All 4-H Clubsters to Meet at Fayette Gym Saturday
A county wide 4 H club party is planned for Upper Iowa gym in Fayette on Saturday evening March 45 at 8 p m The event aims to become an annual affair inviting all 4 H members from 1929 and those in 1930 and their parents The program includes talks club medal presentations stunts songs group games and a lunch Rev John Clinton of Fayette leads the gathering A previous February banquet in Oelwein drew few due to distance and weather. Mr and Mrs Melehr Yenney visited Janesville Wisconsin with Chas Knight and Elmer Yenney over the weekend with Mr Yenney returning home Monday.
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Upper Iowa
Fayette
Oelwein
John Clinton
Church On the Hill
Melehr Yenney
Janesville
Wisconsin
Chas. Knight
Elmer Yenney
Two Little Hands Poem Burial Of Child
A grieving verse describes a bereaved family as two little hands rest over a father's heart and a child sleeps. The speaker recalls a prattling voice that now soars with angels and reflects on watching and waiting across a dark sea. Angels beckon the darling away to bright mansions beyond the golden stair.
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Golden Stair
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Help at Crane and Warsaw
The Heck family and Redwinkle and Pinney families thank friends for sympathy during a great bereavement. Special thanks to neighbor men who assisted with farm work. Mr and Mrs Tofield Heck and Sons, Mr and Mrs Arthur Redwinkle and family, and Mr and Mrs Elmer Pinney Jr have moved from Elgin to Warsaw Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tofield Heck and Sons
Arthur Redwinkle
Elmer Pinney Jr
Crane, Mo
Elgin
Warsaw
Candidacy Announced for Fayette County Representative
A statement declares intent to run for the office of representative from Fayette County subject to the June 1930 Republican primaries. The declarant seeks party support and outlines participation in the election process during the primary season.
Floyd H. Martin declares sheriff candidacy in Fayette County
Floyd H. Martin of Oelwein Iowa announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Sheriff of Fayette County subject to the June 2 1930 primary voters decision.
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Fayette County
Floyd H. Martin
Oelwein
Iowa
Habits and character building from historic advice
A reproduced moral notice explains how habits form unconsciously through repeated acts and shape the future. It urges saving earnings, selecting moral companions, reading good books, and practicing honesty and kindness to build character on a solid foundation. Habits are easy to form and hard to break, start the right kind.
US motor vehicle deaths rise to 31500 in 1929
In 1929 motor vehicle accidents caused at least 31,500 deaths in the United States, up about 3,500 from 1928. The death rate climbed from 20.8 to an estimated 23.2 per 100,000, reflecting the largest annual increase on record.
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United States
Motor Vehicle Deaths Rise Share of Accidental Fatalities
In the first year of the decade the grand total was 11 154 and in 1910 motor vehicle deaths represented 16 per cent of all accidental deaths, rising to about 32 per cent by 1929.
Lawsuits for April preview in West Union court
Petitions filed with Clerk E A Traeger ahead of Judge H E Taylor’s term beginning in West Union on Monday April 14. L A Andrew sues Clermont State Bank and 125 stockholders over bank failure and asset deficiency. Several Horsefield suits seek $9,106 to $9,106 under various fire and life insurance policies. Other suits include notes for $5,892 and rent of $114. Local notices cover transfers and stockholder actions with the Milwaukee Mechanics, Phoenix, Fidelity, Concordia, and Dubuque Fire & Marine Insurance companies. Rose Garber returns from ten months away, with plans undecided. Funeral proceedings for Mrs. John Lehman noted as several relatives visit.
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E. A. Traeger
H. E. Taylor
West Union
L. A. Andrew
Clermont State. Bank
Leon R. Layton
E. A. Horsefield
Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance Co
Nelson & Olson
Clermont
E. H. Estey
Phoenix Insurance Co
Hartford
Dubuque Fire & Marine Insurance Co
Fidelity& Phoenix Insurance Co
Concordia Fire Insurance Co
State Bank of Delweinve
Norma S. Horsefield
M. M. Cooney
Anna M. Knudson
Norma
S. Horsefield
FE. A. Horsefield
W. HH. Antes
Only a Doctor Knows What a Laxative Should Be
Public health warning urges careful laxative selection warning against self diagnosis and habit formation. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a trusted laxative derived from herbs and safe for all ages with wide availability in drugstores.
Local Social Roundup and Echoes From the Community
Mr and Mrs L D Hitch and family of near West Union visited the Frank Greenley home Sunday. Mrs Le Roy Ditmer and children and Mrs Ray Lemke and family of Elkader visited the C B Scheri home Sunday. A piece on human folly and labor ideals follows with reflections on temper and community progress. A R Craft of Marshfield now at 828 South Flint Street. Mrs Rosa Jacobs visiting east of Elgin. F D Welch keeps a six sided gold coin keepsake in a safety box. A surprise seventy seventh birthday for Thomas Howard Sr celebrated with family and friends last Thursday evening.
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L. D. Hitch
Near West ‘Union
Frank Greenley
le Roy Ditmer
Ray. Lemke
Elkader
F. D. Welch
Enos Howard
Reuben Howard
Jud Conner
Thomas E. Howard
Thomas Howard Sr
Mr. Howard
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Wendell C. Hack
Marion and
Highland Townships
Clayton County
Elgin Savings Bank
Love Brothers
Stoehr Drug CO
THE
Elgin Echo
Iowa Press
R. P. Strauch
Waronat_ Evrrorntal Associario
Chicago Herald-Examiner
Rose Garber
Indiana
Ilinois
Roanoke
Emma Hellevig
Fritz Lehman
Frederick
John Lehman
Geo. Klock
la Porte City
J. H. Williams
Fairbank
Williams
Loura Koevenig
Postville
C. J. Harrington
Mrs. Rosa Jacobs
Mrs. Louise Butikofer
A. R. Craft
Burns, Oregon
Marshfield
State
Flint’ Street
J. A. Boleyn
West Elgin
Saeome
Elgin Furniture Store
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