Lights Brighten Elgin With New Street Illumination
Residents gathered Saturday evening as Clermont workers installed tungsten street lamps, marking Elgin’s shift to electric lighting. Local firm C Miller & Son earns praise for its investment and rapid wiring program. The system promises a metropolitan look as stores and homes prepare to be connected. The water power dam and electric current provide day power for Clermont brick yard and nighttime lighting for both towns.
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Clermont
C. Miller & Son
Eigin
Amal
Local Wedding Sealed At Wadena Home Ceremony
Libbie Huns berger and Jerome Verrous wed Wednesday at Rev Jasper Moore s residence in Wadena in front of close relatives. They depart on the two o clock train for a four week tour through the Dakotas Michigan and Wisconsin and will reside in West Union after returning. The bride is the eldest daughter of Frank and Mrs Huns berger and a Elgin High School graduate. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Jake Yearous and described as an exemplary young man.
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Libbie Hunsberger
Jerome Verrous
Jasper Moore
Wadena
Yearous
Frank Hunsberger
The
Elgin High School
Jake Yearous
Real Estate Transfers in Oelwein and West Union 1910
Weekly Abstract Office report lists transfers: Bently to Campbell one lot in Oelwein for 200. Howell to Howell two lots in Farette for 500. Moulton to King one lot in Oelwein for 3000. Red to Ayers one lot in Oelwein for 500. Doolitts to Pitte one lot in West Union for 400. Boyack to tursis two lots in Oelwein for 200. City West Union to Sherman 16 feet of a 26 foot lot in West Union for 6. Whitmore to Morehouse eight ne 4-9-7. Palmer to Lawler nw ne nw 38-9-37 on BE. Marriage licenses issued: Shaffer-Davis. Rafferty-Daley. Pratt-Behnis. Trbesing-Niemann. Lee-Lowe. Mueklethaler-Fri burghaus. Lynch-Lawrence. Wilson-A. Hughbanke. Wasserneill- Seorist. The note describes a windy travel mishap: Mr Monnahan’s auto broke near Brackin home and passengers escaped unharmed. a later Buick ride home was arranged. The German Baptist Sunday School held a large picnic with a German Band. Emil Halverson improves from pneumonia after doctors’ consults. Hugh De France visits western relatives. Clara Nelson takes vacation. Kensington Club to meet with Mrs Gehring. Weather remark: Was it hot Tuesday?
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W. J. Rogers
William Bently
Jesse J. Campbell
Oelwein
Julia A. Howell
W. EB
Howell
Farette
Laura M. Moulton
George King
Ooelwein
Emma Red
W. Ay‘ers
Delia L. Doolitts
Margarvette Pitte
W. A. Boyack
Lew C. Tursis
Monnahan
Mr. Brackin
Cedar Rapids
West Union
German Baptist Sunday School
Bauman's Woods
Emil Halverson
Guthrie
Dubuque
Hadsel
Berry
Murray
Cedar Rapida
Hugh de France
Johnstown
Penn
Hugh Patterson
Clara Nelson
T. J., Cappoer's
Barnyard Fable Prompts Advertising Lesson
A fragmented item begins with a fable about two hens and a tale of advertisement for eggs, followed by local notes. Mrs Earn Sohori plans Prairie du Chien treatment for rheumatism while Fred Miller visits West Union to deliver ground hog scalps to auditor Scallan. The Jim Boleyn family near Elkader is quarantined for smallpox and Mrs Bauder renovations at home are noted.
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Earn Sohori
Prairie du Chien
Fred Miller
West Union
Scallan
Jim Boleyn
Elkader Way
Clayton County
Sam Bauder
Oak Grove News social rounds and visits
Fine rain Sunday night and a flurry of calls and visits across Oak Grove. Earn Holters entertained company. Hull Brabham called on Ed Conner's. Ed Conner and Rob Wilson visited Mrs. A. Conner. Mrs. Ern Holzer called at Ward Brabham home. Mae Bonnett closed a successful term of school. Carl Bonnett of Waukon visiting on the Ridge. numerous local visitations among Conner, Reed, Brabham, Dummermuth, and Howard families with family members traveling to and from Maynard, Oelwein, Randalia, and Sioux City.
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Earn Holters
Hull Brabham
Ed Conner
L. W. Reed
William Brabham
Christ Dummermuth
Edith Conner
Elmer Pinney
Thomas Howard
Elgin
Ward Brabhams
Mary Bennett
Oelwein
Randalia
Ad Conner
A. Conner
Edith
Ern Holters
Julia Brabham
Frank Boyle
Roy
Hazel Stansbury
George
Sioux City
Proposal for Erection of School House in Marion Iowa
Notice of bids for erecting a school house in Sub-District No. 8 School Township of Marion in Clayton County Iowa. Bids due by 10 o clock July 9 1910 at which time the contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Board reserves right to reject any or all bids Elgin Iowa June 20 1910 A B Houe Secretary.
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Clayton
Iowa
Elgin
Houe
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