Cheery Valley Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
The Cheery Valley News lists a flurry of local gatherings. Mr. and Mrs. Geo Leuchtenmacher hosted many guests. quilting days. visits to Elkader, Highland, and West Union. and social rounds with the Friederichs, Dennlers, Hansons, Wengers, and Lehman families. John Christen serves on Elkader jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Leuchtenmacher
Gust Olson
Elkader
Frank Christen
Thos. Pollock
Highland
Martin Hanson
Rosa Schlupp
Emil Frieden
Bert Thoman
Fred Nydegger
Hulda
Joe Frieden
Ben Dennler
Ellen Hanson
Guernsey Smith
Kenneth Mark
Joan
Ida ‘Meyer
Martin Wenger
Ed Wenger
Alice Friederich
L. Christen
Lucilla Hanson
Near Volga
Alma Hanson
Ernest Christen
Clara’ Muehlenthaler
Lucy ‘Christen
Apent
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Elgin
Chester Hall
Geo. Leuehtenmache
Ern ‘Meyer
Near West Union
Eien Hanson
Rob, Lehman
Sam Butikofer
Wilbert Lehman
Eliza Friederich
Sutter
Melvin Benm
John Dennier
Louis Hofer
Rob. Lehman
Bernita Hessler
Arlington
Roy Peeper
Ern Friederich
Clermont
Louise Dennler
Beate Meisner
Reuben Christen
John Dennler
Edwin Hanson
Lucy
John Christen
Fred Yost
Local Social and Farm Notes From Illyria Area
Illyria area residents share visits and farewells as the Shaffers host supper with the Foxwell family. Mrs. Myrtle Medberry and Mrs. Albert Dennler confined by scarlet fever. A neighbor party bids farewell to the Hinton family moving to Iowa Falls. Holtzman tenants relocate to Gehring house. roads drifted causing school closures. Otis Rothlisberger, Arthur Schneider attend a Macon City meeting on hybrid seed, were stuck in Fredericksburg during a snowstorm, returning after roads opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JL. F. Shaffer
Near West Union
Gehring
Mr. Gehring
Sam Holmes
Maynard
Otis Rothlisberger
Mia
Joe Jones
Iowa Falls
Will Hinton
Arthur Schneider
Macon City
Fredericksburg
Louise Lehman
Elgin
Ernest Christen
Cheery Valley
Rex
Social Roundup of Visits and Guests in Iowa Towns
The cohort notes numerous visits and hospitality across Cheery Valley Oelwein Waterloo Elgin and surrounding areas. Families including Frieden Wenger Yearous Kimball and Klingman host and guest relatives and friends with hospital and illness mentions, as well as travel between Chicago Elgin and local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medberry
Hilde Meyer
Cheery Valley
Elmer Frieden
Martha Chapman
Delbert
Mary
Fanny Palmer
Waterloo
L. W. McKellar
Chicago
Hattie McKellar
Will Frieden
Milo
Levi Pulfer
Gottfried Frieden
Guernsey Smith
Martin Wenger
Arthur Yearous
Andrew Yearous
Oelwein
Harold Kimball
Ruth Rothlisberger
Dale Kelly
Gene Wenger
Ed Wenger
Kenneth Chase
Fred Klingman
Anna Sechuphach
Elgin
George Butikofer
Ida
Roger Lee
Oelwein Hospital
Kenneth Mork
Phosphate Test Programme Opens in Fayette County
Fayette County and sixteen neighboring Iowa counties join a major Extension Service demonstration testing phosphate on Lews farm. Floyd Parks, former soils specialist, arrives to lead demonstrations and soil conservation education across Winneshiek Allamakee Clayton and Fayette counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Iowa
Lews Farms
Extension Service
Floyd Parka
Fairfield
Soils Association
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Clayton
Fayette
My. Parks
Preliminary Report on Fayette County Livestock and Crops Study
Representatives from Fayette county agricultural planning met in Elkader on February 24 with Iowa State College Extension Service staff to discuss preliminary findings and guide long term agricultural policy. Attendees included Homer Chapman Fayette L D Hitch Elgin and W S Rothlisberger Edgewood agent McElroy. A county and township chairmen meeting set for February 27 at the Farm Bureau office was postponed indefinitely. An Edgewood farmer’s monoxide accident killed sparrows and left others alive to return to roosts. The West Union Argo Gazette notes Elizabeth Peters Ernst of Wadena may be the county’s oldest native resident at over eighty two years, with roots tracing to a Brainard birth in 1654 and a log house home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
West Union
Argo-Gazette
Elizabeth Peters Erst
Wadena
Ernst
Brainard
Quotable Fragments on Virtue and Life in Brief Scraps
A collection of aphoristic lines on happiness duty and wisdom. It ponders education freedom anger and independence while cautioning against arrogance and hypocrisy. The remarks reference moral conduct social satire and human behavior in compact, period tone.
London Plans from 1666 City Fire Shape Early Vision
London planning debate century ago centers on Sir Christopher Wren’s post fire plan with St Paul’s as hub and churches at fixed radii. Critics note city growth, limited public spirit, and obsolescence of original scheme. Proposals urge a dual committee of City of London and London County Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London United Press
Christopher Wren
St. Paul's
St. Mary le Bow
Abbey of St. Cole
Church of St. Clement Danes
Strand
Wren
City of London
London County Council
Pitch used as kiln fuel and pipe protection
Pitch is shown as an effective powdered fuel for direct firing of rotary lime kilns. It is sold as flakes formed on rotating cooled drums or moving water cooled drums. Pitch coatings protect steel gas pipelines against corrosion. coal tar pitch has also been used extensively in pipe laying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemical Trade Journal
Typical American Changes Foreigner Observers Note Shifts
Foreign observers note a marked change in American physical appearance over fifty years. Fifty years ago the tall lantern jawed Uncle Sam figure gave way to a square faced, stocky Babbitt type portraying the modern American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Babbitt
Brown's Second Wife Seen as Stepmother in Tale
In Stray Stories Magazine a quip notes Brown's rumored remarriage. The line suggests his prospective second wife will be a lively stepmother for his children, framed as a witty social remark about blended families.
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Brown
Stray Stories Magazine
Dreuth Control Umbrella Holes Made to See Rain
In a Detroit News item a child explains, Why Snoots, how did you come to get those holes in your umbrella TJ made them myself, auntie, so I could see when it stopped raining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreuth
Snoots
Detroit News
Footbinding fades as high heels redefine beauty in China
Modern Chinese women embrace high heels to create the illusion of small feet, signaling the rapid decline of the centuries-old footbinding custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Fire at School Sparks Evacuation Last Week
A four alarm fire at a local school prompted evacuations last week. No injuries reported as firefighters contained the blaze and secured the building. Authorities investigate the cause and assess structural damage.
Lethal Gas Cliff in a Humorous Warning
A biting, sharp item mocks melodrama and jokes about dangerous fumes with satirical quips. It references perilous air and a character named Bruce in a lighthearted, tongue in cheek vein.
Echo classifieds and notices from local section
Want ads invite quick buy sell or trade listings. Iowa Planning Board representative surveyed lodges clubs recently. Notify Echo of address changes for better delivery. CCC reports claim one million trees planted daily for four years aiding erosion control and flood prevention. Offer to subscribe to Echo and Chicago Tribune until March 14 1987 with rates for new subscribers and renewals.
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CCC
Echo
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Retiring Tama county tenant farmer ends 47 years on 240 acre farm
A Tama county tenant farmer aged over 70 retires this year after 47 years on the same 240 acre farm. He cites advancing years as the reason and says a rest is coming. West Union reports a mild garage looting epidemic with neighbors asked to help watch garages as Sheriff Hank Nehring and deputies monitor activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama County
West Union
Boing
Hank” Nehring
Advertising as an Investment in Slippery Strikes
A Nashua Reporter quote notes a Detroit automobile strike comment about icy conditions. The exchange jokes that strikers lack leverage while many workers stay home to ride out the ice, framing the situation as a joke about sit-downs and patience in labor tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Nashau
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Fayette County Farm Bureau News
Farm Bureau
Edgewood
Iowa Planning Board
Evans
Opera House
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Ole Jensen
Walt
Elgin, Iowa
Jersey
Mutual
R. P. Strauch
Elgin State Bank
America
Sterne
Matt
Zenith
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