Bargains in West Union area land and homes for quick sale
A list of properties for sale near West Union and Fay ette County includes 22 acres near Union with 14 acres tillable and timber, priced at 825 per acre, 14 acres five miles from West Union with brick house and barn priced at 760, plus 165 acres seven miles from West Union with clear timber land and improvements. Other small farms, 80 acres near Wadena, and various residences are offered on easy terms. Abstracts and loans arranged on secure terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uuion
W Union
Halauca
Alvo
West Union
Wadena
Fayette County
Local notes from Hlyria area and nearby towns
A compilation of social visits and events in Hlyria and surrounding communities. Entries mention visits between residents, farm work, barn and silo construction, school vacation, local theater, and a health testimonial praising Electric Bitters for stomach liver and kidney relief.
Oak Grove Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Oak Grove News records a sequence of Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday social calls as Mrs. O T Benson visits Earl Bennetts, Mrs. Robert Wilson visits the Hane Winkler home, and Mrs Geo Howard visits W E Howard. It also notes Mrs Simon O’Neil visiting her mother Mrs Wm Boyle, Mrs Nels Knudtson and daughter Thelma at Earl Bennetts, Mrs Enos Howard with her daughter Mrs Jack Shaffer, and Mrs Robert Wilson Jr with her daughter Mrs Hugh Conner. The Voughts spend weekend at Ira Bennetts. Wm Bennet of Vermont is improving. Karl Bennetts hosts guests Olson and Benson of Elgin and Shaffer and daughter of Oelwein. Hull Brabham and Edith Conver wed at West Union. best wishes extended. Mrs John Falk listed as sick.
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Hans Winkler
Chas Ritter
Mia
Tred Reichert
Manchester
Lester Strong
Geo
Davis
Leonard Humphry
West Union
Chas
Rothlisberger
New Barn
Thos Richards
Isreal Shaffer
O. T. Benson
Earl Bennett
Robert Wilson
Hane Winkler
Geo. Howard
W. E. Howard
Simon O'Niel
Wm. Boyle
Nels Knudtson
Thelma
Robert Wilson Jr
Hugh Conner
Roy Vought
Alta
Ira Bennett
Wm Bennett
Vermont
Karl Bennett
Mesdames Olson and
Benson
Elgin
Shaffer
Oelwein
Hull Brabham
Edith Conver
Weat Union
West Union News Roundup of Local Visits and Events
West Union notes show W J Ainsworth back from Beaumont Texas. Mrs Leo Tupper at Elgin with Johnsons. Mixy Reusser from Elgin visiting Alice Esterbrook. J J Berkey weds Charles Vesey and Vaunita Bartlett. Mrs A N Hobson returns from Mametsburg visit. Joanna Johnson visiting Elgin family. B Zeigler sails to Europe. a youth fined 14.85 for speeding motorcycle. H G Roberts ill in Palmar Iowa with mother C H Roberts summoned. he improves slowly.
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W. J. Ainsworth
Beaumont
Texas
Leo Tupper
Elgin
Charles Johnson
Mixy
Clara Reusser
Alice Esterbrook
West Union
J.J. Berkey
J. P
Charles Vesey
Delhi
Vaunita Bartlett
Brainard
A. N. Hobson
Justice Berkey
H. G. Roberts
Palmar
Iowa
C. H. Roberts
Great Building Falls Health Adage Prompts Pills
A clever analogy urges quick action on indigestion with Dr King s New Life Pills to tone the stomach and regulate liver kidneys and bowels. Safe pleasant and economical at The City Drug Store priced at 25 cents.
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Dr. King
Roosevelt vote shocks Clermont in Cedar Rapids trip
Ben Conners traveled to Cedar Rapids Monday while Clermont residents witness a surprising Roosevelt vote. Edmond Douglas of Postville casts his eighteenth presidential vote Tuesday. Rolls Bros. held a barn raising on their southwest farm. Visits from Hilton and Scheel families end with Herr man Scheel's companions. Bucklen’s Arica Salve touted for burns boils ulcers and more at The City Drug Store.
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Roosevelt
Clermont
Mayme Benson
Cedar Rapids
Edmond Douglas
Postville
Rolls Bros
Roy Hilton
Jesup
Charity Chapter O. E. Schedules Special Meeting
Elkader will host a special Charity Chapter O. E. 8 meeting next Wednesday evening November 13 with members from McGregor and Monona invited. The Ladies Cemetery Association reports a 4000 dollar permanent fund on interest for cemetery care. Clarence Murphy, returning from Iowa City, voted and visited family. Congregational Sunday school adopts scholars writing papers on church and biblical topics. A dance at the Elgin opera house is planned that evening.
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Charity
O. E
McGregor and
Monona
Ladies’ Cemetery Association
Clarence Murphy
Towa City
Law Department
Iowa State University
Congregational Sunday School
Taste for Good Reading in School and Life
The article argues that childhood training should instill a lasting taste for quality reading to guide lifelong learning. It warns that inadequate schooling fails to implant this impulse, leading to a thinning mental atmosphere and a lack of connection to past wisdom and present resources. Fifteen minutes of daily good reading could give people a more human life.
Fragmented dialogue on separation cited in reply
A paraphrased exchange discusses separation with the speaker insisting on separation and harmony in agreement, reflecting a casual dispute over marital or relational break. Names, places, or dates are not provided in the readable text.
Offending Black Bottle Revealed as Field Glasses
A Saskatchewan church member stopped attending for months, blaming the superintending clergyman and catechist for bad conduct. He and others testified witnessing drinking on visits, but investigations showed the so called bottle was a pair of field glasses used to survey country and locate churches, shacks, and trails.
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Saskatchewan
First Jury Case in English History Reexamined
A medieval dispute over lands led to a sheriff’s claim and county men sworn to tell truth. The judge ordered 18 to confirm the sheriff’s verdict, but authorities say the 12 were compurgators, not jurors. The first recorded jurors appear only with the Plantagenets.
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Otho
Bayeux
Alice in Wonderland brings festive play to Boston children
In Boston during Christmas, children enjoyed Alice in Wonderland reproductions that captivated with adventures of the white rabbit and the mad hatter. Special edition replicas titled King of Hearts were sold alongside the performances for young audiences.
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Boston
Alice
Dex
Hearta
Public Auction of Farm Stock and Equipment North of Clermont
Property described for sale on Wednesday November 20 at 10:00 o clock includes horses cattle hogs hay grain and farm machinery. Three consignments from Kimpson and Winkler regions list dozens of head of livestock along with implements from John Deere and Osborne brands. free lunch and noon coffee offered with terms at 7 percent.
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Kimpson Place
Ceiles
Elgin
Wadena
Heap
Closing Out Sale on Olson Farm in Elgin Area
The sale will be held Tuesday November 19 at 10:00 AM on the old Asa Olson farm near Elgin. Items include Okland Linwijk stallion Condor II Deville Belgian stallion, 4 horses, 8 milch cows, calves, hay and grain, cattle, hogs, machinery, lumber, and household goods. Free lunch, with usual terms of sale and interest rate. Lucas Olson is the proprietor, with F R Bera as auctioneer and O F Becker clerk.
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Durham
Chester
John Deere
Rock Island
John Deer
DeLaval Vream
R. B. McCormick
Aunct
Becker
Winkler Rimpson
Asle Olson
Elgin
Turkey River
Okland Linwijk
McCormick
F. R. Bera
O. F. Becker
Lucas Olson
Pleasant Point Social Roundup Reflects Local Visits
Pleasant Point residents shared a busy weekend with relatives and friends. Clem O Harren hosted company Sunday while Beth Monnahan and family visited home folks. Willie Miller plans to move to West Union to help Christie Miller at the electric plant. Otto Krueger and family will relocate to the vacated Miller place. A wrestling match in Elkader pitted Jud Thompson against Jack Hagepsick, with Thompson prevailing. Odessa Treat from New Hampton attended the Joka Christ home.
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Willie Miller
Weat Union
Christie Miller
Otto Krueger
Mr. Miller
Elkader
Jud Thompson
McGregor
Jack Hagepsick
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Bopp
West Union, Iowa
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Great Central Market
Rock Island Lines
Driesels
C.A. Akers
Lowe
Schori
BRUS
Grain and Seeds
H. S. Hadsel, M. D
Citizens’ State
J.H. Bower
Rn City Drug Store
Hlyria
Will Venrous
Giard
Mabel Gehring
Idy Wenger
Oliver Tarnbull
John Bower
John Rothlisberger
C. L. Klingman
Pulver
Mae Piita
Hazel McMillan
Wenger Bros
Amy Richardy
Isreal Shaffar
Chas Fritz
Liloria Dist. No. 1
Slosell
Fremont Ogle
John Wilson
Eskader
Chas Rothlisberger
John Yearons
Jerome Yearons
Lena Medberry
Libbie Klingman
Dorris Probert
Walter Rothlisberger
Elgin Opera House
C. Wenger
Rose
Esther
Geo Hulbert
Chas Doty
H. T. Alston
Raliegh
N. C
Oak Grove News
Enos Howard
Jack Shaffer
John Falk
Clermont News
Ben Conners
Elgin Opera Hove
Schori & Benson. Lumber
TOWA
Creek Bridge
Eto
Osborne
R. F. Dewey
Sammuel Mossy
Geo. L. Miller
Pleasant Point
Clem O'Harren
Beth Monnahan
Wm. Hitch
Mike Monnahan
Helena Meyer
Nelle
Alta Hofer
DeMarion Fennell
Frank O’harren
Joe Wilson
Fayette
Johnnie
Mika Monnahan
Isaac
Florence Thomann
Dorothy Hunsberger
Lew Hunsberger
Johnnie Wilson
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