Cupid Plays Part Elopement Ends In Waterloo Wedding
Leo Schort and Augusta Mosby disappeared on an auto ride sparked elopement rumors. They traveled to Waterloo where a private ceremony united Mr Taco Schori and Miss Augusta Mosby as husband and wife. The couple then returned to Elgin and Mt. Vernon with plans for long, happy married lives.
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Cupid
Leo Schort
Augusta Mosby
Albert Schort
Misa Mosby
Waterloo
Albert Schori
Samuel Mosby
Taco ‘Schori
Elgin
Mt. Vernon
Elgin High School
Factories Lay Off Workers Across Major Cities
The Osage News notes a wave of layoffs as production outpaced demand. Detroit automobile plants cut about 20 percent of workers, Akron tire factories shed twenty thousand, and similar cuts spread to eastern cities. Locally Waterloo gasoline engine plants furloughed nearly all staff, Hart-Parr in Charles City will shut until tractors on hand are sold, reflecting a broad downturn in several key industries.
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Datroit
Akron
Ohio
Waterloo
Hart-Parr
Charles City
Osage News
Double Wedding in West Union Unites Mother Son Couples
In West Union on Monday Justice L C Berkey officiated a double ceremony uniting Mrs Susie Teachout to W B Stahl and her son M R Teachout to Mina Eva May Johnson. All parties hailed from Elgin and well wishers extend hopes for long prosperous marriages.
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West Union
Susie Teachout
W. B. Stahl
L. C. Berkey
M. R. Teachout
Mina Eva May Johnson
Elgin
Argo Gazette
Wali
Cream Routes Put Up For Bid By Elgin Dairy Board
Elgin Farmers Dairy Company will let all cream routes to the lowest responsible bidders on Saturday November 20 1920 at 2 o clock p m at the Companys office. Routes to be let for one year beginning January 1 1921 sealed bids received by the president secretary or any director. Information available from Melchior Luchsinger secretary.
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Gream
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company
Melchr Luchsinger
Notice on Outstanding Accounts and Election Day Lunch
Notices request settling past due book accounts and notes under H T Knudigan. A note from Sir Shaffer locates him and wife in Alma Nebraska with son Arthur and family in Seward. both families report good health. Fourth Division Ladies Aid to serve lunch at the C Kniel store on election day November 2 with doughnuts sandwiches pie and coffee.
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Shaffer
Alma
Nebaska
Arthur
Seward
Ladies’ ‘Aid Society
C. 3.Nnial
Wilbur Martin
Britt
Martin
Ladies’ Aid
Voting Methods and Local Election Notes From Fayette County
A column explains ballot marking options after legislative changes, urging straight ticket or individual candidate marks, and advising proper handling of ballots. It notes Pleasant Valley residents vote at Elgin Town Hall, previews a Halloween party at the M S church, and reports on agriculture, local marriages, illnesses, road conditions, lost items, and election board appointments in Charles City with population figures for Iowa and Fourth District counties.
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Fayette County
Oelwein
Pleasant Valley
Elgin Town Hall
Iowa
North Carolina
Prevention is better than cure in Poor Richard Jr Almanack
A reflective note on prudence and health advice from Poor Richard Jr’s Almanack, emphasizing foresight, caution, and practical wisdom as preventive guidance rather than reactive cures. The fragment hints at enduring values echoed in early American print.
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Richard Jr
Rally and Harvest Festival at Baptist Church
The Rally and Harvest Festival at Baptist Church occurs Sunday Oct 31 at 11 15 am with Pratude scripture songs prayers and a school program. Elizabeth Jacob Esther Krueger Margarite Demaree lead songs and readings. Junior and intermediate classes will decorate the church for a festive welcome by Rev Wedel.
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Hena Wedel
Ersee
Christiane
Lester Wenger
Elizabeth Jacob
Esther Krueger
Margarite
Demaree
Gertrude Grether
Anna Renhison
Frances Pinney
Hazel Litchsinger
Dorothy Etter
Cave
Golden Fields
Marguerite Yennay
Bobbie Demaree
Wilbur Wedel
Hrma Grether
Mabel Dummermuth
Wedel
Political Meeting At Opera House Sees Female Voter Turnout
A 3:30 PM gathering at the opera house drew many voters, mainly women, for a political meeting. Speakers included Republican county attorney candidate J D Shaffer and attorney general candidate Ben J Gibson. T A King and Kingley addressed voters from a Republican perspective before the group rushed to a 4:30 PM event in Wadena.
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Opera House
J. D. Shaffer
Cooney
T. A. King
Kingley
Ben J. Gibson
Corning
Alort
Wadena
Clermont Lutheran Church Meetings With Missionaries Schedule
A series of meetings will be held at Clermont Lutheran Church near Elgin from November 5 to 7 attended by missionaries and pastors Rev Rateaver Rev Skaar Rev Fangferd Rev John Olson and Mrs Kulberg The Rateaver sermon will be in West Clermont Witheran on Sunday November 7 at 730 pm Rev Hjortholm is pastor A M Weibel returned from Cedar Rapids after a sonic gathering and conseistory degree His daughter Minerva home for a Sunday visit W R Blake from Clermont interviewed veterans Bill is the Republican candidate for district representative Haloween caution issued noting goblins will be out Monday night.
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M. 8
United States
Department of Agriculture
F. R. Berg
Ames
Florence
State University
Dea Mones
Mia
John Falk
Hans Kelser
Falk
Laura King
George King
Elgin
Richard Kingman
Guttenberg
West Union
Kingman
United States Department of Agriculture
Oakland
Joe Martie
Bigin
Pinder
Echo
Figin
Charley Johnson
Hecho
Charles City
Kalel
Lutheran Church Notes
Clermont Lutheran Church
Rateaver
Madergakur
Rav, Skaar
Fangferd
John Olson
Kulberg
Clermont
Clermont Witheran
A. M. Weibel
Cedar Rapids
Minarva
Business College
W. R. Blake
Bill
Hazal Gehring
Reed H. Molree
M. E. Church Officers Elected for Coming Year
The M. E. Church elected officers for the coming year at two meetings including Pres Albert Schori Sec F W Hughes Treas Mary Skarshoug and Vice-Chair George N Schori Chas Peller to budget and benevolences. Rally Day and a pageant The Coming of Truth are set for Sunday school with services at 11 a.m 6 45 p m and 7 30 p m. The pastor and Mrs Hillman visited Waterloo to arrange Mrs Brooks winter care plans.
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Outran
Board of Trustees
Albert Schori
F. W. Hughes
Trea
Mary Skarshoug
George N. Schori
Sec
F. W.W. Hughes
Treas
Chas. Peller
Ladies’ Aid Society
Opera House
Haworth League
Hillman
Waterloo
Ford
Three youths jailed for burglary near Decorah
Decorah Journal reports three boys, aged 16 to 25, pleaded guilty to nighttime burglary armed with fra artis. Judge Springer warned against bad associations and crime, noting violence by young men. He sentenced them to terms as law provides, effectively life sentences unless parole shortens them.
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Decorah
Decorah Journal
Springer
Board of Parole
Vote Duty urged for Pleasant Valley voters in 1920 election
The piece urges Pleasant Valley residents to vote on Tuesday November 2. It notes voters will see seven tickets and stresses the citizen’s duty to cast a ballot for the candidate they deem best, while stating a preference for the Republican ticket.
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Pleasant Valley
Bast
Flour pricing at Walber Mitt Company sale
A local ad offers fairly good flour from 2.00 to 3.25 per bag with middle class grades from 3.25 to 3.76 and top brands like Crystal Patent and White Pearl priced up to 4.00. Buy in four sacks or more to receive a 10 cent per bag reduction.
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Minnesota
Teachers Gather for Iowa State Meeting in Des Moines
The annual meeting of the state teachers will be held in Des Moines on November 4 to 6. About 8,000 instructors are expected at the capitol. President Colegrove of the U.S. US will preside. Frank B Willis will address the new administration challenges and Fred D. Cram will speak on Education Science or Philosophy. Mary Garden will give a concert. Colegrove plans to leave for California with Mrs Colegrove and daughter Catherine after the convention. Dr J W Dickman will be acting president during the absence.
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Des Moines
C. P. Colegrova
U. S. US
Frank B. Willis
Delaware
Ottlo
Fred D. Cram
Cedar Falls
Mary Garden
Colegrove
Jaave
California
Catherine
Colegrova
J. W. Dickman
East Country Club Halloween Party Held at Patterson Home
East Country Club members entertained their husbands at a Halloween party hosted by Mr and Mrs Arthur Patterson on October 21. About fifty persons attended with music from an Erilgon and a player piano. Vocal renditions by Mrs Frank Capper and Mr Mrs Hovey complemented bean carrying and potato races. Games included men’s eating contest as fortunes appeared on papers. A tyro course supper followed and guests departed late hoping for more gatherings next October.
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East Country’ Club
Arthur Patterson
Pernots
Frank Capper
Hovey
Infant Arnold Richard Topp dies. funeral at Elgin cemetery
Little son of Mr and Mrs Otto Topp dies at age two months from pneumonia. Arnold Richard born August 28, died October 23. Services held Sunday, interment in Elgin cemetery. Attendees from New Hampton and Fredericksberg listed. Family extends thanks to helpers and singers.
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Otto Topp
Arnold Richard
Elgin Cemetery
D. B, Finch
C. B
Finch
Son Fratela
Fern Pinch
Loyd Pinch
Floyd Topp
New Hampton
D. B. Rowe
Fredericksberg
Seventeenth Birthday Party and Local Moves Highlight Week
Twenty years ago October 26, 1000, birthdays and social gatherings mark the week as Huta Weibgt’s seventeenth birthday celebration unfolds at her home. Local travelers include John Connor returning from Indiana. Berg the clothier quelling orders across several towns. Mrs. L. Dhrich and Mrs. A. S. Hadsel travel to Des Moines for the Eastern Star lodge. Plus Will Lewis and Mrs. Bennett wed at West Union, John Etter back from Minnesota, and a bachelor social club forms in Bigin.
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Huta Weibgt
John Connor
Bigin
Indiana
John
Berg
Farmersburg
St. Olaf
McGregor
L. ¥. Dhrich
A.S. Hadsel
Des. Moines
Order of the Eastern Star
Will Lewis
Bennett Wer
West Union
John Etter
New Ulm
Minnesota
Bachelora Haya
Dan Goetz
Armistice Day Plans by Local American Legion
The High Post of the American Legion plans a full Armistice Day program on Monday November 11 with speakers Major Robbins of Cedar Rapids and W J Ainsworth of West Union. The Brick City Band and Shaffer's Drum Corp will provide music. an airplane ride is offered for ten dollars per person and air exhibitions are promised. Elgin and Monona meet in football, plus tug of war races street games and an evening boxing match and dance at the opera house. Supper is at six in the M B church basement with a rest room for ladies and other attractions planned.
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American Legion Boys
High Post
Good Speaks
Major Robbins
Cedar Rapida
W. J. Ainsworth
West Union
Brick City Band
Shaffer
Drum Corp
Elgin
Monona
M. B
The
American Legion
Crtizena of Higin
Farmers urged square deal on railroad law by J B Howard
In Des Moines Faral Bureau Federation president J B Howard defended Cummins Esch, urged farmers to back a railroad friendly framework, argued government control is inefficient, rejected Plumb plan, and urged legislation to rehabilitate railways and restore normal transport conditions for safety and markets.
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Cumming-Esch Bista
J.B. Howard
Faral Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Howard
Decorah Republican
Tulsa man Pereira Magee tops Republican fundraising list
Pereira Magee of Tulsa, longtime Fayette resident and son-in-law of T. L. Green, stood as the second largest contributor in a report on funds raised by the Republican National Committee. The article notes his $2,500 donation as among the highest in the United States.
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Pereira Mages Agaly
Percival B. Magee
Tulsa
Okla
Fayette
T. L. Green
West Union
Republican National Committee
United States
Farm Wanted Hear from Owner For Sale Land
Wanted notice seeking farm or good land for sale at the price asked. Contact L. C. Jones Box 551 Ontey Itinola. A local note mentions eleven Chinamen in the university at Iowa City.
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L. C. Jones
Ontey
Iowa City
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Chickasaw ‘ Ee
Fayette Vo
Mitchell
Winneshiek
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Emmet
Floyd Pee
Allamakee
Clayton
C. H. Hjortholm
M. EL Church
Walber Mitt Company
East Country Club’s Party
Cummins
Senate
Towa
Brent
Ed Bauder
Here
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