Residents and visitors gather across West Union in busy week
Kathleen Steele and J P Hein of Chicago visited Mrs. Carrie Steele's home from Thursday to Monday. Numerous relatives and friends traveled from Spooner Wisconsin, Detroit Michigan, Cedar Rapids, Chicago and beyond for fishing trips, family visits, and social gatherings. Multiple departures and arrivals marked a bustling period with meals, church activities, and local drives noted in West Union and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Steele
J. P. Heinen
Chicago
Carrie Steele
Max Medberry
Ed Medberry
Spooner
Wis
Victor Maurer
Millwood
Wash
G. V. Zimmerlin
Leah
Betty
Dean
Duncomb
Albert L. Schupbach
Detroit
Mich
Anna Schupbach
Leon Shepard
John Sherman
Chester Arthur
Ula
Wi. Kohler
Wm. Howard
West Union
Guttenberg
Leo Grether
Dennis
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hans Grether
H. T. Knudison
St. Paul
Minn
Carl Brockhausen
Lansing
Wm. F. Miller
Mabel Grimm
John Grimm
Chris Wenger
Winfield Masonhall
Lee Brainard
Postville
J. C. Mason
Cedar Rapids
Fred LeClair
Des Moines
C. L. Klingman
Lois Feller
Greene
Upper Iowa
John Neuenschwander
Terre Haute
Ind
Albert Schori
Fayette
Louise Baumgartner
B. J. Baum- Bactner
Miss Baumgartner
Red Cross
Washington, D.C
Inter Ocean Re-Insurance Co
Laurence Knudtson
Kathryn
Ed Oldag
Elgin Baptist Church to Host Missionary and Services
Elgin Baptist Church with Paul F. Zoschke away on vacation hosts a missionary meeting Thursday afternoon with Rev C F Stoeckman speaking and Mrs Frieda Etter presiding. Prayer meeting Thursday evening, choir rehearsal, morning worship at 10, Sunday school at 11, evening service at 8, aiming to lift attendance above 100. Rev C F Stoeckman substitutes for Rev Zoschke during vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
Alfred Jacob, Jr
F. Stoeckman
Frieda Etter
C. F. Stoeckman
Zoschike
Methodist Church Sunday Schedule and Meeting Notice
Sunday morning worship at 10 o'clock and Sunday school at 11 o'clock. Choir rehearsal Friday evening at 7 30. The general meeting of the W. 8. C. & will be held Thursday afternoon September 13 in the church parlors. Hostesses are Mrs. R W Muehlenthaler, Mrs. Lulu Schmid and Mrs. Henry Feller. Rev J C Warton, Minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.W. Muehlenthaler
Lulu Schmid
Henry Feller
J. C. Warton
Lutheran Church Sunday Services and School Institute
The Lutheran Church announces services on September 9 at St Olaf at 9 30 and Washington Prairie at 2 30 with Sunday school teachers institute. All are welcome to attend each service led by Pastor S J Strandford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf
Washington Prairie
Joseph and God’s Provision in a Time of Famine
A devotional urging conservation of resources and temperance links Genesis 41 to modern scarcity. It highlights Joseph’s hands on storage, warns against alcohol use of grain, and stresses dependence on God, the danger of pride, and the spiritual need to heed famine as a call to obedience and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Egypt
Is there something wrong with the expression I didn't use to do it
A reader asks about use to versus used to and how to form negatives. The expert says use to means accustomed in the past, but the preferred form is used to. the negative would be I did not use to do it, awkward, while positive I used to live there is fine. The note also discusses in charge of and idiom shifts and a digressive aside on incredulous versus incredible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Joseph
America
Lfe
New York
John Doe
Colby
J. W
Paso Robles
Ays
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Klingman Rites Reflect Rural Life and Family Ties
Charles Lewis Klingman was born in Highland township Clayton county on June 8 1972 and died August 26 1945 after a long illness. He married Alta Mae Grover October 11 1899 and they had two children Elizabeth Larson and Carroll Klingman. Funeral services were held August 29 at the home and Illyria Community church with burial in Styria cemetery. The family extends thanks to neighbors and friends for support and flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lewis Klingman
Lewis
Elizabeth Klingman
Highland Township
Clayton County
Alta Mae Grover
Elizabeth Larson
Elgin
Carroll
Highland
Nellie McKellar
Martin
Wadena
Edward
Klingman
Illyria Community Church
Tlyria Community Church
J. C. Warton
Harold Glass
William Frieden
Myron Chapman
Thomas Pollock
Arthur Yearous
Delbert Chapman
Gerald Shaffer
Kathleen Yearous
Styria
Save that Pennant
The article notes the Japanese regimental flag as a revered symbol, likening it to a fetish for Nippon troops. It highlights imperial grant, the chrysanthemum staff, and special guards, with loss bringing disgrace to the entire regiment.
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Wayne Gilson
Clifton Wilson
Edwin Frieden
Gloria
Conract
Fanny Frieden
Ralph Davidson
Houston
Texas
L. R. JcMullen
Decorah
Harryg
C. B. Schori
K. J. Meyer
Calmar
Meyer
Nonna Torkelson
Leota Cummings Turner
Bernard McMullen
Lee Dennis
West Union Hospital
Bertha Mealey
Red Oak
Frank Greenley
John Lyford
Joan
David
Vernon
Edward Schmid
Edward, Jr
Luli Schmid
West Union Fair Grounds
Judson Conner
Albert Dummermuth
Herbert Dummermuth
Conner Dummer
Muth
Eldred Patterson and
Lloyd
Harold Schneider
Tom Owen
Ghe
Avalon
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
10WA
Helmut Dantine
Raym
D Massey
Berlin
Bob Mitchum
Barbara Hale
Kather’n Hepburn
Spencer Tracy
Elgin Baptist Church
Lutheran Church
Windor
Cam
Lena Baumgartner
West Elgin
Peter Lawford
Elsy Lanchester
Harold J. Lundquist
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Sounsho
Lous
Saugatiens
Handbgoek
Elgin Canning Co
Elgin, Iowa
Max Thoma
Elgin Furniture Store
F. C. Muehlethaler
Dial WA
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