Community notices and social updates from Osbornie area
A long list of social calls visits and small events in Osbo rno area includes birthday celebrations at Mrs J C Kennedy s home with five hundred games prizes to Letha Willerton Bether Raftis and Clara Mattocks plus a luncheon. Many residents travel visit and helper stories follow with hospital stays school duties and local gatherings plus Armistice day activities and classroom projects at the Os bone school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Kennedy
Letha Willerton
Bether Raftis
Clara’ Mattocks
Mrs. Kennedy
Frank Smith
Harold
Oelwein
Emma Shapley
Des Moines
Lonegran
Lawrence Welch
Marie
John Nydegger
Son Junior
Near Elgin
George Davis
Ida
Delores Sturms
West Union
Wadena School Notes Violet Waterman Leaves School
Violet Waterman has left Wadena school. We are sorry to see her depart. The following second grade pupils earned 100 percent in spelling last term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet ‘Waterman
Church Activities Schedule and Meeting Notices
United Brethren Church announces Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 7:30 p.m. Preaching service at 8 p.m. Harvester Band meets with Amelia Fay and Burdena Moore Saturday afternoon. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at the B. A. Jennings home. The official board will meet after prayer meeting and all members are requested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred‘ Gernand Sr
Valga City
Fred Gernand Jr
Lawrence Raftis
Gelwein
Frank Welch
F. J. Schroeder
Elgin
H. T. Hangartner
Clermont
J. J. O'Hara
Frank ‘Poor
Grace
Will Christeleit
Volga City
Robert Whittenbaugh
Monona
Moe. Hotasa
Waterloo
W. F. Moore
Leo Metcalf
Scott
Arthur Herrling
H. C. Rundell
Max Richards
Elkader
J. J. Richards
Oelwein
Will Kamper
Dean Richards
Arlington
Amos Eckhart
Walter Richards
Henry Dohrer
Clair Everetts
Ed Lawrence
Earlville
Frank Everetts
Clarence Nous
Bertha Gernand
Henry Kuhn
Dawson Clark
West Union
Diamond Club
Territory
Northern Division
Wadena
Fred Meyer
Home Missionary Society
P.M
Anna Connley
Osborne
Chris. Schrampfer
Ladies’club
Presbyterian
Milo Oldfather
August Oldfather
Arizona
Christian Endeavor
P.m Harvester
Amelia, Fay
Burdena Moore
B. A. Jennings
Elgin and Clermont Battle In Armistice Day Football Clash
A tight Elgin 6 Clermont 6 game on the Elgin field marked by a frozen surface and snow. Horan's second quarter TD for Clermont broke the deadlock while Elgin’s season-ender noted the seniors who played their last game and a largely slim outlook for next year with few juniors remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Clermont
Elgin Field
Horan
Elgin Legion
Elgin Boys
William Weibel
Lowell Bennett
Cornelius Yearous
Russell Kohler
Roy Rothlisberger
Joseph Hanson
LeRoy Burrow
Wayne Gilaon
Forest Shaffer
Paul Zorbriggen
Fleet Frieden
Roy Steele
Irvin Lyons
Kenneth Evans
Lyle Nelson
William Kruger
Postville
Arlington
Fayette
Elkader
Maynard
Snappy Shots in Folly and Money Wisely Feels a Taxing Play
The fragment sketches a string of maxims on money, honesty, and human folly. It notes budget struggles, social pretenses, and pride in candor while warning against life’s excesses and hollow praise. It hints at universal foibles and self serving motives through aphoristic lines.
Odd Industries in British Isles
In Westminster area Stratton ground hides an Armenian who repairs timepieces, described by a writer as outdoor repairer of timepieces. The piece notes peculiar trades from a smoker curing bacon to walrus whisker collectors, and a man who sold skin for grafts to rebuild a rich child’s burnt face, earning £200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Cathedral
Stratton Ground
London
Fagiano
Sou
British Isles
England
Mountain holy site with restrictions on women noted
The article discusses Athos region on the Macedonian coast in the Aegean Sea, described as a land without women, a historic retreat since early Christianity. It also mentions Colorado’s high mountains and the extent of high terrain across the state, referencing Women’s Home Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athosom
Aegean Séa
Colorado
Judge Fletcher Riley’s Galveston fishing trip tale
An Oklahoma Supreme Court magistrate named Fletcher Riley reportedly fished at Galveston and split a heavy bass with Mrs. Riley in Oklahoma City. An affidavit with fourteen signatures attached to the fish box claims Riley “caught this,” adding humor to the trip amid legal minds’ endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Riley
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Galveston
Mra
Names in Odd Sequence at Alabama Professors
A fragmentary text lists professors and students with repeated names and a puzzle about scheduling ties for three Cohens. It includes dialogue about superstition, numbers, and a humorous exchange about a window washer mistaken for a seer, with unrelated classroom seating snippets and casual dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Alabama
John James
James John
Jacob Jacobi
Roger Rogers
Bernard Cohens
Cohens
Also Mentioned on This Page
Itil Sas
Lee Aeschliman
Blanche Johnson
Betty Ruth Johnson
Lucy Jones
Robert Minger
Cecelia Corkery
Phyllis
Evelyn Roberts
Baffin Islands
Dorothy Minihen
Mary Sniffin
Dawson Clerk
Ulmer Clark
Ivan Johnson
United Brethren Church
Kern Hill
Maxime Lehman
Mollie and I
Erma Butikofer
Turkey
Junior Hanson
Wilma Lehman
Peter MK. Luchsinger
Leonard Helms
Ducky Frost
Phyllis Frieden
Kenneth Helms
Georgia Meyer
Sparrow
Narture Magazine
Daniel
Shelby
Chicago
Rene
Account International
Elgin Opera House
Elgin Farm Fire Dept
Wilbur
Seea
Seal of
Minnesota
White Lily
Brow
Weibel Mill CO
Adr
Marlene Dietrich
Ald Wes West
Iharac
Bankers’ Association
State Bank
Iowa
Daucur
Tomy
Mae U Nts
Rabbi-Rowa Banguke
Elgin, Iowa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!