Far-Flung Fayette County Notes And Local Happenings
Oelwein visits and fairs loom as neighbors arrive for visits. Bees for sale with 16 swarms offered. Beings from Forest City and West Union travel for fairs. Livestock losses from lightning and heat noted while horses fetch high prices in Grundy Center. A Democratic committeeman resigns amid party tensions. A burglar flees a Baldwin home as a gunless town cautions. A rattlesnake bite remedy is shared involving kerosene oil and salt poultice.
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Anderson
Forest City
Alma . Reichert
Glidden
al. Schori
John Mneuenswander
Fayette
Saque
Bixteen
Elgin
M. W. Eastman
Mesdames C
Kniel
Fred G. Gehring
West Union
Grundy Center
Charles A. Walsh
Iowa
National Democratic Committee
Taggart
Walsh
Glen Kinney
Murdo
N. Dak
L. M. Baldwin
Sargad Avenue
Dealwein Register
Pleasant Valley caucus to select delegates and officers
The Republicans of Pleasant Valley township hold a caucus at H T Knudtson’s implement office on Saturday September 8 at 8:00 pm to choose eight delegates for the county convention in West Union on Monday September 10 and to nominate township officers including two Justices of the Peace two Constables two Trustees a Township Clerk and one Assessor plus other business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley Township
H. T. Knudtson
West Union
Elgin
Communitton
Maud Muller tale and band serenade spark small town lore
A quirk filled page features a comical chase with Maud Muller and benzin cart misadventure, a mule, and the line Dont steal the girl go ask her dad. It also notes wives of two musicians meeting in the street with a triplet bearing mother and a town band serenade and a racy misquote about Three Little Maids from School. The Sextette from Lucia is referenced as the band’s choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Muller
Maud
Jane
Floro Dora
Elgin Crowd Attends Corn Busking Amid Weather Notes
A large Elgin crowd gathered Monday as corn season looms and forecasts call for frost soon. Includes civic notes on a Republican caucus, travel to Strawberry Point, and local ads. Reports on Miss Annie Benson visiting relatives, Mae Watson returning to Platte, and Vermont governor election results. Also mentions Cedar Rapids Carnival dates, Elgin Canning Company progress, and a Kansas City shooting incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Benson
Strawberry Point
Cedar Rapids
Mae Watson
Leslie Copley
Platte
Dakota
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Thedford
Holzer
Sam, Greenly
City Drayman
I. Schori&Sons
ER. W. Markham
Clermont
Lowa
L. S. Hutchinson
Postoffice Bldg
Will Lewis
Oelwein
W. Schmidt
Communia Insurance Company
Frank Boyle
Iroquois
Dak
Fayette County
Postville Review
Fort Dodge
Ace Miller
New York
William Iig
W. J. Bryan
Methodist Episcopal Church
Upper Iowans University
Epworth
Murry Nickelson
Calmar
Frank Seaver
Trude
Postville
Hans Graether
Lima
F. A. Conner
Isaac Monaahan
Wisconsin Land Co
N. W. Eastman
J. R. Shutt
America
Grant Grover
Decorah
Colorado
Ed. Andrews
Andrews Opera Co
Oregon
Knudtson
Winnipeg
Rev. Schunke
J. D. Shatter
Iowa Ceneral Assembly
Hoe
Battling Nelson
Jon Gans
Goldfield
Nevada
Gans
Elvin Farmers’ Dairy Co
Halver Knudtson
Lehman
Indianapolis
Ind
Tofield
Draynin Greanley
Wiltains
Lailister Lumber Co
O.K
Lopr
Berg's Clothing Store
Thoma Bros
Fred Ernst
Deire
Fayottet County
Gue
Union
St Orogy
Fletcher D. Proctor
United States
Proctor
Vermont
Percival W. Clement
Bouo
Kansas City
Chixix
Elgin Canning Company
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