Illyria Social Roundup At Cheery Valley
A dense list of Sunday visits and dinner parties across Cheery Valley and nearby towns.Neighbors include the Pulfer, Shaffer, Foxwell, Rothlisberger, Medberry, Ogle, Hangen, and Holzer families with multiple extended gatherings at various homes. Several trips from Elkader, Wadena, Volga City, and Chicago noted, plus birthday observances and croquet party details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo, Butikotor
John Pulfer
Cheery Valley
I. F. Shaffer
Fred Rothlisberger
H. Foxwell
L. Klingman
Peter Larnon
Elkader
Lst
al Heitman
Hibbings
Minn
Henry Holzer
Wm. Kerr
Leone
June
Nona
Tim Thoman
Chas, Rothlisberger
Kerr
State Park
Norma Robbing
8. H. Foxwell
Norma Robbins
Alton Medberry
Donna Low
Thos. Ogle
Florence
Fremont Ogle
Cathryn
Walter Rothlisberger
L. C. Hummel
Wadena
Floyd
H. Malwitz
Clara
Edith Holzer
Charlotte Medberry
Fayette
Chas
Medberry
Will Bond
Chicago
Rothlisberger
Magdelena Berger
John
Volga City
Will Berger
Jim Yearous
Leo Rothlisberger
Lucille
Junior Hangson
Hans Friederich
Nettie Fischer
Elgin
Edwin Hanson
Oak Grove social notes recount visits and gatherings
Oak Grove news summarizes social calls and gatherings across families. Mrs. Ed Boyle hosts Ladies Circle, numerous relatives visit in Castalia Elkader and nearby towns, picnics and dinners shared at Bert Allen Homer Dell homes, and families from Octwein Elgin Waterloo Fayette attend events.
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Ladies’ Home
Ed Boyle
Lucas Holm
Kenneth
Leonard
Bert Allen
Oscar Posshel
Elkader
Homer Dell
Herman Kohls
W Wale
Mabel
Alfred Holzer
George Neuenswander
Castalia
Floyd Patterson
Volga City
John Howard
W. A. Fox
Marie Snipp
Thos. Howard
Enos Howard
Donald Gilson
Elgin
Harry Gilson
Harley Seedorf
Arlington
Lyle Wilson
George Boyle
Frank Boyle
J. N. Hogan
Jack
Chicago
Howard
Walter Kohla
Sheldon Boyle
Enos. Howard
Social Hours Club
Louis Dennler
George Neuenewander
Wilma
Bert Alleh
Clifton Powell
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Theater seating design aims for unobstructed full view
Architecture and engineering will not be finished until ways are devised to make all theater seats unobstructed by pillars and posts and to build bowls for every seat so that every corner of the gridiron is in full and intimate view, according to the Michigan City News.
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Arte
Michigan City News
Beautiful Wales and Snowdon's Bold Summit View
Description exalts Wales as the British Tyrol with its mountain scenery. Snowdon, part of the range, is modest in height yet praised for bold outline and graceful proportion. From the summit the outlook is rivaled by few in Britain.
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Wales
Tyrol
Snowdon
Britain
Object of Trial Balance and Ledger Testing
The passage explains trial balance as testing a ledger to verify that total debits equal total credits. It notes that by comparing personal, merchandise, and impersonal accounts, the difference between debit and credit sums should balance the personal debits, indicating correct posting.
Interior House Furnishings Compare East and Japan
The East favors profusely decorated interiors with tables chairs beds cabinets screens and similar household items while the Japanese interior uses little furniture and keeps most pieces out of sight when not in use.
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East
Italian Masks Influence at Costume Ball Origin
Italian origins of masquerade at costume balls noted the domino mask worn by ladies becoming popular, shaping social fashion in such events.
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Italy
One's Home a Castle Motto in Justice Opinion
A quotation from Coke describes a home as a person’s castle and fortress offering defense against injury and violence and a place of repose, underscoring the law’s recognition of private sanctuary.
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Coke
Idiocy of Homer? Boy questions library wordplay
A Brightwood library clerk faced a boy who asked for the "Odyssey and Idiocy" of Homer. He claimed Greek word pronunciation mattered little, insisting they sounded the same, despite the clerk noting the error.
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Ubrarian of
Brightwood
Indianapolis News
Lion vs Grizzly: Who Wins in a Boxing Match
An analysis of a hypothetical encounter between a mature lion and a full grown grizzly. The lion’s combination of strength vigor and notable cunning could give him the edge in many situations, though outcomes depend on circumstances and setting.
The Truth We Deny quote on reality and truth
A citation of E. W. Howe remarks that religion inflates reality while literature art love politics and history are surface. The only real thing is the truth we deny, as echoed in Howe's Monthly.
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E. W. Howe
Soapberry plant and soap production notes
The soapberry plant, a shrub or tree of Sapindus native to tropical America, yields fruit pulp rich in saponin used for washing textile fabrics.
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America
Evergreen pasture erosion myth boosts Missouri trial studies
Missouri experiments claim it would take over 500 years of continued erosion to reduce soil depth on a permanently sodded pasture. The report contrasts with railroad losses, court decisions, and local notices, including a $200,439 quarterly deficit for Chicago Great Western and a constitutional salary grab ruling.
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Missouri
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Transportation Bulletin
Great Western
Middle West
Supreme Court
Justice Kindig
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Illyria
Chas, Benson
Wim. Seeley
la Vina Torkelson
Wayne Gilson
George Gilson
West Union
Walter Kohls
George Howard
Reuben’ Howard
John Baldwin
Clara Mae
Torkelson
Ben Brabham
Henry H. Wolf
M.D
Baumgartner Bldg
É Res
Iowa
Elgin, Iowa
Elgin State Bank
H. S. Hadsel
R. A. Crider Veterinarian
J. Neasham
Chiropractor
Frank Howard
Tredeny
Eigin, Lowe
Jakie Yearous, Jr
Polly’s
John E. Kiple
Depot Elgin
Oak Grove News
Wien
Meres Momen
Momer
Optometrist
C. W. Heiserman
West Union, Iowa
Upper Town
A. H. Berger
Charles St
Oelwein
Towa
Jones
Resntiackes
Het
Total
Federal Reserve Bank
State of
Fayette County
Samuel Mosby
B. J. Baumgartner
E. M. Hoag
Fred Reichert
Ernest Schori
The
Echo
R. P. Strauch
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