Odd Iowa Snippets on Canaries and Local News
A collage of brief Iowa items includes bull snakes eating canaries in Grinnell and Fort Dodge students mixing with Dean and Dale Cummings. Other notes cover a Marshalltown will with no instructions, a 17-year-old Wisconson boy's shoe size, a railroad history project, a corset cash loss, and a radio speech prompting a driver’s stop sign mishap. Plus film roles for Guy Usher, mule chaperones to India, a Grant commission, old papers display in Rockwell City, accidental eye removals in Sioux City, raspberry picking by Milfred Osterhus, Osage real estate activity, a St Paul train-berth tour, export relief ideas, a Warren County roof fix, golf feats, and birthdays and sightings across Fayette and Decorah.
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Grinnell
Gael Young
Marshalltown
Harold Heywood
Dean
Dale Cummings
Fort Dodge High School
Wisconsin
Paul Bunyon
United States
Levi C. Leonard
University of Iowa
Mary Hall
Davenport
Winfield Beacon
Alex Miller
Frank Klumpar, Jr
Independence
Asain
Omaha
India
A. 8. Grant
K. H. Frost
Belle Plaine
London
Rockwell City Advocate
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
Leslie
Youth's Companion
Saturday Evening Post
Sheldon
Sioux City
Milfred Osterhus
Fayette County
Mitchell County
Osage
L. W. Morris
Milwaukee Road
Algona
St. Paul
Fred C. Lovrien
Spencer
Elgin Study Club Meets On German and Slavic Topics
The Elgin Study Club held its third meeting at Josephine Hoag’s home on Tuesday evening October 8. Members discussed German Americans and Slavic Races with studies on Walter Damrosch and Dvorak. New member J J Snyder and Paul Zoschke welcomed. delegates chosen for Federation district meeting in Independence October 15 and 16.
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Elgin
Mildred Habemer
Federation
Independence
Adelia Torkelson
Ida Thomas
Gladys Schori
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Local Echo notes and visits across town
Ruth Graver starts at J A Boleyn store this week. Mrs Maud Petera spends her winter visit in Dubuque. Albert and Ern Schori return from Kansas City on business. Readers urged to check today’s Echo ads for savings. Lubben family from Buffalo Center visit Erwin Miller. Harold Connor and Don Helms return from Waterloo. A woman seeks newspaper tips. a linotype operator is advised to marry. Illinois passes itemized public fund reporting. Tripoli factory packs 46,000 cases of corn, Elgin 88,500. Fred Eberhart seeks Echo sample. recalls Elgin days. Hans Keiser back in town, plans Chicago trip with Keiser family. Kenneth Evans returns from Fayette for Parents' Day at Upper Jows University. Benna Vista beats Upper Town 16 to 2 in football.
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Ruth Graver
J. A. Boleyn
Maud Petera
Dubuque
Albert
Ern Schori
Kansas City
Echo
Lub Lubben
Daughters of
Buffalo Center
Erwin Miller
Harold Conner
Don Helms
Waterloo
Illinois
Tripoli
Elgin
Albert Schori
Fred Eberhart
Yakima
Wash
The
Hans Keiser
Keiser
Chicago
Harry Keizer
Kenneth Evans
Fayette
N. W. Evans
J. F. Berndt and
Dilles
Upper Jows University
Benna Vista
Upper Town
Weekend Visit Highlighted By Local Guests
Ellen Lehr of Aplington visited the B. J. Baumgartner home from Friday night to Sunday. Wm. F. Miller drew strong crowds at Sunday evening talkies with a popular lineup of pictures. Mabel Frieden of Floyd and Mr. and Mrs. Alton Sanders of Charles City spent the weekend at the Henry Frieden home. Barbecue Day at Cresco featured a roasted steer served in sandwiches with Elgin's Little German Band providing entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Lehr
Aplington
B. J. Baumgartner
Wm. F. Miller
Mabel Frieden
Floyd
Alton Sanders
Charles City
Henry Frieden
Cresco
Elgin
Patient Asks How to Repay Kind Doctor
The patient asks how to repay the doctor's kindness. The doctor replies with three options: check, postal order, or cash.
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