Local notes and community updates from Dubuque area
Clif Christ celebrated a birthday with friends after a March 16 surprise. Mrs. J Chapman visited from Waterloo, and Myra Gray hosted D. Jacobia’s stay. Modern Woodman secedes from its parent body in Kansas City. Eleven men from Sioux City seek Cedar Rapids federal court pleas. Ice on the Mississippi near Dubuque thickens as spring approaches, with flood concerns and possible bridge risks noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies' Aid Society
Mary Skarshoug
D. Jacobia
Myra Gray
Postville Review
Della
Levi Matthys
Decorah
John Fisher
J. S. Chapman
Waterloo
W. Rubyer
Jerome Phillips
Ostwein
Woodman of America
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Houg
Climax
Minnesota
Haug
Pleasant Point News Highlights Local Visits And Events
Pleasant Point News catalogs visits and social notes from the community. mentions of Joe Frieden assisting Tim Thomann, numerous relatives and friends visiting near Fayette Brainard Elgin West Union Sabula and Cedar Rapids, a big mask dance at Elgin, Buick car purchases in Oelwein, a farewell party for Lavaun Kimball, and local quips about politics and weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Frieden
Tim Thomann
Victor Bodeen
Jake Griesinger
Nellie Carmichel
Postville
Johnna Wilson
C. H. Wilson
Butch Monnahan
Elgin
Elgin Opera House
J. W. Schneider
West Union
Kensington Club
Fred Kohler
Lee Mathews
Farmersburg
Leslie Lehman
Oelwein
Gua Thoma
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Mannahan & Lehman
Elgin Auto Co
Lavaun Kimball
Kimball
Cedar Rapids
Social Events of Week Musicale at Kinney Home
A week’s social page notes a Saturday musicale hosted by Mr and Mrs James A Kinney for forty guests. Guests signed programs, enjoyed drawings by Mr Foker, a Kipp String orchestra program, then informal games and refreshments in a Carnation decorated dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Kinney
Foker
Kipp String Orchestra
Kinney
Lillian Wedum
Vera
Alexandria
Minn
Post
Elgin
Silver Wedding Celebrated At Torkelgen Home
About eighty friends gathered six miles east of the area to mark Ole Torkelgen and wife’s twenty fifth wedding anniversary in a surprise event. Guests included Turkle Knudtson and others from Clermont and Decorah who spoke. a large dinner followed a day of music and games. Charles Galmis announced a new automobile tire invention featuring a steel exterior and spring isolation, with patents filed and experts predicting a revolution in tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Torkelgen
Turkle Knudtson
Charles Qaiiius
Also Mentioned on This Page
Halverson
Elgin, Iowa
Ialso
John Deere
Fuller & Johnson
Fairbanks Morse & Co
J. Harrington
Iowa
Going
St Wee
Christ
Calhem
Henry McMillan
Fred Bailey
Clif Christ
Jerome Mealey
Fairbanks
Clifton
Frank Greenley
Mississippi
Dubuque
James
G. Lehman & Son
Shades
Stoehr’s
Pleasant Point
Harry Feller
Mrs
Amelia Strong
Johnie Wilson
Joe Wilson
Fayette
George Overbeck
Brainard
Henry Feller
Myre
Johnie Wilson Jr
Henry Overbeck
Vernie Overbeck
Harry Trude
Mason City
Dorothy Hunsberger
Johnnie Wilson
Charles Finnsberger
Irena Boyer
Sabula
Emma Welles
Thos Lewis
Bradley and Metcalf
Streatman
T. J. Capper
Ilinois
Lanark
Oxfords
CG. &. Haalstenson
Carpad
Inuin Avro Co
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