Ilyria News Roundup and Local Visits
Mrs Le Klingman remains improving while Martha Krenger recovers from illness. Mrs Win Doty shows improvement. Lydia Kerr and Hattie Kerr visit relatives in Elgin. Robert Peters and wife spent Sunday with Fremont Ople. Neighbors attend Elgin meetings. Medberry family visits Chas Medberry. Will Yearous and Paul visit sister Mrs Rob Dutt. Alfred Wenger and family hosted Sunday guests. Kingman suffers facial neuralgia from a bad tooth. Mrs E Kimball visiting Mrs Rich Probert. Medberry delivered apples to Elgin and Elkader. Landrine Ruumels host callers from Fay site. Will Kerr of Volga visits Klingman home. Wilson attends lab at Young home in Elgin. Mary Wenger visits Mary Shaffer. Mr and Mrs Will Motay visit Fred Reichert home. Mrs C W Doty’s niece and baby depart for Sterling. Bildingman visits sister Mrs Sunday from tear West Union. Frank Gebrin and wife visit E Mead’s sister. Edith Ernst of West Oak recently at S Chan Medberry. Illyria church to meet with Elgin meetings ongoing. Bert Chapman helps care for his father Thos Hanson. Pred Reichert family and Mrs Jay Colgrove host Wenger guests. Walt Ster and Nina Kiple visit grandmother. Everyone enjoys a fine Saturday after a dry spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Klingman
Aain
Martha Krenger
Win Doty
Lydia
Hattie Kerr
Elgin
Robert Peters
Fremont Ople
EB. Medberry
Chas
Will
Paul
Mra
Rob. Dutt
Alfred ' Wenger
Wify
Baby
Big Mother
C. Wenger
M.'Kingman
E. Kimball
Heraughter
Rich Probert
Elkader
Faysite
Eilys
Will Kerr
Volga
C. L. Klingman
Gh. Wilson
Young
Mary Wenger
Mary Shaffer
Will Mottay
Near Gander
Fred Reichert Howe
C. W. Doty
Sterling Mn
Gebrin
E. Mead
Edith Ernst
West Foe
Chan Medberry
Illyria
Bert Chapman
Hanson
Local Briefs Recall Family and Travel Notes
Grace and Hattia MacKellar returned home Friday after a visit at Lawrence MacKellar’s. Della Chapman recovered from Rochester operation and is able to leave the hospital. Mae Fritz travels to Independence then Mortidge visiting relatives in Cedar Rapids and Oelwein with Hazel McMillan. Mrs. Israel Shaffer faced a rattlesnake scare in her home with a child nearby. The snake entered through a floor hole and another sighting followed near the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter Grace
Hattia MacKellar
Lawrence MacKellar
Nsay
Della Chapman
Rochester
Mae Fritz
Independence
Mortidge
M. J. Nicholson
Hazel McMillan
Cedar Rapids
Oelwein
Israel Shaffer
Escaped With His Life After Failing Cures
H B Martin of Port Harrieson recalls a near fatal battle with consumption and a long cough. After failing remedies and treatment from Georgetown doctors, a friend urged Dr King’s New Discovery, which cured him. The ad touts the throat and lung remedy as guaranteed for coughs colds and bronchial troubles, available at The City Drug Store with 50 cent and 1 dollar trial bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Martin
Port Harrieson
8. C
Georgetown
D. C
City Drug Store
Local Notes From West Union and Nearby Towns
West Union and nearby areas see travel visits and departures from Elgin Waterloo Fayette Wadena and Des Moines. Notables include Belknap reading exams in Des Moines, Swishers vacation plans Iowa City Marion and lakes, Ballard attending a photographers convention at St Phil, and Noah Falk returning to Montana. Harvest Queda flour price 1 74 per sack at Quy Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard A. Swisher
Iowa City
Marion
the Lakes
Noah Falk
Argo
Lomer West Bend
Wigo
Montana
Bee Ballard
St. Phil
Ballard
Local society notes and county officers meeting plans
A series of blurbs mentions iB Stab J teaching rural terms, visitors from Elkader hosted by Wim Walther, W L Gilje attending a postmasters meeting with B F Falkenbaimer as substitute, and a wolf and rattlesnake hunt in Marion township netting 15 20. Sheriff Embret Bersemeyer and officials travel by auto to Elgin for a county officers meeting with Atty W W Davidson as chauffeur. Parson's poem A Gem praises Dr Kings New Life Pills as a health necessity. The Guy Drug Store sells them for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stab J
Max Cook
Buck Meisner
Richard West
Marion
Embret Bersemeyer
Max B. Bishop
James W. McLaughlin
Elgin
St. Dodge
Atty. W. W. Davidson
Parson’s
Clermont News Notes Local Travel and Visits
A roundup of residents and visitors including Mrs Ole Olson and George Rounds, Miss Agnes Crowe and Miss Anna Crowe, Mrs B C Grover and Frances, Miss Amy Dibble, and Mrs Helen Gassnter among others. Arrangements progress to rebuild the Episcopal Rectory by Dean McVette and elder A F Weck, with plans to finish before snow flies. Also a promotional note about Electric Bitters as a health tonic and the local social scene including visits to Brainard, Oelwein, St Louis, Cedar Rapids, and Volga City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Olson
Elgin
Agent Sullivan
Osei
George Rounds
Cedar Rapids
James Sheehan
Independence
Agnes
Anna Crowe
St. Paul
B.C. .Grover
Frances
Amy Dibble
Hawkere
F. K. White
W. T. Shafter
A. J. House
Brainard
Geo. Graver
Joan
Charley Capps
Henry Larson
Clarence Graver
Castalia
Amy Butler
Oelwein
F.C. Hendershott
Helen Gassnter
St. Louis Mo
Stephina Rounds
Dean McVettie
Decorah
A. F. Weck
Oak Grove News Snapshot of Local Visits and Farm Life
The report lists residents visiting neighbors and relatives over the week. Edd Conner spent Sunday at Judd Conners while Mrs. W. C. Smith and Mr. Eva Holzer households hosted and traveled locally. Several entries note threshing activity and cross-town visits involving the Howards and Stansbury family from Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Brabham
Tomy Howard
Hugh
Edd Conner
Judd Conners
Eva Holzer
Ira Bennett
Ae Enos Howard
Syci Shaffers
W. E. Howard
Will Howards
Community visits and gatherings in Cheery Valley
Hanson and Baumgartner families hosted and visited friends and relatives across Cheery Valley. Rosa Grimm and Lena Pulfer hosted while several locals attended a Sunday picnic hosted by the A L S C near Hanni's woods. Weather dampened plans but the day remained enjoyable for participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanni
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Pictures on cannibalism and tax shifts in Iowa counties
Elgin on Friday July 28 announces tonight's lecture on cannibalism for the benefit of children. State officials report Fayette county land value raised 12 percent for equalization, with all counties seeing increases from 22 to 74 percent. town real estate excluded. Mrs. L A Oswald visits in Wadena. local ads list Capper, Berrington, Baker and others. Harry Floyd Jennings, seven, dies near Wadena July 26. funeral planned at Wadena City with undertaker C Th Freibigeghaus in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Executive Council
Fayette County
Allamakee
Clayton
Wianeshiek
Bremer
Buchanan
Fayette
Howard
Ohickasaw
L. A. Oswald
John Mattocks
Wadena
T. J. Capper
C. J. Berrington
Dr Baker
Berg
LaMont Bros
Chuna Bros
Harry Floyd
Brg
Bert Jennings
Wadenathig
C. Th
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