Local births and fires ripple through area community
Brainard area notices report the birth of a son named Gerald Lester to Mr and Mrs Lester Suckow in January. A fire damaged the Wm Nutting home last Tuesday, aided by neighbors, caused by a defective chimney and required repairs before occupancy. Various visits and social gatherings are noted among residents including the Appelman family, the Lamphier and Cline households, and WCTU activity in West Union. Preaching by Rev Burrows is listed for 2:30 p.m. in Fredericksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Suckow
Jan
Gerald Lester
Chas
Appelman
Hawkeye
Severn
West Union
Herman
James Thomas
Bert Lamphier
Oelwein
Sidney Nutting
Harry Keig
John Cline
Suck
Joe Dinan
Vern Boyer
Lola Sait
Alice
B. H Brackin
Wm. Nutting
Sors
Burrows
Fredericksburg
Illyria Items and Fragments From Local Notices
Clarence Doty returned home after a month with relatives in Michigan. The Fred Schneider and Bert Benson families are ill. The Ladies Aid Society will serve supper at the church Friday at six. Nearby guests included Lester Chase and family, Mr. and Mrs. Chas Doty, Mrs. Martha Chapman, and others at various dinners and a Fayette farewell party for Miss Weils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Doty
Michigan
Fred Schneider
Bert Benson
Ladies’ Aid’ Society
Lester Chase
Strawberry Point
Arthur Her
Chas. Doty
Martha Chapman
Sen “Ghd Albert “Klingman Werd
Andrew Yeardus
Walter Rothlisberger
Lulu Rothlisberger
Earl
Fayette
Weils
Guernsey Smith and
Martin ‘Wenger
Delbert
Jerome Yearous
Local social notes span Cedar Rapids to West Union gatherings
Otis Rothlisberger attends Pekan corn meeting in Cedar Rapids last Thursday and many locals host guests Sunday through Monday. Family visits include Mitts, Frieden, Kimball, Medberry, Lembke, Yearous, Tope, and Robbins households. numerous birthday anniversaries noted. Community groups meet, credits discussed, and club officers elected at Progressive Home Study Club. weekend visits, illnesses, and family events fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Rothlisberger
Cedar Rapids
Jasper Mitts
John Friederich
H. D. Yack
Serene
Walter Medhberry
Mit
Vern Frieden
West Union
Mary Grover
Clermont
Harold ‘Kimball
Nellie Foxwell
Charlotte Medberry
Fayette
Floyd Frieden
Elmer Lembke
Rothlisberger
Joid
Helen
Opal Dennler
Kenneth Medberry
Lloyd Tope
Lucy
John Christen
Arthur Yearous
Fred Rothlisberger
Fleet Frieden
Elgin
Thes. Benson and Family
Arthur Kelly
Dale
H. F. Robbins
Hawkeye
Ida Frieden
Walter Medberry
Albert Lubke
Postville
Harold Kimball
Progressive Home Study Club
Ruth Rothlisberger
Ed Wenger
Lulu Rothlisberger
Marie Gehring
Ole Benson
N. M. Fritz
Fritz
Mr. Benson
Benson
Holzer
Anna Bane
Ruth
Otis
Edmef
Also Mentioned on This Page
BA Trell
D.C
Bias Hank
Etkader, Iowa
Illyria
Klingman’s Fountain Service
IR. A. Crider
Elgin, Iowa
Henry H. Welf, M. D
Chas, Doty
Clarence
Harry Vauslin
Ralph Shaffer
Carroll Klingman
Wayne Gilson
Gary
Wenger Bros
Court House
D. A
Jesson
Sid Walters
Vera
Merle
Walter -Medberry
Thos. Pollock
Harold Glass
Wm. Glass
Lester Robbins
Elkader
Thos. Benson
George Lembke
John Durscher
Near West Union
Reuben Light
Waverly
James Kerr
Waterloo
Wm. Kerr
Thos. Ogle
Robert Bigler
Wadena
Geraldine ‘Yearous
Tme
Ottumwa
Clifton Kiple
Ruth Roth
Joan Nydegger
Oren Bane
Henry Holzer
Myrtle Medberry
Kenneth
Howard Medberry
County Life News
Erma Friederich
Severion Blockhus
Mervin Hunsberger
Olaf Berg
Arthur Groth
Selmer Groth
Near Decorah
Helen Groth
Ole Thorson
Clara Blockhus
Sven Blockhus
Seversen
Bessie Blockhus
Barbara Berg
Mable
Bertha Larson
Andrew Thorson
Orville Berg
Edgar Kimball
Signy Hanson
Luther College
Luella Gilbertson
Old People’s Home
Decorah
Jacob Roland
Carrie Thorson
Harvey
Donna Gilbertson
Swen Swenson
Carmen Swenson
Oliver Torkelson
Bigiti
Olaf Burg
Helen Graig
Bernard Hanson
George Hanson
Carl Blockhus
Ole Reierson
Joe Wander
Lovisa Buroden
Lawrence West
Guernsey
John Deere
New
Case
McCormick-Deering
New McCormick
Deering
McCormick
Deering Side Deliv
Emerson
Superior
Clipper Fanning
Fairbanks-Morse
H. P. McCormick-Deering
Monitor
H. P Bob
Surrey
H. P
Poland
China
Farrow
Henry Frieden
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