Illyria Social News Highlights From Elgin to West Union
Community notes recap Sunday visits and gatherings across Illyria and neighboring areas. Numerous families including Frieden, West, Rothlisberger, and Foxwell relations host or visit relatives in Elgin, West Union, and Cheery Valley. The column also cites a cemetery picnic, a county agent Lodwick tribute, and damage from a recent storm to an historic elm landmark once tied to early settler Alec Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Chapman
Orville Frieden
Marlys
Geneva Christiansen
Elkader
Otto Bleckhus
Gerald
Martha Friederich
Raymond Lantz
Francis West
Leo Rothlisberger
G. Frieden
Fred Schneider
Geo. Metzger
Elgin
Chas. Doty
GC. L. Klingman
Anna Mae Schupbach
Gottfred Frieden
Floyd Ernst
New Albin
Laverne Randolph
Iowa City
Milo’ Peterman
Nancy
Ernst
Marie
Ruth
George Butikofer
Harold Kimball
George Howard
Louis Becker
Sam Butikofer
Erma
Cheery Valley
Lena Hunsberger
Helen
Hazel
Earl Rothlisberger
Elmer Malkow
Albany
Wis
Elizabeth Foxwell
St. Olaf
H. Foxwell
Gertrude Miller
Ruth Rothlisberger
Cemetery Association and Aid Society
West Union Fair Grounds
Lodwick
Marie Frieden
Darlene Greenough
West
Jim Yearous
Kathleen
M. W. Kiple
Ed Gehring
Martha Chapman
Alta Yearous
Arlington
Andrew Yearous
Monona
Illyria
Alec Peters
Fayette County
Glen McKellar
Monticello
Minn
Weekend Guests and Local Social Roundup in Windsor Township
Mrs L W McKellar and family visited Walter Medberry and Lena Aeschliman in Wadena while Dr Milo McKellar of Loveland, Okla., went through a Rochester clinic after a May auto accident. Numerous local families shared visits, dinners, and weekend stays across Elgin Brainard Eldora West Union and nearby farms, with a farm bureau program at Windsor Church drawing a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. McKellar
Roy Cline
Wadena
Walter Medberry
Lena Aeschliman
Herve Robbing
Hattie McKellar
Elgin
Rochester
Minn
Milo McKellar
Loveland
Okla
McKellar
Dr. McKellar
Gene Nutting
Ellen
Sidney Nutting
Brainard
Walter Rothlisberger
Leo Rothlisberger
John Rothlisberger
Dickeyville
Wis
Florence Ogle
Fremont Ogle
Harlow Chapman
Eldora
Arthur Chapman
Douglas
Oak Grove
Della Chapman
Martha Chapman
Floyd Sands
West Union
Jim
Viola Foxwell
James Dunn
Betty Schneider
Jacob Gehring
Cheery Valley
Will Frieden
Chas. Doty
Florence
Clarence Thoman
S. H. Foxwell
Elmer Lembke
Earl
George Lembke
Elkader
Herve Robbins
Joe Frieden
Farm Bureau
Windsor Township
Jerome Yearous
Lena Hungberger
Robert Bigler
Margaret Bigler
Thos. Benson
L. V. Humphry
Fred Rothlisberger
Community Dinner Guests and Weekend Visits Report
Cheery Valley News lists numerous local families visiting relatives and hosting gatherings over the weekend. The item records dinners, weekend stays, and social visits among residents in Arthur Friederich Guttenberg St Olaf West Union Volga and surrounding areas.
Home of Ida Christen Sunday visited by Hilda Meyer
Mrs Ida Christen Sun day hosted a visit as Hilda Meyer returned from Rock Valley last Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Christen
Hilda Meyer
Rock Valley
Community social notes from Oak Grove area
A long list of Sunday and weekday calls, visits, and gatherings in Oak Grove area. Names include Dummermuths, Brabhams, Barnhouses, Jensens, Hartes, Allens, Hayes, Dinans, McCaullys, and others. Events feature dinners, suppers, picnics, and a first wedding anniversary celebration, with multiple households hosting or visiting in Fayette, West Union, Volga City, Oelwein, and Garnaville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Dummermuth
Conner
Ward Brabham
Jud Conner
Eldred Patterson
John Barnhouse
Wm. Kerr
Eva Dummermuth
John Fay
Donald Jensen
West
Union
George Hart
Montvido
Maude Allen
Appelton
Minn
Russell Eddy
Chicago
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Frank MacDonough
Ray McCaully
Leon McCaully
Clara Holzer
Paul Voshell
Howard Medberry
Joe Dinan
Albert Dummermuth
Derry
Kitty June
James Downey
Garnaville
Frank Boyle
Rosa Reed
Rob. Ernst
Richard Jacobson
Clifton Allen
Oelwe
Minnesota
Emil Moschell
Wm. Kohls
Mary I Matthys
Lena Baumgartner
Clarence Kohls
Volga City
Elmer Jacobson
Don Cummings
GA. Thomas
Florence
Clarence Thoman
S. H. Foxwell
Wadena
George Boyle
Bert Allen
Ed Boyle
Clifton Powell
Harry Gilson
Rob Wilson
West Union
Lodwick
Moss on southern trees kills them if not removed
The editor notes that neglect allows moss to grow on trees, eventually killing them, drawing a metaphor to business where neglect or infestation can destroy an enterprise. The piece emphasizes proactive removal and maintenance to prevent irreversible damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Brainard Community Notes and Local Occurrences
Brainard updates include Barbara Stading's week with Rev. Clair Brown, a Nutting family birthday gathering, and a birth announcing Barbara Ray to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gilbert. Obituary for H. M. Bartlett of McHenry, N D includes funeral by Rev. G A Thomas and distant relatives. Church activities cover Ladies' Aid, Sunday school, and evening services with music by the Krueger quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Stading
Clair Brown
Manchester
Wm. Nutting
Jimmie
E. R. Nutting
Ellen
Estella Baldwin
Sidney Nutting
Nutting
Ray Gilbert
Barbara Ray
H. M. Bartlett
McHenry
N. D
G. A. Thomas
Arthur Bartlett
Fred Veasey
Rochester
Ira Cherry
Waterloo
Ald Soccety
Arthur Patterson
Chas. Peters
George Howard
Louis Becker
Krueger
Alice Becker
Grace Peters
Brainard
Editorial tone praises New Deal but HOLC loan denied
A writer notes mental detachment allows praise of the New Deal while facing HOLC loan rejection. A mouthwash maker buys new racing yachts, while the phrase It’s an ill breath that blows nobody good appears in Topeka’s Capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOLC
American Press
Topeka
Kan
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C. W. Heiserman
West Union, Iowa
Potosi
Evans’ Cafe
Cheery Valley News
Christ Gregerson
G. Friederich
Will
Arthur Friederich
Helen Hofer
Rob, Lehman
Fred Butihofer
C. T. Knudtson
Ernest Christen
Lucy
Elizabeth
Lillian Christen
Martin Hanson
Ellen Hanson
Fred Yost
Clara Muehlenthaler
Guttenberg
Ida
Martin Wenger
West Union Hospital
Rob Lehman
Wilma
Frank Christen
Sam Lehman
Bertha Jane Casper
Anna Schupbach
Gordon
Jake Butikofer
Betty
Jake Dennler
Betty Christen
Elen Hanson
Lydia Leuchtenmacher
Philip Leuchtenmacher
Gust Olson
George Leuchtenmacher
Bert Thoman
Ethel ,Mae
Louise Dennler
Jake Kurth
Elmer Dennler
Walter Butikofer
Oak Grove News
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Mussolini
Africa
Lvery
Uncle Sam
H. 8
Fayette
Independence
Elgin Opera House
Business Men of
Ole Jensen's
Norman Foster
Charlotte Henry
Hoosier
Westinghouse Refrigerator
Central States
Power & Light Corporation
Bell System
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone 9 #7
Western Electric Company
Tos
Bell
Faurot
Goodyear
Speedway
Elgin Oil Company
Goodyear Mare Et
Elgin, Iowa
R. WW. Krenger Salesmaty
Sedalia
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Tiyo Avenue
Ft. Madison
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