Holiday gatherings fill area homes with visitors
A long list of relatives and friends traveled to spend Christmas and the holidays with families in the region. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Wil Fioya Blres, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Knudteon, Verle Xniel, John Jr. Falk, Clifton Mealey, and many others visiting from towns such as Decorah, Lime Springs, Madison, Fayette, Osage, and Britt. Families hosted dinners and stayed through the holiday period in homes across Monona, Oelwein, Postville, Cedar Rapids, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verle Xniel
John Jr. Falk
Clifton Mealey
Town City
Mrs. N. P. Kerr
Lime
Tiias
George Hf. Falk
Baptist Church Notes Weekend Services and Meetings
Sunday December 29 service at 10 am with children's program at 11 am followed by a 11 pm delivery. Thursday January 2 2 pm Ladies Aid Society meets at the parsonage. Sunday January 6 2 pm church meeting with reports. Trustee election reminder. Pastor Ph Lauer invites friends to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Brainard School Notes Highlights
Evelyn Barker Beatrice Barker Ruby Boyer Dorothy Craft earned perfect spelling. Kenneth Barker and Ruby Boyer scored nine in arithmetic. Grace Peters was absent due to illness. Pupils wrote original Christmas poems and stories with drawings. Tommy Barker and Eileen Bartlett shared stories in language class. Doris Lyons visited one day last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn. Barker
Beatrice
Boyer
Ruby Boyer
Dorothy Craft
Kenneth Barker
Evelyn
Grace Petera
Tommy Barker
Eileen Bartlett
Doris Lyons
Asalia
Enormous Waste in Holiday Advertising Calendars
An executive argues calendars flood offices and waste money, urging merchants to make calendars a community effort. In Elgin alone about $1,000 worth of calendars were distributed in two weeks with only a fraction retained. The piece notes a proposed communal calendar program and mentions local visitors and residents returning for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
The
Echo
Local Cheery Valley Notes Bring Community Together
The Cheery Valley column lists numerous residents visiting relatives in Shullaburg Wisconsin and La Grange Missouri. Social calls include Frieden, Dennler, Christen, and Hofer families. A birth is reported, a Christmas program is described, and several families plan visits and vacations.
Vaccinate Against Blackleg Prevents Pasture Infection
The black leg germ endures in soil for years and vaccination is the only practical defense. Blackleg has been reported nationwide except the Southern Atlantic and Eastern Gulf states, mainly in spring and fall in cattle aged 6 to 18 months. Dead animals must be burned or buried deep to prevent reinfection. medical treatment is ineffective. Permanently infected pastures should be cropped rather than grazed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Atlantic
Gulf States
Bureau of Animal Industry
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Live and Dead Towns Difference
A North Chicago Benton News column contrasts live towns and dead burgs. It notes live communities have citizens ready to undertake worthy projects, while dead towns suffer from selfishness and lack of collective action, hindering communal progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
Benton News
Business visitor and residents move into Elgin home
A. S. Hoag of Clermont visited on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Bakeman moved to Elgin and reside in the west apartment of Mrs. Rudy Moser’s home. Mrs. Bakeman’s brother is living with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Rowland
That West Union
M. Zurbriggen
A. S. Hoag
Clermont
Nick Bakeman
Elgin
Rudy Moser
Mrs. Bakeman
Weibel Brothers Visit Over Holiday Weekend
E. A. Weibel of Fairbank spent Friday and Saturday here with his brother A. M. Weibel Frieda Freiburghaus arrived from Edgewood late last week and will spend the holiday vacation at the F. C. Muehlethaler home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. and
Mia
David Bartelma
Florence Berg
Jows Falla
E. A. Weibel
Fairbank
A. M. Weibel
Frieda Freiburghaus
Edgewood
F. C. Muehlethaler
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Detist
Mr John Faith
Fioya
Bagar
Ind Mee
Walthers
Kad
Gy, Fitzgerald
Rockford, Sr
Herbert Falb
Z. A. Boleyn
Waucoma
Floyd Knudteon
Decorah
His
Mr. H. T. Knudteon
Lloyd ‘Swartley
le Mara
Hans. Grether
Hazel Cave
Madison, Wis
J. ‘D. Shaffer
A. E. Whitney
Mary Carpenter
Fayette
C. B. Sehori
L.B. Carter
Gon’ Lewis
Osage
George Carter
Gertrude Grether
Palmer
Shipton
Ole Torkelson
Carl Torkelson
Oliver Torkelson
Philman Larson
Elmer Benson
Wm. Torkelson
C. O. Torkelson
Otis
Herman Scholen
George Vaughn
Gilma Olson
Marlo Moxby
G. V. Zimmerlin
Duncombe
Agnes Crowe
Cedar Rapids
Anna Rennison
Celia Réunison
Walter Felb
A. J. Phillips
Postville
Ed Conner
Chippewa
Fails
Wisconsin
Charles S. Whitney
Britt
R. C. Jorgenson
Minneapolis
Minn
Iowa Falls
F. R. Berg
Frances Skarshaug
Collins
Mary Skarshaug
Ruth Mosby
Orville Bunting
Josephine DeSart
Rex. Medberry
Elizabeth
Richard Skarshaug
Cedar Falls
Clem Schmid
Oelwein
Ed Schmid
Eve
C. 0. Torkelson
Olavus Larson
H. Larson
Melvin Benton
Mmr
Philman Embartson
B. M. Benson
F. G. Spahr
Ed Hanson
J. D. Hendershott
F. E. Kohidr
Vand
Louis Klingman
Max Thoma
Elgin, Iowa
Baptist Church
Ph. Lauer
Brainard School
Chas, Becker
Marion
Town Hall
Cheery Valley
Ern Baumgartner
Walter Butikofer
John Dentler
Shullaburg
Wis
Harry
Sam Frieden
Albert Frieden
la Grange
Freddie Friederich
Johnnie Friederich
Rob Smith
Harry Olson
Near West Union
Mart Stence
John Bossard
Guernsey Smith
Eliza Friederich
L. Christen
Theodore Hannon
John
Lillian Christen
Frank Christen
John Dennler
Adolph Baumgartner
Theodore Hanson
Ellen
Edwin Hanson
John Friedden
Moore
Levi Frieden
Ben Hofer
Ted Hanson
Martin Hanson
John Schmid
Louise Butikofer
Lydia
Harry Dennler
Wm. Larson
Elkader
John Frieden
John Dennier
Mra
Elmer Dennier
Jake Dennier
George Christen
Fred Yost
Rose Schlupp
Alma
Gladya Hanson
Elva Mae Lerch
Mabel Butihofer
Dan Sutter
Leo
Ern Friederich
Joe
Les Baumgarten
Ben Frieden
Emil Frieden
Gladys Schneider
Bertha Hofer
Lawrence Hofer
Floy Jennings
Orlan Mason
Thos. Hanson
Georgia Meyer
Elizabeth Schupbach
Mabel Rennison
City Drug Store
Elgin Savings Bank
Kohler
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