Revisit of Childhood Sparks Osage Rock Creek Reunion
Gus Gunderson traveled west to Osage for the Rock Creek community reunion. He visited Rock Creek church and cemetery, where his family is buried, and joined nearly a thousand attendees at the school for a day revisiting childhood scenes. Gunderson, who moved to Elgin in 1882, hopes to return for future reunions.
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Gus Gunderson
Osage
Rock Creek
Gunderson
A. B. Lovejoy
Waterloo
Elgin
Carmelids Walker
George Kuhoes
Walker
Mary Maxfield
Ole Johnson
Ilo Mae
Rochester
Minn
To Mae
Mary Leenhart
Ray Leenhart
Chas. Oldfather
Eva Commermoth
John Fay
Alden Gell
Dapghter la Fonda
West Union
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Jennings
State Park
Arthur Herrling
Lyle Herrling
Trade Lakes
Wisconsin
Maggie Kennedy
J. C. Kennedy
J. J
Greene
Iowa
Con Cleary
Louie Eggbert
Maggie
Kennedy
Dent Cleary
Charles Wilson
Omaha
June Wilson
Donna Wenger
J. H. Wilson
Henry Flower
Arington
Chas Oldfather
Ralph Reed
Colleen
Johnson Bros. _ My
Robert Whittenbaugh
Stella
Lyal Whittenbaugh
Arthur Jones
Netes
Dyria
Obituary for Wadena merchant August Heiden at 73
August Heiden, a leading Waders merchant, died at 2 30 am on June 13 1933 at his son Fred Heiden’s home after a long illness Heiden born October 1862 in Taylorsville grew up in Osborne married Mary Heitkamp December 2 1834. He leaves three children Bertha Fred Eva two grandsons and one granddaughter. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in Wadena with interment in the Wadena cemetery.
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August Heiden
Waders
Fred
Heiden
Dora
Ifever) Heiden
Taylorsville
Osborne
Marriood
Mary Heitkamp
Bertha
J. C. Probert
Eva
H. J. Aeschliman
Wadena
Oneida
Dundee
John Hollister
Elizabeth Aeschliman
James Probert, Jr
Lee Aeschliman
Charles
Donk
George Feller
Amelia Heiden
Bertha Cords
McGregor
Airs
George Cassidy
Elkader
Presbyterian Church
Paul Kitterer
Richard
Donald Welf
Orville Bunting
LaRene Lenth
Geo. Feller
Charles Heiden
August Stahl
Alto Feller
Iowa City
BD. Stockwell
Oelwein
Roy Leomhart
Ophra Walters
Arlington
Mac Hinke
George Fay
Alfred Johnson
J. C. Kennedy
Ralph Reed
Trade Lakes
Luther Crandall
Volga
Bessie Whitterbaugh
Muskeegan
Mich
Maggie Whitterbaugh
Verle
Ardith
Evslyn Roberts
Elgin
Elgin Cards Edge Pirates 3 0 In Baseball Clash
Elgin held league leading St Lucas Pirates to 3 0 Sunday with Wayne Hoot Gilson pitching nine innings and five of the team’s hits. Herman Schuphach added the other half, front page details note. Nearby notes mention community night at Dyria, local happenings, poems, and a tennis foursome.
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Elgin Cards
St. Lucas Pirates
Elgin
Wayne
Hoot) Gilson
Herman Schuphach
Enchanting Bride Geopatra Mae Weat Described
The clipping from a northern Wisconsin weekly praises Geopatra Mae Weat of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado with ornate language. The editor notes her wondrous fascination and asks readers to seek the Grantabarg Journal for the description.
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Wisconsin
Geopatra
Mae Weat
Grand Canyon
The
Colorado
Grantabarg
Wis
Tailless cow mystery ends with torn tail clue
Charles Dodge of Scanlon Minnesota found a cow in his pasture without a tail after heavy rains. He had traded cattle with a Duluth dealer and later discovered the missing tail had been glued on and later found in the pasture, indicating a prior attempt at deception.
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Charles Dodge
Scanlon
Minn
Duluth
Miss Helen Bower Graduate Joins East Whittier School
Miss Helen Bower daughter of Dr and Mrs John Bower 1324 Bush St Santa Ana Calif graduated from Whittier College on June 8 and will teach at East Whittier Elementary next year She acted in the senior class play and a Franklin Society production and led the Plattner Hall dormitory association She will lead at Santa Barbara Girl Scout camp in summer News notes Wisconsin supreme court voids chain store tax 1933 ruling arbitrary discriminatory due process clause Tell em you saw it in the Echo.
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Helen Bower
John Bower
Bush St
Santa Ana
Calif
Whittier College
East Whittier
Bower
Franklin Society
Associated Women
Plattner Hall
Wisconsin
Iowa
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decorah Journal
Readers urged to subscribe and settle accounts
Gay Salsbury of Decorah solicits subscribers across the Echo and Enterprise area and gathers payments. He notes generally cordial treatment, with few objecting to being dunned. The paper admits not notifying readers when subscriptions expire is a real issue and vows to develop a system to better post expiration dates while explaining cash shortages and prior delays.
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Gay Salsbury
Decorah
Echo and Enterprise
City Visitor and Farmer Reflect on Corn Year
A Crof city visitor comments on a poor corn year while a farmer recalls a harsher 1870 season. He mentions roasting ears for dinner and his father reportedly ate fourteen acres in one meal.
Hamilton to be picnic speaker at Fayette County event
Plans for the eleventh Fayette County Farm Bureau picnic at West Union fair grounds on Friday June 27 include an 11 AM kittenball opener betweenJunior Farm Bureau teams and a 3 PM livestock club winner versus a picked team. W B Hamilton of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation will speak after community singing and Maynard High School German Band performances.
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Fayette County Farm Bureau
Fair Grounds
West Union
Farm Bureau
Livestock Club
Maynard
W. B.hamilton
Iown Farm Bereaz Federation
Hamilton
Franklin County
Production Credit Association
Omaha
Drivers License Blanks at Elgin State Bank
Application blanks for the new licenses may be obtained at the Elgin State Bank or any bank in your community. Instructions are simple to follow and cover how to handle lost license numbers by writing the county and the word lost, as in Fayette county 33 lost.
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Elgin State Bank
Fayette County
Just Politics on a Delicate Convention Question
A humorous exchange contrasts a boy asking about a map and convention delegates with a dad noting that a delegate at large may imply his wife did not accompany him. The snippet hints at campaign language and election themes in a light domestic moment. Ada appears as a prompt to buy or sell.
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Boy
Dad
Echo Subscribers Urged to Notify Address Changes
Echo subscribers are asked to inform the subscription department of any address changes promptly under new postal laws. Newspapers must pay postage dues for notices of changes in addresses furnished by post offices. Delays and non delivery remain issues as the plan pushes advance change of address notices.
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Echo
High honors in 4-H judging contest outcome
Lester and Warren Severs of Randalia led the boys in the 4-H judging workout on June 21 with 35 participants. The event started at Harry Humphry’s West Union farm for a beef cattle session, moved to Max Granfenberg’s farm for Holstein classes, then concluded with Jersey cow judging at R. F. Learn farm and a picnic dinner.
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Lester
Warren Severs
Randalia
Harry Humphry
Weat ‘Union
Max Granfenberg
R. F. Learn Farm
Jersey
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Lorence Muehlethaler
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Joe Becker
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Corner Grocery
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