G I Rennison Dies Suddenly in Village Home
The community mourns the sudden death of George T. Rennison on Saturday after a day of trimming trees. Born in Hull in 1843 he lived with his son-in-law’s family, faced heart trouble, and died around noon. Funeral held at German Baptist church with Rev. Wedel officiating. buried beside his son in High cemetery. Celia Rennison and family express heartfelt thanks for support and flowers.
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George T. Rennison
Main Street
R. W. Muehlenthaler
John Conner
Sam Lehman
Fothergill
Hull
England
Disabeth Allen
Allen G
Albert O
Boise
Idaho
Lord Jesus Christ
German Baptist Church
W. H. Wedel
Narrows Road Gets Bathtub Graveling In Progress
Road east of town to the Narrows is undergoing gravel work funded by subscription and county aid. Local businessmen and farmers contributed 200 dollars, matched by the county, accelerating a transformation of a former bad road into a durable route into Elgin. The note ends with news of the Gene Stratton Porter adaptation Freckles and its broadway style song play to be shown at the opera house on Tuesday, November 9.
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Narrows
Elgin
Busy Week at St Pauls Cleaning Initiative
This week is set aside to clean up around the new St Pauls M and church. Rev. Graham leads the effort with help from many volunteers and Studies Aid Society volunteers preparing meals for workers at local homes Tuesday at F W Mughes, today at C and Kniel, and tomorrow at M W Kiple. Finishing grading before snows relies on good weather and many workers.
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St. Paul's M
Graham
Snow Fies
Studies' Aid Society
F. W. Mughes
C. &. Kniel
Boy loses finger while playing near river bank
Last Saturday afternoon Harold Kiple and Butch Monnahan were cutting sticks with a hatchet near the M church when a swing severed Burch Monnahan's left little finger below the second joint. A doctor dressed the wound and he rallies, though one hand remains in a sling.
Gea Moving Picture Theatre Opens with Two Shows
R W Muhlenthaler opened his moving picture theatre The Gea last Friday night with two shows. The Peerless Orchestra provided music and a large crowd attended. The Goom plans two shows nightly and Misses Florence Kehler and Frances Skursho ug will play piano while Nelson Conner runs the machine. German Baptist Church notes list services and prayer meetings with a strong Sunday school turnout of 193 last week.
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R. W. Muhlenthaler
Moving Picture Theatre
Gea
Tha Goom
Plorenca Kehler
Francea Skurshoug
Nelson Conner
German Baptist Church
Fred Draeger
Clermont
Henry Holters
Bose
Elgin Man Promoted to Railway Mailing Clerk Rank
Friday W J Cooley of Elgin received notice of promotion from 1400 to 1500 a year in the railway mailing clerk grade. Promotions are automatic to 1400, awarded for meritorious service. Cooley runs Decorah to Cedar Rapids on the Rock Island. Other local notes mention a traveling man’s chivalrous act and a boy’s auto accident near Clermont, with plans for a St Paul ME church grounds cleanup on Saturday.
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Elgin
W. J. Cooley
City
Cooley
Decorah
Cedar. Rapids
Rock Island
Farmers profits rise as hogs beat corn failure
Otto Kreuger profited despite a poor corn year by selling hogs early and at higher per head prices, saving about 2000 bushels of corn. Locally, road work and new construction keep labor busy while townsfolk share family visits and health updates.
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Otto Kreuger
Bealdes
Freckles Big Broadway Debut At Local Opera House
The Broadway Amusement Co. presents Gene Stratton Porter’s Freckles at the opera house on Tuesday November 9. The production is praised as distinctive and absorbing with faithful dramatization by Neil Twomey and a vivid Limberlost stage scene. Anatol Friedland provides music and songs deemed among the most beautiful in years. Mrs Wo EL Plake attended the state Rebekah lodge meeting in Waterloo last week.
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Gene Stratton-Porter
Broadway Amusement Co
Opera House
The
Neil Twomey
Anatol Friedland
Wo EL Plake
Waterloo
Rebekah Lodge
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Elgin Savings Bank
Iowa
Gus Gunderson
Sam's Mosby
Max Thoma
Towa
C. S. Halstenson
Gna A, Stohr. Club
G. I. Rennison
Rennison
Offerad
Celia Rennison
ST. Paul's
Citizens’ State Bank
Earn Schori
Pres. C
F. Becker
Cashier
Gem Theatre
Reg Pone
Wrte
Floyd Bigter
Fred Bigler
Roger Henderson
Clermont Enterprise
Bowen & Greenley
J. D. Shafer
Hikader
Richard Kirstein
Madison
South Dakota
Kirstein
Martha Kreuger
John BF. Kreuger
Wm. Boyle
West Union
Shi
Louis Thoma
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