Lincoln Highway Movements Grow Across States
The Lincoln Highway idea shifts from government backing to private Detroit led efforts to build a transcontinental road from Atlantic to Pacific in memory of Abraham Lincoln. State demonstrations in Kansas and Missouri spur broader private campaigns for better highways as Edison predicts nationwide cement roads.
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Washington
Detroit
Atlantic
Pacific
Abraham Lincoln
Towa
Kansas
Missouri
Edison
Stewart Coventry Injured Near Wadena in Horse Accident
Stewart Coventry, a well known resident near Wadena, suffered a fall when riding a horse with only a halter. He slipped at a ditch, fracturing his hip and injuring his knee. He is confined to bed and improving. plans call for him to stay with Aug Holzer’s family when able to travel for recovery and resume farm duties.
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Stewart Coventry
Wadena
Alfred Holzer
Mabel
Aug
Holzer
Gruver Elected First Vice President of Road Masters
C H Gruver road master for Rock Island railroad based in Albert Lea Minn was elected first vice president at the Road Masters and Canada convention in Chicago Ill The recognition underscores his long fifteen year leadership of all Rock Island construction in the northwest His father and brother reside in town and friends celebrate his achievement with the Gruver family.
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C. H. Gruver
Rock Island Railroad
Albert Lea
Minn
America
Canada
Chicago
Ill
Gruver
Mr. Gruver
C. B. Gruver
Elwin Canning Co closes 1913 pack in three weeks
Factory closes operations for the year after assembling about 30,000 cases of corn. Elgin Canning Co. enjoyed a prosperous season with high quality goods though the pack was smaller than usual. Separately, skirt fashion hints in Toledo and New York predict slimmer hems and knee slits, sparking talk of changing decency norms.
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Elwin Canning Company
Elgin Canning Co
Toledo
New York
School Notes From Local District Report
Hazel and Edith Frieden returned Monday evening from West Bend. Enrollments include Eighth grade fifteen and Seventh grade seventeen, with freshman fifteen and senior three. A new pump platform and cement walk are being built on the east side. The flag pole, eighty feet high, will be placed when weather allows. Florence Berg returned from Lake Superior cottage and re entered school. Myrtle Neuenschwander and Helena Meyer are taking eighth grade review. The building shows better condition with new ceilings and paint. Opened Sept 15 with large enrollment totaling 172 across Ingh grammar and primary levels.
West Union notes and social updates from county paper
Mrs QO N Zoller and daughter Maude visited relatives in Oelwein while Amhy Washburn returned from Newport News. Elizabeth Crawford came home from six weeks in Ohio. Mrs Herwig moved home after being treated in Oelwein hospital following last week’s wreck. Mr and Mrs Chas Kohler hosted visitors near Frog Hollow. Laura Thomas arrived from Los Angeles bringing greetings to West Union residents. Local tailor J QO Euwine promotes fall lines with 33 years in business and guaranteed fit.
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QO. N. Zoller
Miss Maude
Oelwein
Amhy Washburn
Newport Wash
Elizabeth Crawford
Ohio
Herwig
Pattizan
Carl Kohler
Little Son
Waterloo
Chas
Kohler
Frog Hollow
Emma Hancock
Miss Hobson
Rue Barnes
Mississippi
Laura
Thomas
Los Angeles
Weat
J. QO. Euwine
West Union
Iowa
Elkader Notes of School, Travel, and Local Life
Elkader public schools opened with enrollment over 250. Residents visited St Olaf and St Paul, traveled to North Dakota, Vancouver and the Philippines for work, and attended the Minnesota State Fair. A Marion Register note recounts a real estate suit hinging on advertising. A new school law requires sixteen weeks of attendance and raises the age limit to sixteen. Rising living costs are joked about with a lamp to automobile comparison.
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Elkader
Henry Wolf
St. Olaf
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the Elgin Savings: Bank
Elgin, Iowa
Gus ‘Gunderson
Sam’l Mosby
Cashier
C. L. Freiburghaus
Mackinaw Coats
Max Thoma, Elgin
Hazel
Edith Frieden
West Bend
Afteen
Florence Berg
Berg
Lake Superior
Myrtle Neuenschwander
Randalia
Helena Meyer
Lillian Freiburghans
Ingh
R. C. Funk
Omaha
L. L. Ainsworth
Fred White
North Yakima
St. Paul
Winthrop
Jos
Citizens’ State Bank
Jacob Eggiman
North Dakota
Christ Aoug
Highland Township
J.J. Boland
Paul
Armstrong
Town
Victor Hagensick
la Crosse
Matt Leuchtenbacher
Wm. Barske
Minnesota
Will Beer
Vancouver
B. C
Philippine Islands
Beer
Marion Register
Kosdnay Fk
F.R. Berg & Co
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