Elgin men tour Chicago for Cubs game and later trip
Elgin group drove all night to Chicago, enjoyed Cubs vs. St Louis at the ballpark, then saw Tom Mix and Tony at the Orpheum. Monday they returned via Janesville Wisconsin with cars for Falb & Sons. Participants include L L Kiple, L F Klingman, B. Schori, W C Falb, and W F Ohler. Upper Iowa beat Contra 11 to 0, Kiple and Herrling starred for Elgin’s Little 84. Mrs Efford Hunsberger visited Cedar Rapids to spend time with granddaughter Edna Hunsberger. Subscription status noted.
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Elgin
Chicago
Cubs
St. Louis
Orpheum
State and Lake
Tom Mix
Tony
Janesville
Wis
Falb & Sons
L. L. Kiple
L. F. Klingman
B. Schori
W. C. Falb
W. F. <Ohler
Upper Iowa
Contra
Bill's
Kiple
Herrling
Efford Hunsberger
Cedar Rapids
Edna Hunsberger
Sunday services gather varied families at Petratz farm
Rev and Mrs Laver and Fred die with Celia Rennison Ethel Carl Hackman Louise Edwin Kruger and three youngest children and Arnold Bauman drive to Sumner to attend monthly summer services at the Petratz farm home. Dr L S Hutchinson and son Leo plan to visit daughter Constance in Elgin Illinois where she attends nursing school. Dentists mark convention week as Dr Hutchinson expected back Friday or Saturday. Harry Keiser from Chicago rode to Janesville with the Elgin group and bought a Chevrolet coach. Rudy Yunker still away in California with home closed on return. Rev Franke of Elkader was an Elgin caller last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ph. Laver
Freddie
Celia Rennison
Ethel
Carl Hackman
Louise
Edwin Kruger
Arnold Bauman
Sumner
Petratz Farm
Laver
Hutchinson
Leo
Constance
Elgin
Illinois
Harry Keiser
Chicago
Janesville
Elgin Bunch
Recollections and local notes from Woodstock to Oakdale
Bowen recalls Harrison memory and a lawyer with poor name recall. Lehman reports severe dust storms and welcome rain could have come. Zurbriggens visit Oakdale. Kiple family gathering. rural schools near Elgin close for summer break.
Fragmented text on poetry and walking themes
A garbled OCR fragment discusses walking, poetry, and figures like Browning and Heath. It references Swinburne’s Gala and imagines a literary critique about poets, sisterly walks, and the emptiness of literature. The piece mixes names and phrases without clear narrative.
Inflicting Pain and Punishment Motivations
A passage discusses the urge to cause pain to assert superiority, noting most people avoid harming others yet feel a primitive drive to see someone squirm. The excerpt cites Wilthrop D. Lane from the De Hineator to illustrate the psychological pull behind punishment.
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Patel
Wilthrop D. Lane
Diamond Supply and History of Precious Stones
An authority notes diamonds as highly valuable, four to five times pricier than other gems. India was the original home of diamonds, supplying Europe for centuries. Brazil saw discoveries about 1740, and South Africa around 1860, now yielding over 90 percent of world diamonds. From discovery to today, about 90,000,000 carats have been mined, with the global diamond value estimated near five billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Europe
Brazil
South Africa
Homecoming for Rosa Muehlethaler and Katie Bauman
Mrs Rosa Muehlethaler and Miss Katie Bauman are expected home today after spending the winter with the former's daughter Mrs Theo Dana of Forest Park Winds. Many friends will be glad to see them home again.
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Rosa Muehlethaler
Katie Bauman
Theo, Dana
Forest Park
Winds
Inna of his church opens Tuesday night sermon
AES PS Laser attended the Inna of his church with opening sermon on Tuesday night. Mr and Mrs Hans K plan to attend meetings from Aplington accompanied by their daughter and son in law. Henderson bank case in district court at West Union with witnesses similar to Jalie Bevins and Louise Schori jury includes Pearl Considine. The Caves visited Shaffer home with Baumgartners near West Union. Want Ad suggests selling.
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Burlington
Hans
Aplington
C. J. Husinga
Henderson Bank
West Union
Jalie Bevins
Louise Schori
Elgin
Pearl Considine
Clermont
RA. Cave
Cave
Hastings
Michigan
J. D. Shaffer
Wm. Baumgartner
Elmer Baumgartner
Broadcasters Moths and Home Decor Ad Montage
A garbled ad and chatter piece touts Red Cedar closets to stop moths, announces Never-Creep Fence anchors as a new permanent fence, and promotes Red Top Steel Posts warranties. It includes quips about a political speech, romantic remarks, broken windows, roofing bets, and a warning to support local spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Brown
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M. Zurbriggen
Iowa
Rudy Yunker
California
Rev
Franke
Elkader
Bill Booster
Harrison
Woodstock
Conn
Herbert W. Bowen
Will Lehman
Rock Valley
Mattia Zurbriggen
Paul
Oakdale
Zurbriggen
Walter Kiple
Maynard
George H. Kiple
Putey Heath
Elgin Opera House
Wm. F. Miller
Fred Thompson
Jesse James
SUN
Lillian Gish
Karl Dane
Vith
Max
Stars In Stripes
Clyde Grant
His
The
Charles Murray
Mon
Bebe Daniels
Ander
Restus
Sam
Mabel
Fogarty
Iag
Schori
Elgin Savings Bank
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