Methodist Church Notes Preaches Sunday Eve at Eight
M E Church announces regular preaching next Sunday at 8:00 PM and few services remain before the Annual Conference. The Fourth Quarterly Conference is September 11 at 2:30 PM with Dr Pleming leading the sacramental service. Mrs Fred Berg is treasurer of missions and benevolences. subscriptions to her. Annual Conference at Mt Vernon in the first week of October.
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Methodist Church
Pleming
Fred Berg
Mt Vernon
Bids Wanted For Parsonage Water Heating Plant
Sealed bids are invited for a hot water heating plant for the German Baptist parsonage. Bids due by September 6 at 6 p m. Plans and specs available at L Freiburghaus furniture store. Right to reject any or all bids reserved. Bids to C L Freiburghaus Elgin Iowa.
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German Baptist Parsonage
L. Freiburghaus
C. L. Freiburghaus
Elgin
Towa
Strayed Black Steel Calf Seeks Owner Finders Notify
Two month old black steel calf strayed away Saturday night. Finder please notify John Fars.
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John Fars
Engine Arrives as Weibel Bros Install Major Mill Engine
Weibel Bros have received a new 40 horsepower Fairbanks Morse gas engine and set it on its foundation at the mill. The engine is described as the largest in the region and is expected to handle all mill machinery. Connections are planned by Saturday and the public is invited to view the engine in operation.
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Weibel Bros
Fairbanks Morse
Seed Winter Wheat For Sale In Elgin Iowa
About 70 bushels of Salter's Red Cross winter wheat for sale. Excellent seed. Speak quick. Call write or phone Epwart Grimm in Elgin Iowa.
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Salter
Red Cross
Epwart Grimm
Elgin
Iowa
Bids For Janitor Work Seeks Yearly Contract
The undersigned invites bids for janitor services for the coming year. Bids due by six o'clock September 7, 1908. Hi Finney, secretary.
Dentist Dr Cannon Not In West Union This Week
Notice states Dr Cannon, a dentist, will be unavailable at his West Union office during the coming week with no specified alternate arrangements.
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Cannon
West Union
Reminiscences of Elgin Civil War Volunteer Company
C A Baldwin recalls the Elgin recruiting of a company for the 38th Iowa Infantry in 1862. He praises Captain Follett Lieutenant Hosmer and James Dennis, notes young fifer Joseph West and Charley Hosmer, and recounts early marches to Dubuque and McGregor. He laments the losses and reflects on a September morning forty six years past.
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Elgin
Iowa Infantry
Iowa
Lincoln
Clermont
Illyria
Eldorado
Epworth
Dubuque
Weelyan Hall
Gruber
Center Street
Eliphabet Follett
Elisha Hosmer
Lewis Armstrong
James Dennis
Dennis
J. N. Dennis
Fifer
Joseph West
Marshall
E. R. West
Charley Hosmer
Hosmer
United States
New O1lana
Iur National Cemetery
Mississippi
Jackson Battle Ground
Seiu
Fayette
Turkey River
Ruefi Uullow
Hal ‘I.oe
McGregor
Diamond Joe
George H. Foster
Epworth College
Wm. H. Garner
Twombly
Ad Little Trenchmann
Qour
Lake Peosta
Eagle Point
Broadbeck
12Th Infantry
U.S
Pierce
Libby
C. A. Baldwin
Elgin Canning Co Begins 1908 Pack Amid Promising Start
Factory notes report the Elgin Canning Co starting production on Monday August 31 with corn of superior quality. Although late, output is expected to match last year’s pack as high water reduced acreage. About 200 workers are employed with more to be added as demand grows.
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Elgin Canning Co
Jory
Woodard
West Union
Miss Weaver
Dean
R. O. Woodard
Busy Miss Weaver Oversees Office Work At State Firm
Miss Weaver handles heavy office duties in a busy state firm. The plant shut Thursday for workers to visit the fair, yet she keeps a courteous air. The first 1908 canning season began Monday around 2 30 pm with 100000 cans stored. A large rattlesnake was killed in the factory yard by Superintendent Doan after a whirring noise alarmed him.
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Doan
Henry Hoelzer Sr Dead After Illness in Elgin
Henry Hoelzer Sr aged about sixty five died Tuesday after long illness. A Swiss immigrant who arrived in 1848, he was a mason by trade and longtime Elgin resident. Survived by a wife Elizabeth Schori and nine sons four daughters, with many relatives. Funeral at the German Baptist church at 2 this afternoon officiated by Rev. Draewel.
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Henry Hoelzer Sr
Switzerland
Elgin
Elizabeth Schori
German Baptist Church
Draewel
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America
Elgin Savings Bank
Gus Gunderson
Sam's Mosby
Cashier
M. E. Church Notes
Hi. Finney
Holstenson
Mel Kohler
Berg’s
Thoma Bros
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