Fox Hunters From Guttenberg Triumph Again
M Abel of Guttenberg and Jesse Moser of Millville township are named as the area’s champion fox hunters, bagging twenty-two fox this season and twenty last season. Also reported is Carl Moe’s big long bull snake captured while trimming timber near Peter Gutteboe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Abel
Guttenberg
Jesse Moser
Millville Township
Abel
Moser
Peter Gutteboe
Carl Moe
Carl
Ossian Bee
Albert Brown
Mt. Carmel
Brown
John D. Rockerfeller
City Council
Mount Pleasant
Milwaukee
CUM, & Bt
Edward Boland
John
Lizzie Bergan
Chris
Roland
Bergan
Volga News
Town Caucus Names Elgin Ticket For March Election
The Elgin town caucus met Friday at the town hall to nominate a ticket for the March 26 election. Mayoral candidate A. M. Weibel led the slate with councilmen Mike Yenney H W Falb O P Stoehr Ern Schori M V Kiple plus Assessor F L Capper Treasurer Max Thoma and Park Commissioners C S Koniel Fred Kohler J D Shaffer. The two year town committee named John Falb B J Baumgartner and M V.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Town Hall
A. M. Weibel
Mike Yenney
H. W. Falb
O. P. Stoehr
Ern Schori
M. V. Kiple
F. L. Capper
Max Thoma
Park Commission
C. S. Koniel
Fred Kohler
J. D. Shaffer
John Falb
B. J. Baumgartner
Baptist Church Notes Sunday March 18 at 10 a m
Baptist church notes list events for Sunday March 18 including German service Sunday school B Y P U program committee meeting and church program with readings duets and a chorus. Wednesday March 21 features two visiting ministers from Wisconsin addressing the Mission Committee in Elgin. Ladies Aid to send a box of eggs to the Home for the Aged in Chicago by March 19. Parsonage eggs needed by that date. Pastor Ph Lauer invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.m
Ervin Miller
Reading
Ethel Rennison
Metta Buser
Luella Miller
Kathryn Kruger
Hans Grether
Kruger
Ed Kruger
Gus Hackman
Alfred Jacob
Geo, Daracher
Elizabeth Jacob
F. Muehlethaler
Gus Hackan
Hugo Schade
Racine
Wis
O. Hauser
Milwaukee
Elgin
Ladies’ Aid Society
Chicago
Elgin Bakery Praised By Minnesota Mills Expert
M Zurbriggen, local baker, gains high praise from Hammer, the Seal of Minnesota Mills expert baker. He found Elgin Bakery among the finest, cleanest, and most up to date shops, with bread and pastries matching the best seen anywhere. Community pride grows as Elgin boosts its bake shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Zurbriggen
Hammer
Seal of Minnesota Mills
Elgin
Weibel
Zurbriggen
Elgin Independent District School Election Names and Results
The Elgin district held its annual school election at Elgin Savings Bank. N. W. Evans ran for director against Ray DeSart, receiving 75 votes to 103 for DeSart. Hans Keiser ran unopposed for treasurer receiving 130 votes. A total of 100 votes were cast with 3 spoiled, the largest turnout in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Elgin Savings Bank
N. W. Evans
Hans Keiser
Ray DeSart
Keiser
REAL SALESMANSHIP A Corset Story in Our Town
A large lady visited a local store seeking a corset that fit. After unsuccessfully searching stock, the shop combined two old corsets to fit her, delivering satisfaction and clearing stored inventory in a profitable manner.
Clermont and Elgin Visit Highlights Contacts
C J Garmen of Interstate Power visited Clermont and Elgin Tuesday to learn more about the line. Charles H Gruver of Manly stayed with Gruver families in Clermont and Elgin to see his ill brother John. Mrs Hans Keiser attended church after a Chicago hospital visit. H B Gilson is redecorating the Muehlenthaler residence. E B O Brien of Oelwein visited his Elgin farm. Elgin Ladies Study Club met at Mrs C O Torkelson’s home on Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Garmen
Commercial Department
Interstate Power Co
Clermont
Elgin
Charles H. Gruver
Manly
B. C. Gruver
W. J. Gruver
Lew Gruver
John
Hans Keiser
Chicago Hospital
H. B. Gilson
R. W. Muehlenthaler
E. RB. O’brien
Oelwein
Mrs Jasper Riche Dies in Blunt South Dakota
Mrs. Jasper F. Riche of Blunt South Dakota died at her home Sunday March 4 from influenza complications. She previously lived in Elgin about twenty years ago and later moved from Durand Illinois to Blunt where she and her husband resided for 18 years. Her funeral was held at Durand Wisconsin near her sister Mrs Lou Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper F. Riche
Blunt
Dakota
Durand
Wlincig
Lou Wood
Riche
Elgin
Durand, Ill
Study Home Furnishings in West Union Lesson
The second year Home Furnishing class met in the West Union courthouse assembly room last Tuesday, March 6, led by Miss Eleanor Baur of Ames, focusing on Household Linens. Quilts were shown including a homespun coverlet from 1864. Pleasant Valley members attended. April will cover slip covers. February sessions on Floor Coverings included an all day meeting at Mrs. Ed Boyle's with a picnic dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
West Union
Eleanor Baur
Ames
Pleasant Valley Township
Samuel Mosby
Ed Boyle
August Brause
Earl Kiple
Local Clinic and Jefferson Highway Franchise Talk
The Postville Hospital clinic for ear, nose and throat will be held on March 20. Community Club committee Shaffer Falk Wei ber and Sehori visited West Union to discuss a Jefferson Highway Transportation Company franchise for town to town business. If granted, passenger service on the Rock Island line between Decorah and Cedar Rapids may end, Elgin plans to preserve current railway and mail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville Hospital
I. D. Shaffer
John Falk
A. M. Weiber
Albert Sehori
West Union
Jefferson Highway Transportation Company
Towa
Rock Island
Decorah
Cedar Rapids
Elgin
Jefferson Highs Transportation Company
Obituary for Ellen Barnhouse nee Hawk in Brainard
Ellen Barnhouse born May 25 1861 died March 10 1928 of anemia at her daughter’s home near Brainard aged 66 years 9 months 14 days. She married James Barnhouse who died 1911 leaving numerous children and grandchildren. Funeral at Brainard Baptist Church March 12. Burial near West Union. Also notes a church shower for Arthur Redwinkle in Elgin March 13 with social gathering and warm welcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Barnhouse
Hawk
Harry Stillman
Brainard
James Barnhouse
Fred
Milton
Charles Appelman
Hawkeye
Herman Boyer
John and Frank
West Union
Otto
Chicago
L. F. McCollum
Beachland
Montana
Dean and Christ
Buffalo
Mont
Emma House
Josephine
William
Brainard Baptist Church
Ph. Lauer
Lucas
Sidney Patterson
Martin Hovey
Arthur Redwinkle
Baptist Church
Elgin
Rochester
Minn
Dinner Bridge Supper Hosts Twenty Four Ladies
Mrs Mel Kehler and Mrs L B Carter entertained twenty four ladies at dinner bridge last Friday at Kehler's home. Dinner was served at 4 50 and bridge followed at six tables through the evening. Mrs Elkemo had the high score and Mrs Ed Hanson the low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Kehler
L. B. Carter
Grimes Announces Candidacy for Fayette County Sheriff
L A Grimes of West Union declares Republican bid for Fayette county sheriff in this weeks Echo Enterprise. He is well known in Elgin and Clermont from social and business visits and promises to meet voters personally before the primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Grimes
West Union
Fayette County
Echo- Enterprise
Elgin
Clermont
Farm Population Drops Sharply in 1927 Report
A United States Department of Agriculture report shows nearly 2 million people left farms for towns or cities in 1927 while about 1.33 million moved from towns to farms, yielding a net farm loss just over 500,000. The decline was smaller than in 1925 or 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Death notice for Mike Boyer in Grand Ronde
Gus Boyer learns of his father Mike Boyer death at noon Saturday in Grand Ronde Oregon. The elderly pioneer, about 98 or 99, had lived with his son John in Grand Ronde for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Boyer
Grand Ronde
Oragon
Mike Boyer
Boyer
John
Entertains Girls Team After Supper and Opera Visit
Miss Lucile Clemens, coach of the girls basketball team, hosted the squad at Evans Cafe last Friday for supper then they attended the opera house and enjoyed the movies. Welcome First Born Mr and Mrs Wm Torkelson welcomed their first child, a son named Sylvan Lien, born at home on Wednesday March 7, with grandmothers staying to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Clemens
Evans Cafe
Wm. Torkelson
East of Elgin
Sylvan Lien
Ole Torkelson
B. M. Benson
Ames Abe Says Spank Spots Warned If Parents Speak Less
Ames Abe quips that if parents warned up their "spank spots" half as often as they say don't to children, civilization would improve quickly. The remark satirically critiques overreaction and constant admonishment in parenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Abe
Holland Scene Inspires Primary Students at Local School
Miss Esslinger and Miss Grether visited fifth and sixth grades last Monday. Dorothy Olson and Marie Schupbach were excused Friday afternoon for twenty perfect spelling lessons. Mrs. Grimm visited third and fourth grades. Pupils craft tulips, wooden shoes, and Holland themed kites. First and second graders collect Holland scenes from home. Primary mix research at home for Holland poems. Hitle pupils display pussy willows in their rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Esslinger
Edith Grether
Dorothy Olson
Marie Schupbach
John Grimm
Holland
Declamatory Contest Tonight At Elgin High School
The Study Club hosts Elgin's first declamatory contest in years at eight o'clock in the high school gymnasium. Twelve of twenty-one contestants were chosen from Monday's elimination, with Joseph Becker and Reuben Lehman in oratorical, Mary Francs Starr, Mabel Frieden, Ruth Schneider and Esther Durseher in dramatic, and Robert Wilson, Lewis Thoma, Hugo Hackman, Gladys Allen in elocution. Music by an orchestra and a dramatization of story book land accompany the event. judges include Miss Van Horn and Clermont's Mrs. Lucian Appelman with Mrs. L. L Carter and others coaching contestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
van Horn
G. H. Falk
Joseph Becker
Reuben Lehman
Mary Francs Starr
Mabel
L. B. Carter
Max Thoma
Ernestine Schori
C. B. Schori
Wadena Briefs: Health, Weather Affects Church Work
Health and road conditions force Rev B A Jennings to suspend Arlington church duties for weeks. Mrs Charles Oldberg dies. funeral held at Lima amid difficult travel. Thad Walters injured in an airplane accident. friends hope for effective treatment in Iowa City. County road work resumes near Wadena but halts again due to bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Jennings
Arlington
Charles Oldberg
Lima
Wadena
Thad Walters
Iowa City Hospital
American Legion and Auxiliary Meet in Elgin
The Elgin post of the American Legion and Auxiliary will hold a joint meeting Friday evening, March 16, at the Odd Fellows Hall. Ex-servicemen and their ladies are urged to attend. Mr and Mrs Earl Kiple hosted twenty guests at a farm party last Wednesday west of Elgin. Harry Heston drives a new Buick Brougham bought from Falk and Sons last week. Albert Schori left Monday for Des Moines to attend the Iowa Canners Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
American Legion and Auxiliary
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Earl Kiple
Harry Heston
Falk & Sons
Albert Schori
Des Moines
Iowa Canners
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Iowa Briefs
Jasper Riche
Denner Bridge
Grimes
ANY Chance Farm
Iowa
C. J. Harrington
F. C. Muchlethaler
Harold. Bennett
Vy Pets
TSCA
Som Es
Lucian Appelman
American Legion and Auxiliary Meeting
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