Berg's new line and local notices in Elgin
Local Elgin news highlights Berg’s shift to men’s oxfords and dress shoes as he sells remaining stock. Community updates include visits from residents in Elkader, St Ansgar, Clermont, Eagle Grove, Monticello, and Blunt, plus shipments of Tom Barron White Leghorn cockerels from Catforth, England and a new furnace installation at the Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berg
Cleve Erhardt
Tom Barron
Catforth
England
Baptist Church Notes for September and October
Baptist Church notes list Sunday English services at 10 a m and 8 p m with a 11 a m Sunday School, 7 30 p m B Y P U prayer meeting, and a Thursday prayer meeting. Association meets at Victor Oct 2 8 p m through Oct 4. Ladies Aid meets Oct 10 at Jake Schaer home. Heat from new furnaces expected by next Sunday. Revival meetings planned in October. Pastor Ph Lauer invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Lehman
Baptist Church
Victor
Ladies’ Aid Society
Jake Schaer
Queen Bather
Ph. Lauer
Rev Starr to Preach Last Sermon Here Sunday
Rev E J Starr will deliver the final sermons for his Elgin and Illyria pastorate next Sunday morning in Elgin at 10 o clock and in Illyria at 1116. Rev J J Snyder, seven years at Beaman, is assigned to the Elgin Illyria charge and will likely arrive by Tuesday. The community is urged to extend a cordial welcome to Dr Snyder and to the churches and families of Elgin and Illyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Starr
Upper Town
Geneseo
E. J. Starr
Elgin and
Illyria
Elgin
Ilyria
J. J. Snyder
Beaman
Elgin-Illyria
Snyder
Franc DeSart
Turkey
Maynard
Obituary of Fred Reitz from Fayette County
Fred Reitz son of Mr and Mrs John Reitz was born in Ohio in 1852 He moved as a child to Fayette county where his farms later came under Ben Hofer ownership He married Rose Kohler and had three children John deceased Mollie Hofer deceased and Mrs Robert Lehman the latter surviving him He died September 14 at age 76 after strokes and gangrene his funeral was at the Apostolic church with Edward Grimm of La Grange Missouri preaching He was a respected neighbor between obituaries other local notes mention trade wants and a new baby born September 20
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Reitz
John Reitz
Ohio
Fayette County
Ben Hofer
Switzerland
Mr. Reitz
Rose Kohler
John
Mollie
Robert Lehman
the Apostolic Church
Edward Grimm
la Grange
Missouri
Reitz
Will Notice Will of Fred Reitz Heard in Probate
Statewide district court in Fayette County will hear on October 27 1928 the will claimed to be the last will of Fred Reitz deceased with admission to probate to be requested. West Union Iowa dated September 71st 1928. Edgar A. Traeger clerk. Local notices mix in with ads and community items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Fayette County
Fred Reitz
District Court
West Union
Edgar A. Traeger
New H. S. M. Suits Sell Strong at Berg Store
It is getting colder, a good time to talk Clothes with Berg. Mr. and Mrs. Honé Keiser and Mrs. Claude Husinga and son were dinner guesta Monday evening of Mr. and Mrs. John Falk. The new darker H. S. M. suits are selling strong with Berg. Frances Skarshoug and Merle Camerer, of Oto, were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Morris at Marquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Fothergill
Monticello
Elgin
C. 0. Fothergill
J. D. Shaffer
Claude Husinga
Paul
Aplington
Hans Keiser
Berg
Honé Keiser
John Falk
Frances Skarshoug
Merle Camerer
Oto
Mrs. E. L. Morris
Marquette
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Oxford
L. 8 Hutchinson
Wentiat
Fred Gordon
St. Ansgar
Florence Berg
Wm. Walther
Leo
Elkader
Sherman Switzer
Dexter
C. J. and
I. L. Harrington
George Falk and
Daugghter
Lime Springs
N. P. Kerr
Henry Erickson
Clermont
P. Larson and Son
Clarence Ulstad
Eagle Grove
Henry Vellersyen
Dan Garber
Elmer
Verna
Lillian
Dan
Blunt, South Dakota
Joe V. Schneider
Max Thoma
George Vaughn
Waterloo
Clifton Kiple
W. L. Carter
Miles
C. J
J. ‘L. Harrington
Wm. Zaugg
West Bend
Fred, Reitz
Christen Bros
Lewy Fet
of Glover Make
Brighton - Carlsbad
Allen A
Elgin, Iowa
Berg’s
E. L. Morris
Albert Erickson
Sheverman
Mrs. Kjosa
Christina Tollefson
John Hellum
U. S
Echo
Will
Reuben Lehman
Edna Bopp
Elsie Smith
Hazel Gehring
Josephine Kniel
Victor Ege
Blackhawk
Ful-O-Pep
Weibel Mill Co
Florance Berg
Falla
F. R. Berg
Walter Kohler
Walter Dummermuth
Chicago
Feller’s Hardware
West Elgin
Schumacher
Car
Weibel Mill Cn
Geo. H. Gale
Pleasant St
Torkelson Bros
Wearwell
Kohler’s Store
the Echo
Hammermill
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