School Notes From A Rural Iowa District
Rev Lilley visited last Friday. Mr Burtis of U S U visited Monday. Floyd Finch of 1st grade to New Hampton. Several pupils sick. Bessie and Julia Boyle enrolled in Primary. Evaline and Ella Schori visited Grammar. Mesdames Finke Olson Knudtson Sam Lehman Drsewel visited recently. Thanksgiving program planned in Intermediate Nov 24. Miss Baumgartner of West Union taught music in several schools. Second Division in Grammar Friday Nov 19. Elephant moved from roof to ground. Alma Bakeman Selma Websel Boies Capper Clare Holsten visited rooms. Seniors elected officers Ruth Nicklaus home. president Fiossie Capper, secretary Ruth Nicklaus. colors orange and black. Attendan ce notes urged. some tardy thrice in a week. Rumor of another lunch counter and billiard hall. Christ building being fitted. John and Will Christ proprietors. Jacob Durseher left for Switzerland, to return in spring.
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Floyd Finch
New Hampton
Bessie
Julia Boyle
Little
Evaline
Ella Schori
Mesdames Finke
Olson
Knudtson
Sam Lehman
Drsewel
Baumgartner
Christ
John
Will Christ Ara
Jacob Durseher
Switzerland
Fatal Railroad Accident At Ossian Shocks Town
A report from Ossian recounts a tragic Saturday railroad crash near town that claimed a life and injured another. The victim, about years of age, was crossing tracks when the engine struck. One companion escaped unharmed while the other appeared to be in danger and later did not reveal his fate.
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Oxaian
Canners Meeting Hears Talk on Consolidation Move
At the annual Iowa Canners Association meeting in Cedar Rapids the president spoke on a proposed consolidation of all U.S. factories. The state has seventy five canneries with an output near two million cases annually, making the gathering unusually interesting.
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Iowa Canners’ Ciation
Cedar Table
Ition
Neeting
United States
Home Building and Thanksgiving Newsummary
A poem speaks of home built by love over timber and stone. Max Thoma fell ill after a prior shooting wound, improving under care from his sister’s home with nursing staff from Cedar Rapids. Thanksgiving is urged as a time for blessing and gratitude amid local notices of farm transfers, Civil War memories, and a car accident near West Union with no injuries.
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New England
Max Thoma
Earn Schori
Berry
Hadsel
Thoma
Elkader Booster Club backs new phone board action
At a Monday meeting Elkander Booster Club officials, led by Mayor Schulte, push Standard Telephone to replace worn switchboard and improve service. Citizens urged to report slow service to Mayor Schulte for action.
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Urr
Standard Telephone Company
Elkade
Elknder
Make Farm Work Interesting On the Farm With a Gas Engine
Britt Tribune notes a farm education approach urging parents to equip a boy with a gasoline engine and useful machinery. It argues that hands on work reduces drudgery, builds pride, and motivates youths who otherwise see town life pass by on bicycles. The piece contrasts a willing worker with a tramp who quits unless chips fly, asserting farm boys today are better off when they share the load and learn practical skills.
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Britt Tribune
Took it All Right.
West Union man visits a drug store asking for castor oil to mask its taste. After accepting a soda to wait, he discovers the oil was in his glass. He realizes the oil was meant for a friend as he faces an urgent personal dilemma about a marriage in half an hour.
What is a Real Friend and Local Power Plant News
A reflection on real friends who accept faults and stand by you through thick and thin. Hex Christian Miller of Clermont visited the city on Wednesday to discuss pushing ahead with the power dam project as fast as possible.
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Hex
Christian Miller
Clermont
Our City
Mississippi Father of Waters remark ends in playful pun
A father crossing the Mississippi with his children points out the river as the Father of Waters due to its size. The daughter quips that if the river is the father, he should be called Mr. Sippi, a humorous exchange highlighted in The Delineator December issue.
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Mississippi River
Mississippi
Mr. Sippi
Trespass Notice From Elkader Lands
Notice forbids all parties to trespass on lands for hunting with gun or dog under penalty of law. Ep BavpEr L J Groner Gorrhima FRepen Hatvar Bioor Hayus. J J Hill of Elkader spent Sunday visiting friends.
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Ep BavpEr
L. J. Groner
Gorrhima Frepen Hatvar
Bioor
Hayus
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Elgin
Elgin Savings Bank
Gus. Gunderson
Sam's Mosby, Castier
Rev. Lilley
Mr. Burtis
U.S. U
Thoma Bros
Towa
Ossian
Home Building
Bert Thompson
Wisconsin
Ed Thompson
Washington
Lizzie Hunton
Kansas
Thompson
Here
John Miller
Christiian C. Miller
William B. Miller
Ulrich Hanne
C. Moore
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Berg’s
J. J. Hill
Elkader
C. S. Holstenson
Iowa
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