Creamery Booster Meeting Praised At Elgin Farm Bureau
A large Elgin audience attended the regular Farm Bureau meeting hosted by Henry Frieden on his lawn. Speakers included county agent Lodwick and state dairy inspector Stevenson who praised the Elgin Creamery and urged steps toward State Brand butter, with ice cream and cake served to about four hundred attendees.
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Farm Bureau
Henry Frieden
P Ve Farm Bureau
Elgin
Butternaker
Arlington
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company
Frieden Lawn
Lodwick
Marie Mosby
Eva Man Frieden
Messra’ Thoma
Weibel
Hunshenger
Mosby
Dick Williams
H. H. Gilbertson
Fred Harms
Oelwein
N. E. Town
Mwor
Stevenson
Elgin Creamery
Melchr Luchsinger
B. J. Baumgartner
Alfred Jacobs
Mr. Lodwick
J. D
New Iowa Bad Check Law Takes Effect July Fourth
The new strict law repeals light fines and grace periods for bad checks. After July 4, checks under $20 incur a 10 dollar fine or up to 30 days in jail, while checks over $20 face 500 dollar fines or up to one year in prison. Under some circumstances seven years imprisonment is possible. The law aims to reduce bad checks, promote account carefulness, and protect business.
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Iowa
Cc. R. Gazette
Decorah Plans Big Celebration at Winneshiek Fairgrounds
The Decorah Chamber of Commerce and Winneshiek Agricultural Association stage two day events July 3 and 4 at the fair grounds. Headline speaker Phil La Follette will speak July 4 along with attractions like ball games, Hazel Caan Show, dancing and other entertainments.
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Decorah Chamber of Commerce
Winneshiek Agricultural Association
Fair Grounds
Phil la Follette
Ball!ames
Fayette county marriage and divorce totals dip in 1926
Department of Commerce returns show Fayette county had fewer marriages and divorces in 1926 than in 1925. In 1925 there were 198 marriages and 80 divorces. In 1926, 162 marriages and 26 divorces were recorded. Clayton county totals remained near even across the two years. The Ladies' Cemetery Association will meet next Wednesday evening July 6 at Mrs Efford Bunaberger's home.
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Department of Commerce
Fayette County
Clayton County
Ladies' Cemetery Association
Efford Bunaberger
Waukon Banker John Bieber Ends Own Life
John Bieber 42, vice president of People's National Bank of Waukon, missing since Saturday, found dead Monday evening in timber east of town. A .38 caliber revolver lay beside him. coroner ruled suicide with no known motive or note. Otto Knuppe and others located the body. no inquest planned.
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John Bieber
People’s National ‘Bank
Waukon
Otto Knuppe
Elgin Fire Department to Show The Fire Brigade
The Elgin Fire Department will present the film The Fire Brigade at the Elgin Opera House on July 19 and 20 as a firemen’s benefit. The event invites all to attend and support firefighters. Watch for further announcements next week.
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Elgin Fire Department
Elgin Opera House
Dynamite Cap Explodes Injuring Boy Near Elgin
Elmer Knudtson aged boy of east of Elgin found an old dynamite cap near a bridge. He experimented with it before lighting a match and inserting it. The blast nearly tore off a thumb and two fingers. He was rushed to Dr Mack's office in Elgin, with hopes for saving the hand.
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Elmer Knudtson
O. T. Knudtson
East of Elgin
Elgin
Mack
Paroled Defendant in Manslaughter Case
Waterloo Judge G. W. Wood paroles the defendant to E. M. Thompson after the court dismisses the manslaughter indictment following Kenneth Smith’s death in a two car collision with Tate, as reported by Independence Bulletin Journal.
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Waterloo
G. W. Wood
E M. Thompson
Kenneth Smith
Smith
Tate
Independence Bulletin Journal
Reverend Dons Accepts Chicago Call From Cleveland
Reverend Theodore Dons of Cleveland Ohio has accepted a call to preach in a Chicago church and the family will move to a new home in September He has served in Cleveland for about eight years The news concerns Echo readers as Mrs Dona ia an Elgin girl formerly Anna Muehlethaler
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Theodore Dons
Cleveland
Ohio
Chicago
Dons
Echo
Dona Ia
Elgin
Anna Muehlethaler
Notice to Auto Drivers in Elgin Cautionary Edict
Several complaints have been filed about reckless driving in Elgin. Children under 15 may not drive unless accompanied by an adult. Keep your car out of dead at all times. Signed by F C Mueh Leithaler, Mayor.
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Elgin
F.C. Muehlethaler
A Good Reputation Guides Buyer And Seller
A good reputation must be freshly earned each day and acts as a beacon for high quality. For buyers it signals merit, for sellers it challenges faithfulness to maintain lofty ideals. The tyranny of ideals binds the heart and mind to fair treatment and complete satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ita
Imperial Metal
PAYS TO KEEP TEMPER IN FAMILY VISIT REPORT
Mrs Nancy O Malley traveled to Mechanicaville on Monday to visit relatives after spending about seven weeks at the home of her son Harry Eston. The piece argues that keeping temper is wise whether right or wrong and warns against losing temper to avoid losing friends’ respect.
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Nancy O'Malley
Mechanicaville
Harry Eston
WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN BUTTER CONTEST
Floyd L. Sires of the local creamery led eighty entrants to win high honors at the Iowa State Butter Contest in Arlington on June 23. Top scorers were Sires 96, Albright 95.75, and Dodeward 50. The event credited patrons for supplying the cleanest cream and listed many butter makers and scores across Iowa towns such as Postville Volga Calmar Sumner Oelwein Arlington Rock Valley and Rock Valley.
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Floyd L. Sires
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company
Iowa
Arlington
Mr. Sires
Sires
Elgin
Albright
Hull
Dodeward
Rock Wal- 50
Gbs
Floyd
O. W. Albright
John Dodeward
Rock Valley Varn Sires
Postville
Otto Weger
Suanbatre Point
P. Gernard
Volga Cit
Henry Segebarth
Fairbenk
Victor Anderson
Waterville
E. J
Baptist Church Notes and Clayton County Vote Summary
Sunday services include German service with communion at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 a m. Dinner at 12 15 p m, junior meeting at 12 45 p m, annual church meeting at 2 p m with reports and elections. Ladies Aid meets July 6, officers to be elected, prayer and junior choir rehearsals follow. Clayton County voters approve primary road and $1 5 million bond issues with low turnout.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Ed Kruger
Brainard
Atin Neeviies
ne _anslaater
Araion
Fayette County Sunday School Workers Institute July 16
The Fayette County Sunday School Workers annual institute will be held in Zigin on July 16 with Prof. W. Van Ness of Fayette presiding. A noon picnic dinner will be served. Further details will follow next week. Also notes of weddings and visits among local families.
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County
M E Church Notes for Sunday July 3 Services
The M E Church schedules Sunday worship at 10 00 am with a sermon Is the Community Church Idea Feasible Discussion of Wrights God and the Grocery at 11 00 am Sunday school and an 8 00 pm evening service featuring a slide on The Blount Mountains and Human Life The Ladies Aid Society meets in church parlors with Mrs Fritzland and Mrs Reichert as hosts Enworth League Institute set for July 25 to August 1 at Clear Lake Worship at Elgin point Ernest J Start pastor
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Wright
Alvin C. York
Ladies’ Aid Society
Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau Women Hold Two Meetings
Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau women recently held two meetings at the homes of Mrs. Lawrence Gehring and Mrs. Ed Boyle. Lessons on rugs curtains and draperies and furniture arrangement were led by Mrs. August Brause with help from Mrs. Bar Kiple. A two course luncheon followed Gehring’s gathering and a picnic dinner followed Boyle’s. They showed interest in making the wheel rug using a wheel or tire as a form to weave circular designs.
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Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau
Lawrence Gehring
August Brause
Bar Kiple
Gehring
Ed Boyle
Poultry School At Erhardt’s Today At Cleve Erhardt Farm
An all day poultry school is held at Cleve Erhardt poultry farm today. The event invites all interested people to discuss subjects for successful poultry raising. Two thousand rainbow trout were placed in Otter creek this week having been shipped from Dubuque. A nine pound girl was born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Torkelson at West Union hospital. Mrs. C B Schori underwent an operation at West Union hospital Tuesday morning.
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Erhardt’s
Cleve Erhardt
Otter Creek
Dubuque
Oliver Torkelson
West Union Hospital
C. B. Schori
Road Meeting In Elgin On Bonding Issue
J D Shaffer chairman of Pleasant Valley petitions committee has arranged a county Auditor J H Cline and County Engineer A D Finch to speak at the Elgin schoolhouse meeting next Tuesday evening July 5. He notes these seasoned Fayette county men once opposed the measure but now support it after thorough investigation. Attend to learn the facts before voting on the Iowa bonding question.
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J.D. Shaffer
Pleasant Valley Committee
J. H. Cline
A. D. Finch
Elgin
Iowa
Illyria Orchestra to Broadcast Tomorrow Evening
Tune in on W. O. E. IL tomorrow between 6 and 7 for a Fayette county broadcast featuring the Illyria Orchestra and other local talent. Elgin friends will be glad to hear this popular orchestra.
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Illyria
Fayette County
Elgin
State Gleaner Convention Held Here Friday
Elgin hosted the First Annual State Assembly of the Gleaners of Town on Friday June 24 at the opera house with sessions in the afternoon and evening. Ross L. Halloway president of the A. O. O. G. spoke on Praternity's Place in Home and Nation. County Gleaner talent performed and the night included degree work dancing and an open Gleaners only session.
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Elgin
Gleaners
Opera House
Ross L. Halloway
Praternity
Winneshiek County Bonds Approved by Voters
Winneshiek county taxpayers last Thursday voted over two to one in favor of bonding the county to pave the pri The amount of the bonds proposal or Buchanan was the third county in this section to vote favorably on the bonding question.
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Clayton County
County Board of Supervisors
Winneshiek County
Proposa
Buchanan
Large barn raised at Jacob Christen farm in oak frame
A large crew led by Ern Lerch raised a 34 by 60 foot barn with basement on the Jacob Christen farm Monday afternoon. The timber frame uses 7 by 7 native oak timbers and the construction went up smoothly.
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Ern Lerch
Jacob Christen
Follow Up Meetings Of Wyria Township Opened At Illyria Church
The fourth and fifth lessons directed by Miss Marie Gehring were held at the Illyria church with good attendance. The gatherings marked the final session of this year's course and attendees appeared to enjoy the lessons.
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Wyria Township
Marie Gehring
Illyria
A Man's Prayer for a Honest Life and Simple Epitaph
A reflective monologue pleading for honesty, peace, and restraint. The speaker asks guidance to live without crime or deceit, to treat others as he wishes to be treated, and to face life and death with dignity and a simple epitaph.
Potential Murderers: Blinding Headlights as a Crime
The Knoxville Journal argues that drivers who knowingly use cars with blinding headlights are criminals and a menace to public safety. The piece urges recognition of headlight glare as a serious risk to human life and calls for caution.
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Knoxville Journal
Christ joins Minnesota candy tobacco firm as salesman
C C Christ left a week ago yesterday for Owatonna Minnesota to take a salesman job with a candy and tobacco company. M W Hemmingway also works for the firm and likes it. Mrs Christ and Jimmie stay with her parents until the new job is confirmed. The Frank Lyona family spent Sunday at Mason City.
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C.C. Christ
Owatonna
Minnesota
M. W. Hemmingway
St Olaf Elgin clash in furious late baseball duel
St Olaf edged Elgin 5 to 4 in a hot Elgin grounds game marked by six strikeouts each for Hurmence and Embertson. Elgin led on errors and contested a sixth inning play at the plate, with Hurmence scoring on a wild peg and an overthrow. Box score notes Kiple the pitcher and a home run by L Kiple. Next Sunday schedule listed for four pairings including Elgin at Clermont.
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Elgin
Hurmence
Embertson
Hurmance
St. Olaf
Little 8 Baseball Daea
Kiple
Herrling
Wilson
Falb
Foo
Klingman
Grover
Palas
Ban Eggers
OLAF
Hares Elgin
L. Kiple
Hurmenee
Halverson
Dick Kiple
Clermont
Postville
Arlington
Calmar
Hawkeye
Volga
Kawkeye
Clermont - -- Ae
SLGIN
Volga City
Flames
Elgin Plans Weekly Band Concerts Near Town Center
City organizers and merchants plan weekly band concerts in Elgin to boost sociability and community spirit. A fundraising committee expects to raise the needed funds, with events likely starting in midweek of the upcoming fortnight.
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Elgin
MRS JOHN BARFUS DIED SUNDAY IN IOWA TOWN
Mrs. Joh Barfus of near Castalia died Sunday at Decorah hospital and funeral was held Tuesday at their home. The Barfus family lived on the Fennell farm, rented at Decorah, then moved to a place near Castalia. The note contrasts with John Falk who surprised himself by delivering an address at a Gleaner convention.
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Joh Barfus
Castalia
Decorah
Barfus
Fennell
Schori & Bauder
John Falk
Gleaner
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Rev. Dons
Chicago Call
Baptist Church
Ph. Lauer
Paator
Gordon Mosby
Berg
Theo, Stoeri
St. Joseph
Michigan
Dan Schneider
Selma Kohlatorf
Monona
Joe V. Schneider
M.E. Church Notes
Winmeshiek
John Barfus
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