Grover buys farm house and invites new home facing town
Long Elgin notes include John Grover purchasing the John Boleyn property in the west part of town and renovating with a new roof and fresh interior. Other items note visits from Mrs Ed Bucher and her daughter, a nurse homecoming, a pig missing, and local market mentions including Weibel Bros. Mill and capper products. Community updates report picnics for Miss Lillian Patterson, plant sales, and farmers discussing crop conditions and canning plans as weather turns colder.
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Elginst
Capper
Bila Lehman
Cedar Rapids
Elmer Gage
Elgin
Iowa
Ed. Bucher
Josephine
Carthage
Missouri
Gus A. Stoshr
Weibel Bros. Mill
John Grover
John Boleyn
Grover
Lillian Patterson
Lillian
Rosa Reed
J. S. Phillips
Leota
Forest Welch
Minnnesota
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Phillips
Wilmont
South Dakota
Enterprise
Luther Burbank
Russia
Europe
Asia
China
Texas
Germany
California
Italy
France
British Isles
Norway
Patriotic Meeting Honors Local Valor in Wadena
A large gathering in Wadena honored local youths called to service with a Monday night program in the opera house. Speakers included J D Shaffer and Rev J S Moore, with music by Shaffer's Drum Corps and a patriotic mood echoed by veterans and residents. Ice cream and social time followed as the community celebrated the American spirit and the boys’ impending Camp Dodge training.
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Wadena
Camp Dodge
Shaffer
Opera House
J. D. Shaffer
Elgin
Messrs.Warnecke
Schmidt
Maynard
J. S. Moore
Corbin
M. J. Monnahan
Perry Medberry
Illyria
Ernest Tripp
Frank Poor
Willard McGee
Fred Billman
Warren Joyce
Rudy Crandall
New Kind of Graft in Town Sunday Foretold
A NW town encounters a spurious charity beggar who strikes during church beneditions, pins his relatives’ address on his coat, and claims a dying fit to summon sympathy. He recovers and extorts about $20 weekly from attendees before moving on to another town for another “fit,” reported by Ossian Bee.
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Ossian
War Picture at Clermont Opera House
Red Cross film Somewhere in France to be shown at Clermont Opera House Friday night September 24 at 8 o clock. Proceeds benefit Clermont Red Cross branch. Admission 10 and 20 cents. All war supporters urged to attend.
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France
Red Cross Society
Clermont Opera House
Red Cross
Clermont
Savings Bank Statement From Fayette County Bank
Elgin Savings Bank report lists assets including bills bonds and debts totaling about 201,818.17 with coins and vault holdings. liabilities show total deposits of 1,650,046.80 and capital stock. signatures of Gus Gunderson, president, and Samuel Mosby, cashier, sworn before Notary Public on December 10.
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Migit Savings Bank
Ipeen OE
Gin
Tayette
Paris
Bank Officials Swear to 1917 Financial Statement
State of Iowa Fayette County bank officers L. J. Groth and B. J. Baumgartner certify the bank's assets and liabilities as correct for the date, asserting assets are genuine and no part of the assets has been loaned for exhibition, sworn before a notary on September 17, 1917.
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Fayette County
Gus Guuerson
Samuel Mosby
Gus Galvenson
Samurl Mosny
Caghier
Gus Gunderson
Tmo Somro
Grorn
Cashier
Bent. Bausoanrngn
Ass't
L. J. Grove
B. J. Bausgantyen
Beal
Taeq Beach
For Sale Ten Acres to West of Elgin with House and Buildings
Property advertises ten acres in west Elgin with brick house large barn silo corn crib granary garage machine shed chicken hog houses and other buildings. Modern and conveniently arranged with four sturdy exterior walls, priced for quick sale. For details contact Arnold Bauman Elgin Illinois.
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Elgin
Arnold Bauman
Hlgin
Experience Proves Chamberlain Cough Remedy Reliable
The piece extols learning from many to supplement personal experience and cites thousands who used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds with prompt, effective, and pleasant results. Sold by Stoehr & Co.
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Stoehr & Co
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F. R. Berg
Fred Bauman
Madison
Frank Miller
John Falk
George Vaughn
Mason City
McDonald
Waverly
Ernest KR. Moore
Knollwood
Weibel Brothers
Hans Kelser
Waterloo
Wesley Miller
Clermont-West Union Road
Tad Conner
Des Moines
Roy
Nelson
West Union
Sam
Washington
Clayton County
National Army
Martin, Leuchtenmacher
Don Sutter
Martin Minnihan
George Landsgaard
Alfred Mart
Louis West
Army
Navy
John Waldron
Here
John Smith
Our Lawn
Ed Koller
Hiyria
Kohler
Smith
Rosa
Chicago
Wallace
Elgin Savings Bank
Tan
Cmrek Ee Rere
Citizens’ State Bank
Fayette
Sptember
EE Soos
Tog
National Bruk
Totil Assets Phot
Aepette Pulmettis
Wah
State OF
the City Drug Store
Elgin, Iowa
Nemes Copyright
Hart Schatiner & Marx
Sucil
Hart, Suafpner and
Marx Clutiies
South Bend
W. J. Kohler
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