Local notes from Illyria last week and surrounding scenes
Community chatter notes visits and calls across Elgin West Bend Cheery Valley DuDuth and Elkader. Socials include dinners at Rothlisberger and Hanson homes, church and civic gatherings, and a sacred concert at Volea City. Military and political commentary appears in regional columns.
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Frank Gehring
Elgin
Talia Kohler
West Bend
John Rothfisberger
Hansen
Ellen
Cheery Valley
Adolph Hansen
Miurt Klingman
Albert
Timber Lake
South Dakota
George Gibson
West Union
Harry Reichert
C. M. Klingman
McGregor
James Bradley
Elizabeth Wegmiller
Duluth
Minnesota
GC. M
Thos, Hansen
Sob
Ant
L. A. Grimes
Mary Elizabeth
Wegmiller
Minneston
Hilda
Cecil Klingman
Roschlisberger Bros
Will Frieden
Ellen Hanson
Adolph Hanson
Scholen
Herve Robbing
Arthur Kelly
Butler
Aun Bobby
Nancy Ernst
Thos. Hanson
Henry
LPF
Shaffer
Thos. Richards
Mable Denuler
Cemetery Association
Lartas
Ald Society
Jersome
Myria
County Farm
A Hardworking Piece of Paper
Americans are the greatest users of bank checks with more than one in ten business transactions done by commercial instruments. A storekeeper like Mr Smith uses checks to pay suppliers, keep records, and simplify payments. The bank check system handles millions of daily transactions, with the New York Clearing House processing hundreds of billions annually.
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United States
America
Smith
Mr. Smith
Dumay
Ex- Press Company
Ex Press Company
Post Office
New York
Sesen Wal
Gunder Neighborhood Socials And Busy Week Recap
The article notes a surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. Lou Relers and a large crowd enjoying it. It lists numerous residents attending visits, business calls, and family gatherings across Gunder and nearby townships, including minor auto accidents involving Reuben Mark and Kenneth Kiosa, and various social visits, birthdays, and trips to Waterloo and Lake Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moa
Lou Relers
Reuben Mark
Kenneth Kiosa
Oscar Olson
T. Reierson
Henry
Wagner Township
Lillie l Wald
Wasner
L. O
Margaret Linigren
Elsie
JT. T
Kenneth
J. Brorby
Oscar
Christ Anderson
Melvin Olson
T. T. Loftsgard
Jennette
Elkader
T. J. Olson
Elmer
Martin Groth
Lake Mills
Christ Halverson
Roda van Sickle
Monona
Johanson
Waterloo
Oscar Lind
Myron
J. J. Brikke
Westby
Wisconsin
Alma Nyborg
Myrtle Olson
Migs Vina
B. E. Landsgard
L. T. Loftegard
Gladys Loftetuen
Violas Wooltsgard
Gina Nyborg
Inwood
A. Gulayig
St. Olaf
Gunder Bronday
Common Interest of Bankers and Farmers
Bankers and farmers share a common goal of profitable agriculture and public service. Banks are seen as service stations supporting agricultural progress, with cooperation among bankers, farmers, and citizens urged to solve production and marketing problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Commonwealth
J. H. Puel Isher
Walents farm near Cresco with long running family history
The 240 acre Walents farm near Cresco showcases a long lineage from Frank Walenta who homesteaded the land in 1853. The plot includes 25 acres of pines planted from British Columbia and 20,000 feet of beveled lumber sawed recently, with John Walenta now owning the modernized property. The rural tree lined roads offer pleasant scenery for motorists on hot days.
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Walents
Cresco
Frank Walenta
U. S
British Columbia
John
Co operative Marketing Notes Highlight Bankers Farm Plan
State Bank Division and American Bankers Association promote cooperative farm marketing to improve efficiency over credit. Leaders including James R. Howard and Eugens Meyer Jr. discuss contracts, pooling, graded tobacco, and orderly marketing to support farmers, with cautions on credit and risk. Also covered are a race horse injury suit, Lincoln land sale to Woods Brothers, rail wage talks, bank cashier resignation, and other farm economy items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank Division
Agricultural Commission of the
American Bankers Association
State Bank
James R. Howard
America Farm Bureau Federation
Eugens Meyer, Jr
War Finance Corporation
Fred L Kent
Commerce and Marine Commission
Cooperative Gee
Iowa Prices Strain At Wheat Freight Rates
A Knoxville Journal readers note laments high freight costs while corn sells for 75 cents a bushel and cattle at 13 dollars per hundredweight. The writer questions wheat prices and rail service that could move sheep to Chicago, suggesting the freight is reasonable only if feeders can use Iowa to graze for three to four months.
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Iowa
Ihaled
Chicago
Knoxville Journal
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Illyria
Wallace Ptro
Huth Rothisberger
CG. Ls Kiligman
Peter Larson
Etkader
Belting
Chas
Medberry
Max
George Davis
Fayette
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Buchanan
Decorah
Fred Johnson
West Union Opera House Co
Johnson
Argo- Gazette
Co-Operative
Harding
Burley Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Association
Bankers Association
Co-operative Association Reila
Rosa
Grattan Jett
Clark
Cartier
Woods Brothers Corporation
Lincolln
Nebragua
Cerro Gordo County
Mason City
W. B. Stone
J. R. Stone
Stone
Gus Wilke
First National Bank
Strawberry Point
Hikader
Achori Brothers
Gattle
Hogs Ghain
Hepet Elgin
Hadsel
Gail
Qingsea
Citizens” State Bank
Fothergill
M. D
Alis
Ote
R. A. Crider
Q. A. Kinsel Naprapathic
Postville
Schori & Kuster Lumber
Coalgin
Ford
Grimm & Schupbach
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