Illyria Community Social and Visit Reports
Many Illyria residents hosted and visited relatives this week. News notes include church gatherings, delegates traveling to Clear Lake, and a soldiers monument committee forming in West Union. Kenneth Hellum broke his arm after a fall, as Henry Olson’s extended family held a surprise reunion with baskets and sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lila Gruver
Wigin
Co. L. Klingman
Hisse
Alta Yearous
Arlington
Robert Peters
Wallace Peters
Fred Reichrer
Gotfred Frieden
Darlas Probert
Walter Rothisberger
Chicago
Frieden
Ruth Rothnsberger
Clear Lake
Illyria Epworth League
Chris Wenger
Alf Johnson
West Union
Will Monlux
Marla Mumenthaler
Fred Reichert
Fred Smith Sr
Fred Smith Jr
Pollock
George Kiple
Elgin
Albert
Ed Kohler
BE. E. Gehring
Alfred Johnson
Manchester
Strong
Lawrence MeeKllar
Fred Rothisberger
Familly
W. L. Peters
T. F. Richards
Amy
Colburn
Waterloo
Foxwells
Israel Shaffer
Abbee
Aughter
Lucille
Rosana Rothlisberger
Margaret Mercer
Walter Rothlisberger
Kenneth Hellum
Henry Olson
Local Social and Family Notes From Clermont Area
Sunday visits and gatherings fill the Clermont region as Halver Gisleson and Ole spend the day with relatives. Residents attend Legion events in Fayette and host guests at multiple homes including the Mark and Mork households. New car ownership, painting work, and surprise parties feature among the community updates with extended family visits across Wagner, Elgin, Inwood, Elkader, and St. Olaf locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Medberry
Arthur Herman
Eleanor Schneider
Rose Grimm
Tinois
Belle McGregor
Vern
Will Yearous
Herve Robbins
Art Kelly
Mrs. Bracker
Halver Gisleson
Ole
H. Gisleson
A. Buroden
E. E. Landsgard
Ole Nelson
Clermont
Perry Larsen
Elgin
Carl Johnson
Will Nelson
K. E. Mark
Af. Lundsgard
Legion
Fayette
Wagner Township
Abel Mork
Weat Union
K. E. Mork
Oscar Lind
Christ Anderson
K. EE. Mork
O. IX. Olson
G. Nass
West Union Social Roundup Reads Like Village Ledger
A flurry of Sunday ball game attendance, visits at multiple homes, and neighborly calls fills the West Union scene. Families including the Helmes Crafts Annett Stansberry Brown Lyons and Stansberry are noted in gatherings, rides to Postville Sumner and hospital visits for tonsils and a funeral in New Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Harley Helme
Martin Hovey
Emma Kinsel
Carrell
George Tripp
D. H. Craft
George Craft
Arthur Craft
Delbert Lyons
Lou
Iowa Farm Messenger Community Notices and Reflections
A stream of neighborhood visits and family gatherings fills the week with names like Dennler Hofer Christen and Meyer accompanying trips around West Bend Clermont and West Union. The piece ends with a lighthearted Iowa Farm Messenger editorial praising Iowa and its people for values, schools, farms, and optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Farm Messenger
Eye Care Appointment Noted in Weakened Text
Fragmentary OCR notes show a physician examining a patient with mention of special eye care, glasses, and fitting services. Names and exact details are garbled, but references include eye doctor and glasses fitting. No clear dates or locations are recoverable.
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Illyria
Ilyria
Iresis
Jake Dennler
Ben Hofer
Fred Yost
Martin Minthan
Ern Lerch
Fred Dennler
John Probert
Volga City
L. Christen
George
Frank
Lucy
Lillian Christen
Sarah Imhoff
West Bend
Ellen
Henry Hanson
Martha Chapman
Oelwein
Jacob Reinhart
Mary
Roy Meyer
Thos. Hanson
Ernest Meyer
Near West Union
Will Chase
Wadena
Anke Frieden
Martin Hinson
Elmer Dennter
Wm. Larson
Fred Miller
John Miller
Rock Valley
Adolph Baumgartner
Louisa
Elmer Meyer
Aed
State Baik
Edward
Rio
Our Best Bacon Salt Park
H. W. Falb
Merchants
Evan’s Cafe
W. W. Luce Max Thoma Berg & Kohler
Fale’s Meat Market
City Drug Store
Eagle “‘Mikado
Mthnden
Mikado Eagle Pencil Company
New York
Bray
W. E. Kipla
Ati
Tofield Lehman
Bowery Dange
Kory’s University
Stansberry & Tripp
Black 33
Geo. N. Schori
F. A. Jenkins
Clevermont, Iowa
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