Harmony Minn Visitors and Thanksgiving Guests List
Grand Meadow News lists numerous families visiting Harmony and nearby homes for Thanksgiving and weekend gatherings. Names include Holt Olson Sampson Buraas Reinhart Amundson Olson Erickson Olafson and others, with multiple stops in Harmony and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Holt
Arthur Olson
Emmet Burt
Harmony
Minn
Andrew Reinhart
Clarence Olson
Ole ‘Thorson
Paul Cooley
Waterloo
Laura Holt
Ames Olson
Ethan Guyler
Olivia Olson
Minnis
Myra
Bertha Jane
Richard Olson
Vernon Anderson
Bert Lyngans
Minnie
Julia Landsgard
Joyce Amundson
Ames Olsen
Florence Erickson
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Selmer Holm
Betty
Elaine
Roger
Wm. Larson
Raymond
Valley City
N. C
Carolyn Erickson
Darlene
Marilyn
Sandra
Otto Vasby
Leon Loftsgard
Clermont
Darf Opperud
Ed Johnson
Wm. Nelson
Thanksgiving Visitors Grace Gruver Barnhouse Families
Elgin residents hosted Thanksgiving dinners with the Gruver and Barnhouse families. Upper Iowa University students Keith Thoma, Ernestine Holzer, Junior Schupbach, Georgia Lou Grimes, Dale Patterson, and Roy Steele returned home for the break皆. School resumed at Upper Iowa on Tuesday after the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Thoma
Ernestine Holzer
Junior Schupbach
Georgia Lou Grimes
Dale Patterson
Roy Steele
Upper Iowa University
Upper Iowa
Farm Bureau News Letter Plans 1940 Membership Drive
Eighty Farm Bureau leaders meet at the Fayette Legion Hall on Thursday December 7 at 11 30 a m to plan the 1940 membership campaign. Ray A Bell district organizer W S Rothlisberger and Harry L Olesen will lead with I F Shaffer in charge of Eden Auburn Windsor and Bethel townships and Louis Barnes coordinating Ilyria Westfield Center and Hanks townships. goal set at 750 paid members. township goals and key men named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Legion Hall
Fayette
Ray A. Bell
W. S. Rothlisberger
Elgin
Harry L. Olesen
West Union
Mr. Olesen
I. F.shaffer
Eden
Auburn
Windsor
Local church and community notices across Thanksgiving week
The item lists weekly financial figures for Total Expenses and several weekly balances, followed by a Board of Directors note and a long column of social and familial events. It records visits, dinners, and gatherings at numerous homes, and mentions the Mar‑ton congregation annual meeting and a Dorcas Society quilt project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Landsgard
Geraldine
Ole Torkelson
Kenneth. Hellum
Mildred Peck
E. 5. Hoag
Martin Halverson
Edwin Loftsgard
Gerhard Halverson
Henry T. Olson
Merlin Buroden
T. L. Loftsgard
Helmer Loftsgard
B. Nelson
Tina
H. E. Landsgard
St. Olaf
O. K. Hoag
Otto Gisleson
Clarence Kirkeberg
Arthur Landsgardl
Ole Gisleson
Mabel Heuser
Luana
Scholz
John Hellum
Kenneth Hellum
Lewis Kjosa
South Dakota
Leslie Lantz
T. T. Loftsgard
Mar‘ton
Sehureh
Dorcas Society
Photographer invents camera trap to catch gas station thief
Crystal Lake's Dr. E. L. Brunswick, an amateur photographer, installed a photo-electric IR camera behind a door to film a burglary after three robberies. The covert setup captured Harold Lewis, 19, of Woodstock, Illinois, as the thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Lake
Ill
E. L.brunswick
Harold Lewis
Woodstock
Elgin boys to open 1939-40 basketball schedule at home
Elgin high school will host Randalia Friday in its first home game of the 1939-40 season. The doubleheader starts at 7:30 with junior boys contest followed by the varsity. Season schedule lists Dec 8 Randalia and Dec 15 Maynard among Fridays, plus away games and tournaments through February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randdalia
Ariington
Randalia
Elgin
Maynard
Oran
Waucoma
Clermont
Alpha
Hawkeye
Arlington
Readiya
West Union
Schoolmasters
Wadena
Harvey
Gilbertson
Anna Mae Schupbach
Ethel~ Boyle
Not Suited to Peaceful Existence Why were we put on this earth
A quotation from Oska toasa in the Herald questions human nature and the drive to conflict. The piece contrasts a grim view of existence with an implied critique of advertising as an investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oska
Toasa
Christmas Gift Promo Sparks Reader Quips
A collage of casual lines and jokes from a Broadcaster reminds readers of a Christmas gift promotion. The page blends light humor from dialogue snippets about unemployment, stork tales, politics, and everyday chores, reflecting a bygone newspaper feature style.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chester White Spring
Hans Winkler
Poland
Schori Bros. Elgin
Henry Larson
Postville
Max Thoma
Lac
Chester
Carl Hackmann
A. L. Pringle
East Broadway
Sedalia
Farrow
Martin Wenger
March
Wm. A. Nelson
Chester White
Barry McNaul
Holsten
Will Fressen
Waters Bros
Hoopman
Clermont Two
J. A. Erickson
Clermont Savings Bank
Rawleigh
Fayette County
Rawleigh's
Dept
Freeport
Strauch
Echo
Sto
Bolson
Elgin Cooperative Co
Town
Max Medberry
Lorenz Bigler, RE
F. A. Ellerhoff
Journal Bidg
Decorah
Iowa
The
Elgin Echo
Grant Dawson
O'Neill Drug Co
Echo Office
Ethel Rennison
Elmer Pinney
West Elgin
Keith
Waters
R. F. Kneeskern
Castalia
Grand Meadow News
Wm. Gruver
John Barnhouse
Lew Gruver
Melvin Hanson
Gruver
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company
BBC
Farm Bureau News Letter
Telephone Bank
Fleet Frieden
Mercury
California
Florida
Eligin Public School
Board of Education
Felco Mineral
Elgin Farmers Coop
Roy Knight
Asst
Bran
Bobby
Sweetie
Martin-Senour
Perrita
Schori & Kusterler, CO
Elgin, Iowa
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