Westfield Write ups Special Correspondence
Westfield society notes Christmas visits and illness in the area. Families from Sioux City Yankton and Charter Oak gather for holidays. Obituary of Mrs John Faust senior details eight children and extensive survivor list. Funeral at St Catharine church Akron cemetery. Reports of illness of H A Ervin and death of Jean Trometer and Uncle No Ri Hathaway. Girl Scouts and local families attend funerals in Sioux City and Westfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Misa Tulle
Johnson
Betsworths
Sioux ‘City
Richard Milner
Jean Trometer
No Ri “Hathaway
Sioux City
Trometer
Mr. Hathaway
Jean
Merrill
Girl Scouts of the
Hopkins ‘School
Sioux ’City
Milnerville Mention Covers Relapses and Visits
Special Correspondence notes Mrs. Carl Lindgren’s relapse delaying hospital release while Dorothy Trometer returns after a sister’s death. Visitors include Mrs. Hathaway and Mrs. Cassen as Akron farm inspection occurs. Milner family recovers and travels for Christmas. Jean Trometer’s death follows. weather hinders Christmas travel. Grandma Strizek recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lindgren
Dorothy Trometer
Akron
J. W. Milner
Isabel Wilson
C. K. James
Rapid City
Sioux City
W. H. Brownawell
Milner
Jean Trometer
Grandma Strizek
Union Creek News New Years Wake at Luther Hall
The Luther League of Union Creek church sponsors a New Years wake at Luther Hall on Saturday evening December 31 with a program and refreshments. Community notices include several local residents’ illness and recent holiday guests visiting families across the area.
CHATSWORTH CHATS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Christmas social news from Chatsworth with visits among Hendricks Jensen Evans and others. Families travel to Hawarden Akron Sioux City Sterling and Merrill while flu sweeps town. Mrs Kidd dies in Akron and the Jepsens host a 25 person Christmas dinner. Dalgliesh family shares Sunday dinner.
Ruble Rumblings Special Correspondence
A funeral for H. Scott in Akron drew many friends, noting Scott once lived near Ruble. Christmas visits included Jesse Kallsen with Albert Witt in Akron and Mrs. Harry Johnson with her children. Leora Laughton and pupils hosted a Friday Christmas program. Barths Miller and Moreheads hosted and visited Kamle Le Mars. Christmas guests included J. Miller and sons Bert, George, and Art Gronemeyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Scott
Akron
Scott
Ruble
Jesse Kallsen
Albert Witt
Harry Johnson
Barth Miller
Leora Laughton
Mildred
Clair Morehead
Christmas gatherings noted in Akron area
Mrs Tod Kalleen called from John Tappet home Monday afternoon amid flu illness. Abe Miller family spent Christmas with Henry Crow in Chatsworth. Ruth Mattinch of Sioux City visited her mother M M Marbach. Plymouth Presbyterian staged The Compromiser at Akron Christian Church Tuesday. Relatives celebrated Mrs B J Borchers' birthday Wednesday. Barth Miller and H O Buehres visited Rock Rapids on business. H O attended Otto Buehre funeral in Akron last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Sanford
C. E
Congregational Church
Philip van Vleck and Son
Sioux City
Anna Doyle
Edward
Tessie Doyle
Arthur ‘Tague
Yankton
Tra Maynard
Clara Chapman
Charter Oak
Iowa
Harry Chapman
Harry
Annie Chapman
A. A. Martin
Jefferson
Kingsley
Carol Lilly
Michael
Muncie
Ind
John
Ryan
Jackson
Nebr
Jas. Tracy, Jr
Hudson
H. A. Ervin
Laura Mills
Thos. Redmond
Akron
Catharine Beaubien
Alrity
Tod Kalléen
John Tappet
Abe Miller
Henry Crow
Chatsworth
Misa Ruth Mattinch
H ‘R
M. M. Marbach
Plymouth Presbyterian’ Church
J. Borchers
Hérman ‘Prerichs
Rock Rapids
H.O. ‘Buehre
Otto Buehre
H. ‘O. Buehre
Barth Miller
Premium corn show catalog for Farm and Home Week
The Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association issues a premium list and seed directory for the Ames corn show during Farm and Home Week February 6 to 10. The catalog includes high yielding seed varieties for direct purchase, state yield test results, and notes improved bushels per acre enabling more acres for legumes or soil building crops. Written requests for the premium list should go to Secretary Joe L. Robinson, Ames, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Ames
Joe L. Robinson
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Loss
Card of Thanks from John Faust and family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for assistance during illness and after the death of their wife and mother. They thank those who sent floral offerings and Father Roder and the choir for services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Roder
John Faust
Eccles Highway Board Considers State Aid Rules
In 1931 the council discusses speed limits and funding for state highways. Motéristé, peed by 10, is cited in relation to the board's duty to regulate road rates. The item notes up to date figures and potential amendments to existing statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameri
Egion
Bate ‘Iy. Council
Horselike minds puzzle readers in wartime safety notes
A fragment discusses a brainy horse that could answer questions by spelling and number work, likening it to German cases and noting experts who claimed similar feats. It urges readers to observe signs and traffic cues, promoting cautious, alert behavior and road safety awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prungst
Germany
Hans
Engst
Flight instruments reveal unusual temperature rise in ascent
A report from Olds Iowa notes instruments sent aloft at 7 am showed ground temperature at 11 degrees below zero rising to 11 degrees above near two miles up, then fluctuating with altitude. Ascent led to a peak temperature before the thermometer fell again toward seven miles up and then dropped to 78 below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hweté
Omaha
Mt. Ztoti
Towa
Neak ‘Reosatiqua
Hollis
Arnold
Aliea
Satin Point
C.H. Brown
Olds
Fragmentary notice on unrecovered instruments and rewards
The fragment mentions several instrument sets not yet recovered and a reward offer. It references Omaha and local officials or merchants. The text is garbled and scattered, but the core note concerns missing items and a possible incentive for recovery.
Chevrolet Unveils 1988 Line to Boost Employment Pace
Chevrolet publicly presents its 1988 model line highlighting strong economic impact with over 86 000 workers employed directly in factories and dealerships, plus 21 000 in Fisher body plants. The rollout features longer wheelbase models, No Draft ventilation, safer glass, enhanced engines, transmissions, and new dashboard instruments while keeping prices affordable. More than twenty million dollars worth of the new cars were in dealers’ hands at the national introduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
Fisher
Chevrolet Uys
America
Comany
Ithe
Gdent
Promes
General Motors Proving Ground
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Ray “A. Smith
Westfield
Ellen Bridget Welch
Greeley
Bert Hoffman
LeMars
Elmer Kapfer
Phil. Beaubien
Oscar Kapfer
Wm. Faust
John Welch
Sheldon
Wm. Welch
Pat Scanlan
St. Louis
Faust
St. Catharine's Church
Union ‘Creek News
The
Luther ‘League of the
Union Creek
Luther Hall
Elmer Hultgren
Olaf Ericson
Nintieth
Harmon Boyd
Madison
S. D
H. E. Bradley
Ed. Larson
Philip and
Kenneth
Philip
Mary Larson
Hannah Sehilberg
Wesley Heeren
Cross
Olaf T Ericson
Martin Ericson
John Ericson
Olivier Hultgren
Albert Anderson
Lois and
Bernice
Alve Ericson
George Adamson
Ronald
Clifford Johnson
Lawrence Ericson
Wm. Ericson
Wayne Waterman
John Hultgren
Robert Murphey
Lennox
Lake View
Wayne , Waterman
Chatsworth Chats
Chas. Hendricks
Levi Johnsen
Chris. Jensen
Alcester
Frank Evans
Hawarden
Fred Jensen
Belle Fourche
S. Jensen
Hank Frerichs
Ed. Johnson
Elk Point
Dolly
Hendricks
Dolly Johnson
Irma Johnson
Sterling
A. L. Bennett
Lavere Green
Barbara McFarlin
Flandreau
S. C
Lloyd Wheeler
McFarlin
Solomon Johnson
A.’ S. Kidd
Peter Jepsens
Dalgliesh
B. W. Dalgliesh
M. M. Talbott
F. J. Swanson
South Dakota
Klayer Bros
V. E. Rossow
L. E
Ine Oy
Register - Tribune
Settinng
Omaha Airpert
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