On the Spot News Snapshot and Local reminiscences
A collage of fleeting scenes from early 20th century life includes Johnny Grimm’s preschooler rolling on skates, a tow through town with Knudt Hong and team, and playful quips about couples and radioed boasts. Reminiscences recall 1917 18 basketball squads, Clermont versus Postville battles, travel by train, and 1908 memories of school, hunting, and local industry updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Grimm
Ben Baumgartner
Chas. Chapman
Knudt
Kittle Hong
Shehr
Illyria Weekend Friends Visit From Area Communities
A long list of visitors and guests appears with numerous families hosting and visiting around Elgin, Cheery Valley, Wadena, and nearby towns. The note closes with a population fact about Iowa and a Want Ads prompt.
Preparations Underway for Fall Run at Weaver Farm
Heat in the capping machines and fur furnaces is underway as Supt. T. W. Dean readies operations for the fall run. Secretary Miss Weaver reports a good acreage and favorable weather for a large harvest later this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
T. W. Dean
Miss Weaver
Oak Grove Social Notes Chronicle Local Visits
Mrs Harry Gilson was a caller in J M Shaffer home last Friday. Mr and Mrs George Boyle spent Tuesday and Wednesday in the Wm Bayla home. Mrs John Howard is at Warren Joyce home doing some papering this week. Mrs Herbert Dummermuth and Bonnie Howard, baby daughter of Reuben Howard, have been in the past week. Mr and Mrs Roy Leuchtenmacher were guests in the Clifton Powell home. The George Howard family moved last week to the Bob Peters farm in Myria. Mr and Mrs Reuben Howard will move to the Tom Howard farm vacated by George Howard. Bob Wilson spent from Sunday until Wednesday in the Lyle Wilson home in West Union. Wm Barker and family moved last Thursday from near Brainard to the Topp house in Elgin. Henry Gilson spent Sunday afternoon in the Donald Gilson home in Elgin. Mrs H Wilson and George Wilbur were guests Saturday in the Silas Wilson home. Florence Thoman called at the Jim Muncie home Tuesday. Mr and Mrs J M Shaffer and sons and Mr and Mrs Howard Shaffer were dinner guests Sunday in the Jim Yearous home in honor of Darlene Yearous 17th birthday anniversary. Mrs Tim Thoman spent last Thursday with her daughter Mrs Silas Wilson. Wm Boyle and son Floyd were visitors in the Frank Boyle home that Sunday. Silas Wilson and family spent that Sunday in the Tim Thoman home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathryn Ogle
Waterloo
Fremont Ogle
H. Foxwell
Thomas and
Grace
Arlington
L. C. Popenhagen
la Verle
Anamosa
Walter Medberry
L. W. McKellar
Mary Moore
Wadena
Anna Mae Kimball
East of Elgin
Harold Kimball
Anne Mae
Anna Gibgon
John R. Schmid
Marie
Cheery Valley
Fred Schneider
Jerome Yearous
Harold Kim
Hall
Arthur Yearous
Carroll Klingman
Ida Frieden
C. Wenger
Ed Wenger
Ida
Lena Wenger
Cedar Rapids
Rex Medberry
Louisa Lehman
Elgin
Ben Demler
Andrew Yearous
Hans Hans
Will Frieden
Elmer Frieden
Glen Little
Volga
Lucian Donion
Lee Klingman
Elkader
Ray
Fred Klingman
James Bradley
Duluth
Minnesota
Jack Shaffer
Oak Grove
Howard Shaffer
Albert Dennler
Yim’ Yearons
Thomas
J. D. Shaffer
Near West Union
Carl Egli
Will Landis
Lima
Wyria
Albany
Elmer Malkow
Gottfred Frieden
Edwin
Tim Thoman
Chas
Doty
Clarence
Moore
Lawrence Gehring
Jake Gehring
Fred. Schneider
Charlotte Medberry
Fayette
Glermont
Harry Gilson
J. M. Shaffer
George Boyle
Wm. Bayla
John Howard
Warren Joyce
Herbert Dummermuth
Bonnie Howard
Reuben Howard
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Clifton Powell
George Howard
Bob Peters
Myria
Tom Howard
Bob Wilson
Lyle Wilson
West Union
Wm. Barker
Brainard
Topp
Henry Gilson
Donald Gilson
H. Wilson
George Wilbur
Silas Wilson
Florence Thoman
Jim ‘Muncie
Jim
Darlene
E. B. Grimes
Herman Boyer
Clara Bartlett
Chas. Martin
Sidney Patterson
Rey
G. A. Thomas
Sidney Nutting
Ellen Stillman
Harry Stillman
John Barnhouse
Roy Burnside
Joe Peters
Raymond Mays
Iowa City
Ruth Nutnagel
University Hospital
Brown
Jesup
Azalia Nutting
Glen Boyer
Arthur Patterson
Grace Peters
Sidney Nutting Home
Patricia Kerns
Pleasant Valley School
Rev. Thomas
Wm. Nutting
Community social ties fill Cheery Valley week
Cheery Valley residents share visits and gatherings across multiple homes. Jake Christen and family host relatives and neighbors. quilting parties unfold at Elgin and nearby homes. various Christen, Hanson, Butikofer, Schupbach, Friederich, Yearous, and Leuchtenmacher family members attend dinners, card games, and Sunday visits. The week includes travel to Fayette for illness, and help with work at Pollock and Torkelson homes.
Family visitors and dinner guests in Rock Valley area
Monday in Hanson Bros. home hosted Mr and Mrs Francis West and Mr and Mrs Fred Butikofer with puppet Mrs Rudolph Muehlenthaler and son Will from Rock Valley visiting from Thursday to Friday with Mr and Mrs Ernest Christen. Mrs Gottfred Friederich spent Sunday afternoon in the J R Schmid Fred A Miller of Rock Valley was a dinner guest Thursday at the Hanson Bros. home. He stayed Thursday night at Oscar Baumgartner’s. Mr and Mrs Fred Butikofer and children dined with Mrs Ida Christen last Sunday. Mrs Jake Butikefer and Minnie visited Fred Butikefer’s home Thursday.
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Elizabeth Butikofer
Albert Schupbach
Edwin
Aden Hanson
Frank Christen
Will Christen
Martin Hanson
Herman Schupbach
Elgin
Louis Butikofer
Arthur Friederich J
Chris Gregerson
Alice
Johnny Friederich
Duane Frieden
Walter Butikofer
Gottfred Kurth
Gunder
Jaka Kurth
Eddie Pulfer
Fred Butikofer
George
Lena Schupbach
Hana Friederich
Gottfred Muehlenthaler
Edwin Hanson
George ‘ Leuchtenmacher
Fred Reitz
Taylor
Hanson Bros
Francis West
Jake Butikofer
Rudolph Muehlenthaler
Will
Rock Valley
Ernest Christen
Gottfred Friederich
J. R. Schmid
Fred A. Miller
Oscar Baumgartner
Ida Christen
Jake Butikefer
Minnie
Fred Butikefer
Brainard Community Notes Highlights and Changes
The Brainard area reports social visits and family updates including the Grimes family in West Union and Clara Bartlett's indefinite stay in Fayette. Local church activities, sugar camp openings, a new pupil Patricia Kerns, and Wm Nutting purchasing property are mentioned alongside several visitors and meal gatherings.
Clermont Pupils Vacation Amid Local News Notes
The Clermont area pupils enjoy a school vacation as teachers and students at Center school hold a meeting. Local residents report holidays, visits, and social events at homes of Olsen, Hoag, Loftsgard, and Gisleson families. A fatal car accident near Oetwein claims Glen White, 31, a relative of the Mosby family of Elgin.
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Glen White
Oetwein
Samuel Mosby
Elgin
Elgin Savings Bank stockholders meet on dissolution vote
Notice is given of a special stockholders meeting of Elgin Savings Bank Elgin Iowa to be held at the bank office in Elgin on April 6 1935 at 1 50 P M for the purpose of voting on dissolution. Signed March 6 1935 by vice president cashier and bank directors.
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Elgin Savings Bank of
Elgin
Iowa
A. D
Truck Drivers Must Meet Requirements
All chauffeurs must hold their 1935 chauffeur's licenses due January 2. Between sunset and sunrise, trucks on highways must carry flares in addition to standard lighting. Trucks with box widths over six feet require four green lights or reflectors at the front corners and four red lights or reflectors at the rear corners. Overloads will be seized. Chauffeur licenses available at the sheriff's office.
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Sheriff's Office
Iowa Cuts Hunting and Fishing License Fees
Gov Clyde L Herring signed a measure reducing Iowa resident hunting and fishing licenses to 1 each with a combined license at 150 The action passed both houses and aims to lower costs for outdoors enthusiasts while efficiency experts criticize job guidance methods.
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Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Lansing Faces Bids for Mayor and City Council Posts
Five candidates vie for the Lansing mayoral race while numerous contenders seek seats on the city council, signaling a crowded local election.
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Lansing
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Optometrist
C. W. Heiserman
Wehat Union
MacTavish
J. E. McCoy
Harold Greenley
Glen Schori
Chas. Graver
Louis Klingman
George Falk
Ray Klingman
Allen Habeger
Nevenswander
Opera House
Clermont
Harvey Skarshaug
Dick Calahan
Raymond Paulson
Harold Jones
Herb Haas
Waucoma
Chuck” Graver
Red Lion
Postville
Red
Johnny McCoy
Leslie Mattoon
Ames
J. W. Butler
J. H. Willams
Amelia Lehman
Gus Brause
S. W. Kuster
Remsen
Illyria
Oak Grove News
Cheery Valley News
Jake Christen
Martin, Edwin
Aden Hansen
Jason Bailey
Anna Schupbach
Dan Butikofer
Cornelius Yearous
Near
Hawkeye
Tuesaday
Jake Yearous, Jr
Brainard Church
Gunder News
O. K. Olson
Starbrick
Minn
Kenneth Kjosa
Tom Herbranson
Wagner Township
Ansiat
Hilda
Alice Hoag
Lillian ‘Meyer
Tina Nelson
T. T. Loftsgard
H. T. Loftsgard
St. Olaf
N. T. Loftsgard
Q. K. Olson
Joseph Hoag
Harold Opsand
Ole Loftsgard
Dorcas Society
Center
Ole Gisleson
Otto Gisleson
Gilbert Loftsgard
Odegard
Guttenberg
Eliza Nelson
Fred Reichert
Hana Winkler
W. 8. Rothlisberger
George Hanson
the Echo Office
Figin Opera House
Grimm & Helium
Elgin Echo
Mel Kohler
Falks’ Garage
Sohn Berndt
Elgin Bakery
Max Thoma
Wenger's Cafe
Stochr Drug Store
F. R. Berg
Torkelson Bros
L. G. Lekman
Becker Barber Shop
Walt’n Grocery
Coffee Cup Cafe
Stan Breck
WMT
Bruce’s “Green Mill” and International
Bruce
Hunsberger & Schori
West Elgin
Paar
Mm Echo Axd Enterprise
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