Community social notes from Cheery Valley area
A long list of dinners, visits, and gatherings around Cheery Valley recounts numerous families and individuals sharing meals, hosting guests, and visiting relatives from Gil Crips to Taylor Mo. The items mention Hanson, Butikofer, Christen, Dennler, Leuchtenmacher, Frieden, Lehman, and Hofer families, plus neighbors from Mt. Herb Wis and West Union. The week features tenth wedding anniversary festivities and multiple weekend visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Howard
Shirley Ann
Beverly
Martin Hanson
Jake Lehman
Fred Henninger
Louis Hofer
Fred Butihofer
Leo Hanson
Jake Christen
Gunner Landsgard
Bt. Olaf
Elmer Knudtson
Orvin Knudtson
Millville
Margaret Haubaugh
Colesburg
Jerome Yearous
John Christen
Lucy
Frank Christen
Ernest Christen
Lacy Christn
Chkra Muehlenthaler
Louisa Lehlenthaler
Eweh Hanzon
Orlin Mason
Herman Scholen
Ida Meyer
Harold
Elgin Area Social Roundup Reflects Local Visits
Elgin and surrounding communities hosted a weekend of gatherings as families and friends visited in West Union Cheery Valley Payette and Fay ette area. Residents including Lehman Rothlisberger Yearous and Kimball families shared meals parties and church events while a large Washingtons Birthday supper was sponsored by the Cemetery association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottfried Friede
Edwin
Jasper Mitte
Fred Burrow
Rex Medberry
Earl and Genery
Louisa Lehman
Elgin
Cemetery Association
Washington
Jerome
Carrie Butikofer
George Butikofer
Fred Schneider
L. Shaffer
Thomas
Near West Union
Floyd Frieden
Walter Rothnberger
Pinocle Club Meets At Lerch Home In Elkader Area
Mrs Martin Wenger and Mr and Mrs Lerch hosted the Pinocle card club Monday evening with others attending at the Adolph Elvers home near Elkader. A follow up all day meeting at Mrs Ernest Lerch’s on Tuesday featured a business session and quilting after lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lerch
Martin Wenger
Pinocle Card Club
Elizabeth Christen
Adolph Elvers
Elkader
Walter Butikofer
Ida Meyer
Ernest Lerch
Kimball and Hawkeye neighbors visit Elgin families
Sunday visitors from east of Elgin and near Hawkeye gathered with local residents. Edgar Kimball and his wife joined his sister Anna Gibson and Charles Kimball. Jake Yearous Jr and family visited Nellie Fox mvell and Myrtle Medberry. Albert Dennler and family were with Max Medberry west of Elgin. Dale and his aunt Mrs Guy Stearns hosted in West Union. Albert Erickson from Elkader joined Jerome Yearous for supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Yearous
George Leuchtenmacher
Cheery Valley
Ellen Hunsberger
Nellie Kimballl
Elgin
Ed Wenger
Rose McMillan
Wenger
Vernon Knight
Albert Dennler
Thomas Pollock
Alton Medberry
Jerome Robbins
Fairbank
Arthur Adney
Robbins
Carroll Klingman
Arthur Chapman
Oak Grove
Perry Medberry
Volga
Ida Meyer
Hilda and
Herold Meyer
Wartha Chapman
Iday
Edgar Kimball
Anna Gibson
Charles Kimball
Jake Yearous, Jr
Hawkeye
Nellie Foxmvell
Myrtle Medberry
Kenneth
Max Medberry
Arthur Kelly
Dale
Guy Stearns
West Union
H. F. Robbins
Albert Erickson
Elkader
Jerome
Brainard Social News Highlights Local Visits and Moves
Rev Clair Brown of Manchester and supper guest Mr and Mrs Raymond Mays on Tuesday. Mrs Lew Graver of Elgin visited in the John Barn House. Families note births moves hospital visits and a neighbor party as Clara Foster funeral attendance and a handkerchief shower for Clara Bartlett. Church notes mention Sunday school at 10 am and preaching March 1 at 7 45 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Brown
Manchester
Raymond Mays
Lew Graver
Elgin
John Barnhouse
Frank Lyon
Sidney Nutting
Wm. Nutting
von Cummings
George Boyle
Marie Erhardt
Marshall Helms
John Burk
Brainard
Kenneth Krosa
Donna Cummings
Marian Patterson
John Barnhorse
Sheldon Moats
Clara Bartlett
St. Thooas
Marshalltown
Mia Ch Tripp
Joe Peters
Louis Becker
Wilson Patterson
Chas. Peters
4-H Girls Monthly Meeting Led by Alma Ovland
Gunder News lists social and visit details from Saturday and Thursday events. Alma Ovland led the 4-H girls meeting. Mellien Loftsgard and family visited Oelwe. various residents and guests attended gatherings, farm moves, and visits in Marion, St Olaf, Cedar Falls, and Decorah. Dorcas group hosting noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Ovland
Mellien Loftsgard
Oelwe
Otto Gisleson
Vernie Olson
McGregor
Asbjorn Gulsvig
St. Olaf
Delores Nyborg
Florence Erickson
Cedar Falls
Joseph Kjosa
Will Bergan
Marion
H. E. Landsgard Clermont
B. Nelson
George Gisleson
Decorah
H. H. Gisleson
Bernard Loftsgard
Orwin Loftsgard
A. O. Wold
St. Olef
Louis Kjosa
Albert Gulsvig
K. Stearns
Alfred Martie
Luana
Walter Martie
Warner
Osnald
Martin Halverson
Helmer Loftsgard
John Hellum
Dorcas
Church Parlor Society Notes and Canning Fractions
Society at the church parlors on Saturday afternoon February 28. Mrs A Baroden assisted her sister Mrs H H Gisleson with meat canning last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Baroden
H. H. Gisleson
Janeiro and the River of January in Rio de Janeiro
The text explains that Janeiro means January in Portuguese, links the name to the River of January, and notes the water around Rio de Janeiro was named for its January discovery and mistaken river mouth. It asserts Rio as a spectacularly laid out metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Presidential lineage and religious ties across eras
The text traces presidential family links to religious leaders, noting Grover Cleveland as the son of a Presbyterian minister who succeeded Chester A. Arthur whose father was an Episcopal clergyman. It adds that Wilson's father was a Presbyterian minister and Hoover's mother was a Quaker preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland
Chester A. Arthur
Wilson
Hoover
Sun Draws Water Illusion Brightens Sky Description
An explanation of the sun drawing water as an optical illusion caused by rays of light reflecting off dust particles in the air. The effect becomes visible when sunlight shines through gaps in clouds, with evaporation mentioned and the description attributed to common atmospheric phenomena.
How to Etch Steel Tools With Wax and Acid
Instructions describe warming steel, applying wax or tallow, and rubbing to form a film. Scratch letters through the wax to the steel, apply nitric acid to etch, wash away acid and wax, leaving secure lettering.
Pygmy Races Not True Dwarfs
The pygmy races mostly described in Africa are not true dwarfs, with an average height of four and one-half feet. Their small size is due to heredity, and they possess several hereditary stigmata such as extra toes and fingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Descriptions of John Bunyan the Pilgrim's Progress author
A tall red haired stern man with quick eyes and mild speech is described as John Bunyan the author of Pilgrim's Progress. As a boy he was very fond of swearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bunyan
Vera Beach fruit festival crowns costume winners
Vera Beach Florida is host to the annual Fruit Festival at Jungle Park where Elinor Wilkinson and Barbara Sexton won prizes for their bizarre outfits. Wilkinson wore a giant banana blossom while Sexton wore an elephant ear leaf ensemble, earning awards for originality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Beach
Fla
Elinor Wilkinson
Barbara Sexton
Jungle Park
New York Activist McNaughton Aims Big Fund Drive
Glen McNaughton, sponsor of a nationwide fundraising movement, announces a bold drive from his law office at 22 Liberty Street New York City on February 17. He seeks to raise 8 million dollars to offer to President Roosevelt if he resigns within three months, citing letters and telegrams from supporters nationwide. McNaughton, Harvard class of 1922, notes an Elgin Market Day event is planned Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Glen McNaughton
Liberty St
Roosevelt
Mr. McNaughton
Harvard
Ella Lehman Returns to Waterleo After Stay
Ella Lehman returns to Waterleo following a two week stay in the Edwin Anderson home at One Falls. O J Olgon remains ill and confined to his bed under a doctor’s care. Little want ads sell big things as well as small ones. Try one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Lehman
Waterleo
Edwin Anderson
One Falls
O. J. Olgon
Elgin
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Evans’ Cafe
Cheery Valley News
Tilyria
Celia Lehman
Walter Rothlisberger
Jim Yearcus
Forest Shaffer
Shaffer
E. E. Kelly
Hattie Hensley
C. L. Klingman
Glen Boyer
Emer Boyer
Clara Foster
Dubuqque
Clyria
Gunder News
Jungle Garden
Klingman’s
Fountain Service
Walt
Iowa
Jersey
Feller & Baumgartner
West Elgin
Elgin Opera House
Peggy Fuller
the Prairie
Echo
Elgin Echo
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