Surprise party honors Hunsberger family in Wadena
A large gathering in Wadena celebrated Mr and Mrs D Hunsberger with an evening hosted by the Little Swing Band of Elgin. gifts included silverware from Glen Minger family and Dr Rudy Minger. Guests listed include numerous local residents and relatives visiting from Decorah Glendale and Cedar Rapids. The event followed a weeklong stay in Glen Minger and Oscar Hunsberger homes.
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D. Hunsverger
Elgin
Mr Zurprigges
G. J. Meathy
Max Troma
Ernest Baumgartner
Max Hunsverger
CG. O. Christ
A. M. Weibel
R Wood
Mra. Hunsberger
Glen Minger
Rudy Minger
Famly
Mrz. L. Hunsberger
Mrz
Gus Matcuses
Bob
Joann
Decorah
Ralph
Glendale
Calif
Max Hunsberger
Edna
Maine
Elmer
Mervin Hungberger
Jerome Yestous
Joe Dinan
Mary Jane
Harold Strong
Amelia, Strong
Henry Feller
E. Hunsberger
Silan Wilson
Durer
Ellen Hunsberger
Rowse
Pritchard
J. R. Wood
Clay Keefer
Mardejl
Coss
Keefer
Lyal
Aan
Oscar Hunsberger
Elgin Local News Highlights Visits and Visits
Local notes recount visits from Elgin area residents to family in Wisconsin and nearby towns. People such as Winson Erickson, Irene Erickson, Dick Roberts, Fred Reichert, and families of Frieden, Detwiler, and Lang are mentioned. A number of hospital stays, improvements, picnics, and weekend visits fill the fragmentary community column.
Unfeir wins right to ban billboards near cemetery
Lanesboro Mass residents secure permission to prohibit billboards within sight of Saint Luke's Cemetery, arguing that advertising defiles the resting place and does not honor the dead. The ruling notes the cemetery as a protected site and limits outdoor advertising nearby.
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Lanesboro
Mass
SL Luke's Cemetery
First White House Occupante: Early President and Medati Pkctutre
Fragmentary notice describes the White House being occupied by a president and mentions Medati Pkctutre in a historically garbled context. No clear dates or verifiable names beyond these terms.
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White House
Firet
Medati Pkctutre
Local Folk Gather for Homecoming Week and Weddings
A flurry of weekend visits fills Elgin with relatives from Lime Springs West Union Alta Vista and Chicago. Couples dine with the Harrington and Crider families while Rose Reitz and Enna Grether return to nearby homes and a pre nuptial shower honors Miss Carlson ahead of her Dysart wedding.
Homecoming Anecdote of a Fracas at Sutra Siding
Charley Capper recalls a long ago hometown incident involving Luther Shaffer who recruits a posse to nab a suspected African American hobo. The scene spirues into chaos with axes, cheese knives and brickbats as allies scatter, a horn blast, frightened townsfolk, and a fugitive retreating to a doorway while assorted locals react in comic disarray. The tale ends with the hobo escaping and Shaffer's cigars carried away.
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Chas. Capper
Wes
Sutra
Luther
Shaffer
Iowa
Africa
Tom Lewis
Moore
Severt
Lonely
Ey Lon
Peter Nicklaus
Bill
Tell
Billy
Tom Capper
Will Kern
al Schori
Luther Shaffer
Lutra
Elgin Visits and Travel Among Baumgartner Household
Gilma Olson of State College Pa visited the Baumgartner home Monday to Wednesday while en route to Soldier for a vacation. Louise Baumgartner joined friends at a Cedar River cabin party in Twin Oaks and returned Saturday night. Dorothy Doolittle arrived Tuesday to stay with the Baumgartners. Elmer Yenney and family of Janesville Wis visited Tuesday night to Wednesday morning. Ditchler and Maude Brown were released from the hospital Sunday after an appendicitis operation.
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Mro
So W. Rubyer
Sat
Visi
Winson
Irene Erick- 4
Wis
Dick Roberts
Wext Union
Co. O. Torkelton
Harry Reichertt
West Union
Fred Reichert
Henry Frieden
Alvina
Rose Garbe
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Edith Bauman
John Detwiler
Emma Detwiler
Monroe
Rudy Yunker
Doris Krueger
Hawkeye
Apuesto
Lois Miller
Anna Schu
Mes
Frank Lang
Chas
Lang
Kate Shursen
Marie Schneider
Ottosen
Jou
Allen Habeges
Celia Rennison
Ethel
Mabel
Anna
Geo. N. Schori
Louise Sehori
E. C. Olesen
Henry Gempler
J. B. Miller
Pauline Petratz
Sumner
Harry Frieden
Valga
Fannie Frieden
Frieden
Clayton Center
Chris Scharlack
Algona
Lehman
Georgia Grimes
Oelwein
Margie Hanson
Grimes
Bob Burg
Canton
Monn
Rochester
Gilma Olson
State College
B. J Baumgartner
Miss Olson
Soldier
Louise Baumgartner
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Doolittle
Twin Oaks
Cedar River
Miss Baumgartner
Repairing Window Glass Cracked Patch With Translucent Tape
A damaged window may be stabilized by applying a strip of cellophane tape over the crack. The tape remains nearly invisible when placed, offering a transparent temporary patch until repairs can be made.
Opportunity for trained women boosts job prospects
The text asserts college trained women have the best job opportunities today due to special work bio training, contrasting with men. It emphasizes vocational education as the path to employability for women in the current economy.
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Pehon Tron
Sys
Death by Hanging in U S Army Executions
The United States Army used hanging to execute criminals, while firing squad methods were discontinued around the Civil War era.
Brainard Social Notes Roundup From Brainard Church
Brainard residents accompanying relatives and friends visit in Raymond Mays home and Sidney Nutting home. Several trips to New York World's Fair and Washington DC noted with multiple visits among families. Church notes mention choir practice Friday and Thursday preaching with A E Burroughs as pastor.
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Roland Bartlett
Shirley
Eileen
Marcus, Wash
Jim Bartlett
Beatrice Boyer
Sidney Nutting
FE. R. Nutting
Theo, Kjosa
Kenneth Kjosa
Larry
Wm. Nutting and Sons
Sidney
Larson Mork unite in early August wedding at Clermont
Mildred Larson daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Larson of Oelwein and Howard Mork son of Mr and Mrs John Mork of West Union were married at the Clermont Lutheran parish on Saturday Aug 3. About two hundred friends and relatives attended a miscellaneous shower Tuesday evening in their honor at West Clermont Lutheran church parlors featuring songs readings solos and a vocal duet as part of the program led by Rev E B Ramey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Larson
Oscar Larson
Oelwein
Howard Mork
John Mork
West ‘Union
Clermont Lutheran Parsont
Mildred Olson
Harvey Larson
West Clermont Lutheran
Irvin Fossan
Marilyn Stolle
Lorraine Osterhus
Gladys Anderson
LaVerne
Oliver Larson
Wolves and Coyotes Increase in Missouri Farmland
Wolves and coyotes are multiplying in Missouri and are causing heavy livestock losses for farmers. Sightings report packs of up to six wolves running together, alarming rural communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Recreation At Luquillo Beach And El Yunque Resort
Recreation sites Luquillo beach Puerto Rico and El Yunque mountain resort lie about a0 minutes apart by car. The El Yunque sits at 3200 feet above sea level offering a high elevation setting near coastal Luquillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luquillo Beach
Puerto Rico
el Yunque
Flower Show Program Includes Music and Reading
Gerald Schort will sing and Amy Barbara Kamm the pianist, Rus sell Kaster the violinist, all from Fairbank, will perform with Mrs B Schort delivering a reading Friday afternoon. The show committee says the program is well founded for entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Schort
Amy Barbara Kamm
Russell Kaster
Fairbank
B. Schort
Underground New Yorkers Subway Rides Share Yearlong Time
Underground commuters in New York spend two to three weeks each year riding the subway. The phrase captures the daily travel routine of city residents relying on transit for work and daily life.
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George Fay
Dora
Dorn de Lang
Charles City
Gordon
Herbert Fay
Mary Whittenbough
Watering
Rath Packing Co
Flor. Feller
Virgildin Lee
Mercy Hospital
Ooetewein
Dor Mawaunae
Central City
Robert Weber
Stupitis
John Hansen
Nevada
Whitten
Paugh Bermnes
Mary , Wetvel
Frank
Jin Gifermet
Cqedar Hapads
Milly Givingaton
Lyle Herring
Kansas City
Robert Bieler
Alfred Byor
Mas. Garay
Viento
Vikiling
Coen
Tadies
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Presbyteria Charch
George Setatz
Ae VP
Waa Paints
Diane
Teve
Yanye
Anita
Owuihalle
Ana
Bedipum Vaults
Martin Senour
Schori & Kuster Lumber Company
Fig
D. A. Larson and
Warren Harrington
Postville
C. J. Harrington
Emma Liddle
Alpha
R. A. Crider
H. L. Sawwell
Sioux City
John Johnson
Enna Grether
Iowa City
Hans Grether
B. L. Caudill
L. L. Reinhart
Alta Vista
C. J
Emma Rei Frank
Fred
Will Manlux
Manlux
C. C. Coley
Chicago
Rosalia Codey Conner
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Leo Grether
Son
Orange City
Hang Grether
Cincinnati
Ohia
Lloyd Swartley
Duluth
Harry Johnson
Ricu Hutledge
Oclwein
Starley Hamilton
Marjorie Johnson
O. W. Krueger
John Weidman
Martin-Koehler Reugion
Batt
Santa Barbara
Herbert Martin
Darlene Pallock
Robert R. Norris
Miss Carlson
Darlene Nottnagel
Marquette
Raymond Mays
Marian
Wilson Patterson
Gertrude
Rosena Lauer
Eldorado
Agnes Kloster
Castalia
Washington D.C
Richard Stolle
Idaho
Harry Stilman
Jesse Olson
Clermont
D. B. Craft
Marshalltown
Ray Gilbert
Larson
Mork
Schumacher
Merlin
Seal of
Minnesota
Morton’s
Weibel Mill CO
Collier's
McCall's
Woman's World
Ure Magazine
Liberty
Eee
Inside Detective Women’s World
Ye_ Farm Journal
Farmer’s
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Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
Joan Crawford
Fredric March
Susan and God
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Lloyd Nolan
Gangs of
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Kent Taylor
Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy
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Robert Young
M. O’sullivan
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