Local social notes lift community bonds in Postville
A flurry of visits and gatherings fill Postville and area as families from Cedar Rapids Hawkeye and Elgin travel to local homes. Jane Falk earns high honors at Iowa State Teachers College with a 3.87 GPA. A hospital stay in Waterloo marks Mrs. Hollis A Finch's major surgery. Several trips, picnics, and weekend visits connect area residents to Des Moines Des Moines, Rochester and Winthrop, with new baby John Michael born at Postville hospital weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces.
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Clarence Boleyn
Hawkeye
Eliza Habeger
Jane Falk
Elgin
Iowa State, Teachers College
Hugo Hackmann
Reuben Hackmann
Clarence Kohls
Bertram Kurth
Carl Hack
Fridye
Walter Faith
Clear Lake
Clara Baumgartner
Louis Lehman
Ray Tomshek
Edna Hunsberger
Eva Mae Dennler
Genevieve Dunkle
Minnesota
Ardis Groth
Verna Groth
R. N
Chicago
Ardis
Decorah Hospital
John Lyford
Mt. Vernon
Lulu Schmid
Bob Wenger
Sioux City
Chris Wenger
Wm. Baumgartner
Rochester
G. J. Mosby
Helen Wenger
South Bend
Ind
Paul Watters
Dubuque
Harold Albrecht
Albrecht
M. W. Richmond
Oelwein
LeRoy Steele
John Tillotson
C. J. Mulford
Winthrop
Trust in God through trials and trust itself
The piece outlines three groups who may trust God the repentant and righteous and the broken hearted. It argues worry harms, cites Psalm 87 on trust overcoming fear, and notes Psalm 46 and 91 frame trust as strength not invulnerability. It emphasizes daily trust as a church-wide practice.
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God
Farentat
Peter
Dicken
Echoes of Patm Readings and Isaiah Convo
Fragmentary OCR notes show scores 34 37 48 91 linked to a conversational reading involving Isaiah. The text is sparse with uncertain context but indicates a religious or literary reading event. No clear date or location is legible.
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Isaiah
Methodist Church Announces Schedule During Vacation
The church will skip Sunday school for July 24 31 and Aug 7 with the pastor preaching on Aug 14. Mr Mosby is out of town so calls go to Robert Kohler Mrs LeRoy Steele handles music and Ray DeSart ushers. No choir practice until Aug 7 Bruce D Jones minister.
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Mosby
Robert Kohler
LeRoy Steele
Ray DeSart
Bruce D. Jones
Lutheran Church Services Plan in Elgin July 31
Lutheran church organizers invite the Elgin community to a 11:00 a.m. service in the Elgin school gymnasium on Sunday July 31 to gauge interest in forming a new congregation. Interested individuals may contact Pastor A. O. Nesset in Clermont or Radger Jordahl in Elgin to join or learn more.
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Elgin
A. O. Nesset
Clermont
Radger Jordahl
Elgin Baptist Church Evokes Prayer and Evangelism
The Elgin Baptist Church announces a busy weekend including Friday activities with junior choir at 7:00 p.m. and prayer meeting at 8:00 p.m. plus choir rehearsal at 9:00 p.m. Sunday features worship at 10:00 a.m. titled Walking With Jesus, Sunday school at 11:00 a.m., and an Evangelistic service at 8:00 p.m. on July 31 focusing on The Sad Effects of Neg lect. The pastor Arthur Tttermann urges sustained evangelistic effort and threefold Sunday school program.
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Arthur Tttermann
Jesus
Sunday and August church services announced
St Olaf Lutheran lists services at Marion on July 31 at 8:00 with Luther League, August 7 at 9:30, and a 11 oclock service in Norway led by Pastor Oscar Haugstul. Dr S J Strandjord invites all to attend each service.
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Marion
Luther League
Oscar Haugstul
Norway
S. J. Strandjord
Card of Thanks for Fire Department Assistance
We thank the Elgin fire department and our neighbors for prompt help during the farm fire last Thursday morning. We appreciate this very much. Mr. and Mrs. Gust Gilbertson.
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Elgin
Card of Thanks in Appreciation for Kind Help
I thank friends neighbors and relatives for the cards and letters while I was in the hospital and those who helped with hay grain and other chores during my absence Clarion Olson
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Clarion Olson
Thanks for the cards and gifts after hospital stay
Mrs. Paul Larson Sharon Ann and Karen Kay express gratitude for the many kind cards flowers and gifts received while in the hospital and after returning home acknowledging appreciation for the support shown across the period
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Paul Larson
Sharon Ann
Karen Kay
Thanking relatives for visits during hospital stay
Bertha M Pulfer expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for visits cards letters and gifts received during her stay in New Hampton hospital. She says they were deeply appreciated and will be remembered.
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New Hampton Hospital
Bertha M. Pulfer
Torkelsons Visit Relatives. Lantz Family Reunion Held
Elgin residents Carl and Dorothy Torkelson traveled to La Crosse Wisconsin to see Dorothy’s sister after a major operation at Lutheran hospital. The Lantz family held a reunion in Fort Wayne Indiana with about eighty-five attendees. Friends hosted a mixed shower for Dorothy Torkelson.
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Carl Torkelson
la Crosse
Wis
Earl Sorom
Lutheran Hospital
John Lantz
Otto Bilockhus
Burnell and
Otis
Fort Wayne
Ind
Lantz
Carrie Steele
LeRoy Steele
John McMillan
Dorothy Torkelson
Oliver Torkelson
C. E. Battey
Sheffield
C. J. Mulford
John Tillotson
Henry Feller
Earl Stannard
Lima
Minnesota
Mahlon Lantz
Rath’s
Waterloo
Eight Birthday Party and Visiting Guests
Roger Boleyn hosted a small group for his eighth birthday with Leo Howard David Dawson Robbie and Emil Aswegan Sharon Pinney Marlene Glenda and Russell Wede attending. Mrs Mabel Gruger and Mrs Frieda Etter returned from Janesville Wisconsin after several days with the Lowell Grover and Irvin Etter homes. Emery Hanson from Chicago visited sister and husband Chas Felter from Thursday to Monday. They dined with the James Muncie family Friday and Perry Medberry Saturday. The Munches and Medberrys had a picnic dinner with the Fellers and guests at the Feller home Sunday.
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Axel Berg
Gil
Man
Wis
Olaf Berg
Carl Block+ hus
Wisconsin
Betty Conaway
Cedar Rapids
8Rd Ave
S. E
Echo
George Metzger
Emil Moores
Ed. Metzger
Postville
Prairie du Chien
Bertram Kurth
Jean
Carl Hackmann
Kurth
Ed Oldag
Robert Schneider
Dale Anderson
St. Olaf
Laurence Knudtson
Ed Faustman
Tuscon, Ariz
Alen
Joe Habeger
L. L. Kiple
Lyle Light
Bertha Kiple
Nelle Reusser
Howard
West Union
Regina Hutchinson
L .O. Koevenig
C. J. Harrington
Oscar Frieden
Elkader
Rudy Possehl
Iowa City
Friedens
Fred Grimm
Quincy
Arnold Gerst
Oakville
Emil Moore
Clarence
Werner Moore
Lawrence Butikofer
John Pulfer
Fanny Frieden
Ella
Joyce Gehring
J. M. Gehring
Louis Dennler
Thomas
George Jones
Wadena
Ben Schori
Minneapolis
C. B. Schori
Charles Gehring
Kathryn
Indiana
Gehring
Roger Boleyn
Leo Howard
David Dawson
Robbie
Emil Aswegan
Sharon Pinney
Marlene
Glenda
Russell Wede
Mabel Gruger
Frieda Etter
Janesville
Lowell Grover
Irvin Etter
Emery Hanson
Chicago
Chas, Felter
James Muncie
Perry Medberry
Munches
Medberrys
Fellers
Feller
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