Elgin area families gather for visits and dinners
A long list of Elgin residents and relatives from Woodlake Iowa and Minnesota spent weekends and Thanksgiving with kin. Guests included Gundersons from Woodlake and Bauder, Wenger, Schweitzer, Pinney, Etter, Schori, O’Neill, Gress, Amdahl, and others visiting in homes across Elgin and nearby towns. Several travels to Cedar Rapids San Francisco Spokane and Wadena were noted, along with birthday and anniversary observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mseine Deoar
Onear Gunderson
Woodlake
Minn
Gehry Kittalga
Botts
Jane
Mr. Wenger
Elgin
Krngstine Holzer
San Francisco
Calif
Em. Holzer
Holzer
California
Ernest Etter
Lew Etter
Menah~ga
Fred Etter
Mound
Chris Schweitzer
Lewis Etter
E. C. Pinney
Elmer Pinney
Jerry
Janice
Sharon Pinney
Frieda Etter
Schweitzer
Diana Gress
Waterloo
Bob Amdahl
Raymond
West Union
Wm. Grover
Wm. Grover Home. Mrs. Gress and Raymond Amdahl
Clara Baldwin
Elmer Bear
Cedar Rapids
J. A. Kinnan
Leo Schori
C. B. Schori
Betty
Ben
Albert Schori
Georgia May Schori
Wim. Ewing
Lamotte
Burial notice of Michiel Blodbus Jr at Henri Chapelle cemetery
The records show Michiel C. Blodbus Jr is interred in U S Military Cemetery No 1 Henri Chapelle Helgum section II row 4 grave 4, located about .7 miles southwest of Asshan Germany under U S personnel care. Sincerely your, E B Gregory Lieutenant General Quartermaster General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirt
Michiel C. Blodbus
U. S. Miliary Cemetery
Henri Chapelle
Asshan
Germany
United States
E. B. Gregory
Marion Church Annual Meeting Notice
Marion at 7:30 p m annual meeting of the congregation. Good representation is desired. Come to church and you are welcome at each and every service. Dr S J Strandjord Pastor. Lutheran Church Dee Norway at 11 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Marion
S. J. Strandjord
In Memoriam Michael Blockhus Star of Battle Remembrance
In loving memory of Michael Blockhus who died on the battlefield November 30, 1944. The poem recalls his sacrifice, faith, and eternal reward as his family, including Bernice, Harlan, and Kenneth, grieves yet finds comfort. The note affirms he is not dead but one step ahead in heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael
Michael Blockhus
Bernice
Harlan and
Kenneth
Kigin Baptist Church Announces Guest Speaker and Services
Kigin Baptist Church outlines Thursday prayer service at 8 00 p.m. Choir rehearsal at 9 00 p.m. Sunday morning worship and Communion at 10 00 a.m. Sunday school at 11 00 a.m. Junior meeting at 12 45 p.m. Rev F W Bartel of St Joseph Michigan will be guest speaker Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
Alfred Jacob, Jr
F. W. Bartel
St. Joseph, Mich
Methodist Church Weekly Schedule and Meeting Notice
Sunday worship starts at 10 o clock with Sunday school at 11 o clock. Choir rehearsal is Friday at 7 30 p m. The W S C S general meeting is next Thursday afternoon December 6 at Mrs Myrtle Kohler home with assisting hostesses Mrs H B Gilson and Mrs Clifton Powell. Rev J C Warton, Minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Kohler
H. _B. Gilson
Clifton Powell
J. C. Warton
Describing Quality Of Chickens For Table Use
The text explains that a soft flexible breastbone signals a young chicken. A broad rounded breast with thighs well covered by meat and fat distributed yields more edible meat per pound. A short-legged blocky body suits table use. Fine grained soft light meat indicates tenderness.
War Dept Reveals Burial Location of Soldier in Europe
The War Department informed Mr. Michael Blockhus and Mrs. Fife Blockhus of Elgin Iowa about the burial place of their son who died in action in Europe a year ago. A letter from the Office of the Quartermaster General dated September 25 1945 expresses the department's eagerness to furnish the precise burial location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Dept
Fife
Michael C. Blockhus, Jr
Europe
War Department
Washington
D. C
Michael Blockhus
Elgin
Iowa
Blockhus
Ancient Rice Found in Neolithic China Pottery
Remnants of rice discovered in Neolithic Chinese pottery likely date to the end of the third millennium B.C. This finding highlights early rice use and storage practices in ancient China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
A Song to Remember Premiere at Victory Loan Night
Wednesday December 5 cornell Wilde and Merle Oberon star in A Song to Remember at the Victory Loan premiere event. Local patrons gathered for the film’s first showing and related promotional activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornel Wilde
Merle Oberon
Wise Wealth and Godly Stewardship in Economic Struggles
A sermon recalls December lessons on economic distress after war. It urges turning to biblical wisdom rather than human schemes, warns against covetousness and self reliance, and stresses that wealth does not define a life. true value rests in stewardship and spiritual reform.
Shaffer Family Remembered in Fredericksburg Obituary
Raymond Willard Shaffer 59 of Fredericksburg died November 13 1945 at New Hampton hospital after a life spanning Fayette and Grundy County regions. He married Lenora Mae Crain in 1904 and later Alice Meier in Fredericksburg and left seven children Herschel Irvin Kenneth Guthrie Russell Maxine with Russell dying in France in 1945. He was survived by his widow Alice two more sons a daughter four sisters and two brothers and many nieces and nephews. He was a member of the Ilyrian Community Church and the funeral was at Fredericksburg M E church with burial in Rose Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Willard Shaffer
John D
Susan C. Shaffer
Fort
Elgin
Fret Schneider
New Hampton Hospital
Mary
Lenora Mae Crain
Herschel
Irvin
Kenneth
Guthrie
Russell
Maxine
France
U. S
Ray
Alice Meier
Fredericksburg
Alice
Harry Gilson
Fred O'Dell
Watswatosa
Wis
John Bower
Santa Ana
Calif
Guy Whitford
West Union
Israel F. Shafer
John M. Shafer
J. M. Shaffer
Howard
Forest
Gerald
M. E
W. D. Bostrom
Old Rugged Cross
Jesus
Gerald Shaffer
Dahlia Upham
Virgil
Ivan Wirth
Rose Hill
Card of Appreciation for Beloved Husband and Father
We express thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for calls cards and sympathy during illness and after death of our husband and father. Gratitude to St Josephs hospital staff doctors nurses sisters and others for care and to singers and drivers for funeral day assistance. Mrs Ray Shaffer and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ray Shaffer
Milwaukee named safest large city for pedestrians in 1944
In Milwaukee Wisconsin Mas Deen receives top honors as the safest large city for pedestrians in the 1944 national pedestrian safety contest. The city cut pedestrian deaths by 38 percent versus 1942 and 1943, despite a national 2 percent rise from 1943 to 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N Hilwaukee
Wis
Mas Deen
Milwaukee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ida Christen
Herbert Hans
Chas. O'Neill
Ray Weithorn
Billy
Everett Weithorn
Monona
Anna Schupbach
Leon Shepard
Chester Arthur
John Sherman
Gordon Elliott
Leo Simpson
Oelwein
Avalon
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
10WA
Joan Davis
Jack Haley
George White
Peggy A. Garner
Allyn Joslin
Tom Desmond
Vinton
Des
Mond
H. D. Yack
Ern Baechler
Melbert
Clarence Muehlet
Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Lutheran Church
Dee
Norway
Luther Taanmin
Memoriam
Earth
Kigin Baptist Church
Foley al Ee Yr
Corbett Seti
Lena Baumgartner
Dial
West Elgin
SON + HARE ks fa Newspaper
Talon
Uupen
hRween Tamer
Bui
Lake Golden
God
Legion
Joseph Parker
Bible School
Ambrose
Christ
Mer
Smgur EE
Lante A
LSGAL
Maines
Towans
Irong Town Company
R. P. Strauch
Mployer Mutual Casualty Oy
OLE Des Moines
Max Thoma
Foot Comfort Store
Elgin, Iowa
America
Elgin Furniture Store
F. C. Muehlethaler
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!