Elgin Notes Tell of Weddings, Travels and Canning Plant
Florence Borg and Florence Kohler return from Fayette. Local residents attend funerals, visits, and auctions while Elgin Canning Factory boosts corn pack as harvest peaks. Public notices, weather notes, and community events fill the column with names, travels, and small-town concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Cappera
Florence Borg
Florence Kohler
Fayette
Decorah
Berlin
Military ranks and wartime authority outlined in plain terms
The text explains military ranks from rookie to general, noting enlistment differences, and defines terms like rank and file. It details how officers are commissioned, how units are structured, and compares army and navy ranks. It also states that a future army law could abolish brigadier general and elevate colonels directly to major general under the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Jonel
Army
Navy
Dewey
Wilson
Eyary
Fort Snelling Trains Officers Across Generations
Old Fort Snelling in Minnesota hosts hundreds of men from Town and other states this summer to train as officers for the national army. The historic post, established in 1819, has long served as a camp of discipline from frontier militia to Civil War recruits and now to military leaders in modern conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Snelling
Minnesota
National Army
Marcus L. Hansen
State Historical Society of
Iowa
America
Told Fort Snelling
Negroes on Train Car Derailed Near Bloody Run Bridge
An extra car on passenger train No. 3 carrying several Black men derailed after a new brakeman mis-timed a switch near the Bloody Run bridge south of North McGregor. The car struck the east bridge side, injuring one man, but no others. Workers lifted the car by evening.
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Weibel Bros. Mill
Harnest Zaug
Will Zaug
Tda Benninger
Haywood
Wilson
Wallice Peters
Illyria
Peters
William Augustine
Center- Point
Rosa Reed Chas. Smith
St. Paul
Warren
George Kiple
Harley Helms
Elgin Canning Factory
North McGregor
McGregor
MecGregor. Times
Charles City resident predicts a severe winter
A longtime Charles City observer claims signs point to a harsh winter, with muskrat houses four feet under water and a longer, colder season ahead. He warned of earlier cold onset, more snow, and gray, cold days starting in November according to the local Intelligencer account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
Charles City
Charles
City Intelligencer
Nut harvest notes hazelnuts lead production this year
Nuts are down overall though hazelnuts stand as the largest producer in the region this season, according to local reports. The shorter supply affects markets and backyard growers alike as the crop outlook remains cautious through autumn.
Prohibition Amendment Drives Iowa Town Vote
A Payette County committee urges adoption of a prohibitory constitutional amendment. The appeal stresses saloon harms to health morals labor and business, urging residents to vote yes on October 15 to keep saloons out of town and preserve a saloonless state. It lists committee officers and numerous township signatories supporting the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payette County
Iowa
Otee
Towa
Mayette County
Wr. W. Dickman
Fayette
Carl Evans
Weat Union
E. H. Day
Payette
Thomas Smith
Ui Fyria
Chris Knos
Jefferson Township
FW. Stephenson
Oelwennt
Oelwein
Fred Howe
E.C. Belt
Dan Stohr
Oran
J. D. Shaffer
Pleasant Valley
Enterprising Office Boy Secures Reuters Early Subscriber
An anecdote from a foreign book recounts Baron de Reuter telling how his office boy rushed in with news of a visitor. The boy warned the founder of a gentleman first seen in London, leading to the early securing of Reuters’ prized subscriber. The tale ends noting the boy’s rise to secretary and director of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron de Reuter
London
Reuters
Bey
Youth's Companion
Great Faith in Chamberlain Colle AM Diarrhoea Remedy
Mrs W H Williams of Stanley writes of immediate relief for her father after diarrhoea using Chamberlain Colle and Diarrhoea Remedy. She states three doses cured him and expresses strong faith in the product. Sold by Stochr & Company.
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Chamberlain
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Ald Society
M. B
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Salem
Leslie
Fred Bauman
Madison
South Dakota
Albert Smith
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Fritz Reinhart
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Rebekah
Tyes
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Max
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Dunham Grove
Frank Gotch
Sumner Avenue
Thursay
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Humboldt Republiean
A.C. Anderson
Putnam Township
Thaddeus Derflinger
Scalt Township
F.C. Turner
Smithfield
Henry George
Uuloi
T. W. Potter
Weatfield Township
BE. H Estoy
Frank Morrison
Walter Beall
John G. Bopp
Windsor Township
Allan Foster
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Gome
Kodak
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the City Drug Store
Lucil
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Mateable
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W. J. Kohler
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