Brainard Ladies Aid social notes and visits
The Brainard column records the Ladies Aid Society meeting with Mrs. Don Cummings and a long list of visits and hosting at homes in Brainard and surrounding areas. It notes multiple Sunday gatherings with the Moats, Appelman, Boyer, Peters, Howard, Nutting, and others, plus birthdays and church notes detailing Sunday school, worship, and social visits across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Don Cummings
George Moats
Scotch Grove
Sheldon Moats
Carl Appelman
Brekin Farm
Herbert Miller
Elmer Boyer
Glen Boyer
Clyde Crandall
Hawkeye
Herman Boyer
A A
Sidney Patterson
Grace Carpenter
Martha McAloon
New Hampton
G. A. Thomas
Wick
Arthur Patterson
Fern Kerr
Cleve Bennett
Geo. Howard
Wm. Barker
Melvin Boyer
Brainard Church
Oak Grove News Notes Historic Local Life Events
Mr and Mrs Walter Pritchard welcomed a baby on Wednesday November 11. Mrs James Muncie attended the Otre Nous club in Volga. Various residents report colds and flu over the past week. Many neighbors visited friends and family across Volga Highland Elgin and West Union with social hours and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Boleyn
Lester Green
Walter Pritchard
Joe Peters
Reuben Howard
Eddie Conner
Elgin
Geo. Thompson
Jim Muncie
Chris Dennler
John Barrus
Decorah
Evelyn Dennler
Thomas Pollock
Volga
Earl Kiple
Clifton Powell
Tofield Heck
Mary Ogle
Cathryn
Florence Ogle
Archie Howard
Shirley Ann
Tommy Howard
Clara Brabham
Chifton Powell
Ward Brabham
Ed Nelson
St. Olaf
Roy Leuchten Macher
Wm. Veatch
Peoria
John Luchsinger
Lyle Wilson
West Union
Rob. Wilson
Walter Neuman
Walter German
John Freitag
Otto Suckow
Irene Hoover
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Bert Allen
Alma Henson
Cheery Valley
Martin Hanson
Genevieve Wilson
Rob, Wilson
James Muncie
Tim ‘Thoman
Bilas Wilson
Paul Voshell
Henry Holzer
Howard Medberry
Louise Neuenschwander
John Cunningham
John Howard
Gottfred Pfinter
Harold Bennett
Doyle
John Nydegger
Fennor
Louis Denner
Arthur Chapman
Martha Chaplagn
Highland
Thos. Pollock
Walter Dennler
Heryl Boleyn
Martha Chapman
Delbert
Near West Union
Ellen Longmuir
Near Volga
J. B. Miller
Rudy Yunker
Tim Thoman
Florence and
Clarence Thoman
Illyria Area Hosts Weekend Social and Farm Meeting
Illyria items note Ed Medberry erecting a new garage and guests visiting families across Donnan West Union Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. A Farm Bureau church meeting featured M A Hauser outlining pasture improvement with Reynold Strong reelected director and Harold Strong secretary-treasurer for another year. Neighbors shared meals quilting and birthday dinners at homes of the Rothlisberger Frieden and Wenger families amid visits from Sam Frieden and Phoebe Garner among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Medberry
Clifford Holtzman
Charles
Donnan
Ralph Holtzman
Farm Bureau
M. A. Hauser
Town State College
Reynold Strong
Harold Strong
Walter Rothlsberger
Leo Rothlisberger
Lulu Rothlisberger
Earl
Ruth Rothlisberger
John Rothlisberger
Ida Mattocks
Rosanna Roethlisberger
West Union
Mary Ogle
Cathryn
Thos
Ogle
Arthur Kelly
Walter Rothlisberger
Coronel
Harold Ashby
Elizabeth Foxwell
Joe Frieden
H. F. Robbins
S. H. Foxwell
Will Frieden
Floyd Patterson
Dale
Volga
Lala Rothlisberger
Icn
Lena
Walter Wenger
Cedar Rapids
C. Wenger
Gloria
Austin Earle
Sam Frieden
la Grange
Gottfred Frieden
Fred Schneider
Arthur
Jacob Gehring
Cheery Valley
Phoebe Garner
McGregor
Jerome Yearous
Martha Chapman
Jim Yearous
Florence Cline
L. T. Cline
Wadena
Ed Wenger
Lew Wenger
Harry
Photograph request at Schneider's Cottage Studio Oelwein
A note offers a photograph of father and mother at Schneider's Cottage Studio in Oelwein. The nearby household hints include gelatin desserts to be eaten without cream, chilled and not too firm. A humorous remark about fixing a 98 cent alarm clock is also tucked in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schneider
Oelwein
Whitsitt
Wade Guenther
The
Sabula Gazette
Want ads tittle salesmen and hog cholera loss
Ed Schnor reports about 70 head of hogs from a 90 head herd died of cholera last week. He notes no new cases recently while most area farmers vaccinate. Hawkeye Beacon. Send your photo to your best friends for Christmas. Schumber’s Cottage Studio Oehwein 12 18¢. Businessmen at Clow Lake gave a free dance last Wednesday at Surf ballroom drawing 2,000 attendees for goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Schnor
Hawkeye Beacon
Schumber
Oehwein
Clow Lake
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sidney Nutting
Sarah Wenrick
Weat Union
Wenrick
Kenneth Kjosa
Postville
Will Billmeyer
Hawkeys
Chas. Peters
Grace
George Howard
John Yauslin
Clermont
Fred Wede
Nernon
Vern Boyer
Chas. Petera
Louisa Becker
Joe Petera
Grace Peters
Ula Howard
Frank Boyle
Louis Becker
Rosa Reed
Beryl Boleyn
Wenger
Max Medberry
Clifford
Walter Medberry
Viola Foxwell
Sam Holmes
Maynard
Betty Schneider
George Butikofer
Sarah Metzger
West of Elgin
Pana Carrie Butikofer
Ida Frieden
Elizabeth McMillan
John Falk
Hattie McKelar
Chas. Doty
Rose McMillan
Alice Becker
L. C. Popenhagen
Alamosa
Arthur Groth
Marion Lehman
Rex Medberry
R. D. Davis
Alpha
Herve Robbins
Malcolm
Nest -McGregor
Oak Grove
Milo Peterman
Nancy Ernst
Guy
Will Bunting
Littleport
Dora Lee
Perry Medberry
Myrtle Medberry
Kenneth
Albert Dennler
Delbert Chapman
Della Chapman
Eldora
Harlow Chapmrtm
Waterloo
Mary
Fanny Palmer
Andrew Yearous
Iowa City
John Yearous
University Hospital
Oak Grove News
Illyria
Elgin Opera House
Iowa
Echo
Evans’ Cafe
Feller & Baumgartner
West Elgin
Fayette County
W. M. Knox
Elgin State Bank
Elgin, Iowa
Farm Radio
Zenith
Europe
South America
Orient
America
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