TIWMLAND TREN July Social Notes and Visits
A long list of local social visits and events from TIWMLAND area. Farmers busy with grain, multiple calls on friends and relatives in Elgin Fayette Fayette and Lima. An ice cream social at Illyria church on Friday August 16 drew a large crowd and raised funds for the church roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel Shaffer
Russel Peters
Holm of
Elgin
Ole Benson
Jerome Yearous
Martha Chapman
Jacob Yearous
Ruth Rothitsberger
Pauline Fischell
Willy Yearous
Digin
Wilbur
Ellen Hanson
Frank Hunsberger
Ellen and
Mervin
Nellie Kiple
Lima
Steven Rothlisberger
Waterloo
Lou Wenger
Seattle
Washington
Hima ,Medberry
Fayette
Stephen Foxwell
Illyria
Eleanor Schneider
Fred Schneider
Amy Richards
West Union
Israel Shaffer
Lafonda Shaffer
Lierge
John Probert
Volga
Fred Reichert
C. D. Chapman
A. Yearous
Martin Klingman
Timber Lake
South Dakota
Blanche
Bailey
James
California
J. Year
John Sergice
Peter MacKellar
John Shatter
Catarrh cure ad and double family tragedy report
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine with a reward offer and testimonials. The article describes Sam Bloom, a farmer near Wesley Iowa, shot and killed by his son in law Anton Boelkes who hid in a barn haymow and attacked Bloom. Boelkes then shot Bloom's wife and mother in law, who is hospitalized in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Sam Bloom
Wesley
Blackhawk County
Anton Boelkes
Bloom
Boelkes
Weathered notes from Clayton county farming page
A long local column records social visits to Clinton and nearby towns, crop updates, and community notices. It mentions nursing care, repairs, and a failed land-lot price hike, alongside Creamery milk totals at Strawberry Point and remarks on harvest prospects and rainfall benefits for corn and potatoes. It also notes aviation landings, rail labor talks, and general town advertising advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton County
Strawberry Point
Worth County
Herbert
William Borchers
Maynard
Uncle Sam
M. V. Kiple
Huron
South Dakota
Sho
Kohler's Park
Higin
Auburn Way
Lena Baumgardner
J. A. Boleyn
Harrington
Ed Bauder
Poland
China
Peddler to Millionaire: Local Stores and Cedar Rapids Farm
Philip Liebsohn, a Hebrew merchant in Cedar Rapids, built a business from peddling to owning a chain of stores and the A. S. Chamberlain place near West Union at 275 dollars per acre. The late James Black, former owner of a large northeastern Iowa department store, also started as a pack peddler in Marshalltown. He befriended Billy Sunday, who once worked nearby. Berg & Kohler offers good shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip” “Liebsohn
Cedar Rapids
A.S. Chamberlain Place
West Union
Liebadhn
James Black
Iowa
Ireland
Marshalltown
Billy Sunday
Berg & Kohler
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Tiwmland Tren
Swain
Mra
George Grover
Wadnesday
Unibomn
Herman
Boyer
Watye
Jim Bartlett
Helen
Harry Stillman
Ovaln Weit
Oelwein
Marti Hovey Wan
Hriday
Arthur Craft
Gona
New Hampton
Dick’ Brackin
Melvin Boyer
Boscobel
Wisconsin
John ‘Boyer
Dolly
Patterson
Elkader
H. M. Bartlett
William “Beardahear
Pheal
38Th General Assembly
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Donaldson Brothers
Aviators
Milford
Dickingon
Hey
Algona
Donald Song
Atute Fair Management
Fair Management
Waverly
Kansas
Minneapolia
Cord Tires
H. T. Knudtson
John Falb
Schori
Tim Pny
Bigta
Iicwa
H. S. Hadsel, M.D
Dr. Hutchinson
Elgin Savings Bank
William W. Wenger
Postville
L. Hunsberger & Son
Wadena
Ern Holzer
Chaseburg
Vernon County
Wis
Ferryville
Crawford County
Spring Grove
Minn
Royston County
Bangor
Welland
la Crosse County
United States
Lewis Realty Company
State Bank Building
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