Fayette County Fair Notes and Local Family News
Local items report Fayette County Fair week rain myth debunked as 60,000 drownings in China flood noted. Visits: Dr L H Hutchinson, Max Thomas Venus Kiple in Fayette. Cresco friend Ephraim Matthys. Clara Winkler to Qel Welin. families from Decorah Ossian New Martinsville West Virginia. Public notices: hunting licenses issued starting October. Accidents: Gerald Bchori injured by dog bite. Martin children nearly hit in garage incident. Partridge Cochins exhibit prizes won by Rev D V Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Lawrence Etter
Emery Dummermuth
Elwin
John Yenney
Son
Decorah
Elso
China
John Learn
Ossian
John Conner
County Recorder
Auditor's Office
Mra
John Kohler
Lou J. Kohler
Misa Hazel Wilson
West Bend
Mra. Kohler
Fred C
Raymond
Edith Miller
Malden Rock
Wisconsin
Misa Selma Beaecler
Chan
Fuller's Hardware
Hazel Frieden
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falla
Ben Schori
F. R. Berg
Florence
Miss Bere
Misa Berg
Gerald Bchori
D. V. Butler
W.‘W. Luce
Denver
Colorado
Luce
Richard
Mr. Martin
Dream meanings of moles from eighteenth century chapbooks
A pasted extract discusses eighteenth century beliefs linking mole locations to fortune and character, noting examples such as a mole on the right shoulder signaling happiness and a left cheek indicating frankness lacked, then shifts to local Iowa news items about residents of Sumner, Fayette, and nearby areas, including a jail suicide attempt, a death from neuritis, and a head-on collision with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldermary Churchyard
Lane
London
Austin May
Dewein
Ralph Manuel
Fayette
Minnesota
Upnerrows University
Poplar Trees Dowry Tradition in Southern Italy Calabrian Custom
In Calabria a unique dowry custom exists where a newborn girl’s father plants a row of poplar trees. By seventeen, the trees are mature and felled to fund the daughter’s dowry. The piece notes Calabria’s historic ports Scilla and the Straits of Messina, and mentions legends of Scylla and Charybdis as well as local robber tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Calabria
Scilla
Straits of
Messina
Messina Is Bicily
Scylla
Charybdis
Marinera
Ulysses
Jawa
Local notes from Elgin and surrounding towns
Arlington visitors from grains to Ford parts fill week with social calls. Shoppers plan a car load of Sugared Schumacher Feed at low F O B prices. Donnan Junction backs a $7500 school bond for mat facade tile near the present site. Betty Kohler improves after illness. Eva Lehman attends wedding. many head to Des Moines and Arnold Park for fairs and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Thomas
Oscar Conner
Arlington
Elgin
Pillsbury
Schori
Fred Falk
LaCrosse
Falb
J. J. Phillips
Fred Keeley
Volga City
Betty Kohler
Halt Senson
Des Moinse
Ern Schori
Ben Schori
Harmon
Allen
G. L. Young
T. J. Capper
Cedar Rapids
Anna
Mabel
Buffalo Center
Walter Miller
Walters
Falk
Kohler
Des Moines
Falr
Falk & Bon Garage
Donnan
Byatema
Jows
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Company
Weibel Mill Company
Edward Grimm
Jacob
Albert Friederich
Albert Butikofer
Waterloo
Lea Baldwin
Fayette
Arnold’s Park
Ronald Pennie
Alexandria
Minnesota
Max Lehman
Hudson
Wisconsin
Eva
Emmet L. Morris
Clear ‘Lake
Mason City
West Bend
Marquette
Verle Kniel
Dungeness
Washington
Spokane
Newport
Clarke Fork
Idaho
Misa Kulel'a
Lizzie Schoein
Clermont
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Ghe
Rangas City
Harry Becker
Pon Joe
Sumner
Bikin
Fred Mohl
Lost Nation
A. ©. Stoffregan
Grimm & Schupbach
Boies Capper
Joe Potter
Bureau
Ilinois
RL & P
A. C. Stoffregan
Freeman Clark
Wadena
Stoffreran
Clark
Mark
Stoffregan
Poplar Trees
Elkader
Farr
Elkader, Iowa
Fisher
Cornell
Rube
Iowa
Fitzgerald
Fair Association
W. C. Monlux
Pres
J.J. Finnegan
Postville
West Union
Hawkeye
Hawkeye-Clermont
Clermont-Hawkeye
Ball Park
Citizens’ State Bank
Elgin, Iowa
The
Echo
Elgin Echo
Schori Dray
Geo. N. Schori
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