Elgin Sunday School Contest Highlights Local Teens
A long report covers Thursday prayer meetings, Ladies Aid Society plans for March 10, and a detailed account of the recent sub-district Bible story contest in McGregor. Elgin contestants from Wallygafl Monona McGregor Marquette and others won several places, with Hulta-Meyer and Dorothy Gilson securing high awards. The piece notes church attendance, upcoming services, and a recitative solo by Miss Torgelson at Friday service.
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A. E. Church
Ladies' Ald Society
Phur Aday
Elmer Schori
Upton
Huldan Meyer
Dorothy Gilson
Margaret Xenney
McGregor
Gisosa
Hugin
Hulta-Meyer
Dorothy
Gilson
Hoy
Pigeer
Tae
Margaret Yooney
Monona
Gin
Marquette
Methrogor
Migin
Waukon
Guntenberg
Blein
Asti Moore
Sapa Tiore
Our
Hillman
Methodist Church
Miss Torgelson
Wyrin Community Church Sets Sunday Schedule and vote
Wyrin Community Church announces Sunday school at 10:80 P.M. and morning worship at 11:30 with a business session during worship. A prior date of March 18 was changed and the public is urged to attend to vote on pastoral needs and budget. Gordon McDonald is pastor. others traveled to Oelwein for the day.
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Wyrin
I. T. Shatter
School News Highlights And Absences At The Primary Room
Mrs Masby visited the Second Primary room last Friday afternoon Miss Wagner attended the teachers meeting in Orlwein The High School pupils are busy writing exams Cathryn Ogle is out with chicken pox Artie Holzer and Ida Mark absent with mumps Eight Primary pupils absent Richard Gehring and George Schrampher back after two weeks Mary Patterson Agnes Kirkeberg and Hisie Yeafus returned after illness John Kiple left school to work in a garage Eighth grade membership now eighteen Intermediate room had perfect attendance Friday The Pupils were seven a quarter day free last Friday February 26 The Eighth grade gave an excellent program Friday afternoon Visitors Mrs Willerson Lillith Rennison Mokby 5i Boyer Moore and Misses Schorid Gilbertson Declamatory contest entrants from Higig Maynt not as successful Alexander Pollock placed in Oratorical Mat Hanson second in Dramatic
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Masby
Miss Wagner
Orlwein
Cathryn Ogle
Artie Holzer
Ida Mark
Richard Gehring
George Schrampher
Mary Patterson
Agnes Kirkeberg
Hisie’ Yeafus
Atekness
John Kiple
Vis
Meadames Willerson
Lillith
Rennison
Mokby
5I Boyer
Moore
Migses Schorid
Gilbertson
Higig
Maynt
Alexander Pollock
Fis
Mat Hanson
Unusual Minnesota Farm Turns Swamp to Vast Tillable Area
A Cresco Minnesota press dispatch covers B C White and crew draining 16 000 acre Albert Lea Farms land near Minnesota’s southern border. A 12 foot by 7 foot ditch, cost 26000 dollars, created roads and enabled 3000 acres to be plowed with nine caterpillar tractors and 150 men employed.
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Minnesota
Cresco
B. C. White
California
Albert Lea Farms Company
Waukon.r, & 5
Bate
Harry Garson
Dassel
Boost local improvements to build a thriving town
The piece urges citizens to back local improvements such as schools roads and utilities as sound investments in a town’s growth. It stresses the need for initiative vision and prudent spending to attract business and residents, ending with an invitation to buy land near Dassel Minnesota and relocate.
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America
Mke
Ben
Bale Notice Frank and Will Gehring Farm Sale
Notice that Frank and Will Gehring will hold a sale at the Gehring farm featuring stock grain and a large assortment of new farming machinery including a milking machine castor and other power equipment. Watch for bills and date.
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Frank
Will Gehring
Frank Gehring
Scarcity of Comfortable Homes in Decorah Sparks Worry
The Decorah Republican notes a severe shortage of medium sized houses with modern improvements. A local businessman cannot find a suitable home and his wife stays in a house he owns in West Union, traveling weekly. The piece wryly comments on prosperity yet inconvenience in housing.
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Decorah
West Union
Lye
Elgin Band Plans Summer Return At City Hall
Old Elgin Band members met at City Hall last Monday to discuss organizing a new Elgin band for summer. They played some tunes and assessed needs, noting bass horn as a priority. A mother meeting is planned next Monday to devise ways and means and to seek a qualified instructor as Mr Weibel cannot commit time.
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Elgin
Pew
Weibel
Calf hide shipment leads Cresco man to debts
Fred Naah of southwest Cresco toward Maple Leaf skinned a calf and shipped the hide to St. Louis. Dealers credited Green Glue Hide 26 lbs at 0.08 per lb, plus $1.00 express charges, leaving a 22 cent balance charged to Naah. If he sold hides from all cattle, creditors would bankrupt him, settling the account would require taking his own hide.
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Fred Naah
Cresco
Maple Leaf
St. Louis
Naah
Cresco Times
Elgin Girl in Chicago Tribune Prettiest Girl Contest
The February 26 Tribune shows three Elgin girls including Minnie Harle in the Prettiest Girl Contest photos. The note hopes Miss Barley can win part of the $20,200 prize. A fountain installation at Stoehr drugstore required quick plumbing by John Sutter. Our New J. C. C. corsets invite inspection. 3. A. Bauman & Bons.
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Chicago Tribune
Elgin
Minnie Harle
John Sutter
Stoehr Druz
A. Bauman & Bons
Elgin Iowa School Secretary Financial Statement
Independent School District of Elgin Iowa presents a financial statement covering February 1 1920 to February 4 1921. It lists General Fund receipts of 101,983.98 and disbursements of 116,586.15 along with a School House Fund balance and future year estimates prepared by Samuel Mosby secretary.
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Independent School District
Elgin
Iowa
Samuel Mosby
Des Moines Lawmakers Embrace Push-Button Voting System
Des Moines reports on a new electromechanical voting device in the house. Members insert keys, flashes show Aye or Nay on a board, and a photo-record of the roll is sent to the clerk. The system accelerates roll calls and records present and voting status in seconds.
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Des, Moines
Stockings Life and Endless Duties in Youthful Years
A reflective piece from Youth's Companion on ambition versus daily chores. The author muses on building, learning, and domestic creation while noting the constant return of duties, unfinished tasks, and the ever growing piles of obligations. The recurring image of stockings anchors the tension between progress and persistence.
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Yabor
Fortieth Wedding Anniversary Surprise Feeds Family Party
Celebrate wedding anniversary Tuesday March 1 as Mr and Mrs O L Frieburghaus marked forty years. Their children hosted a surprise feast at seven, with numerous relatives and ten grandchildren. The event honored a flawless family history with no deaths, featuring bouquets and pride in community ties along with local flour brands and a tax notice amid the pages.
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O.L. Frieburghaus
Sevan O'Clock
Carl Gluckman
Fred. Muehlethaler
Wm. Kreuger
Mra
Max Lehman
Julius
Huron
South Dakota
Carrie
Frieda
Hom
Guntay Lckman
Martha Reusner
Frieburghauy
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P. Stoehr
Florence Kohier
Oelwein
Richard Jr's
Schori
Emily Lien
Long Beach
Iowa Plante
Fayette
Netaona
Becky ‘Dean
Daisy
Rove Abbey Garner
Ches Anderson
Fred Schneider
Lawrence
Are
FP. R. Berg
F. R. Schneider
Harold Way
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Biginty
Fred
Higin
Cattie
Jessie Wheeler
Nora Springs
O. S
Arch Grover
Cadgard Rapids
Queen of the Northwest
Seni
Puntity
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