Iowa Straw Poll Shows McNary Haugen Bill Favored, Rural Edge
Des Moines Register and associated Iowa newspapers report a statewide straw poll on the McNary Haugen bill. Of 20 601 presidential straw voters, 8 642 backed enactment while 8 468 opposed it giving a 179 vote plurality for the bill. Farm voters opposed 8 055 to 4 178 for it while town voters backed 4 380 to 5 349 against it.
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Républickna
Detiodrate
Abe Baily
McNay
Ibate
e.Des Moines Register
Teibtina-Capital
associated‘Iowa
Alfred E Smith
Herbert C. Hoover
Iowa
Smith
Hoover
Voters split on farm bill and Prohibition in county totals
The county results show Hoover voters favoring the farm bill and higher votes against modifying the Volstead act. Overall, 12,700 Hoover and 7,901 Smith votes were tallied in the 20,801 presidential count, with Townsend estimates projecting a Hoover lead in statewide results. Fayette county specifics list Volstead yes no and candidate supports among farm and town voters.
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Smith
Hoover
Coolidge
LaFollette
President
Fayette County
Volstead
Davis
Farm
Town
Arlington Wadena Elgin Road Gravel Project Update
The county grading crew is completing a new grade on the Arlington Wadena road from the Chas Westcott corner. A parallel south of Wadena is also being prepared. The fall plan includes gravelling the new grades and a 500 yard per mile maintenance coat over the Arlington Wadena segment if weather stays favorable.
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Arlington- Wadena
Chas
Westcott Corner
Wadena
Elgin
Ernst Farm
Board of Supervisors
Arlington
Mill Grove
Arlington-Volga City
Clayton County
Volga City
Arlington News
Seventy-Four and Still Shoes Horses in Iowa Town
Seventy Four year old A C Nyborg of Gunder continues a lifelong craft, still shoeing horses at an old age. Nyborg began learning the trade decades ago and remains active in his shop and community.
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A. C. Nyborg
Gunder
Nyborg
Nyborg Longtime Blacksmith Celebrates Longevity in Gander
Nyborg, a durable blacksmith who settled in Postville, has spent decades working in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Missouri, and Illinois. For thirty years he has lived in Gander, still hammering at his anvil daily. In 1882 he set eighty two shoes in a single 13 hour day. He is father to five children, four married. He has given up tobacco and liquor and remains robust at an advanced age and can read without glasses.
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Nce
Postville
North
South Dakotas
Minnesota
Missouri
Illinois
Gander
Hile
Nyborg
Bankers Endorse Upper Iowa University Campaign
Fayette County Bankers Association unanimously passed a resolution endorsing Upper Iowa University's endowment drive at Clermont. The group pledges support and to urge contributions among officers, directors, and community friends as the campaign targets a $300,000 minimum endowment to maintain the non sectarian Christian college.
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Upper Iowa University
Fayette County Bankers’ Association
Clermont
Fayette Institution
Elgin Family Reunion Attended by Several Visitors
Mrs Peter Bach and Mrs Bollinger of Forest NL Sam Scharlach and John Scharlach of Fairbury and Rankin IL visited Elgin last Thursday. Relatives and friends Mr and Mrs Leslie Cooley Mr and Mrs Robert Schultz and David of Dubuque joined Elgin relatives for a Sunday family reunion at the Chas Feller home.
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Peter Bach
Bollinger
Forest
Sam Scharlach
Fairbury
John Scharlach
Rankin, IL
Elgin
Leslie Cooley
Robert. Schultz
Non
David
Dubuque
Chas, Feller
Vote tallies and inconclusive markers from McNary-Haugen data
The report lists 42 yes and 11 no for the McNary-Haugen bill with nine omitted. In Laat election figures Coolidge 17 and Davis 17, LaFolletta 19 with nine omitted. Male 43 and female 19 show omitted. Farm 825 and town 80 with none indicated.
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McNary-Haugen
Coolidge
Davis
LaFolletta
Town
State Fair Secretary Praises Public Support for 1928 Exposition
A Town State Fair secretary notes the 1928 Iowa State Fair drew average attendance though profits covered premiums and expenses. He thanks publications and the state for loyal support, praising newspaper advertising as vital to the fair’s growth and promising continued use of the press.
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A. R. Corey
Hevaldo
Iowa
Mrs Clarence Hoag Dies at West Union Hospital
Mrs Clarence Hoag died at West Union hospital Monday evening about five o clock after childbirth and illness. She was about thirty and leaves a husband three children ages seven four and a newborn. Her parents are Mr and Mrs Ed Klingman and siblings Louis and Edward of Elgin Fay of Los Angeles. Funeral Thursday at the Presbyterian church in West Union at two o clock with burial in West Union cemetery.
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Clarence Houg
West Union Hospital
Ed Klingman
Louis
Edward
Elgin
Fay
Los Angeles
California
Prevention slogans urge firesafe homes and careful testing
The fragment promotes fire prevention by urging smoke safety, warned wires and flues be inspected, and precautions to keep fires from starting. It references careful people and notices about smoke in bed, stressing that prevention reduces fire risk and deaths.
Iowa Fire Prevention Week Campaign Aims to Help
Community outreach urges residents to observe October 7 to 18 with safety actions. Fire officials emphasize education, home fire drills, smoke alarm checks, and child safety tips to reduce fire risks across the state.
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Iowa
John Butikofer Dies After Brief Illness Near Apostolic Church
John Butikofer, a middle aged resident living southeast of the Apostolic church, died Tuesday afternoon after a short illness. He was diagnosed with cancer at Rochester and later at University Hospital in Iowa City. He leaves a widow and eight children. funeral services will be held Friday at 2 PM at the Apostolic church.
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John’ Butikofer
The
Apostolic Church
Ehort‘ly
Rochester
Hoctors
University Hospital
Iaws City
Butikofer
the Apostolic Church
Moving Time in Elgin Sparks Several Local Shifts
A flurry of relocations in Elgin over the past week sees Fred Lenhart move from the Falk house to the Topp house on Pleasant street. The Lyons and Peters families swap into vacated homes, while the Stoffergren household stores goods. Sires move into the Hunsberger house as Heston takes their vacated rooms. The Gale family arrives from Vinton, Rev Starr relocates to Geneseo, and Rev Snyder moves into the M E parsonage.
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Elgin
Fred Lenhart
Falk
Topp
Pleasant Street
Delbert Lyons
Robert Peters
Lyons
A. C. Stoffregen
Rural Teachers List by Clermont Pleasant Valley Ilyria
A fragmented OCR list records rural teachers by township districts. It names Clermont Township No 1 No 2 Julia Evenson and several others with many entries marked no school and multiple individuals across Myria and Pleasant Valley areas.
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Clermont
Pleasant Valley
Illyria
Clermont Township
Julia B. Evenson
Nellie Powers
Irene Horan
Cora Chenevoid
Ida Belle Brooks
Della Monroe
DeFrancesa Dibble
Ada Miller
Zoe Smith
Aleta Gehring
Archie Howard
Agnes Kneeland
Mabel Brummond
Dorothy Hunsberger
Mary Foxwell
Phyllis Rowland
Myria Township
Leona Kerr
Helen Rothlisberger
Gladys Feller
Madeline Pierce
Ellen Flanagan
Ruby Robbins
Claire B. Probert
Edna Corkery
Gladys Fox
Helen L. Turner
Van Horn named executive secretary at Cedar Rapids hospital
At the M E conference in Vinton Dr J P Van Horn was announced as executive secretary of St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids He has been president of Upper Iowa University since 1921 and resigned at the college board meeting ending his term October first Fayette Leader
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M. E
Vinton
J .P. van Horn
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapida
van Horn
Upper Iowa University
Family Gathering at Chas Feller Home Sunday
Relatives met for a family dinner at the Chas Feller residence Sunday afternoon, sharing memories and visiting. Several attendees, including Will Schultz and Clarence Lucian of Charles City, toured the Elgin canning factory afterward.
Joel Hilburn Dies in Sacramento California
Mr and Mrs F C Muehlethaler received word that Joel Hilburn of Sacramento California died September 17 He was brother of the late Mrs C L Freiburghaug and son of Grandma Hilburner an early Elgin resident T J Capper reported Harold Blow died September 29 in Philadelphia He was son of Mr and Mrs George Blow former town residents born and raised here
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F. C. Muehlethaler
Joel Hilburn
Sacramento
Calif
C. L. Freiburghaug
Grandma Hilburner
Elgin
T. J. Capper
Harold Blow
Philadelphia
George Blow
SOCIAL EVENING AT REBEKAH LODGE NO 692
Eclipse Rebekah Lodge No 692 will entertain members at a regular social meeting on Thursday evening October 11 with lunch served and all members urged to attend. Potatoes sell for 26 cents a bushel in parts of Minnesota. Seven deaths due to cholera infantum reported in De Witt Iowa.
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Eclipse Rebekah Lodge No. 692
Minnesota
Dewitt
Iowa
Northeast Iowa Dairy Shorthorn Breeders Formed
At Elgin last Tuesday a new organization for dairy Shorthorn breeders was started. L. A. Scharnweber was elected president, E. O. Wagner vice president, and B. J. Baumgartner secretary treasurer. Members from Fayette Allamakee Clayton Winneshiek Chickasaw and Buchanan counties attended. Annual dues are $2.00. A follow up meeting is set for October 13 at 1:30 p.m. in West Union to plan further activities.
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Elgin
L. A. Scharnweber
Sumner
Banks Township
E. O. Wagner
Dover Township
B. J. Baumgartner
Fayette
Allamakee
Clayton
Winneshiek
Chickasaw
Buchanan
Northeast Iowa Dairy Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Roy Cook
Independence
Dairy Shorthorn Society of America
Court House
West Union
Farm Bureau Officials in Meeting in Fayetta
Farm Bureau officers directors and project leaders will gather at the Fayetta office on Wednesday October 10 to outline plans for next year and the organization’s future. The session known as the program of work will review all projects and home economics department aims with Extension Service specialists coordinated in advance for efficiency.
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Farm Bureau
Fayetta
Neale 8. Knowles
Home Economics Department
Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed by Governor Hammill
Governor John Hammill designates October 7 to 13 as Fire Prevention Week urging civic bodies and citizens to cooperate in a general cleanup and premises inspections to cut fire hazards. Last year Town fire laws covered property valued at seven and a quarter million dollars.
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John Hammill
Weekend football results from Clayton County games
Riad of the Clayton County Register forecast Elgin to lose at Monona last Friday. He predicted winners for the weekend: Eikader Fayette Monona Decorah and Postville. Results: Elgin 25 0 Clermont Fayette tied 4 8 Postville 6 0 Decorah 25 7 West Union defeated by Decorah.
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Riad
Clayton County Register
Elgin
Monona
Eikader
Fayette
Decorah
Postville
Clermont
Waukon
West Union
Thanks to Elgin Fire Department and neighbors
Mr and Mrs H H Gilbertson express gratitude for prompt aid from Elgin Fire Department and neighbors last Thursday morning and for ongoing kindnesses since then.
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Elgin
H. H. Gilbertson
Elgin Chapter 0 E S October Meeting Notice
The regular October meeting of Elgin Chapter 0 E S will be held on Wednesday evening, October 10. Attendance is urged. Worthy Matron John Scharlach of Rankin Illinois. Sam Scharlach. Mrs Bollinger. and Mrs Peter Bach of Forest Illinois plan to attend. Illinois visitors will visit Ridgeway and Alta Vista and then go to Corwith Iowa to stay with Chris Schariach. They return early next week.
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Elgin
E. S
John Scharlach
Rankin
Sam Scharlach
Bollinger
Peter Bach
Forest, Ill
Louise Schori
Ridgeway
Alta Vista
Illinois
Corwith
Iowa
Chris Schariach
Echo
Earl Drilling Wins Alfalfa Contest in Fayette County
A Waucoma boy Earl Drilling son of Mr and Mrs John Drilling won the first alfalfa club contest in Payette County. The Fayette County Bankers Association and Farm Bureau offered prizes of 20 16 10 and 5 dollars. Drilling scored 96 besting Robert Holtzman Tillman Thompson and Harry McLaury in that order. Cost and value figures for the crop are given with notes on plots and seed. Several plots were re-seeded after a dry spell and winter freezes. The Bankers Association aims to expand alfalfa planting to about 40000 acres to supply high protein hay.
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Waucoma
Auburn Township
Earl Drilling
John Drilling
Payette County
Fayette County
Bankers
Alan
Farm Bureau
Bankers Association
Robert Holtzman
Gelwein
Tillman Thompson
Wadena
Harry McLaury
Lodwick
Bankers’ Association
Clarmont
Earl Drilting
County Bankers’ Association
Red Cross Urges Relief Amid Local Disaster
The local Red Cross chapter calls for relief donations or renewals. Members may renew at banks or give funds to officials Max Thoma, chairman. A. M. Weibel, treasurer. Ernestine Schort, secretary. Membership costs $1 per year.
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The
Red Cross
Max Thoma
A. M. Weibel
Ernestine Schort
Graveling Wadena Road Heads Toward Elgin
The contractor began hauling gravel Monday for the Elgin Wadena road project. The Ernst pit near Wadena supplies high quality material. Plans call for gravelling from Wadena to the Lena Hunsberger farm this fall.
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Elgin
Wadena
Ernst
Lena Hunsberger
Coal supply for winter gains coal at low price
The Elgin Farmers' Dairy Co will obtain one car of West Virginia coal around October Lith. Patrons should inform Mr Fred Reichert of desired tonnage. Elgin Farmers Dairy Company invites bulk dip buyers to bring cans and save. City Drug Store in Elgin, Iowa sells gasoline for $1.00 per gallon. Mrs Tillie Frey visits her mother Mrs Ben Weibel. The Harry Trude family of West Union visited Elgin on Sunday.
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Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Co
West Virginia
Fred Reichert
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company
City Drug Store
Elgin
Towa
Tillie Frey
Ben Weibel
Harry Trude
West Union
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Arlington Wadena Elgin Road
Bankers’ Assn
U. SA
Wks
Presbyterian H
Weat Union
Raed
iPac
John Butikofer
Chas. Feller
Elgin Canning Factory
Will Schultz
Mra
Clarence Lucian
Charles City
Robert Schultz
Ed Riser
Ed Gehring
Henry Feller
Emma Bunting
Orville
G. N. Schori
T. W. Dean
Celia Rennison
Idairy
C. E
Gilbertson
Insurance Company
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