Eid Schmid family guests in Oelwein visit
The Eid Schmid family and others visited in Oelwein and Cedar Rapids area homes over the weekend, bringing corn or grain in exchange for mineral products. Frances Skarshaug hosted week-end guests including Robert Fish and C. R. Stone, who later visited a sister in Winona, Minnesota. Local social notes mention travel to Chicago and Century of Progress plans, plus a kittenball game in Elgin and a birthday party for Dorothea Dawn Dummermuth with many friends attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eid Schmid
Elkader
Lulu Schmid
Nella Capper
Georga ‘Vaughn
H.W. Falk
Leo
Cwere Bualnens
Oelwein
iMonday
Weibel Mill Co
Ady
Robert Fish
C. R. Stone
Collins
Frances Skarshaug
Winona
Minn
Frank O’neil
Bonnie Jean
Marie O'Neil
Cedar ‘Rapids
Walter Kohls
Helen Muehlethaler
Chicago
Theo
Dons
Max Cook
Flandreau
Postville
Mary Pickford
Doug
Mary
America
Elgin
Walt Wenger
Dorothea Dawn Dummermuth
Joan Mosby
Betty Schori
Betty Strauch
Jane and
Georgiana Falk
Helen Jean Hoag
Avis Lou Mark
Diane Schatz
West Union
Junior Smith
Fayette
Billy
Social visits and travels around Clermont and neighbors
A parade of visitors moves through Clermont and nearby towns. Walter Falb returns from Chicago with a new car for the Falb garage. Mrs J W Zimmerlin and four children visit from Woolstock. Mrs C L Young and daughter Margaret of Cedar Rapids join in a Saturday at the Harry Gilson home. many others travel to Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Davenport, and the World Fair in Chicago, with family reunions and local gatherings mentioned. A picnic at the Dorf Opperud home with about thirty guests closes the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Walter Falb
Dr. Carr
Clermont
Chicago
Falb
J.W. Zimmerlin
Woolstock
Samuel Mosby
Clayton
Harry Gilson
Arthur Dibble
Spokane
Wash
Ezra Dibble
Elgin
Harold
Lewis Stoshr
Hare
Cedar Rapids
Hulda Stoehr
Lewis
E. G. Stoehr
Hans Grether
Leo
Iowa City
Lloyd Swartley
Jefferson St
Ben) Harmon
Joe Allen
New Martinsville
West Virginia
Mia
Roy Becker
Opera House
Alice
Becker
Harry
Louis
N.W
Evans
Eileen
Kenneth
Gus Boyer
C Ie
Mattoon
Keokuk
Davenport
Dorf Oppernd
Julius Johnson
Gilbert Anderson
Ed Johnson
Postville
Bessie Loftagard
Irene Opperud
Baptist Church Notes for August and September
Church notices list Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs Bauman’s home with Mrs Kohls assisting, covenant meeting, choir rehearsals, and Sunday events. Communion Sunday School and dinner follow, with table serving and commutes meeting. English service, prayer meeting, and choir rehearsals scheduled, all welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Edwin Bauman
Celia Kohls
Edwin Krueger
Lena Baumgartner
Margie German
Earl Kiple
Otto Krueger
Fred Burrow
Esther Krueger
Elizabeth Jacob
Luella Miller
Helen Luchsinger
Marion
Clermont
Norway
Ladies’ Aid
S. J. Strandford
Lutheran Church Notes and local notices
Lutheran notes cover September 3 events with Marion and Norway services and choir concerts. Also a county clerk tale and a county license issued for Chester Maulson and Donna Burgin after memory lapse from Manchester. A few hundred bushels of oats available from Weibel Mill Co. Ads criticize free advertising and crime costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weibel Mill Co
Uncle Sam
Royal
Copeland
Senate
United States
Manchester
Robert Nieman
Chester Maulson
Donna Jean Burgin
Strawberry Point
Hopkinton
Fayette County Court News Preliminary Teachers Meet
A preliminary teachers meeting will be held Saturday September 2 in the West Union high school assembly room starting at 9 00 p m and continuing all day. All teachers and substitutes for rural schools must attend. Frank Gotheir of Mason City was arrested at the Fayette county fairgrounds for illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor and pending a preliminary hearing in Justice John T Riley s court. Floyd Kinney of Oelwein was arrested on illegal possession of intoxicants at the fair and will have a preliminary hearing Thursday before Justice Riley. Norman Clothier and George White of Fayette were arrested for bootlegging and face multiple charges with a grand jury session set for September 11. Clothier is out on bail. White has prior jail time for bootlegging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Frank Gotheir
Mason City
AH. J. Nehring
Fair Grounds
Gotheir
John T. Riley
Justice Court
Floyd Kinney
Oelwein
Nehring
White
Justice of the Peace
Clothier
Two Oelwein Men Serving Time for Intoxication
Meaney and Peters, both of Oelwein, pleaded guilty in Superior Court to intoxication charges and receive 30 and 10 day sentences respectively. Earl Fear of Arlington faced grand larceny charges after allegedly stealing oats from his employer and selling them to fund spending money. a preliminary hearing sent him to the September grand jury. Beer revenue totals 64 million dollars since legalization, equating to 44 cents per U.S. resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Jack Meaney
Clifford Peters
Fayatta
Meaney
Peters
Earl Fear of
Arlington
Justice Court
United States
Local residents visit Chicago events and fairs this week
Harry Johnson and others spent weekends at various homes in the area. Individuals travel to Chicago for the World Fair, Century of Progress events, and a White Sox-Athletics game. Weibel Mill promotes feeds and a tube bursting contest at a local service station. Elgin residents join friends in Chicago and Postville residents plan visits and museum trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Johnson
Steamboat Rock
Otto Kruager
Robert Clothier
Fayatte
Hans Kelser
Elgin
Iowa
Whitney
Britt
Russell Kohler
Chicago
White Sox
Athletics
Comisky Park
Roy Kimball
Louis Klingman
Louise Evans
Evans’ I,g. A
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kohlers
Baptist Church
Lutheran Church Notes
Fayette County Court News
Fayette County
Lehman's Hardware
Weibel Mill
Marie
Ruth
Gene Schori
John Anderson
Dorothy Olson
Ruby Olson
J. V. Murray
Horace Moore
Century of Progress
Mila Halverson
Stewartville
Martha Borg
Halversons
Olaf Berg
C. P. Stoehr
Dr. Wolf
Rose Garber
C. 8. Whitney
Myer Krone
Gene Sehori
City
Ames Reliable Hog & Cattle Minerals
Ames Reliable Products Co
Ames
Weibel Mill Company
Elgin, Iowa
Marx Shoma
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