Community Notes From Cheery Valley Parish Circa Early Spring
Cheery Valley residents record visits and stays across multiple farms and homes. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Butikofer plan to relocate to the Louis Butikofer farm after March first, currently occupied by John Schneider. Various family and guest visits are listed, including Christens, Meyer, Dennler, Friederich, and others, with care arrangements at hospitals and assistance exchanged among neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Gregerson
Arthur Friederich
Mirmie Butikofer
Ecketager
Louis Butikofer
Lawrence Butikofer
John Schneider
Local society notes from Oak Grove and surrounding towns
Mrs Arthur Kelly assists with house work at Harold Strong home in Oak Grove. Mrs Fred Rothlisberger visited relatives in Elgin last Tuesday. Ray Klingman family held a farewell party with noon dinner baskets for a picnic. Kingman family plans to move March first to a farm near Volga. Viola Foxwell teaches Cook School near Elkader while Mins McMillan is sick. Washington birthday party at church Feb 21 postponed. J D Shaffer from near West Union dined with Fred Rothlisberger family. Mr and Mrs Ralph Reed and Colleen visit Ralph Holtzman. Mrs Gottfred Frieden and daughter Marie return from Iowa City hospital. Martha Chapman called at Chase Doty’s last Saturday. Community mourns C H Medberry, a respected local figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Kelly
Harold’ Strong
Oak Grove
Fred Rothlisberger
Elgin
Ray Klingman
Elingman
Kingman
Volga
Viola Foxwell
Cook
Elkader
Iowa City
Martha Chapman
Chase Doty
C. H. Medberry
Obituary notes and community social notices
The passage recalls a beloved church member and outlines numerous social visits across families in the Elgin area. It highlights church service involvement, committee work, and birthday acknowledgments, followed by a long list of guests and names from area households visiting at Gottfred Frieden’s home.
Community Visits and Gatherings in Brainard Area
Last week in Brainard and nearby West Union, numerous visits and social events occurred. Families including Thomas, Nutting, and Peters hosted dinners and suppers. new pupils Opal Viola and Geraldine Howard joined Brainard school. Valentine party at district No. 4. several residents called on ill Mr. Patterson. and many neighbors shared meals and friendship across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graydon Hackett
West Union
George Howard
John Barnhouse
E. R. Nutting
Wm. Nutting
Jimmie
Sidney Nutting
Joe Peters
Joseph
Wm. Sullivan
Clermont
G. A. Thomas
Sidney Patterson
Wilson
Arthur Patterson
Willie Lyon
Raymond Mays
M. A. Boyer
Verne Boyer
Grace Peters
E.G. Boyer
Chas
Peters
Grace
Sam Howard
Genevieve
Billy
Cathleen Peters
Russell Boyer
Herman Boyer
Brainard Church Schedule and Tax Filing Notices
Brainard Church sets Sunday school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 with evening services at 7 20. A deputy revenue collector will be at the West Union courts to assist filing federal income tax returns on Tuesday February 25. The Clayton county date is February 24 with the collector at the court house there as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainard
West Union
Clayton County
Problems in Subtraction Always Puzzle the Birds
A discussion of animal number sense cites Dr. Tobias Dantzig on counting and infinity. A crow nests in a watch tower and, through staged visits by varying numbers of men, fails to distinguish between four and five, returning to its nest. The piece notes that counting has no end since every number has a successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobias Dantalg
Gallows Trap Fails Three Times in Exeter Execution
A 1885 Exeter crowd witnesses a failed gallows trap. John Lee stands on the scaffold three times as the mechanism jams, provoking hysteria before he is removed and later sentenced to 22 years, which he ultimately serves and dies in his bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Exeter
Capper
John Lee
Goodby
Lee
Shortness of Long Lives and the Value of Time
A reflection on living long yet wasting time. The author argues life’s tasks scale with duration and urges immediate labor each day. Those who squander months should grasp that remaining moments are Heaven’s last trust and no moment should be lost.
Insectas Sold as Pets in Japan
Insecta are sold as pets in Japan in small cages with crickets and other singing insects kept by people. They are fed sliced cucumbers and later released outdoors in spots with bushes or grass after the owner witnesses the chirping of contentment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Samuel Wainwright Jr
Elder Wood Beliefs Across Northern Myths
The elder tree features in northern myth with Danes deeming its wood lucky for furniture, Russians believing it expels evil spirits, and a medieval tale claiming Judag hanged himself on an elder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elder
Europe
Judag
Monoxide Gas Threat Found in Homes and Stoves
Monoxide gas appears in places beyond garages and autos. It emanates from cracked furnaces, poorly functioning stoves and smoking lamps, and leaks from gas jets as a main cooking gas source. Birds and small animals succumb to monoxide more quickly than humans.
Fiddlers Sail with King in Royal Plunge Scene
An English diary from the American Revolution era records a royal sea plunge as fiddlers played God Save the King. The passage notes the king bathing with apparent success while a machine accompanies the royal into the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella
King
Mountain Superstitions Suppress Local Climbs in Hima Laya
In the olden days people avoided mountain ascents due to superstitions about supernatural events at the summit. Even now residents around the Hima layas hold to a belief that a curse deters anyone from climbing, preserving a wary tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Himalayas
Oak Grove Births and Visits Highlight Local Week
Mr and Mrs Harold Strong welcomed a baby boy born Wednesday February 12 Kenneth Wilbert is the third child in the family. Johnnie Howard was a dinner guest of his parents Wednesday. Several families visited in local homes including the Howards Dennlers and Muncies. Christ Dennler is ill and confined to bed for a week or two. Regular social calls feature Mrs Henry Holzer Mrs Silas Wilson and others visiting relatives and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Strong
Kenneth Wilbert
Johnnie Howard
John Howard
Louis Dennler
Chas, Wilder
Reuben Howatt
Paul Woshell
James Muncie
Henry Holzer
Frank Boyle
Tim Thoman
Silas Wilson
June Kerr
Henry Feller
Walter Rothlisberger
Clyde King
Harold Leuenberger
J. D. Shaffer
Harold
Melbert Meyer
Marie Dennler
Walter Dennler
Genevieve Wilson
Robi
Wilson
James
John Muncie
Robert Scott
Valga
Valentine day tragedy link to Capone era mob ties
Lita Whiteher Ethi] Luch hosted supper at John Luchsinger home as Wee My Klinner and Ward Brabham attended. Jac McGurn, once Capone associate and linked to the Moran massacre, was shot in the back at a northwest Chicago bowling alley last Saturday. McGurn is tied to a past case and the blonde alibi that later led to his marriage and widowhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klinner Gatest Howard
Lita Whiteher
Ethi] Luch
John Luchsinger
Ward Brabham
Jac
McGurn
Capone
Valentine
McGurna
Tie
Midwestern Fur Judge Dies After Stroke at Eighty
Attorney WL Lk Tagerschl, a noted fur judge, died Monday morning in Oclweir at four o'clock. He was about eighty years old and widely known across Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WL Lk. Tagerschl
Oclweir
Stout
Iowa
Des Moines Church Demands Shut-Down of Social Venues
In response to fuel shortages, Des Moines church leaders pass a resolution calling for closing theatres, dance halls, beer parlors, pool halls, state liquor stores, sporting clubs, night clubs and similar venues until fuel supplies improve for homes, schools, churches and essential community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ing
Also Mentioned on This Page
Evans’ Cafe
E. R. Withell
D. C
M. L. Knutson
Optometrist
Cheery Valley News
la Grange
Clarence Gregerson
Hilda Meyer
Martin Wenger
Elizebeth Christen
Ida Christen
Rochester
Minn
Harold and
Merbert Meyer
Monena
Ernest Christen
Lucy
Walter
William
Lillian Christen
Clara Muehblenthaler
Edwin Hannon
Frank Christen
Elsie Butikofer
Emil Frieden
Johns Schneider
Louis Butikofer, Jr
Opal Dennler
Butikofer
Martin Hanson
Walter Christen
Clara Muehlenthaler
Edwin Hanson
Jake Christen
Jake Butikofer
Ed Butikofer
Illyria
Our Church
Iris
Jakie Gehring
West of Elgin
Fred Schneider
Perest Shaffer
Jim Yearous
Jerome Yearous
Delbert
LeRoy
Lulu Rothlisberger
Earl
John Rothlisberger
John Anderson
Leo Rothlisberger
Leo
Harold Ashby
E. E. Kelly
Lima
Myron Ashby Neary Fayette
Myrtle Medberry
Rose McMillan
Maryis
C. Wenger
Herve Robbins
Thos. Benson
Gottfred Frieden
Everett Wiethorn
Baby
Vern Frieden
George Butikofer
Cheery Valley
Louis Lehman
Ruth Sehupbach
Anna Sehupbach
Marie
Ruth
Ralph Holtzman
Gloria
Harold Kimball
Ellen Hunsberger
Levi Pulfer
Albert Kohler
Ed Wenger
Oak Grove News
Earl Bennett
Son Forest
Ira Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Clifton Wilson
Lyle Wilson
Opera House
Carter
Son
Ame
ACE
Farmer's Autos
R.P. Strauch
Elgin, Iowa
ACE Mutual Insurance Association
L. C. Smiths
Underwoods
Remingtons
A. L. Riley Company
New Hampton, Iowa
R. P. Strauch
Westinghouse
Central States
Power & Light Corporation
Wadena
Pleasant Valley
Highland
Marion
Elgin State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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