Cheery Valley News Social Notes From Friederich and Neighbors
Cheery Valley News lists residents visiting relatives and helping with chores. Niema Schupbach visits Marquette family. Adolph Hanson home near Volga hosts papering. many local names attend gatherings, dinners, and Sunday visits. Several households host guests from Janesville, Elgin, Elkader, and nearby farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Friederich
Emberch
Niema Schupbach
Marquette
Albert Schupbach
Ruth Schupbach
Elgin
Joe
Will
Elva Lerch
G. Friederich
Harry Palmer
Janesville
Wis
Local Visitors and Gatherings Rumor from Wart Union Area
Mrs Rosa Baningattnes and families from Wart Union hosted and visited neighbors including Mr Jerome Yearous Ray Kingman and Albert Kingman over the weekend. Several residents spent evenings at friends homes while quilting and shared dinners with the Christen and Hanson families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Baningattnes
Wart Union
Jérome Yearous
Ray Kingman
Albert Kingman
Martin Hanson
Fred Batikofer
Johnnie Friederich
Emil Moor
Reuben
Betty
Junior Christen
Jake Kurth
Elmer Knudtson
Fred. Butikofer
George Christen
Frank Christen
L. Christen
Illyria Area News Highlights Social Exchanges
A crowded sequence of visits and gatherings marks this week in Illyria and nearby towns. Many residents, including Bernice Lembke and her relatives, hosted and attended rock parties, family meals, and church or school events amid Easter travel and spring chores. The notes cover neighborly calls, visitors from Iowa City and Elgin, and school notes from District No. 2 with achievements and a Good Friday picnic program. The piece ends by noting a planned U.S. Highway 65 upgrade to U.S. Highway 52, tying the region to a broader national roadway project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Shaffer
Wadena
Floyd Ernst
Iowa City
Nancy Ernst Gertrude Miller
Elgin
Ruth Roethlisberger
Ella Foxwell
Leo Donahue
Nevada
Grace Foxwell
Allen Foster
Arlington
Florence Thoman
My. Cilla Baldwin
Near Elgin
Roy ‘French
Fred Wenger
Emmetsburg
C. Wenger
Harlow Chapman
Lamont
Walter Rothlisberger
Lulu Rothlisberger
Earl
Norma Robbins
Jerome Yarous
Mia
Lena
Hunsberger
Surkday
Verle
Ardis
Phyllis
Evelyn Ears
Gottfred Frieden
Clara Muchtenthaler
Rex “Medberry
Ray Klingman
Norma ‘Robins
Coronel
Roethlisberger
Roy French
Cilla Baldwin
Herbert Ash
West Union
May
Walter.Ash
Near
Ed Medberry
Dora Lee
Alton Medberry
Ida
Marie
Clarence Hofer
Oak Grove
Albert Dennler
Jim’ Yearons
Walters Rothlisberger
John Rothlisberger
Will Carter
Howard Shaffer
Elin
Albert Schupbach
Ruth
Lena Schupbach
Rose Friederich
Albert Butikofer
Cheery Valley
George Butikofer
Nettie Fischer
West Union High School
Helen Dennler
Opal Dennler
Sede Ea Ie
Kathleen Yearous
Donna ‘Lou
Dora Lee Medberry
Rob
Wilson and Sons
D. C. Doan
Genevieva Wilson
Dubuane
Dar
Yearous
Forest Shaffer
Hiorer Rocete
Tim i
Leo
Tim Thoman
Jud Conner
E Boyle
Forest City
Evelyn Dennler
Henry Holzer
Opal Howard
Clear Brabham
Bert Allen
Harry Gilson
Wayne
J.M. Shaffer
Harold Strong
Jim Munch
Clifton Powell
M. EB. Ladies’ Aid Society
Clara Brabham
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Mabel
Chas
Lovie Holzer
Dorothy Warren
George Gilson
Fern Kerr
Henry Matthys
McGee
Oelwein
Sig Hop
Community Visitors and Guests in Elgin and Postville
Oak Grove News lists numerous visits and social calls across Elgin and surrounding towns. Families such as Wilsons, Shaffers, Holzers, Brabhams, Gilsons, Dennlers, and Kerrs are noted hosting or visiting relatives, with Easter and spring gatherings mentioned, plus a local teachers meeting in West Union and a push for Want Ads. Postville Herald comment notes improving times yet a shortage of modern rental housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyman Trude
J. Bowdish
Shirley
John Steffano
West Union
Alfred Jacoba
Hans Grether
Postville
Postville Herald
Fragmented 1920s ad and dialogue snippets blend oddly
A garbled OCR reads like vintage ad copy and stray quotes about prohibition, roofing, paint, and kitchen decor interspersed with racist slang. It mentions Sunfire Coal, Hog Tonic, roof inspection, Glasstone paint, and a late night story plot line, culminating in crude dialect.
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C. W. Heiserman
Weat Union
Cheery Valley News
Lydia Deniler
Jake Butikofer
G. Frieden
Wi Christen
Ed Pulfer
Jake Lehman
Walter
Louis Kurth
Fred Butikofer
Archie Howard
Mildred Butikofer
Ben Frieden
Les Baumgartner
Albert
Etn Friederich
Fred Dennler
John Friederich
Hanson Bros
Francis
Romans Butikofer
Oscar Frieden
Son Orval
Elkader
Eliza Friederich
Chris Gregerson
Clarence
Gladys
Hanson Bross
Joe V. Schneider
Elgin Directory
Henry H. Wolf, M. D
Baumgartner Bldg
Res
Elgin, Iowa
L. S. Hutchinson
Elgin State Bank
R. A
Erider Veterinarian
Elgin, Towa
J, Neasham
Chiropractor
Baumgartner Builiing
Illyria
Bernice Lembke
Emet Lembke
Farm Bureau
I. FP. Shaffer
Amelia Strong i
Minnie Baldwin
Hazelton
Ruth Schneider
Eva Friederich
Chas. Wilson
Jerome
Walter Medberry
Lew Popenhagen
Anamosa
Joe Baldwin
Arkansas
Estella Baldwin
Eunice Ulish
Chas. Ulich
Lester Chase
Elmer Lembke
Bernice Croas
Fred Rothlisberger
Thomas Pollock
Carroll Klingman
Doty
Maris Frieden
Adolph Hanson
Volga City
Ida Trunkey
Elma
la Fonda Hermen
Hilda Meyer
Ruth Rothisberger
Reynold Strong
Elmer Frieden
Henry Frieden
Ina Kobler
Iowa
Charleston
S.C
Moorehead
Minn
Canada
North Pacific
Rollator
NORGE
Elgin Furniture Store
Oak Grove News
Clara Holzer
I. F. Shaffer
Rob. Wilson
Silas Wilson
Ed Klingman
J. J. Snyder
B. Gilson
Will Cheeseman
Wm. Kerr
Ben Brabham
June Kerr
Eva and
Eldred Dummermuth
Howard Boyle
Amelia Strong
Hazel ‘Ton
Sam
Rastus
Chevrolet
General Motors
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit
Michigan
G.M.A.C
John Falb & Sons
Hecker & Falb
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