielding ten dollars, needles five dollars becoming six thousand eight hundred, and hairsprings for watches reaching two million. It argues personal worth hinges on self-development, noting most remain in the horseshoe class while a few reach the nimble class, questioning how many succeed.
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New York World
Laine
Auto Accident Near Hofer Hill Injures Four Teens
An auto accident on Hofer hill near town injured Addie Bulihofer and four young people including Winnie and Aliee Santa, Elo Frederick, and Alice Lantz. The car rolled down an embankment after losing momentum on a curve, causing ribs, shoulder, leg, and scalp injuries but all escaped severe harm.
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Hofer
Addie Bulihofer
Winnie
Aliee Santa
Elo Frederick
Thos
Hanson Place
Tere
Notice to Patrons for Ad Copy and Picnic Attendance
The Echo asks patrons to submit all ad copy to the offices by Tuesday noon and correspondents to send their letters a day early. The Echo staff plans to attend the West Union picnic on Thursday, and patron cooperation will make this possible.
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Echo
Echo Force
West Union
Cooperaton
Sunday Services and Children's Day Program
Next Sunday at 10 oclock the pastor will preach on The Importance of Childhood followed by a Children's Day program during Sunday school hour. Worth League at 7:16 p.m. Evening service at 8:00 p.m. You are welcome.
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Wpworth League
Preparations for universal training camps this summer
Preparations are under way for 25 civilian universal training camps this summer. Camps are open to men 17 to 24 with government paying railroad fares and providing everything except underwear and toiletries. Military training and athletics boost mental and physical benefits. Immigrant Swedes arriving in New York plan to move west, seen as potential good citizens. Local junior band making progress under Prof. McCall. A national wheat conference is urged for Chicago June 19 and 20. Army blankets now sold at Cunting Store in various grades and prices.
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Rosa Freiburghaus
Freiburghaus
Fred Reuseer
Hadmano
Chas. Holzer
Sam Lehman
J. V. Schneider
Sweden
New York
West
United States
Waverly
McCall
Ern Holzer
Mia
Clif Christ
Edna Welber
Pealville
Marry Heston
Chileago
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M. B. Churgh
Dee VY
Digin
Halstenson
C. P. Stoehr
H. BH. Bowen
Grace
Burl “Greentey
Strawberry Point
Chicago
Oelweth
Celia Lehman
Cedar Rapids
Ella Lehman
Lehman
Prartk Bell
Childran
Waseca
Minnesota
John Christ
Mel Kobser
Baptist Church
Sunday School of
St. Pauta
M. Fo Chureh
Aviv
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