Marquette bridge work nears flooring and completion
Steel floor supports for the Marquette highway bridge are nearly finished on the river side with a week to place the stiffening truss and begin flooring. If weather holds, cross river traffic may occur before Christmas. Excavation for the approach nears completion and rock surfacing will start next week.
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Marquette Highway
Marquette
Prairie Channel
Mississippi
Baldwin Slough
Prairie Span
North Iowa
Community Notes From Grand Meadow and Nearby Homes
Sunday dinners and visits fill the Grand Meadow area with guests from West Union Ossian Elkader and Gunder. readers mention Osmundson Olson Amundson families and local shoppers plus a song service well attended at a local church.
Dover Mills Social News Notes Distinct Gatherings
Mr and Mrs J C Matthews hosted dinner at West Union with Mr and Mrs Jim Archer. Learn family attended a funeral in Postville for Starkey's sister. R F Learn visited Oelwein. E Q Wagner and two children spent time with Mrs Earl Becker. B F Learn called on J H Learn in West Union. H K Johnson and children dined with Ezra Rowland. Mildred Rowland was a supper guest at H K Johnson's. Chas Wagner and West Union guests visited Clarence Neavick. Mrs Richard Gross and baby at Ladies Aid near Eldorado. Mrs BE Wagner hosted farm bureau ladies for an all day meeting. The meal was cooked and served by fifteen ladies and seven men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Amundson
Norman
Roger
Harry Helverson
Nanford Osmundson
West Union
Ole Thorson
Clarence Olson
Gilbert Buraas
Glen Olson
Alfred Buraas
Milo Halverson
Baby
Olaf Berg
Sam Hofer
Gunder
Yngvald Helgerion
Gust Olson
Manford Amdahl
Ossian
Bert Lyngaas
Clermont High School
John Rugland
Arthur
Olson
Ingvald Helgerson
Richard Olson
Oelwein
Ernest Holt
Decorah
Arthur Olson
Ardes
Eva Dummermuth
Clifford Osmundson
Bert Lyngans
Oscar Lien
Aston Scholen
Elkader
Richard Bigler
Ole Peterson
Clara
J. C. Matthews
Jim Archer
John Learn
Starkey
Postville
R. F. Learn
Earl Becker
B. F. Learn
J. H. Learn
H. K. Johnson
Ezra Rowland
Mildred Rowland
H. K. Joknson
Chas, Wagner
Clarence Neavick
Richard Gross
Ladies’ Aid
Eldorado
BE. O. Wagner
Farm Bureau
Marketing lesson on nutrition and local notices
The record notes a nutrition marketing class and a January meeting with Mrs G C Havenstrite. It reports the death of Mrs Anfin Anninson at her daughter Mrs Knut Åvenson home and a funeral held Wednesday. Mr Ole Kerkestue entertains his nephew visiting from Mexico before returning to Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Havenstrite
Anfin Anninson
Knut
Ole Kerkestue
Mexico
Minneapolis
Gunder News Highlights Local Visits and Weddings
Arthur Landsgard and family visited the Marian Jenson home near Lansing on Monday. Cornelia Martie and Oscar Holden surprised friends by marrying in Decorah, with a reception at the Martie home and plans to reside in Monona. The Echo notes Christmas shopping, club events, and community moves including Sam Hofer family relocating to a farm near Waukon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Landsgard
Arthur Christianson
Lansing
Gilbert Peterson
Glenwood Township
John Hellum
Marian Jenson
Gladys Odegard
Elgin
Carl Odegard
Marion
The
Mission Society
C. J. Anderson
Harold Opland
Henry Vellersven
H. E. Landsgard
Doris
T. T. Loftsgard
Jeanette
Orvin
Ole Gisleson
H. T. Bilden
B. Nelson
Agnes Olson
Reuben Mark
Theo, Wold
L. C.reierson
Cornelia Martie
Oscar Holden
Decorah
Nicholia Martie
Martie
Monona
Dorcas Society
Marion Church
Clermont
Sam Hofer
Gunder
Waukon
Town Council Proceedings December 7 1881
Regular session of the Town Council met with Mayor Weibel and councilmen Torkelson Schori Falk Stoehr present. Bills audited and allowed total 438.70. Motion to purchase land from St Pauls M E Church for 45.00 carried. Minutes read and approved. Adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weibel
Eigin-Echo
W. Dean
G. H. Falk
P. M
Harrington
Central States Power & Light Corp
Hall — Worthington Pump & Mfg. Corp
John Sutter
Grimm & Hellum
Henry Topp
Fred Gehring
R. Brackin
Falk
Tribute to Mrs Marie Dennler Muehlenthaler dies at 61
The Lewis County Herald prints a tribute from Hohenwald Tennessee for Mrs Marie Dennler Muehlenthaler wife of the late J Muehlenthaler who died at the Elgin Iowa home of her daughter Mrs Ben Dennler after months of heart trouble at age 61. She was a Bern Switzerland native known for nursing the sick and aiding friends. Her body was brought home for burial in the Swiss cemetery at 2 30 p m Wednesday in a gathering of sorrowing friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis County Herald
Hohenwald
Tenn
Marie Dennler Muehlethaler
Marie Dennler Mnuehlenthaler
J. Muehlenthaler
Ben Dennler
Elgin
Iowa
Muehlenthaler
Lewis County
Bern
Switzerland
Swiss
Elgin School Notes Highlight Basket Benefit and Honors
The Elgin school notes report a benefit basket event after the Friday basketball game with Watcoma, music by the Little German Band of High, and free admission for basket bringers. It mentions department notices on economics, current events, and bookkeeping, along with seniors earning 60 word transcription certificates and top typing results. It lists spelling and arithmetic honor roll students in the grammar room, poetry and prose work, and Don Helms returning from Chicago with news of the 4H event and a Byrd talk for youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watcoma
Department of Public Instruction
Edith Bennett
Margie Christ
Alica Hansor
Frieda Miller
Lola Hanson
Alvina Frieden
Ruby Boyle
Eileen Evans
Ruth Gruver
Martha Berg
Susie Stillman
Rusell Kohler
Alma Opzand
Joseph Hanson
Don Helms
Don
Chicago
Thos. E. Wilson
United States
Richard E. Byrd
Grammar Room
Eva Mae Frieden
Margaret Grimm
Lillian Kruger
Earl Meyer
Clara Nelson
Selma Nelson
Margaret Strauch
Harold Weibel
Junior Schup‘bach
Helen Muehlethaler
Toss Dean
Igane Fahey
Helena Boleyn
Marie Grimm
Louise Baumgartner
George Howard
Leis Doan
Lillian Krug
Christmas Trees and Blackboard Rewards at Local School
The report notes pupils in primary rooms earning A plus marks get presents on their Christmas trees. Students such as Lola Mi Martin Jimmie Christ and Jessse Lyons received high ratings for spelling and artwork. Parents are invited to observe progress as decor and classroom routines reflect holiday cheer and student effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Mi ‘Martin
Gordon Zurbriggen
Ardes Groth
Jimmie Christ
Jessse Lyons
Jack Adrian
Junior Boyer
Gene Ha
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grand Meadow News
Dover Mills News
Gunder News
Echo
Kensington Club
Town Hall
Council Proceedings
Mrs
Marie Muehlenthaler
Leman
Feller’s Hardware
Lehman’s Hardware
Elgin Furniture Store
Brete Harte
California
IAN Bell Telephone Company
Jewelers
Rathbun
Oelwein, Iowa
Opticians
Virgin Diamonds
Gruen and
Rogers
Parker and Sheaffer
Gentine
Rathbun’s
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