Elgin College Students Leave for Various Schools
A group of Elgin youths departed for distant schools this week. Georgia Stoehr and Edith Keiser left Monday and Tuesday for the State Normal at Cedar Falls. Robert Earle returns to the State University at Iowa City to study electrical engineering. Francee Hadd Fred Hanson attend Cedar Rapids business college. Florence Berg will attend the U S A at Fayette. Harry Nicklaus has not chosen a school. Will Wenger leaves for Chicago to study veterinary surgery. Lydia and Fern Kerr depart for Cedar Falls to continue at the State Normal. Others may follow, with plans not yet learned. The men may err in faults but do not kiss each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Stoehr
Edith Keiser
Statef Normal
Cedar Falls
Robert Earle
State University
Iowa City
Francee Hadd
Fred Hanson
Cedar Rapids
Business
Florence Berg
Fayette
Harry Nicklaus
Will Wenger
Chicago
Lydia
Fern Kerr
Cedar Falle
State Normal
Iefo
Elgin Iowa Council Proceedings September 6 1915
The Elgin Iowa council met in regular session with Mayor Benson and councilmen Gehring Barrington Phillips and Weibel present. Minutes approved. Bills allowed including light labor pipe rent and dues. A motion instructed the street commissioner to place hitching posts on the south side of the Fred Muehlenthaler property. Council adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Iowa
Benson
Gehring
Barrington Phillips
Weibel
Harrington Phillips
C. Miller & Sons
Hugh Patterson
Frank Gehring
L. H. Oswald
R. L. DeSart
Kniel
Geo White
I. L. Harrington
Elgin Opera House
League of Municipalities
Fred Muehlenthaler
V Council
School opens with growing enrollments and new equipment
The Monday opening shows 47 pupils in the high room led by Principal J. H. Williams and Miss Caro Line LaGrange, with 27 in grammar and intermediate rooms. Domestic science receives four double burners, a two burner oven, six tables, and integrated storage as plans extend to manual training. The article urges extensive education and continued opportunities for learning, calling on parents to value reading and thinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prin. J. H. Williams
Caroline LaGrange
Lizzie Lyons
Ametia Etter
Flovsie Capper
Ida Leech
Martha Halverson
J. H. Williams
Berg and Kohler File Charge Against Transient Merchant
Berg and Kohler filed in formation with city authorities against one lI, BH, Kahlis for violating the transient merchant ordinance. The hearing was set in Mayor Benson's court for Saturday at one o'clock with witnesses subpoenaed. The case settled before trial with city attorney Belknap and defense counsel Ainsworth representing their sides.
In Memory Hackmann and Larson Obituaries
Obituary notices recount Auguste Meier Hackmann born 1888 in Kaentorf Germany her emigration to America in 1896 and long Elgin farming life. She died Sept 12 after illness aged 15. Also Jorgrim Larson Bilden born 1826 Norway emigrated 1851 with eleven children, died Sept 10. Funeral details at German Baptist and Clermont Norwegian Lutheran churches. Survivors listed with family kin.
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Aucuste Meier Hackmann
Auguste Meier Hackmann
Kaentorf
Hanover
Germany
Gottlieb Hackmann
Carl
Hermann
Henry
Gustav
America
Racine
Wisconsin
Elgin
Kansas
German Baptist Church
Wedel
Serman
J. F. Miller
Jorgrim Larson Bilden
Norway
la Fayette County
Mitchell County
Iowa
Claustin
Clayton County
Clermont
Reat
Canning Company Anticipates Start After Delays
The Canning Company expects to begin canning corn by Monday as rains delay harvest. Farmers have not entered fields due to ongoing rainfall, allowing corn to ripen a few more days before processing starts.
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Canning Company
Shoes for sale notice with cobbler services offered
A notice clarifies that customers need not buy shoes when visiting the cobbler Atserv Happ. It invites bringing any mending work and mentions seeing Charlie Chaplin at the movies at the opera house Saturday night.
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Atserv Happ
Charlie Chaplin
Opera House
Global wedding unites Iowa and Saskatchewan couple at Montauk
Miss Lucy Appelman Meyer of Elkader marries Dewey Alexander Stringer of Regina Saskatchewan at the Montauk home of Mrs. William Larrabee Clermont Fayette County. Ceremony by President Cooper Upper Iowa University with double ring rite. One hundred guests attend as bridal party and family share a grand ethical celebration. The couple will reside in Regina Canada.
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William Larrabee
Montauk
Clermont
Green Hills
Fayette County
Canada
Europe
Lucy Appelman Meyer
Elkader
Iowa
Dewey Alexander Stringer
Regina
Saskatchewan
Brussels Point
Miss Meyer
Amy Jo Donlon
Elcader
May Gifford
Elizabeth George
Monticello
Helen Grotewohl
Hartley
Helen Joy Appelman
Killarney
Leland Grotewohl
F. McClelland
Cedar Rapids
Mendelssohn
Stringer
Mason City Times
Miss Nelle Kiple Begins First School Term
Miss Nelle Kiple started her first term in Brackin district on Monday. She is described as a diligent pupil and is expected to find success in her future as a teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelle Kiple
Miss Kiple
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Elgin Savings Bank
Gus Gunderson
Sam's Mosby
United States
Max Thoma
Towa
Elgin's College
Council Proceedings
Bilden
Gorres Hackmann
Carl Hagkmann
FamMiny
Citizens’ State Bank
Earn Schori
Pres. C
F. Becker
Cashier
Adam Boleyn
Panis
Lowa
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