Local notes from Gunder area address visitors and flu impacts
A collection of brief items from Gunder and nearby communities reports visits and travels by residents including P Mark Oscar Nyborg Melvin Olson and others. It notes fevers illnesses flu and pneumonia affecting locals, school reopenings after a flu outbreak, a $10000 Drake University Bible college donation, tractor engineering courses, a parcel shower for Clara Mark Olson and general social updates with several home visits and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Mark Olson
K. B. Mark
C. HE. Arney
Marshall County
Albion
Drake University
Des Moines
Bible College
Local notes from Brainard and surrounding area
Will Harker chopped wood Monday as Willig Lyons remained ill this week. Mrs Quy Reed and Mr Breckner visited nearby, with several neighbors attending church meetings in Elgin. Decorah’s news touched Martin Hovey by his mother’s death. Miss Clara Goldberg edits The Denecke Owl store paper in Cedar Rapids. Wood alcohol deaths and stock swindling loom in national scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Harker
Willig Lyons
Quy Reed
Castalla
Mr. Breckner
Sid Patterson
R. Hitch
Martin Hovey
Decorah
Fred Barnhouse
Oelwein
Harry Stillman
George
Mr. Weagy
Elgin
Katherine Wright
M. Hovey
Zibe Tripp
Guy Reed
Thelma -Lyons
Bauman
Clermont
Frank Lyons
Julia Bartholomew
Ray Rowland
West Union
Register
Denecke Owl
Denecke Department
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Clara Goldberg
Local notes from Page County farms and families
Walter Wilbur and others are listed with visits and social calls around Elkader and nearby homes. The report notes sickness, school absence due to epidemic, and farm life details including hog deliveries, agricultural courses, and visits from Res Medberry. It highlights Page County as 1919 banner wheat county with 1,018,000 bushels, averaging 18 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wilbur
Elkader Catler
Will Smith
Wit Pollock
Lena Medberry
Co. D. Chapman
Chas Wenger
Henry McMillan
Rog Chapman
Oklin Probert
Jerome Yeatong
Frank Hunaberger
Ole Benson
Martha Chapman and Sons
Chapman
Elgin
Ray Shaffer
Stephen Rothlisberger
Glen MacKellar
Thomas
Alexander Pollock
Res Medberry
Ames
L. Kingman
Page County
Warren County
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P. Mark
Eigin
Oscar Nyborg Waas
Higin
Melvin
Olson
Ote T
Short Brothers
Tom Holm
Emoch Mark
C. J. Anderson
Howie Referson
John Wold
Gena Nyborg
Louie Referson
Velgie Jonson
Decora
Pete Anderson
Edwin Olson
Cornelius Reierson
Joseph Lind
Gunder
Genter
Mabel Nass
Brainard
Edith
Hidith
Andy Reinhart
Bauder
Hans EB. Grether
Waukon
Hans E. Grether
Carl M. Raftis
Wadena
C. H. Williamson
Fred W. Schneider
Halstenson & Schori
John H. Smith
White Willow Farm
George Kiple
L. J. Raftis
Elkader
Ben J. Erickson
Speee
Ernest Grimm
C. Dummermuth
Schori
Weibel & Thoma
J. Griesinger
Frank Crooks
Elgin Land Company
A. M. Weibel, Mgr
Elgin, la
Col. F. R. Berg
Elgis
Oak Grove
van Brandt
Wm. Schupbach
B. J, Baumgartner
Fred Rothlisberger
Elkader-West Union Road
Emerson Gang
U. S
Stephen
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