Wadena Ordinance Grants 20 Year Electric Franchise
Wadena Iowa adopts a 20 year electric franchise for Central States Power and Light. The ordinance grants power to erect operate and maintain electric plants and distribution along streets and public grounds with rights of way and a moving clause for construction and service conditions. Approval dated May 22 1941 and signed by Mayor W E Corkery and Clerk J O Probert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadena
Iowa
Central States Power & Light Corporation
Delaware
W. E. Corkery
J. O. Probert
Special Election on Electric Franchise for Wadena Iowa
Notice declares a July 8 1941 special election in Wadena Iowa to submit a public measure. Question whether to grant Central States Power & Light Corp and assigns an electric franchise per Ordinance No 32 dated May 22 1941. Ordinance 22 grants authority to erect operate maintain and control an electric plant and distribution system within town.
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Wadena
Iowa
Central States Power & Light Corporation
Fayette
Letter From Lyman Martin From 1941 Fort Meade
Lyman H Martin writes from Ft Meade South Dakota to Elgin friends. He arrived in the army Jan 7 1941 after training at Ft Des Moines and Ft Snelling. He describes post life including a chauffeur job with a recon car, drills, a show, bowling, dance hall cafe P X guard house and day room games. He notes rainfall, mentions local Iowa connections, and asks for letters from home.
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Ft. Meade
S. D
4Th Cavalry
Elgin
Ds Moines
Army
Ft. Des Moines
Ft. Snelling
Minn
South Dakota
Black Hills
Palmer
Iowa
Strawberry Point
Dillon
Mabel Grover
United States
Lyman H. Martin
Sudden Death of Bert Allen
Bert Allen died suddenly at home south of Elgin on Sunday morning June 15 at about 3 30 He was born Sept 29 1881 and died at age 59 9 16 He married Mary Holzer in 1912 and lived on a farm near Elgin He was a Seventh Day Adventist member and survived by his widow one sister and many relatives Funeral services were held at Elgin Baptist Church with burial in Elgin Cemetery
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Bert Allen
Elgin
Bay Center
New York
Byron
Helen Allen
Fayette County
Mary Holzer
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Marshall Allen
Port Shaffer
Duluth
George Lauterbach
Sumner
Earl Kiple
Robert Wilson
Archie
George Howard
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Wm. Kohls
Louise Neuenschwander
Alhambra
Calif
Henrietta
Elder
Raymond Lauterbach
Ben Ishman
S. Ishman
S. Klinger
Ward Brabham
Hans Winkler
West Union
Gus Doher
Mary
Emma Meyer
Mabel Holzer
Elkader
Harold Bennett
Clermont
War Use of Horses and Giant Youth in Maine
The article notes horses used in warfare since Caesar. It highlights Cuvier Kittredge, an eight grade pupil from North Jay, Maine, aged 13, who stands six feet five inches tall and weighs 348 pounds, claiming he may be the largest boy of his age in the United States. his parents can only buy him overalls as ready-to-wear clothes.
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Cuvier Kittredge
North Jay
Maine
United States
Cuvier
Coeds Favor Fifteen-Year Marriage Outlook At Northwestern
Northwestern university seniors survey shows 80 percent expect to wed within five years after graduation and two-fifths say they would not marry unless husbands earn over 50 dollars weekly. Sixty percent of men report jobs lined up with 40 percent of women sharing that outlook.
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Northwestern University
Second Thrill Show at State Fair Grounds Sunday
The 1941 spring racing season resumes at the Iowa State Fair world’s half mile track next Sunday with many new entries heating up competition. Damp weather earlier canceled the sweepstakes and the Jimmie Lynch Death Dodger thrill show, now returning with 25 acts. Jockeys and thrill drivers including Jimmie Wilburn and Gus Schrader are set for renewed rivalry as all first program entrants come back along with fresh entries.
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Iowa
Jimmie Lynch
Portland
Ore
Gus Schrader
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Twenty fifth Anniversary Celebration at St Pauls Elgin
St Pauls Methodist church in Elgin marked its 25th dedication anniversary with a June celebration. A noon dinner served over 100 attendees, followed by a 2 pm program of songs, prayers, solos by Mrs. Gerald Shaffer and a cornet duet by Max Thoma and Gordon Mosby. Clergy including Rev J C Warton and others spoke, noting George Snyder’s recent ministry start and his Father’s Day sermon in Traer. more former pastors were missed.
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St. Paul’s Methodist Church of
Max Thoma
Gordon Mosby
J.C. Warton
R. V. Porter
J. S. Lilly
D. V. Butler
J. J. Snyder
George Snyder
Traer
George
Boston
Bishop Magee Speaks at Elgin Church Program
The Elgin church hosted Rev J H Graham’s supporters and Bishop Magee for an evening of song and prayer. Rev Arthur Kindred led the opening, with Rev Temple and Rev Warton introducing the bishop who urged focus on spiritual values over material wealth.
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J. H. Graham
Warton
Magee
Arthur Kindred
Fayette
Temple
Bishop Magee
Elgin
Galilee
Church Quartette
Lilly
Porter
Snyder
George
Theresa
Betty Ann
Kindred
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Wadena News
Pleasant Ridge Club
Milo Oldfather
Vila Simeck
Arthur Jellings
Sidney Corbin
Frank Welch
Square Dea
Vida Henrich
Ralph Shaffer
Olive Knutson
Charles Gehring
Ole Johnson
Val Elsheimer
Walter Murray
Arlington
Klingman
Elsheimers
Letha Edler
Blanche Feller
Howard Withour
Estherville
Lizzie Schrock
Mary Florence Whittenbaugh
Waterloo
Will Whittenbaugh
Virginia Herwig
Cedar Falls
Ray Herwig
Leona Welch
Oelwein
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Alden Gell
Floyd Patterson
Henry Herwig
West Anon
James Fennell
Harold Smith
Arthur Herrling
Rey
Birdsall
Manlius
Mel Kohler
Bess Stohr
Arthur Berrling
Mary Oelberg
George Jones
Jean Jones
Winifred Hoyt
Maude Charberlain
R. L. Learn
Orville Bunting
Alpha
FE. R. Feller
Lyal Whittenbaugh
The
Missionary Society
Lyman Martin
Mary Allen
Charles Holzer
Caesar
Schumacher
Weibel Mill Co
Elgin, Iowa
State Fair Grounds
Lehman’s Hdw
Iecc
Eee
Ghe Avalon
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
10Wa Pocoore
Judy Canova
Bob Crosby
Sis Hopkins
Judy
James Stewart
Judy Garland
Jean Arthur
Bob Cummices
Devil
Miss Jones
Alka-Seltzer
Factory Fresh
C&j Tires
Auherr
BEA Oil Company
D. Welch
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