Pilgrim First Primary School Parade and Attendance Honors
A fragment from a school page describes First Primary pupils parading in masks with Jack O’Lanterns, Second Primary children winning a lay race, and lists Sixth and Fifth grade students noted for perfect attendance. It also mentions a literary program by the Second Division and students entering the Wade Civic Contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pride
Pilgrima
Jane
Scond
Rosie Hadd
Lucille’ Berndt
Robert Smith
Orville Bunting
Lawrence Sepsbletheater
Pag
Ruth Moaby
Josephine
DeSart
Marence Grimm
Perry, Larson
Serene Yack
Carl Schori
Margaret, Schupbach
May¢ Dummermuth
Mable
Frieden
Lois” Lehman
Raymond Kreuger
Yeo. Grether
Josephine ‘Kniel
Merle Holeted
Elgin High School declamatory program and team trials
A report from Elgin notes a forthcoming program on November 10 featuring recitations and performances by students such as Josephine intel, Evelyn Mopp, Harry Baldwin, and others. It mentions a Corn Judging Team with Elgin representation planned for the first week in December, plus a senior breakfast hosted by the boys for Miss Crowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Mubic
Hetwee
Josephine Intel
Evelyn Mopp
Harry Baldwin
Lawrence Knudtson
Frank Kiple
Gertrude Hackmango
Clarence ‘Schneider
John Jr, Falk
Elizabeth Behweder
Dorothy DeSart
Edna Hunsberger
Lowell Smith
Lester Wenger
Elgin
Maynard
Postville
Masons Observe Past Masters Night Next Wednesday
West Union lodge No. 693 AF and AM will hold Past Masters night on November 1 with a third degree for a candidate. Past Masters will preside and fourteen Past Masters are listed, twelve of them living in West Union. Invitations go to county lodges. all Masons urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union Lodge No
A. M
West Union
Fayette County
Burden Sharers Club Meeting At Mrs H Jacquette Home
Members of the Burden Sharers club gathered last week at the home of Mrs H. Jacquette with a large attendance. The gathering featured an after-boop teat with convivial tea and social enjoyment among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burden Sharers
Burden Sharers Club
Mra
H. Jacquette
Study Club Meeting of the Eigin Ladies
The Eigin Ladies Study Club will meet Tuesday November 7 with Mrs F R Bergy presiding. Domestic science program includes fruit as food and medicine. Roll call is receipts. Mrs Henderson, Mrs Evans, and others participate in question box, parliamentary drill, and discussion of current events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eigin' Ladies
Mra
F. R. Bergy
Ayehing
Henderson
Wicreseere
Evans
Nyse Crttle
Teers
Whoria
Trespass Notice at John Rk Sotimid Farm
All persons are forbidden to trespass on the John RK Sotimid farm occupied by Mike Blockhaus. Hunting trapping removal of wood or cutting trees is forbidden. Any and all parties trespassing on this farm will be prosecuted. Mtr. Blockhaus has full authority to prosecute trespassers. Take heed and avoid trouble John R Schmid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John RK Sotimid
Mike Blockhaus
Mtr
Blockhaus
John R, Schmid
Church Notes Invite Congregation to Gather for Growth
The M. E. Church notes express pleasure at seeing more friendly faces in the audience last Sunday and invite members to “come and get acquainted” as they unite for God’s glory. Beginning next Sunday the South League will hold evening services to pull together for the benefit of all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Audienes
Local Notes and Social News Across Pittsville Area
Mrs. F W Hughes receives a card from Mrs. W B Clements of Route 2 Pittsville Wisconsin noting regrets over time constraints delaying her father’s early days memoir. Reports include travel updates from Seattle and Burns Lake as well as a Hallowe en Social at M B church praised as a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Hughes
W. B. Clemants
Pittsville
Wisconsin
Echo Rendera
Seattle
Marshfield
Thin County
F. A. Conner
Burns Lake
British, Columbia
Canada
Asbury
Eaid
Fie
Francis
High
Alabama
Montana
M. B
Gua Gunderson
Racetrack
Ameeting
Hutte-Jardine Mining Company
Gunderson Baya
Chris Schweitser
Kern Hill
Chris
Dex Moines
Obituary of Francie Leander Medberry in Illyria vicinity
Francie Leander Medberry born in Mercer county Penneyjvanie September 194860 came with parents to West Union lews later moved to Tiluria Fayette county. Married 1883 to Charlotte Foxwell. Suffered an accident with a runaway team causing brain and nervous system decline leading to asylum in Independence. Survived by wife, one son and seven daughters, three brothers, numerous relatives. Funeral conducted at Ulsh with burial in Illyria cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francie Leander Medberry
Mercer County
Penneyjvanie
West Union
Lews
Tiluria
Charlotte HL Foxwell
Fayette County
FL. Robbina
Delwerm
A. “R. Hoyt
Decorah
Leo Donohue
Neveada
Iowa
Ivan H
Pleasant Valley
Sacob- Verrous Jr
Ilyria
Rawin Knoke
Jessie
Grace
Dn Fayette
Medberry
J. K. Medberry
Rock Rapids
G. H. Medberry
Highland
Charles H. Medberry
Illyria
Outrageous Coal Prices Warned By Webster
Charles Webster of Waucoma state railroad commissioner and former fuel administrator urged retailers to refuse high priced coal from Illinois Kentucky and eastern mines and docks. He cited quotes up to ten dollars f o b superior docks and seven twenty five for eastern coal, predicting prices would drop if retailers held firm and farmers cut wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Webster
Waucoma
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Towp
Ilinois
Kentucky
Superior Docks
Great Laken
Superior
Baptist Church Notes From November Schedule
Sunday events include German service at 10 am, English service at 2 pm, Sunday school at 11 am, and a 12:30 pm dinner in church. A Tadigs Aid Society meeting is set for Nov 8 at 2 pm, with place to be announced. Auction and prayer meetings occur on Nov 8, choir rehearsal at 9 pm, and a last year’s Sumner meeting is noted as well as an appeal to donate old clothes for suffering Russia. Gruyer of Clermont visited town yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tadigs’ Aid Society
Sumner
Co ‘Ponent
Hallowe'en
Migin
Oscar Gunderson
Os- Age
Gus Gunderson
Oscer
Gunderson
J. H. Ernst
West Union
Martin Kilngman
Timber Lake
South Dakota
Double Anniversary at Scholen Home on October 29
On Sunday October 29 Mr. and Mrs. Ole H Scholen celebrated their forty seventh wedding anniversary and Mr Scholen’s eighty ninth life milestone. Relatives and friends from Elgin Hallandale West Union and nearby gathered for a social hour and big dinner. Present were M C Schoten Liban Juliaa Schoten Largon Lawrence Clarence Meyer Herman Schoten Thos Hanson Will Lantz John Lantz Adolph Hanson Mrs A H Chapman and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole H. Scholen
Mr. Scholen
Schoien
Scholen
Schoten
M. C. Schoten
Liban
North Dakota
Juliaa Schoten
Largon
Hallandale
Wisconsin
Lawrence
Clarence Meyer
West Union
Herman Schoten
Thos, Hanson
Will Lantz
John Lantz
Adolph’Hanson
A. H. Chapman
Elgin and
Vicinity
America For Americans on Immigrant Policy in Greece Request
The piece urges the United States to ease immigration bars, allow up to a million Greek refugees, and contribute aid if needed. It praises foreigners who come as constructive citizens, while criticizing those seen as seeking to undermine American ideals and deter entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Greece
United States
Oldest railway striker Albert Parmeter dies at 87
Albert W. Parmeter longtime Burlington area rail worker and 1888 strike participant died aged 87 in Burlington. Four hundred Q shop workers from West Burlington joined his funeral procession, with Parmeter having operated a wood burning engine before the Mississippi River bridge was built. He left work during the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers strike in 1888 and never returned, drawing strike pay for decades up to his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dre
Albert W. Parmeter
America
Burlington
West Burlington
Mr. Parmeter
Missisaippi
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Life Term Given in Assault Case Jury Sees Indictment
In district court at Blader Judge Taylor sentenced a prisoner to life imprisonment after besting evidence in the State of Iowa versus Jennings. A young girl testified that she arrived in Monona on a late night train alone, was met by a man who offered to escort her to the W C A, and was attacked in a secluded spot. The attacker was later captured and brought to trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Blader
Lile
State of Iowa
Jennings
Monona
W.C. A
Primary road petition for Blein-West route
A petition circulates for the Blein-West road to be named a primary road joining Frederickaburg to West Union and Elgin to Gund er then Farmersburg. It would connect at Glatance to a highway toward McGregor and the National Park, offering a shorter feasible federal aid project with better materials and less grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Blein-West
Frederickaburg
West Union
Elgin
Gunder
Farmersburg
McGregor
National Park
Remember the Date Vote on November 7
A civic notice urges every citizen to vote on Tuesday November 7 in the general election. It stresses exercising the franchise, visiting the polls, and performing a duty to country and self regardless of political faith. Do not stay home. remember the date.
Auto Crash Near Brainard Sends Family to Ditch
In a Tuesday evening collision on the Brainard road at the Helma corner Mr John Anderson pulled right to avoid a team and the car veered into a ditch. The vehicle toppled into a ten foot embankment, Mrs Anderson received the worst bruises but all occupants escaped serious injury. The wrecked car was towed to the Meteger yard for repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Anderson
Tear
Anderson
Amal
Motzeer
Meteger Yard
Soldiers Ballot and Local News Highlight Elgin Items
Voters will receive a red ballot on Tuesday November 7 to decide a soldiers bonus funded by the state. Freshmen pledge Wilma Miller joins the Aonta Literary Society at Upper Jows University amid homecoming activities. Water mains on Franklin Street bring city water to homes, and local families visit relatives as winter nears. Local celebrations include Dillis Berndt’s eighth birthday and Nick Schoff’s milestone. Flint Michigan trip for car deliveries, and new granddaughter for Mr. and Mrs. A Kimpson. Snow covers the morning train from the north as ducks begin migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Achatas
Wilma Miller
Elgin
Aonta Literary Society
Upper Jows University
Philomathean
Franklin Street
Will Cooley
Nons
Olson
Ann Cooley
Rudy Lehman
Dillis Berndt
Nick Schoff
George Fath
James Salley
Flint
Michigan
Falb & Bon
A. Kimpson
Fayette
Kimpson
Maude Patterson
John Lehman
George Lehman
LaPorte City
Cheery Valley items record social visits around town
Jake Reinhart won a caller at Clermont last Wednesday while Mrs. Christen and family hosted Sunday company. Numerous guests visited the Hanover area including Huldah Meyer of Elgin, the Grimm and Hanson households, and many others at Lantz, Baumgartner, Schneider, Lehman, and related homes. Several pairs traveled to Oelwein and Monona for errands and work, with gatherings at Thos Hanson and Schmidt families and a busy week of calling, hosting, and helping on farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Reinhart
Clermont
Christen
Huldah Meyer
Elgin
Edward Grimm
Eilen
Edwin Hanson
Will Lantz
Sadie Konnich
Kim Tren
Jimily
Fred Reitz
Rob Lehmin
Adolph Baumgartner
Ids. Meyer
Celia Meyer
Oelwein
Ila Frederick
Mon
Albert Frederick
Theodore
Rock Valley
Carl Miller
Ellen Hanson
Martha Chapman
Jarome
Delewin
Douise Dennler
Evans Cafe
Wm. Lar Aon
Wikader
Lawrence
Clemence Meyer
Near West Union
Thos. Hanson
Bert Thoman
Lillian
George
Frank
Ernest
Lucy
Fred Nydegger
Olaf Larson
Julius Scholen
Hallandile
Wisconsin
Christ Scholen
Lisbon
North Dakota
Lizzie Scholen
Digin
Thos. Hannon
Funeral Notice for Fred Burrow Jr at Elgin Baptist Church
Fred Burrow Jr. died at his large home near Clermont. Funeral services will be held at Elgin Baptist Church at 2 o clock Sunday afternoon. An obituary will be published next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Burrow Jr
Clermont
Elgin Baptist Church
Entertained at Alfred Stolle home Sunday
Mr and Mrs J Stolle and Richard and Helen and Mr and Mrs Abel Mark of West Union were entertained at the Alfred Stolle home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Stolle
Richard
Helen
Abel Mark
West Union
Alfred Stolle
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Dene
Mason City
Clear Lake
AHR Sacles
Baptist Church
Gruyer
Yester
Cheery Valley
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