Two Sentenced New Jury List
A verdict of guilty was returned by the jury in the State of Iowa case against Henry Breitsprecher for Larceny of Domestic Fowls. The jury deliberated three and a half hours, verdict read next morning. Complainant Mrs. Will Costello testified of poultry thefts at her farm near Stanley and described watching Breitsprecher’s car and a chicken theft. Breiterprecher was sentenced to an indeterminate term in Fort Madison with a maximum of six years, subject to behavior in prison. Prosecutor M. M. Cooney and defense attorney R. J. Sullivan handled the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Henry Breitsprecher
Thorsdey
Breitsprecher
Will Costello
Stanley
Breiteprechéy
Costello
Breiteprechv
M. M. Cooney
R. J. Sullivan
New Hampton
Pedro Ramos Sentenced for Manslaughter
Pedro Ramos, found guilty of manslaughter, appeared before Judge Hichendorf for sentencing. The court ordered time in the State Penitentiary at Fort Madison with potential reduction to four years and two months, plus a $1,000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedro Ramos
Hichendorf
Fort Madison
Paat
Ellsworth Pepin
Margaret Pepin
Pepin
F. L. McAvinchey
Oelwein
Janette Johnson
Charles B. Johnson
Joohnson
Johnson
W. H. Antes
Nevada
Paris
Paving Finished Across Three Iowa Counties
A McGregor dispatch in the Des Moines Register reports the last concrete wall poured at 4 p m Monday on highways 55 and 18 near McGregor. A 67 mile paved road now stretches from the Mississippi river bank at McGregor to Prosper near the Minnesota border, routing through Clayton Alla Rona Lunna Postville Castalia Os sian Calmar Decorah and Burr Oak along the old Dubuque St Paul trail. The Decorah Prosper segment and the Postville McGregor stretch were completed recently, with C Lythe company of Sioux City earning a record for speed, starting May 6 and averaging 809 feet per day over 148 days, including a 1505 foot one day burst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor News’ Dispatch
Des Moines Register
Mississippi River
McGregor
Minnesota
Prosper
Clayton
Alla
Rona
Lunna
Postville
Castalia
Ossian
Calmar
Decorah
Burr Oak
Dubuque-St. Paul
Iowa
C. ¥. Lythe Company
Sioux City
Mail by Truck Movement 18 Under Consideration
Des Moines Register backs a truck mail service on No 11 from Oclweia to Calmar with highway commission approval to plant mail boxes. The newspaper seeks auto mail service for Elgin Clermont and the public Union, urging government action for local convenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register
No. 11
Oclweia
Calmar
Highway Commission
Elgin
Clermont
public—Union
Hats on sale at Elgin and Clermont Mills stores
Special sale announces 20 percent off all early fall hats and a fall hat lot at half price. A new winter hat assortment is offered at special week long prices from Elgin and Clermont Millinery Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Clermont
Petit Jury List for October Term 1929 Printed Names
A section of the county jury list for the October Term of Court convening October 28, 1929 under Judge Carl W. Reed is printed. The list includes 50 jurors, with this segment listing Fred Cline Clermont Francia Corkery Wadena Harold Dorland West Union L A Grimes West Union Herman Jacobson Dover A P Lehman Elgin J A Olson West Union Hazel Olson Clermont Laura Osterhus Dover Selma Randall West Union Lorenz Schatz West Union P W Toomey Clyria Clarence Tatro Clermont Geo Voshell Wadena C C Wright West Union Walter Winter Dover E A Wendland West Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petit Jury
Carl W. Reed
Fred Cline
Clermont
Francia Corkery
Wadena
Harold Dorland
West Union
L.A. Grimes
Herman Jacobson
Dover
A. P. Lehman
Elgin
J. A. Olson
Hazel Olson
Laura Osterhus
Selma Randall
Lorenz Schatz
P. W. Toomey
Clyria
Clarence Tatro
Geo
Voshell
C. C. _ Wright
Weat Union
Walter Winter
E. A. Wendland
Berg Halverson wedding ties Elgin to Fox Lake
Miss Cora Berg of Elgin and J Milo Halverson of Fox Lake wed at Hast Clermont Lutheran church on Saturday at five. Rev G Gunaten officiated in a double ring ceremony. Attendants were Hulda Berg and Harold Sticken. The couple, after a dinner and reception, left for a week's honeymoon in Minneapolis and will settle in Fox Lake. Mrs Berg is the eldest daughter of Olaf and Mrs Berg. Berg graduated from Clermont High School in 1924 and trained as a nurse in Chicago, later practicing there. Halverson, a St Olaf College graduate, had bank work in Fox Lake. he will start life in a new home with his bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Berg
Elgin
J. Milo Halverson
Fox Lake
Clermont Lutheran Church
G. Gunaten
Clermont
Clifford Kittleson
Genevieve Anderson
Hulda Berg
Harold Sticken
Illinois
Halverson
Olaf Berg
Chicago
Eer Ae
Theodore “Malvaveen
Gunder
St. Olaf College
Echo
Returns Home After Five Weeks In Hospital
John Johnson went to Rochester Sunday and returned Tuesday bringing Mrs. Johnson who had been in a hospital there the past five weeks following an operation. She stood the trip home in good shape and after a period of rest in her own home will no doubt enjoy much better health than before her operation. Mrs M Yenney of Huron South Dakota was with her mother all the time during her stay in the hospital. She left for home Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Johnson
Rochester
Johnson
Rosanna Boyle 93 Dies. Funeral Held in West Union
Mrs. Rosanna Boyle 93 died at her West Union home Friday. Funeral services were held Monday at Holy Name church in West Union. She was born in Ireland and came to the United States in 1853 and to Fayette County with her husband in 1861. Survived by eight children. husband died in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Name
West Union
Rosanna Boyle
Legion and Auxiliary Meeting Notice In October
The American Legion and Auxiliary will meet Wednesday evening October 16 with Mr and Mrs Michael Block hus. A good attendance is desired at this meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Auxiliary
Michael Blockhus
Basket Social at Cheery Valley School Friday
A basket social will be held Friday evening October 11 at the Cheery Valley school. Everyone is welcome. Organizers include teachers Elizabeth Schupbach and Anna Bennison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheery Valley School
Elizabeth Schupbach
Anna Bennison
Three Women Attend A Wedding In Sumner Area
Ruth Skarshaug of Sumner Ruth Paterson of West Union and Ida Berg of Rochester Minn attended the wedding of Mise Cora Berg and J Milo Halverson last Saturday Miss Berg of Rochester is the bride’s cousin being a daughter of Olaf Bergs older brother Magnus Miss Peterson was a room matron when the girls were in nurse training in Chicago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Skarshaug
Sumner
Ruth Paterson
West Union
Ida Berg
Rochester
Minn
Mise Cora Berg
J. Milo Halverson
Misa Berg
Olaf Berg
Magnus
Miss Peterson
Chicago
Visit Old Home After Thirty Years In Elgin
Elgin welcomed a family reunion as Mrs Brusdal and Mr and Mrs Stewart guests from Chicago Detroit Wisconsin Rapids and Calumet visited old haunts. They traced the Ola Matthys farm homes and shared memories with nine siblings six living while Mrs Brusdal aged 85 led the trip over familiar scenes and apple trees. They hoped for quicker return visits in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Brusdal
Gon
Oscar
Chicago
Robt
B. Mertz
Detroit
Mich
Myr
D. C
Minard
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
F. C. Stewart
Calumet City
Ill
Three Day Pheasant Season Set October 30 to November 2
State game warden W. E. Albert announced a three day open pheasant season from October 30 through November 2. Hunters may bag up to three birds per day regardless of sex, with hunting permitted from thirty minutes before sunrise to sunset in listed counties including Black Hawk Butler Cerro Gordo Clay Dickinson Emmet Floyd Franklin Grundy Hancock Hardin Howard Humboldt Kossuth Lyon Mitchell O Brien Osceola Palo Alto Sioux Winnebago Worth and Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Albert
Hancock
Hardin
Howard
Humboldt
Kossuth
Lyon
Mitchell
O’brien
Osceola
Palo Alto
Sioux
Winnebago
Worth
Wright
Pavement Opened North End of Highway 55 to Minnesota
The north end of Federal Highway 55 in Winneshiek county was opened to travel Monday morning enhancing access for heavy southbound and northbound motor traffic. The improved pavement connects with gravel just south of Prosper and serves traffic to southern Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek County
Minnesota
Prosper
Decorah
Stickpin Embedded in Woman's Stomach
A three inch stickpin swallowed on August 14 remains in Mrs. David Turner's stomach in West Union. X rays this week show the pin still inside after she was struck in the mouth when someone opened a door. No removal has occurred yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Turner
West Union
Refused Freight Route Project Fails at Commission
Floyd Smith of Traer sought railway commission approval to create a Waterloo to Decorah motor freight route. The commission heard four applications in Waterloo early September and issued its decision Friday, denying his proposed route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Smith
Traer
Railway Commission
Waterloo
Decorah
Elgin Cemetery Association Meeting Notice
The Elgin Cemetery Association will meet at the home of Mrs. Max Thoms next Wednesday October 16. President Murriel Yenney left Sunday for her home in Huron South Dakota after six weeks at the R A Crider home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Cemetery Association
Max Thoms
Murriel Yenney
Huron
South Dakota
R. A. Crider
Our Neighbors Adopt Fine Improvement Plan
Our Neighbors Adopt Fine Improvement Plan reports Marion township in Clayton county implementing a rotating school improvement program. Over three years they upgraded one school property annually with new basements, furnaces, and interior and exterior painting. Nine districts exist, teachers cooperate with the county superintendent, and every eighth grader from last spring now attends high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Meyer
Clayton County
Marion Township
Elmer Larson
Much Malta Fever in Clay County
Malta fever has reached Clay county with more rural cases than any other Iowa county. Spencer reports concern over prevention as Iowa has the highest undulant fever infection rate in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Clay County
Spencer
Iowa
Ruroden and Osmundson wed at Norwegian Lutheran parsonage
Miss Myrtle Ruroden of Elgin and Manford Osmundson of West Union were married at 4 PM Monday Sept 22 by Rev O Shelveland. Attendants were Miss Annetta Ruroden and Thomas Osmundson. The bride is the daughter of Adolph and Mrs Ruroden of Elgin. Osmundson is son of Lars and Mrs Osmundson of Dover township. They will reside on a farm southeast of West Union Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Ruroden
Elgin
Manford Osmundson
West Union
O. Shelveland
Annetta Ruroden
Thomas Osmundson
Adolph Buroden
Osmundson
Lars Osmundson
Dover Township
West Union, Union
Remodeling in progress at Kruger home between Elgin and Clermont
Mr and Mrs Edwin Kruger are expanding and remodeling their brick house between Elgin and Clermont. The addition adds two bedrooms a bath and a den while the entire home gains built in conveniences and a more attractive layout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Kruger
Elgin
Clermont
County convention attendees gather at Elgin M Church
Sunday school workers from across the county attended the county wide convention at the Elgin Missionary church last Friday October 4. The program followed as printed in the Echo last week and inspired attendees to be better equipped for their work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Church
Elgin M
Echo
Meyer School to Host Program and Basket Social
A program followed by a basket social is planned at the Meyer school in Marion township District No. 8 on Friday evening October 18. Georgia Meyer, a teacher, extends the invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer School
Marion Township
Georgia Meyer
Out of Town Guests Attend MacKellar Funeral
A large turnout of out of town relatives and friends joined local mourners for the funeral of Dr. Orville MacKellar. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hammond, Dr. and Mrs. Oscar Lunden, and many from Chicago, Manilla, Oelwein, and McGregor, with Chicago visitors arriving Saturday night and staying until Monday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville MacKellar
W. J. Hammond
Oscar Lunden
Frank Holland
Jack Wright
Mabel Philbrick
Charles Butler
John MacKellar
Grace
Chicago
Glen MacKellar
Manilla
Iowa
Francis
John Robbins
Oelwein
Malcolm Robbins
Maris Robbins
James Robbing
McGregor
Fresh raspberries arrive early from Adolph Baumgartner
Mrs Adolph Baumgartner of southeast of Elgin sent the Echo a box of red raspberries on Thursday October 3. The berries are large and fine, suggesting an ever bearing variety. A branch with new berries and blossoms indicates fresh berries may last into Christmas if frost stays away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Baumgartner
Elgin
Tap Codes Used by Prisoners to Communicate Silently
Convicts in prisons use intricate tap or knock codes to transmit messages, some learned in three months. Hollywood writer Jules Furthman notes in the Thunderbolt filming that eight well known codes exist, with the most elaborate said to be devised by a lifer at San Quentin while in solitary confinement. Sea Bancroft in the Elgin Opera House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Furthman
Hollywood
George Bancroft
Charles Furtherman
San Quentin
Sea Bancroft
Elgin Opera House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ft. Madison
Cliff Wilson
Ward Brabham
Mr. Brabham
Carl Green
Reuben Howard
Clarence Kohle
Berg—Halverson
Mrbs
Legion and Auxiliary Notice
Minnesota State Line
Etery Assn
Marion
H. G. Baum
Elgin Baptist Church
Man of God
Ruroden—Osmundson
Mackellar
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