Social Circle Meeting and Sunday Visits Reported
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Peterson and children spent Sunday evening at the Freeman Radabaugh home. Alice Brande and Alice Fisher of Iowa Falls visited the J. W. Brande family. The Social Circle met at Mrs. Oscar Peterson’s home on April 16. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hutchinson and children Gordon and Mary Lou called at the Brassfield Smith home Sunday afternoon. J. F. Goodman of Webster City also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Peterson
Freeman Radabaugh
Alice Brande
Alice Fisher
Iowa Falls
J.W. Brande
Edw. Peet
Elmer Hutchinson
Gordon
Mary Lou
Brassfield-Smith
J. F. Goodman
Webster City
Visits and social calls listed in local notes
The passage lists multiple visits and calls across towns. Clyde Goodman hosted in his son’s home from Tuesday to Sunday. The Ford Land home in Iowa Falls hosted Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Peterson with Lydia and Verner on Sunday. J. W. Brande and L Dora Brande were business callers in Eldora Tuesday. Dean Cox, staying with Frank Smith’s family, spent Sunday with his parents Hill and Mrs. Cox. Reba Cox Olive Peet and Lydia Peterson helped serve at a dinner for the school board wives and faculty. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brande and Mrs. L Dora Brande visited Floyd Kidd’s home in Latimer one day last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Goodman
F. H. Peterson
Lydia
Verner
Ford Land
Iowa Falls
J. W
Ldora Brande
Eldora
Dean Cox
Frank Smith
Hill Cox
Reba Cox
Olive Peet
Lydia Peterson
J. W. Brande
L. Dora Brande
Floyd Kidd
Latimer
Funeral for Mrs. August Duden in Salem
Funeral services were held last Friday at Williams for Mrs. August Duden who died Wednesday morning at Ellsworth hospital after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband and two small children. The John Kreamer family and several locals visited various homes over the weekend and week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
August Duden
Ellsworth Hospital
John Kreamer
Everett Connelly
Margaret Collins
Town Falls
Ralph Collins
Albert
Clarence Lar
Albert Tordoff
Henry Tordoff
Alden
Freeman Radabaugh
Elizabeth Watt
Fred Burns
Mesdames Hilko
Isaac Tlarks
Ackley
John Tjarks
Buckeye Community Notes and Local Events Snapshot
Mrs Harold VanPatter is ill this week with her mother Mrs Dan Munson visiting. Vivian Rodgers stayed with Mrs Albers Peglow last week. A lodge hall dance occurred Friday night. Everett Reynolds family returned to Des Moines after visiting A E Reynolds. School board met midweek at the schoolhouse. Helen Wadd visited Forest City with parents and brother from Waseca Minn. Margaret England of Jewell visited Gretchen Ruby. A birthday party honored Mardelle Scott 11 and Maxine Scott 5 with family and friends attending. Visitors included Helen Loris Moore Alice Rastetter Clara Rastetter Ruth Bertog Ardith Lettow Norma Reynolds Ethel Janke Katherine Walker Barbara Madole and others. George Cooper, Mary Luttschwager aunt to Martin Schultz, and George Bentz visited from Clone SD. left for Montour Saturday. Damon Siefken spent weekend in Minnesota. Walther League met Sunday. Mr and Mrs George Raska who wed at Nashua will move into Nel lie VanPatter’s house. Juniors and Seniors hosted a High school party Friday night. Alden beat Buckeye 7 to 6 in first ball game of the season Friday afternoon. Book reports were due Friday and Commercial Geography class submitted reports Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold VanPatter
Dan Munson
Vivian Rodgers
Albers Peglow
Lodge Hall
Everett Reynolds
Des Moines
A. E. Reynolds
Helen Wadd
Forest City
Alfred Wadd
Waseca
Minnesota
Margaret England
Jewell
Gretchen Ruby
Mardelle
Maxine
Scott
Helen and
Loris Moore
Alice
Clara Rastetter
Ruth Bertog
Ardith Lettow
Norma Reynolds
Ethel Janke
Katherine Walker
Barbara Madole
Ernest Winter
Otto Bergeson
John Dass
George Cooper
George Bentz
Martin Schultz
Clone
South Dakota
Buckeye
Mary Luttschwager
Bentz
Cooper
Montour
Damon Siefken
Walther League
George Raska
Little Brown
Nashua
Nellie VanPatter
Alden
George ‘Gorman
District No. 3
J. Lutz
Mr. Olson
Dick Davenport
Darrell Lou
Grover Petrie
Alice Akers
Marie Chistensen
Winifred Osborne
Frank Allen
Near Hampton
Folk
Laura Petrie
Vivian
W. Holt
L L. Rogers
Fred Truay
Bristow
Martha Atkinson
Marie Gauger
Hampton
W E. Rogers
Local social notes list weekend visits and visits in Cedar Rapids
Southeast Alden reports Homer Calkins spent last weekend with Miss Rosetta Linton at Cedar Rapids. Mrs Eva Christen, Miss Margaret Christen, and Fay Lamb made a business trip to Klemme on Saturday. Mr and Mrs McCalla of St Joseph Michigan had Friday supper with the Rasmussen family. Carol Joan Smith visited Thursday evening with her grandparents Mr and Mrs A Armstrong. Marjorie Ridout spent Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Calkins
Rosetta Linton
Cedar Rapids
Eva
Margaret Christensen
Fay Lamb
Klemme
Mrs. McCalla
St. Joseph Michigan
Rasmussen
Carol Joan Smith
Mrs. A. Armstrong
Marjorie Ridout
Evening With Margaret Christensen and Local Socials
Mr and Mrs Henry Fritzmeier and family spent Sunday in Hubbard Johanna Heinzeroth works in a beauty shop in Iowa Falls Mr and Mrs Henry Christensen and family and Mrs Warman spent Sunday at Earl Bolden home in Dows Hackbarth children are quite ill Mr and Mrs Emerson Calkins visited the A R Calkins home on Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Christensen
Henry Fritzmeier
Hubbard
Johanna Heinzeroth
Iowa Falls
Henry Christensen
Warman
Earl Bolden
Dows
Hackbarth
Community Socials and Illness Across Local Homes
A sequence of weekend and weekday visits with neighbors and relatives in St. Joseph Michigan and nearby towns is detailed. Families including the McCallas, Rushes, Rasmussons, Harkemas, and Sharars share dinners and suppers, while illnesses such as flu affect Betty Esslinger. Other notes mention shoppers, guests, and extended family visits to the Heinzeroths and Barhites, with Marvin Alverson and Fred Sharar activity.
Popejoy News Social Roundup Mixed in Iowa Town
George Gorman and Stewart Ulrich visited and handled errands in nearby communities. Dinners and basket socials occurred at J W Fisher home and Wini fred Osborne's school with local families and pupils involved. Esther Meyer and her pupil from Hartwick placed first at a spelling contest in Poweshiek county, and several local residents visited relatives in Des Moines and nearby towns.
Fastest Job in the City Tells a Tramp Tale
A brief in The Good Hardware magazine describes a tramp claiming to have the fastest job in the city. He asks if readers know the man who taps train axles to check their condition and explains, I help him listen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Hardware Magazine
Looking Backward in Alden Town Notices
Irving Lawton buys his father’s residence in Alden South and plans occupancy after May 1. Reiter resumes charge of the local movie theatre. Mrs Maude Watson moves to the Fiske residence in the south part. W J Donelson buys J N Birdsall property and will take possession soon. Dr T H Hurst buys partner’s share in the Fort Dodge dental practice. Dr Cady travels to Harris to attend affairs. Mr and Mrs W J Attwooll return from wintering in Florida and Cuba. Contractors remodel the State Bank building. B B Pritchard learns his brother Chas’s wife at Buffalo Center is ill. Mrs A C Martin learns her father Geo Williams suffered a stroke last month. Twenty years ago note lists Alden residents and town facts including 744 people in 1911 and local moves, deaths, teaching posts, and more. Irwin Johnson learns printer’s trade at Times office. Hanford Gay and Harry Brotherton of Wilton Conn visit Alden. Dr W H Lewis of Hotchkiss Colo hospitalizes in Denver with blood poisoning. Mikle Souschone injures a dynamite cap while working for Otto Valve. Fred Lawton, rheumatism confinement, now active. Alden friends of Jerry Holland learn he has a good position at Dunlap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Lawton
R. P. Reiter
Harris
W. J. Attwooll
Florida
Cuba
State Bank
B. B. Pritchard
Chas
Buffalo Center
A. C. Martin
Geo Williams
Cc. I. M. Christian
Alden
Ed Neubauer
Palmer Barber Shop
LaPorte City
Lucia Benshoof
J. C. Detton
John Watson
Willie
Bessie
Alden Congregational notes and local church events
Congregational notes list 10:00 Sunday school and 11:00 preaching at Alden church. A 3:00 Young Peoples conference in Iowa Falls. Friday April 17 a three act play Crafty Grandpa to be staged with 25 and 15 cent admission. Lutheran services April 18 and 26 with German and English services and a visiting Rev. Hesse. Methodist services follow usual times with morning topic The Circumference and evening An Ancient Agnostic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples’ Conference
Congregational Church
Iowa Falls
Congregational Church of
Alden
Young Peoples
Hesse
Eldora Circuit
Bilis
Short jabs on work, women, and craft in Alden
A clipped, witty lament on business load, Einstein’s arithmetic, farming gains, ants, romance, and industrial design. The piece muses about why a genius does not aid farmers, wonders about ants in winter, notes shifting marriage trends, and jokes about car upholstery matching garage greases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Einstein
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Che Alden Times
C. W. Sheaffer
Town
Northwest Alden News
McMillen Oil Co
Missouri River
Chicago & North Western Railway
Lavaliers
Salem News
Mrs. Emerson Calkins
A. R. Calkins
South Alden News
Earl McCalla
Herald Rush
St. Joseph
Michigan
Leslie Rasmusson
Henry Harkema
E. Rasmusson
Clarence Barhite
Des’ Moines
Charles Lentz
Bert Kellum
Fern
Catlin
Fred Sharar
Charley Lyon
Anton Christianson
Ackerman
Betty Esslinger
Frances
Ray
Orlan
Wayne Hall
New Providence
Glenn Sharar
Lloyd Hurd
Popejoy
Ole Olson
John Heinzeroth
Marvin Alverson
Glen Sharar
Francis
Orlan Rasmusson
Phyllis Barhite
Freda Heinzeroth
Paul Heinzeroth
Gus Neuenfeldt
Ledyard
Floyd Barhite J
Beverly Ann Harkema
Popejoy News
Central States
Peet
Iowa
Pleetric Company
White & Ackerman
Popejoy, Iowa
Jurgensen
Alden, Iowa
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