Brainard area social notes and visits update
Mr and Mrs Glen Boyer hosted a chicken supper Saturday with Will Barker Melvin Boyer Vern Boyer and Herman Boyer families in attendance. Visits followed with Chas Appelman and family near Hawkeye and Carl Appelman. Vern Boyer family visited Fred Wede in Elgin. D W Mays travel to Iowa City for medical consultation. Barker attended a West Union shooting match. A school program and Christmas tree event at the school house drew many, Azalia Nutting praised for planning. Willis Lyons noted as present. Gale Hovey from Cedar Rapids spending two weeks at home. Ladies Aid Society met with seven members, Christmas poems exchanged gifts. next meeting hosted by Mrs Herman Boyer. Officer elections planned at Sunday school next week. Also noted: Mr and Mrs Glen Boyer and Mrs Vern Boyer and Mrs Herman Boyer in Oelwein. Azalia and Vern Nutting at Arthur Craft home near West Union. Mrs Jon Peters visited Frank Lyons home. Mr and Mrs Clarence Tripp and Cecil Tripp visited West Union.
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Glen Boyer
Will Barker
Melvin Boyer
Vern Boyer
Herman Boyer
Chas
Appelman
Hawkeye
Carl Appelman
Fred Wede
Elgin
D. W. Mays
Iowa City
Willis Lyons
Gale Hovey
Cedar Rapids
Chas, Peters
Ladies’ Aid Society
Oelwein
Azalia
Vern Nutting
Arthur Craft
West Union
Jon Peters
Frank Lyons
Mia
Clarence ‘Tripp
Cecil
Gerald Frieden
Bir
Henry Frieden
Theodore Hanson
Alwart
John Frieden
la Grange
Leo Hanson
Mary Foxwell
Epen
Fred. Rothlisber
Wigit
Coe Vata
Rex
Medberry
Berl
Gene
Lew Lehman
Elizabeth, Schupbach
Gottfried Frieden
Ruby Bark
Stanley
Albert Cook
Wadena
Walter Rothlisberger
Wil Frieden
Jerome
Martha Chapman
Fred Schneider
Betty
Arthur
Jacob’ Gehring
Cheery
Fred Rothlisberger
I. F. Shaffer
Permelia McCann
John Rothlisberger
Leo
Will Stirk
Thos
Hanson
Adolph Hanson
George Butikofer
Glen Little
Donald
Garnaville
Andrew Yearous
Quotations on conduct and wit from a bygone era
A collection of aphorisms and witticisms on women, men, youth, society, and manners. Topics include reputation, forgiveness, gossip, aging, and marriage. The lines feature observations from Browning and Pythagoras, with sharp remarks on repartee, self respect, and public behavior.
Public Service Made Real by Woman Caller
A Baltimore woman phoned the Maryland Department of Public Service to ask for a service engineer. She asked to leave her baby in the office while she went downtown to shop, remarking that things can begin giving real public service.
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Public Service Commission
Baltimore
Maryland Department of Public Service
Map Inspired Fashion Shows Europe in Silk Back Design
A Parla designer draws on atlas imagery for woven fabrics and shows a pale silk frock with a map of Paris tucked along the back. The design traces boulevards to landmarks like the Louvre Notre Dame and Arc de Triomphe with the Seine looping down the wearer’s spine. Nearby stories note a near tragedy in Cedar Rapids involving a nitroglycerin bottle found in debris, a penny trail for the Earl Haig fund linking Gibraltar to charity, a lost key recovered from a hog by a California boy, and a quip about political hypnosis at voting booths.
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Parla
Louvre
Notre Dame
Arc de Triomphe
Bois de Boulogne
Cedar Rapids
Gibraltar
Earl Haig
Alexander Godley
Illyria area weekend visits and holiday church supper
Gerald Frieden spent the weekend with grandparents near Elgin while relatives from La Grange Mo visited nearby. Rural schools close for holidays and the Ladies Aid plans a New Year’s supper at the church with serving beginning at six. Local families and neighbors, including the Rothlisberger and Yearous households, shared meals and visits during the holiday period.
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Jerome Yearous
Martha Chapman
Delbert
Thomas Pollock
Localized Obscure Names Spark Questionable Report
Fragmentary OCR text lists names like Oetwal Ha and Ployd Ernst from Town City and Newators with garbled syntax. The readable parts suggest a brief item about individuals and places, but specifics and context are missing.
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Oetwal Ha
Ernst
Town City
Cne Oxle
Mt ‘Snd
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Benson Farm
Clermont
R. 0. Woodard
Oscar Baker
coL.ee Waters
State Bank
Browning
Pythagoras
Clarence Grant
Redding
Calif
Jerela Garcia
Garcia
Grantia Locker Et Achnol
Senator Sorghum
Dad Harrington
Carrington
Moneybags
Illyria
Rossa
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