Local social notes from Cheery Valley and surrounding towns
Cheery Valley News reports weekend visits and examinations across Gunder Elgin Decorah and Clermont. Individuals named include Kurth Dennler Christen Friederich and Wenger with activity at homes in Elgin West Union and Oelwein plus hospital return for Reuben Metzger and several guests at Friederich and Dennler houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottfred Kurth
Gunder
Mra
Jake Kurth
Jacob Solberger
Ernest Christen
Fred Dennler
Rosa Schlupp
Melbert
Meyer
Jake Christen
Ben Dennler
Clarence Schneider
Harry Dennler
Walter Butikofer
Ida Christen
Betty
Oelwein
Walter Mitta
Elgin
John Friederich
Eliza Friederich
Will Friederich
Arthur Friederich
Jake Dennler
Alma Hangen
Waterloo
Decorah
Ern Friederich
Rosa Baumgartner
John
Fred Hanson
Dan Sutter
Clermont
Martin Wenger
Leonard Moore
Freddie Friederich
Alice Friederich
Martin
Social and family notes from Oak Grove area
Oak Grove entries detail dinner visits and guest days at Elgin and Volga area homes. Social Hour club, 500 card club events, and various visits among Holzer Dennler Muncie Kerr Thoman Wilson and other locals mark community ties. a Red Cross collection is noted and several ill or visiting residents are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Holzer
John Falk
Elgin
Chris Dennler
Clib
Reuben Howard
John Nydegger
Red Gross
Thos. Pollock
Near
Volga
Tame
Chiia Denney
Arthur Chapman
Carrie Butikofer
Louis Dennler
Beryl
C. H. Wilson
Jim Muncie
Florence
John Muncie
Tim Thoman
Ben Hofer
David May
Walter Pritchard
Pritchard
Clarence Thoman
Jim Mauncie
Florence and
Perry Medberry
June Kerr
Community Guests Share Weekend Visits Across Area
Local families hosted and visited relatives and friends over the weekend. In Wadena Mrs. Ralph Shaffer and sister joined Archie Howard for dinner. West Union hosts included Lyle Wilson and Robert Clifton with Robert. Other gatherings featured Elmer Kohls, D. C. Dean, Donna, Clifton Powell, Tommy Howard, Beryl Boleyn, and Ward Brabham sharing meals and evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Shaffer
Wadena
Martin Hanson
Gheory Valley
Archie Howard
Robert Wilson
Gona Clifton
Robert
Lyle Wilson
West Union
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Elmer Kohls
D. C. Dean
Donna
J. M. Shaffer
Harry Gilson
Clifton Powell
Beryl Boleyn
Ward Brabham
Tommy Howard
Community Guests Fill Social Week Across West Union
Iilyria Items Floyd Mitta of Canton visits Gottfried Frieden home. Mrs. Martha Chapman and many neighbors share meals and calls in Cheery Valley, West Union, Elkader, and nearby towns. Numerous dinner and supper guests mark a busy social week as families greet kin and friends from Clay Center, Fayette, Volga, and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Mitta
Canton
Gottfried Frieden
Martha Chapman
Rosa Schlupp
Cheery Valley
Ella Foxwell
Fayette
Charlotte Medberry
Fred Rothlisberger
M. A. Klingman
Wadena
Matt Frey
Harold Kimball
Jake Frieden
West Union
Fred Klingman
Clayton Center
Henry Bretserecher
Libbie Larson
Elkader
C. L. Kingman
Harold Hermen
Lester Chase
Charles City
al Hermen
Erma Butikofer
Ida Frieden
Lulu Rothlisberger
Earl
Gueets
Leo Rothlisberger
Floyd Mitts
Fred Schneider
Raymond Benson
Delbert
Perry Medberry
Volga
Alton Medberry
Ed Medberry
Dora Lee
Dale Kelly
Kenneth Medberry
Fleet Frieden
Forest Moore
Walter Rothlisberger
Walter
Elmer Frieden
Donald
Rex Medberry
Jerome
Arthur Hermen
Walter Wenger
Cedar Rapida
C. Wenger
George Butikofer
Marie
Robert
J. W. Schneider
Elgin
Hilda Meyer
Wanda Everett
George Jones
Hear Lima
Ralph Holtzman
Gloria
Will Hinton
Will Frieden
Milo
Leta Ash
Jerome Yearous
Chas. Hunsberger
Arlo Homewood
Ruth Holtzman
Willard Ash
Clara Muhhlenthaler
Ernest Christen
Lucy Christen
Jake Christen
Lillian
John
Illness Preventing Measures in the Home Lecture Held
Mrs. Ed Medberry hosted a Farm Bureau women training school event featuring Miss Lewis H D A on illness prevention in the home. G E Medberry returned from Rock Rapids after visiting his sister-in-law. Several local residents attended gatherings, birthdays, and dinners with families from Fayette and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Medberry
Louisa Medberry
Rock Rapids
Lewis
Ed Medberry
Farm Bureau
Walter Rothlisberger
Guy Ernst
Ames
500 Club
Herve Robbins
Jerome Verrous
Albert Kohler
Lena Hunsberger
Hunsberger
Old British Measures Defined for Trade Standards
The article lists historical British quantities: a cord of wood 128 cubic feet, a chaldron of coal 85 pounds, a chest of cloves 200 pounds, a chest of tea 84 pounds, a hogshead of tobacco 12 to 18 hundredweight, a matt of cloves 80 pounds, a peck of flour 14 pounds, a stone of meat 8 pounds, a cran of herring 37% gallons, a last of herring 13,200 herrings, and a long hundred equal to 33 warps or 132 herrings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Reindeer Herd Mischief Delays Lapp Herds in Norway
Wild reindeer mix with tame herds in Norway, luring some away. A patient Lapp herder may trek about 100 miles before locating and recovering stray animals to restore the herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Memorial to Pigeons Unveiled in Lille War Monuments
A monument to France wartime pigeon corps, the carrier pigeons who served as an air force, will be unveiled at Lille. The read article underscores the role of pigeons in war and frames the dedication as a tribute to their service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Corps of Carrier Pigeons
Lille
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Cheery Valley News
Oak Grove News
Iilyria
Thos. Ogle
Thos. Benson
Marie Dennier
Oak Grove
Lulu Roethlisberger
Mia
Idan Mattocks
Rosanna Rothlieberger
West UN- 10N
Arthur Yearous
Opera House
Iowa
Ramblers
Ole Jensen
Mutual
R. P. Strauch
Zenith Farm
Zenith
Adel Ma
OMNI9
Atha Cuparherrodyte
Foreign Buy Now
Chenge Baler
Grimm & Hellum
Elgin, Iowa
Petrarch
Elgin State Bank
Orplus
Joseph Martie
Martie
Turkey River Bridge
North River Road
Eskader
Mutual Telephone
McCormick
Deering
H. P. John Deere
Rock Island
International
H. P
Jack McCormick
McCormick-Deering
Joseph J. Martie
Albert Schori
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