Local quilting and social visits noted in community
Mrs Berg hosted a quilting party at home last week followed by others including Mrs Hanson. Mrs Torkelson visited Monona to stay with her daughter Mrs Scholen. The Klingmans hosted dinner for Mr and Mrs Kohler and guests for their 37th anniversary. Local residents, business visitors, and social calls across West Union and Littleport are documented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. Berg
Ed Hanson
Ole Torkelson
Monona
Herman Scholen
Louis Klingman
Fred Kohler
F. G. Spahr
Mrs. Kohler
Jess Calahan
West Union
Wm. G. Frederick
George Gilson
Verda Meese
Littleport
H. B. Gilson
Elgin Iowa Publication Details
The item notes the newspaper is published each Thursday by R. P. Strauch and entered at the Elgin post office in Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Strauch
Elgin
Fayette County
Iowa
Be a Man At Twenty One Becomes Life’s Final Test
A period piece urges a son to accept manhood at twenty one stressing the cost of upbringing, parental sacrifice, and duty to carry family expectations forward. It frames the father’s quiet pride, the mother’s love, and the challenge of stepping into the father’s shoes. Also mentions buckwheat flour quality and local goods. Earl Wolgamot named manager of Terre Haute team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Wolgamot
Terre Haute
Ind
Yearling beef cattle gain more on same feed than mature stock
Agricultural guidance notes that yearling cattle gain 26 to 40 percent more than mature cattle on equivalent feed. It covers clover alternatives, silage preference for calves, Sudan grass as a versatile pasture, timely hide curing, incubator sanitation, and recommended weaning and feeding strategies to optimize fattening and milk fat retention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudan
United States
Social Visit Notes From Local Towns
Anna Falk was sick a few days last week. Mr and Mrs B D Morris spent a Saturday in Elgin. Mr and Mrs Floyd Isres and family and Mrs Anna DeSart visited at the Edgar Riser home in Postville, Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Falk
Mrs. B.D .Morris
Elgin
Floyd
Anna DeSart
Edgar Riser
Postville
Local muskrat trade and milling notes from West Union
Minerva Weibel hosted a weekend at Emma Carlson's home in West Union while Julius Boeckh and son-in-law Leonard Barthell arrived from Lansing with 100 muskrat pelts from Boeckh's rat farm on the Winneshiek bottoms for Elsheimer Fur Co. Boeckh plans to expand trapping to 200 plus workers as the season peaks. The piece also promotes Elgin brand corn meal and flours from Elgin stores and notes Weibel Mill and a limited supply of mixed feed. In state appointments, Oscar Anderson of Lamont, a Republican, is named budget director by Gov. Hammill, with J. Galvin, a Democrat, slated for the state board of education. Claude R. Porter left the interstate commerce commission. Anderson fills the vacancy created by the death of E. L. Hogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Boeckh
Leonard Barthell
Lansing
Winneshiek
Waukon Democrat
Elsheimer Fur Co
Boeckh
Elgin
Elgin Stores
Weibel Mill
Ggj
Weibel Mill Company
Oscar Anderson
Lamont
Hammill
J. Galvin
Board of
Claude R. Porter
Interstate Commerce Commissid
Anderson
BE. L. Hogue
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Clint. Patterson
Frank Howard
Wm E Baumgartner
H. S. Hadsel
Dr. Frank Mock
Elgn, Iowa
Schori Brothers
Depot
R. A. Crider
THE
Elgin Echo
Iowa Pres
Assn
Chas. Feller
Merriam Webster
Serograph
Broadtail
Credit ,Union
Cather
Sandburg
Stalin
Latvia
G. & C. Merriam Company
Springfield, Mass
Seland
Tim McCoy
the Adventurer
Leon Abrams
Bobby Vernon
Marion Davies
Jetta Gowdae
Nils Asther
Dan
Kinggrams
Grant's
Clara Bow
Alice White
Minerva Weibel
Emma Carlson
Fayette County Credit Board
Pioneer
Company, Inc
Ows City
Stoehr Drug CO
Oshkosh B’gosh
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