Elgin Homecoming Plans Amid Local Sports and Echo Notes
Elgin considers homecoming as primary candidates toast for November. Elgin’s baseball team lost again though the opponent scored under five. Mention of Hob Steele’s heart trouble and speedy recovery. Local chatter covers Berg’s store, Freda, tennis players Kohler and Bopp, Elgin public tennis court, and the band’s Saturday night performance. A river bank tree cutting near the M E church reveals a cornfield by Joe Becker, son of Harry, who plays fly balls for the Elgin club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Century of Progress
Chicago
Baseball Nine
Hob Steele
Bob
Berg
Frederick II
F. R
Freda
Betty Kohler
Russ Kohler
Bernita Bopp
Bob Steele
A. M. Weibel
Max Thoma
Fred Berg
Rube Schupbach
Leo “Lardy” Falk
Greg” Gehring
Spid’ Conner
Chas. Graver
Doc Neasham
Eddie Klingman
Bill Christ
Max Hunsberger
Peta” Stoehr
M. E
Joe Becker
Harry
Echo
Cheery Valley News Social Roundup
Cheery Valley notes Sunday visits at the Christen and Dennler homes. Measles illness kept several at home while caring for the sick. Families Hansen, Schlupp, and Olson were among those visiting and aiding relatives in nearby towns and farms.
Local social visits light up weekend gatherings
A sequence of family and neighbor visits unfolds across several homes. Ciel and Mrs Archie How host Sunday dinner at Martin Haveck’s, while Reuben, Betty, and Janior Christen plan Friday night events at Jake Capinton. Walter Christen and Clare Muchlanthaler attend a gathering at George Christen’s home. Wilde and Earl Meyer visit the Martin Warigar residence Sunday evening.
Brainard Church Notes Cover Activities and Revival Plans
Brainard community notes list members visiting, a funeral in Monticello, and church events at Brainard Church. Activities include Ladies' Aid Society in Elgin, B W P A prayer meeting, B Y P U topics Christ is Redeemer and The Incarnation, daily Bible school, and June revival meetings led by Rev. Brown of Jessup. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mod
Joe Peters
Tami Ny
Wm. Sullivan
Ladies’ Aid Society
Shereday
Melvin Boyer
Elgin
Mire
Win. Grover
Frank Lyon
B. WP. A
Axalia Nutting
Dorie Ven
Cecil Tripp
Hideey Patterson
Kay Gilbert
Doris Lyon
Sidney Nutting
D. H. Craft
Doris
Wesley Hanken
Monticello
Brainard Church
G. A. Thomas
Beatrice Boyer
P. U
Brown
Jessup
Illyria Area Social and Family News Recap
Illyria and surrounding towns report numerous visitors and gatherings. Wenger and family hosted by Mrs C Wenger. Strong and Martin family reunions near West Union. Cheery Valley guest of the Schneiders. Grace Foxwell and Elizabeth Roys from Arlington visited the H Foxwell home. Gage visitors from Waterloo to Roy French home. community day and homecoming well attended. several weddings noted including Dr Floyd Ernst and Laurene Maher of Iowa City. farm bureau set for church meeting. several local residents visiting relatives in Clermont Arcadia area. trips to McGregor and Elgin noted. other guests include Ruth Bishop, Marjorie Ash, Ethel Hermen, Ella Kerr, Ruth Schneider, Marie Schupbach, Evelyn and Phyllis Roberts, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Wenger
Volga
C. Wenger
Reynold Strong
Martin
Gottfred Martin
West Union
Andy Bracker
Cheery’ Valley
Arthur
Allen Schneider
Grace Foxwell
Elizabeth Roys
Arlington
Roy French
Illyria
Milo Peterman
Clermont
Nancy Ernst
Guy
Arndt
Floyd Ernst
Laurene Maher
Iowa City
Will Frieden
Martha Chapman
Farm Bureau
John Yearoug
Alta
Andrew Yearous
Celia Lehman
Elgin
Walter Rothlisberger
Ruth Bishop
Marjorie Ash
Near West Union
Alton Medberry
Rex Medberry
McGregor
Coronel Rothlisberger
Evelyn
Phyllis Roberts
Mia
Ed Wenger
John Rothlisberger
Leo
Local families host Sunday evening gatherings across multiple towns
Nettie Fischer Anna Mae Schupbach and Edwin Ida and Marie Frieden dined with Fred Schneier. Milo Peterman near Clermont Walter Peterman Arlington and others visited Nancy Ernst Ed Medberry family and Alton Medberry near Brainard. Glen McKellar Monticello Hattie McKellar Elgin guests of L W McKellar. Lew Popenhagen daughter La Verle Gladys Ireland Anamosa weekend guests of Walter Medberry. Alden Peters Patrica Ann W L Peters Arlington were cupper guests at I F Shaffer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Fischer
Anna Mae Schupbach
Edwin
Ida
Marie Frieden
Fred Schneier
Milo Peterman
Clermont
Walter
William Peterman
Arlington
Nancy Ernst
Ed Medberry
Dora Lee
Alton Medberry
Donna Lou
Vern Boyer
Brainard
Glen
Community social notes from Oak Grove area
Oak Grove residents and relatives are seen visiting with neighbors and relatives across several towns. Names include Knudtson, Gilson, Kohls, Brabham, Baldwin, Allen, Leuchtenmacher, Shaffer, Kerr, Hartman, Dill, and Wilson among others with gatherings at Elkader Strawberry Point Illyria West Union Castalia and nearby homes. Mary Sloan of Volga City noted as deceased.
Congressman Biermann Buys Twenty Acres Near Bluffton
The Decorah Public Opinion notes a transfer of 20 acres to Congressman Fred Biermann along the Colinster spring northwest of Bluffton. The seller is an heir of the Ed Jackson estate. The article suggests the land, including the creek source, bluffs, and a cave, may be set aside for public use for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Biermann
Bluffton
Ed Jackson
Biermann
Northeast
Iowa
Decorah
Color blindness worldwide rare and US cases noted
Collier's Weekly reports that about 50 000 people worldwide suffer partial color blindness while total color blindness is exceedingly rare with only 125 cases found, including 11 in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Collier’s Weekly
Forcing Plants to Bloom With Long Night Lighting
Several varieties of flowers were driven to bloom profusely by giving them only four hours of sleep and keeping lights on the rest of the night, an experiment in artificial lighting to induce flowering.
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O. W. Heiserman
Cheery Valley News
Will
Elmer Christen
Jake Christen
Ben Dennler
John
Elizabeth
Lillian
Oak Grove News
H. T. Knudtson
Elkader
Donald Gilson
Fmnily
Harry Gilson
Clarence Kohls
Wm. Kohls
Ben Brabham
Dilla Baldwin
Strawberry Point
Harry Baldwin
Wayne
Bert Allen
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Ern Holzer
Vera Conner
J. M. Shaffer
Homer Dill
Orville Frieden
Rudy Poshell
Elkacher
Ella Kerr
Lydia
Waterloo
Wm. Kerr
John Howard
Harold Bennett
Henry Hartman
Harry M
Ed Bauman
Harold Strong
Minnie Baldwin
Hazelton
Strong
Wm, Boyle
Frank Boyle
B.G. Brown
Manchester
Fern
Thomas Kerr
Ralph Shaffer
Wadena
Eldred Patterson
Hazel
Albert Dummermuth
Eva
Opal
Ed Boyle
Malwitz
Clara Holzer
Tim Thoman
Tda Marion
Des Moines
Geo. Gilson
Dells
Wisconsin
Elmer Kohls
Wm. Kohls, Jr
Sam Sloan
Volga City
Congressman Biermann
Office
The
Elgin Echo
Dr. Hess
City Drug Store
Uchlenthaler Eeggin
Owa
Indianapolis
Firestone
Steatest Dive
Firestone Hot Exerade
Pikes Peak
Washington
D.C
Neiman Motors
York
N.B.C
WEAF
Newark
John Falb
Elgin, Iowa
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