Oak Grove social notes highlight Sunday and Friday visits
A long list of Oak Grove residents and guests appears in the week’s social notes. Many dinner and supper gatherings occur in homes of Dennler, Thoman, Howard, Schneider, Luchsinger, Leuchtenmacher, Holzer, Kohls, and others across Castalia, Elkader, and nearby towns. The piece records birthdays, parties, a funeral in Oelwein, play invitation, and visits to relatives, with numerous city and family names such as Dennler, Chapman, Thoman, Wilson, Howard, Medberry, Yearous, and Ogle.
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Chris Dennler
Frank Christen
Melbert Meyer
Walter Dennler
Martha Chapman
Delbert
Tim Thoman
Dena Dummermuth
Joe V. Schneider
John Howard
Arthur Chapman and
Douglas
Albert Dennler
Milton Miller
Jake Miller
Florence Ruckdaschel
Silas Wilson
Warren Joyce
Arthur Chapman
Highland
John Luchsinger
Lester
Jake, Hoover
John Schneider
Melvin Glesne
Anna Glesne
Elkader
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Henry Holzer
Bert Allen
Louise Neuenschwander
Castalia
Clarence Kohls
Volga City
Wm. Kohls
Tammy Howard
Peter Nelson
Qelwein
Nelson
Mirs
John Wilson
Epworth
Mel Richie
Oelwein
Archie Howard
Shirley
Reuben Howard
Bonnie
Enos Howard
Forest Shaffer
Jack Shaffer
Tommy Howard
Tommy
Ben Hofer
Rose
Wm. Kerr
Robi. Wilson
Lyle Wilson
Barbara
Wilbur Lehman
Homer Dill
Elgin
Grace Peters
Illyria Social Guests and Local Visits
Illyria community notes list guests from Volga and near Elgin including Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wenger and sons Gene Lew. Ella Foxwell from Fayette visiting Will Wenger family. H. Foxwell’s sister. LeRoy Rothlisberger and Joe Hanson returning to Ames duties. Coronet Rothlisberger visiting Cedar Falls. Louise Lehman visiting Rex Medberry. Fred Smith Albert Parker families at Pollock home. Cemetery Association and Ladies Aid met. upcoming meeting with Will Frieden, Arthur Yearous families.
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Drew Yearous
Rex Medberry
Chas
Doty
C. L. Klingman
Ralph Holtzman
Gloria
C. E. Holtzman
Fayette
Comrades
Lester Chase
Arthur Hermen
Aaron Herment
Charles City
Arthur Yearous
Raymond Benson
Waukon
Lansing
Reynold Strong
Frank Hall
Oelwein
Perry Medberry
Volga
Mia
Henrich
Vida
Wadena
Thomas ‘Ogle
Fred Schneider
George Bull
Koter
Cheery Valley
Claud Fisher
Will Bunting
Littleport
Nancy Ernst
Guernsey Smith
Noel
Kenneth Mark
Elgin
W. 5. Rothlisberger
John Probert
Ruth
Max Medberry
Clifford
Albert Dennler
Myrtle Medberry
Kenneth
George Davis
Randalls
Elmer Lembke
Lawrence Miller
Elkader
Thomas Benson
Herve Robbins
Thos. Ogle
H. Foxwell
John Schneider
Oak Grove
L. C. Popenhagen
Anamosa
Walter Medberry
Popenhagens
Fred Popenhagen
Will Hinton
Billy
Geo. Gibson
Harold Kimball
C. Wenger
Ed Wenger
Herbert Ash
West Union
Alton Medberry
Ed Medbery
Dora Lee
J. H. Herwig
Arlington
Jacob Yearous
Jim Yearous
Moats
Eagle Grove
Gene
Lew
Will Wenger
Ella Foxwell
Charlotte Medberry
Francis Robbins
Joe Hanson
East of Elgin
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Ames
Walter Rothlisberger
Coronet
Cedar Falls
Louise Lehman
Elxin
Fred Smith
Albert Parker
Marian
Thomas Pollock
Cemetery Association
Ladies’ Aid Society
Will Frieden
Lorraine
Barbara
Community Social Roundup From Brainard Area
Brainard notes report on Grace Peters birthday party at Reuben Howard home and other social visits. Families including Peters, Dieters, Boyers, Nuttings and Howards shared gatherings, church group meetings, and Sunday meals across Brainard area and nearby Elkader Dubuque and St Lucas as residents attended events and funerals this weekend.
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George Tripp
Janesville
Wis
Reuben Howard
Grace Peters
Sheldon Moats
Kenneth Krosa
Sidney Nutting
Willy Schmidt
St. Lucas
D. H. Craft
Clara Bartlett
Dubuque
Ed Barker
Local Social Notes and Church Services Summary
Guests visited the Chas Peters and Geo Schroyer homes in West Union with many families named. Clive Helms spent days in Des Moines and attended a relative’s funeral in Wisconsin. Brainard church notes list Sunday school at 10, morning worship at 11, EB Y P U at 7, and evening service at 7:45.
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Sidney Nutting
Kenneth Kjosa
Grace Peters
Nutting
Clive Helms
Wisconsin
Community Guests and Neighborhood Activities in Gunder
Gunder residents hosted and visited over the weekend with Lawrence West and family at Otto Gisleson home. Several local families attended picnics at Clarence Anderson and the state park near Strawberry Point. News notes include medical trips to Marshalltown, cataract removal for Mrs Nelson, and Cattle Congress attendance in Waterloo.
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Lawrence West
Otto Gisleson
H. H. Gisleson
Millard
Marion
S. D
Lillian Halverson
Henry Vellersven
T. Kjosa
Ole Gisleson
John Hellum
Clarence Anderson
Harry Palmer
Janesville
Wis
T.L. Loftsgard
Otto Hanson
Dorcas Society
Gilbert Loftsgard
Lillian Meyer
Tena Nelson
State Park
Strawberry Point
B. Nelson
C. K. Olson
Marshalltown
Mervin Anderson
H. E. Landsgard
Mrs. B. Nelson
Cheery Valley visits extend Sunday across many homes
Ellen and Fred Hanson and Orlin Mason visited in Ben Dennler s home Sunday evening. Ida Hilda and Harold Meyer spent Sunday in the George Nichols home near Volga City. Many families attended a picnic at Jake Kurth s home and various supper visits followed across multiple households including the Butikofer, Pulfer, Baumgartner, Schupbach, and Friederich families with weekend travel to La Grange Mo for relatives.
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Ellen
Fred Hanson
Orlin Mason
Ben Dennlers
Ida
Hilda
Harold Meyer
George Nichols
Volga City
Fred Butikofer
Ichildren
Alice
Johnnie Friederich
Mildred Odegard
O. T. Knudtson
Levi Frieden
Jake
Elmer Denner
John Denniler
Wm. Larson
Walter Butikofer
Gee
Leuchtenmacher
Bert Tho
Gottfred Kurth
Louis
Ben Kurth
Jake Kurth
Jake Butikofer
John Pulfer
Martha
Albert Friederich
la Grange
Martin Wenger
Marlys
Elmer Meyer
Kenneth Mark
Louis Butikofer
Lawrence Butikofer
Dennis Lee
Jake Christen
Martin Hanson
Jake Sol
Picnic at Paul Bossard home near Garna ville
Hanson and Adolph Hanson family attended a Sunday picnic at the Paul Bossard residence near Garna ville. San Diego was named sixty years after its 1542 discovery by a Spanish navigator, noted in Moving Day. The typical household moves seventh in ten years. Uncle Even urges cheerful but not foolish demeanor.
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Hanson
Orlin Hanson
Adolph Hanson
Paul Bossard
Garnaville
San Diego
Spain
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Jews in Africa and mule trade rules noted in 70 AD fragment
The fragment mentions Jews settling in North Africa after Jerusalem fell in 70 AD and includes a rule from Alabama about mule trading after dark. The source mixes historical note with a local trade regulation, showing distant events alongside a regional prohibition.
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Africa
Jerusalem
The Mohammedan Calendar Origin Date Noted
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Dartmouth College Name Origin Tied to Earl of Dartmouth
Dartmouth College is named for the Earl of Dartmouth who aided its establishment by supporting the founding efforts and providing influence for its creation. The link emphasizes the donor noble’s influence on early American higher education.
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Dartmouth College
Earl of
Dartmouth
Ite
Egyptian Musical Instruments in Ancient Egypt
The Egyptians developed lyre harp flute and drum plus bells pipe tabor trumpet and a tambourine variety, showing a rich range of musical instruments in ancient Egypt.
Powerful Telegraphic Drum Heard Over Vast Nigerians Territory
A claim describes a drum in Africa, planted in Nigeria, as the most powerful telegraphic drum. It supposedly broadcasts across 1,500 square miles and measures 16 feet in circumference.
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Nigeria
Humming Birds Digesting Fast At High Body Temp
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Language Policy At Harvard Shaped By Colonial Rules
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Harvard
Harvard College
Harvard Yard
Muscle Shoals Name Origin Traced to Mussels at Rapids
In 1892 the United States geographic board ruled Muscle Shoals derives its name from freshwater mussels once resting among rocks in the river rapids. Early spelling varied as mus ele or mus cel, both from the Latin musculus meaning a little mouse.
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United States Geographic Board
Fire Station Born Then Destroyed By Blaze in KC
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Kansas City
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