Illyria Social Notes Highlight Local Gatherings
Last Friday supper guests included Foxwell and family at Jack Shaffer and family home plus ca Roethlisberger and family at Walter Rothlisberger home. Dozens of neighbors and young people attended parties at Chas Medberry, Chris Dennler, and Oak Grove venues in honor of Celia, Iola Davis, Ruth Odell, Edna Hanson, and others. Conversations mention visits among Shaffer, Rothlisberger, Frieden, Craft, Hanson, and Medberry households with scattered trips to Fay ette, Oelwein, Cheery Valley, Brainard, and RochesterMinn.
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Foxwell
Jack Shaffer
I. F. Shaffer
Ca Roethlisberger
Walter Rothlisberger
Ola Davis
Ruth
Alice Odell
Fayette
Chas
West Union
Chris Dennler
Oak Grove
Celia
la Fonda Shaffer
Ruth Rothlisberger
Chas. Medberry
Iola Davis
Ruth Odell
Edna Hanson
Elon Hanson
Cheery Valley
West Bend
Edna
Lola Hanson
Gottfred Frieden
Dan Craft
Brainard
A. L. Craft
Dorothy Herman
Chas, Rothlisberger
Fay Iette
Ralph Shaffer
Business
Oelwein
Adolph Hanson
Eli
Paul Schneider
Joe Metzger
Ernnest
Mildred Frieden
Ernest Grimm
Joe Traub
Fred Rothlisberger
S. H. Faxwell
Harvey Annett
Ralph
Amelia Strong
Chas, Medberry
Perry Medberry
Volga City
Chas. Rothlisberger
Birs
Heamer's Tire Shop Offers Car Wash and Repairs
Heamer's Tire Shop in West Union Iowa advertises car washing with new sir and water auto washer, top building and repairing, glass cutting and setting, tire and boat vulcanizing, radiator repair services.
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Heamer’s
Weat Union
Iowa
The Editor and His Gifts Through the Ages
A poem contrasts past barter gifts to editors with present indifference as patrons once sent melons fish beets and pumpkins now offer nothing. It lampshades changes in support and calls for self-motivation, noting education hinges on hunger and effort rather than formal instruction.
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Jack
Volante
Christmas Visit and Local Happenings in Wadena
Floyd Jennings traveled to Blue River Wisconsin to visit friends over the holidays. Mrs Geo Davis stayed at Gelwein visiting her daughter Mrs Laurel Welch. Bessie Whittenbaugh returned to Gelwein to continue studies. Residents from Wisconsin visited friends here and 8 watch party hosted by Robert Frey on New Year’s Eve. A fine Christmas Eve program at the Presbyterian church portrayed the Shepherds and Star of Bethlehem. Rev. A D Rundell was ill briefly but improved. Mrs Alden Minger ill with mumps. Maggie Whittenbaugh also sick but improving. The Warren Tripp baby died last Sunday. Eugene Culbertson, formerly of Arlington, visited Wadena. Rabbit dinner at B A Jennings’s home enjoyed by the correspondent.
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Floyd Jennings
Blue River
Wisconsin
Geo. Davis
Gelwein
Laurel Welch
Bessie Whittenbaugh
Wm. Adams
Bluefiver
Wise
Clarence Randall
Avoca
Robert Frey
Presbyterian Church
A. D. Rundell
Alden Minger
Max Jennings
Laman Fox
Wolgs City
Eunice Page
Independence
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Warren Tripp
Eugene Culbertson
Arlington
Wadena
B. A. Jennings
JEST FOR FUN And Other Sixty Year Old Gem Humor
Reno humor column recalls old time flappers and a travel joke about a Jewish salesman sharing a crowded Douglas Wyoming hotel room with a cowboy. The cowboy’s spurs stay on at night and a punch line about toenails follows as a light, moral quip.
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Far West
Douglas
Wyoming
Scientist-Student Exchange On Gravity And Fall
A physics student quips to a professor who tripped over a stone. The professor replies with a formal lecture noting that motion and inertia explain the fall, asserting he did not fall but the body yielded to gravity and the impact caused him to assume a horizontal position.
Disposed buggy sells for twenty cents at small sale
At a disposal sale in Alburnett a single bidder among about 600 attendees offered 20 cents for a one seated buggy, winning the lot. The scene drew words from locals referencing signs of the times and the event.
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Alburnett
Adlerika promised relief for gas and digestion
An advertisement claims Adlerika cleanses the stomach and bowels in ten minutes, relieving long standing indigestion and gas. It cites J. B. Hardy's testimonial and urges readers to buy at their City Drug Store for a real cleaning and noticeable improvement.
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Adierika
J. B. Hardy
Adlerika
Sisters Die Within 29 Hours in Emmetsburg Home
Mahala Schroeder aged 76 and her sister Mrs Henry Beckman also 76 died nine hours apart at Beckman’s Emmetsburg home after Miss Schroeder cared for her ill sister for weeks. The two were found dead in Beckman’s bed on Friday. The earlier line of cause or exact times are not fully clear in the fragment.
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Mahala Schroeder
Henry Beckman
Emmetsburg
Miss Schroeder
Cheery Valley New Year Socials and Visits Across Homes
Cheery Valley residents shared New Year greetings and visits across several families. Many neighbors, including the Hans Friederich, George Leuchtenmacher, and Thos Hanson households, hosted guests from nearby towns such as Elkport Elgin and West Bend. Meals, calls, and neighborly gatherings occurred Monday through Sunday, with illness noted for Mrs. Bert Thoman and yard work at the Lester Corner project.
Iowa fires cause extensive losses across towns
A string of fires in Iowa report disasters at Otis lumber yard Boone with 100000 loss. Mrs H S Tubbs Manchester home 2000 loss. M J Potwin farm Aurora buildings and two autos destroyed. Kozelka shoe store Monona damaged. Keosauqua home restaurant wrecked. J L Martin farm Sydney home destroyed by leaves on roof. Palo big elevator Lyon county destroyed by spontaneous combustion with 20000 loss. Elm Grove school Melcher Martin county destroyed. cause defective flue.
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Otis
Boone
H. S. Tubbs
Manchester
M. J. Potwin
Aurora
Kozelka
Monona
Keosauqua
J. L. Martin
Sydney
Palo
Lyon County
Elm Grove
Melcher
Martin County
Merchants Form Rating Association at Independence
A merchants rating association starts organizing at Independence with Mrs Nelle Corlin preparing and maintaining up to date lists. Two customer classes are planned: those deserving credit and those who pay sporadically and are generally delinquent. Members are asked to submit their lists twice yearly.
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Merchants’ Rating Association
Independence
Nelle Corlin
Brainard Items Highlight Visits and Illnesses in Community
The Geo Craft family joined Herman Boyer for New Year visits while Mrs Lucy Hitch and Ruth spent Christmas with Sidney Patterson. John Burk, long ill, died at his home near here Sunday evening. Francis Munger visited cousin Arthur Munger in Hazelton on Christmas Day. Cecil Mary and Lewis Appelman from Hawkeye visited Harry Bullman last week. Clara Bartlett visited daughter Leon Gress in West Union for several days. Azalia Nutting has been ill recently. Irene and Evelyn Grimes visited Sarah Helms last Monday and Tuesday. Ziba Tripp of Janesville hosted an oyster supper for relatives at Clarence Tripp and Jim Bartlett homes Sunday evening. Willis Lyons has been ill. Rev E H Gillett, ill six weeks at Cadwell Idaho, is improving. New Year visitors included Ziba Tripp and Clarence Tripp with daughter at George Tripp’s home. Gale Hovey returned to Coe College. Melvin Boyer and family of Elgin were guests of Will Barker. Raymond Mays visited his uncle Danks near West Union last week.
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Hans Friederich
Erm Lerch
Dewey Chaffer
Elkport
George Leuchtenmacher
Bert Thoman
Adeline Lehman
P. W. Minihan
Tom Hanson
Lawrence Meyer
Near West Union
Thos. Hanson
Reuben Metager
G. Friederich
Mildred
Ernest Frieden
Eli Schneider
Joe Traub
Philip Metzger
West Bend
Geo. Christen
Ed Metzger
Martin Hanson
John Butikofer
Geo. Leuchtenmacher
Dewey Odaffer
Thos
Hanson
Ernest Baumgartner
Lester Corner
Margaret Schupbach
Elgin
Martha Friederich
Eli
Paul Schneider
Ern Frieden
Ernest Breullman
L. Christen
Elmer Baumgartner
Ida
Hilda Meyer
Anna Friederich
Jake Christen
Fred Dennler
Margaret
Sam Schneider
Florence
Marie Schmid
Mrs
Guernsey Smith
Adolph- Baumgartner
Geo. Craft
Herman Boyer
Lucy Hitch
Ruth
Sidney Patterson
John Burk
Here
Francis Munger
Arthur Munger
Hazelton
Cecil
Mary
Lewis Appelman
Hawkeye
Harry Bullman
Clara Bartlett
Leon Gress
West Union
Azalia Nutting
E. B. Grimes
Irene
Evelyn
Sarah Helms
Ziba Tripp
Janesville
Wis
Clarence Tripp
Jim Bartlett
Willis Lyons
E. H. Gillett
Cadwell
Idaho
Wisconsin
George Tripp
Gale Hovey
Coe College
Melvin Boyer
Will Barker
Raymond Mays
Danks
Cucumber in Bottle Exhibits A 37 Year Old specimen
Charles Martin presented a White Spine cucumber aged 37 years encased in a bottle about three inches in diameter. Planted in a garden, the cucumber grew to its current size before the vine was cut and the bottle filled with alcohol. The exhibit drew interest and some claimed value rests in the alcohol.
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Charles Martin
alcohol_Fayette
Automobile signals you should know from an old guide
A vintage guide describes ten possible meanings of a motorist’s arm signal. It lists actions such as turning left or right, stopping, backing up, signaling scenery, or hailing a passing friend, among others, as interpreted by the driver’s arm position.
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Rair
Bankers warn against dubious stocks in Iowa markets
The Iowa Bankers Association held its mid winter meeting in Des Moines and warned Iowans against promiscuous stocks and bonds. They urged the public to deal only with responsible bond firms and banks to avoid another widespread financial loss like the old stock promotion days.
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Iowa Bankers’ Association
Des Moines
Questionable inquiry list ties to 1933 Chicago World Fair plan
A 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago is projected with a $30,000,000 budget and an estimated 90,000,000 visitors. Rufus G. Dawes, brother of the Vice President, is named head of the fair movement, supported by many city business leaders and financiers.
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Chicago
Rufus G. Dawes
Dawes
Signers Ignore Petition For Holiday Of Noted Man
An eastern college professor had his class sign a petition to make the birthday of a noted man a holiday. About 50 signed without reading the petition. The request stated the signer’s right arm be cut off at the elbow.
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Eastern College
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