Elgin Council Proceedings November 4 1929
Elgin Iowa council met in regular session with all members present. Bills audited include Central States Power Light Co for hall and pumping 37.20 street lights 107.80 plus various labor and supplies. Town notes mention births and illnesses including a new baby boy for Mr and Mrs Dorscher Jr and Charles Becker ill at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Iowa
Central States Power & Light Corp
G. HL. Kiple
Melvin Nyborg
Harrington
J.D. Shaffer
Labor Park
Eniel
T. W. Dean
Chandler Pump Co
Christ
Fred Gehring
Labor Streets
City Drug Store
Weibel Mill Co
J. Harrington
Charles Becker
Town Hall
Mr. Becker
Red Cross reports aid to veterans and relief efforts
The article details Red Cross support for World War veterans and dependents, with $738,000 spent on services and $1,965,000 in veteran relief plus $308,000 for those still in the armed forces. It notes 25,500 veterans remain in hospitals and cites ongoing claims work, recreation, and social services through 3,600 chapters and 48 Veterans Bureau hospitals. It urges Roll Call from November 11 to 28. It also reports new crops in flooded Mississippi Delta counties supported by the Red Cross and the positive impact on agriculture and livelihoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Veterans Bureau
James Li Fieser
The
Congress
Veterans of Wars
Fieser
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Mississippi
Red Cros
Red Cross Honor Flag Awarded to New Hampshire
The American Red Cross honor flag for highest state population enrollment went to New Hampshire after a tight race with Vermont. California ranked third and Connecticut fourth in the 1928 Roll Call as 4,127,846 members statewide. The flag remains displayed in the State House until the 1929 tally is finalized after Armistice Day through Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
New Hampshire
Vermont
California
Connecticut
State House
Five Red Cross Camps House Flood Refugees
A Red Cross effort sheltered 27,791 people in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida after spring floods. Five camps, four in Alabama and one in Florida, plus small temporary sites, housed most refugees with Red Cross nurses aiding state health authorities to control disease and epidemics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
American Red Cross
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Wadena News Highlights Local Social and Sports
Wadena News covers a sale at Arlington attended by A Jennings and son Max, Frank Poor, and Walter Royce, plus a football win by Wadena over Elgin 53 to 0. It lists various visits, travels, and family events in the region, including guests from Strawberry Point, Dubuque, and Volga, and notes about anniversaries, births, and funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Jennings
Max
Frank Poor
Walter Royce
Arlington
Wadena
Elgin
Ford
Bartholomew
Strawberry Point
Lyle Whittenbaugh
J. J
Rita Kennedy
Nene Raftis
Leona Welch
Kenneth Baldwin
Dubuque
Rita Raftis
Alfred Knudson
Dawson Clark
Themas
Earlville
Merle Sawyer
Archie Cline
Warren Crawford
Guttenberg
Miss Pattee
Janesville
Iowa
Jim Kennedy
Harry Broughton
Dale Kuhnes
Rosa Christeleit
Julie Christeleit
Volga
Frank
Frank Everetts
Oelwem
Ella Gage
Fayette
Clark Corbin
Luther Crandall
Mary Hendrick
G. P. Gage
Lima
Oelwein
Roy Crandall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council Proceedings
Elgin and
Clermont
John Dorscher Jr
West Union Hospital
Elgin Opera House
Paramount
Marx
Marx Brothers
Ziegfeld
Oscar Shaw
Mary Eston
Irving Berlin
Elgin Echo
Elgin, Iowa
AID
Wadena News
Bessie
Alice Minger
Waterloo
Ted Larson
John Corkery
Follynsbee Linia
Ella. Gage
Joe
Jennings
Harry Whitcher
Lester Humphry
Kniel’s
TV aNenna
Red Top
Schori & Kuster Elgin
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