Cheery Valley social notes lead week with gatherings and visits
Mrs Martin Hanson and Mrs Rosa Botumgartner spent Wednesday with Mrs Rosa Schlupp. Hilda Meyer was a nine guest Tuesday night in the Ben Dennler home. Leo and Lavern Dennler spent Saturday in the Sam Dennler home. The 50 card club entertained at the L Christen home with birthdays for Mrs Bert Thoman and Mrs Ernest Christen. High scores to Mr and Mrs Jerome Yearous. low scores to Mrs Geo Leuchtenmacher and Will Christen. Numerous visits and hospitality marked the week including interactions among the Dennlers, Schlupps, Hansons, Fischers and Bütikoffers, with care for Mrs Erickson and baby. The 500 club met at Hanson Bros. home. high to Mrs Frank Christen and Chester Hull. low to Lucy and Walter Christen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Hanson
Rosa Botumgartner
Rosa Schlupp
Hilda Meyer
Ben Dennler
Leo
Lavern Dennler
Sam Dennler
L. Christen
Bert Thoman
Ernest Christen
Jerome
Geo. Leuchtenmacher
Will Christen
Gladys Hanson
Rosa Schiupp
Anna Gregerson
Lansing
Arthur Friederich
Wm. Larson
Walter Butikofer
Zeta Marie
Jake Dennler
Hanson Bros
Satur
Frank Christen
Chester
Hull
Lucy
Walter Christen
Thos. E. Howard
Elgin
Clara Muehlenthaler
F. C
Local residents host and visit across Iowa towns
Weekend social notes detail Mrs. Leo Paige visiting Wadena with family while Mrs. Fred Hunt and Cathryn Ogle stay with Mrs. Mary Ogle. Funeral attendance for Elizabeth Yearous in Engle Grove. Cedar Rapids visitor Walter Wenger and brothers Lew and Ed. Manchester business visit by Reynold Strong and son Duane. Elgin hosts Herve Robbins, Fleet Frieden, Thos. Ogle party with Elmer Lembke. John Rothlisberger visits West Union family. Jerome Yearous and Christen Bros. meet in Cheery Valley. Hulda Berg visits Hunsberger family near Elgin. Lima newlyweds Jones move into Medberry home. Jones to help Kenneth Medberry ferment Wau. Insurance ad for R. P. Strauch, Elgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Paige
Wadena
Fred Hunt
Cathryn Ogle
Waterloo
Mary Ogle
Andrew Yearous
Elizabeth Yearous
Engle Grove
Walter Wenger
Cedar Rapids
Lew
Ed Wenger
Reynold Strong
Duane
Manchester
Herve Robbins
Robert
Hawkeye
Fleet Frieden
Elgin
Thos. Ogle
Elmer Lembke
John Rothlisberger
West Union
Walter Rothlisberger
Jerome Yearous
Christen Bros
Cheery Valley
Hulda Berg
Lena Hunsberger
Russell Jones
Lima
Myrtle Medberry
Harold Ashby
Fayette
Jones
Kenneth Medberry
Farith Lin
Rex Medberry
Earl
Gene
Guernsey Smith
Lea Olson
Smith
Florence
Clarence Thoman
Oak Grove
Grace
Viola
Elizabeth
Thomas Foxwell
Lulu Rothlisberger
Kenneth
Helen Dennler
Max Medberry
Nellie Kimball
Anna Mae
Roy Halverson
Eva Mae Meyer
Volga
Harald Kimball
Jim Yearous
Alton Medberry
Howard Medberry
Marlene
Cathryn
Albert Dennler
Harvey Kraus
Elkport
LeRoy
Ida Mattocks
Ellen Hanton
Ralph Shaffer
C. L. Klingman
Local Visits And House Guests In Cheery Valley Area
Residents from Cheery Valley and surrounding towns hosted visitors and welcomed guests over the weekend. The list includes Gottfried Frieden’s hosts the Wenger brothers and several families from Plain, Oak Grove, Elkader, West Union, and Cheery Valley. Many dinners and suppers highlighted community ties and farm help with local families hosting relatives and friends.
Community Socials and Visits Dot Grand Meadow Week
Grand Meadow residents and families visited Elkader and adjacent towns for social calls. Numerous callers including Mrs. Reinhart, Mrs. Olson, and Mrs. Holm stopped by homes in Clermont and Elkader, with several small gatherings and an oyster supper affected by drifted roads and cold weather.
Greatest Ancient Bridge Builders The Romans to Tay Bridge
A Washington Post writer notes the Romans built bridges for conquest and commerce, while railroads and iron bridges followed. The Tay Bridge disaster of 1878 showed wind can topple engineering, costing about 100 lives as trains plunged into the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemans
Washington Post
Napoleon
London Bridge
Glasgow
Tay
Loftiest Plateau Elevation in Tibet at 16500 Feet
A London writer in Tit-Bits Magazine notes Tibet holds the world’s loftiest plateau with an average elevation of 16500 feet. Described as strange, it lies in Central Asia near China and India, with a thin oxygen atmosphere making travel hard in winter.
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Tibet
London
Tit-Bits
Central Asia
China
India
Victoria of England and the Golden Jubilee Legacy
Victoria ascended the throne in 1837 at eighteen after William IV's death and reigned longest in English history. She married Prince Albert in 1840, he died in 1861, and she lived to 1901 with four sons and five daughters and 37 great grandchildren. Her reign featured 1887 golden and 1897 diamond jubilees, born at Kensington Palace in 1819 and died at Osborne in 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
England
William IV
Prince Albert
Saxe- Coburg-Gotha
Kensington Palace
London
Osborne
Isle of Wight
Late Racket in Classified Ads Swindles Passengers
The article warns of a common scam in classified ads where a person advertises a California trip offering passenger spots, collects payment, then vanishes with driver and car after overnight stop. Newspapers rarely detect such fraud in advance. ads are accepted in good faith if payment is received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Auto
Metropolitan News
Qelwein Rezitser
Strikers face lower earnings in Iowa strikes report
The Iowa Falls Citizen notes that auto industry strikers typically won higher pay but total earnings could drop by up to 40 percent compared with 1906 due to time lost during strikes. The article questions whether workers will gain or lose overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Jose
Odd Parr the Shropshire Centenarian Dies in Westminster Abbey
English centenarian known as Od Parr Thomas Parr, born around 1483, aged about 152 years, married at eighty, was taken to London by the Earl of Arundel to present to Charles I in 1635 and died shortly after. Physician William Harvey attributed his death to change of air and diet. buried in Westminster Abbey. later tales linked to Old Parrs Life Pills quack remedy.
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Od Parr
Thomas Parr
London
Earl of
Tonnage Ship Load Lines and Safety Marks
The article explains how a ship's safe load varies by season hemisphere and water type. It notes vessels display road lines or Flimsoll marks on bow and stern indicating maximum safe depth in FW Fresh Water SW Salt Water IS Indian Summer & Summer W Winter WNA Winter North Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
Collier’s Weekly
Hornets Help in Keeping Barns Free of Flies
Hornets are a nuisance only when disturbed. They never sting unless molested and they eat flies in large numbers, helping to rid barns and houses of the far more serious menace, the house fly.
Marriage at Volga City Houses of Follon and Moore
Katherine Follon daughter of Mr and Mrs John Follon wed Ronald Moore son of Mr and Mrs Ira Moore Thursday at the bride’s parents home Volga City Rev E J Starr pastor of the M E church officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nie
Katherine Follon
John Follon
Ronald Moore
Ira Moore
Volga City
E. J. Starr
M. E. Church
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