Cheery Valley Items Weekly Social Roundup
Last week Sam Hofer hosted guests on Thursday and Sam Yosts entertained Sunday evening. Oscar Baumgartner and Clara Younker hosted visitors, with Halver Gisleson and others stopping by. Many locals and relatives visited homes or called during the week, including families from West Union and Rock Valley Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Hofer
Sam Yosts
Oscar Baumgartner
Oscar Odegard
Halvor Wikans
Clara Younker
Joe Freiden
Halver Gisleson
Adolph Burroden
Rosa Reinhart
Dbde Schneider
Alex Baumgartners
Jake Freiden
West Union
Fred Fretden
Walfena Wettleson
Blair Scholn
Ken Hanson
Fred Dennler
Margarite
Christen Brothers
Celia Meyer
Albert Muth
Meyer Brothers
Elen Hanson
Adolph Baumegartner
George Leuchtenmacher
B. M. Benson
A. Habegar
Abe Baumgartners
Ata Leuchtenmacher
Olkader
Olka
Sam Butikfor
Lester
Emil Freiden
Ben Preiden
Jack Dennler
Jack Kurtz
Robert Lehman
John and
Albert Meyer
Ben Hofer
Martin Hanson
Alice
Adolph Baumgartner
Siels
Jacob Dennier
Games
Bertha Dennler
L. Christen
Gehring
Ratfus
Tom Hat- Bon'a
Earnest Luch
G. Dennler
Ellen Hanson
Darnest Meyer
Weat Union
Tom Hanson
Adolph Hanson
James Hoyle
Earl Gehring
Patsy Minnahan
Will Zangg
Celia Christen
Jack Christen
Edward Grimm
Morton
Illinois
Rock Valley
Iowa
Earnest Zangg
Benniger
West Bend
Free Eye Clinic With Dr LaGrange At Dr Hadsel Office
Dr LaGrange, noted author on optics, will hold a postgraduate optics course at Dr H. Hadsel’s office on October 8 9 and 40. Free eye examinations for all cases. glasses only for those needing them. Evening hours 7:00 to 9:00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. LaGrange
Illyria social news and visits across week
Illyria items recount a week of visits and gatherings. A. Yearous and family traveled to Gunder and surrounding towns while Ruth Rothlisberger and Libble Klingman hosted and others visited Elkader, Wadena, and West Union. An upcoming Illyria church event is postponed to October 6 due to a Red Cross sociable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Yearous
L. W. MacKellar
Wadena
Jerome
Yearous
C. L. Kiogman
Will Yearous
Patti
Robt. Duff
Ruth Rothlisberger
Libble Klingman
Alfred Wenger
Logter
Bertha Medhberry
Foxwell
Aaron Yearous
Lena Wenger Jis
Max Guyer
Lkader
Fred Rothilisberger
G. B. Medberry
Lu‘ana
C. M. Klingman
Ole Benson
Gunder
Harvey Howard
Lola Miller
Elgin
George Stansbury
Anna Gilson
West Union
Ray
Roy Walls
Elma
Medberry
Charles Chapman
C. P. Trumbull
A. Yearons
L. W. MacKeth
J. B. Gilson
J. H. Bower
J. D. Shaffer
Mesdames Edwin
Frank Kise
South Dakota
Ray Shaffer
Elkader
Geo. Herman
Elkader Hospital
White
S. H
Illyria
Red Cross
Allen Longmeier
First killing frost prompts seed selection in Iowa fields
Northern Iowa farmers harvest seed from damaged corn fields after a September 10 frost. Farm crops men at Town State College say the ear is often preserved, though leaves may dry. Ears can improve if left on stalks brief days, as stored plant food moves to kernels and warm spells follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Town State College
Man from St Paul Hat House Kissed Flag After Train Incident
The Elkader Register reports a traveling man named W. B. Fellz, a German Jew from a St Paul hat house, insulted the flag and defenders on a Farmersburg draft train. He was restrained, apologized, and kissed the flag after locals quickly cooled down. He admitted the insult deserved the reaction and called it a lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Fellz
St. Paul
Farmersburg
Baulah
Elkader Register and
Argus
Fayette county draft calls reach 110 more men for exam
Fayette county, Iowa, called 110 additional draft-age men to appear for examinations. The roll brings total examined to 880 of 2637, about one third, with testing to take place in West Union. Names listed include Frank Leslie Ramsey-Oran, Charles L. Pellymounter-Fay, Horton Attman-Oelwein, Eugene Whitcher-West A, Lawrence Pepin-Oel, Guy Gillingham-Oelwein, George Odrigh-Oelwein, Ole Goodspeed-Hawkeye, Nick Foreman-St Lucas, Julius Juvick-Ossian, Harold Swale-Hawkeye, Clifford Marshall-Oel, William Wenger-Oelwein, Harry Dexter-Arling, Hatlin Paul-Fayette, James Sewell-Oelwein, Earl Van Vlick-Oelwein, and many others through entry 879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
West Union
Ollowing
Frank Leslie Ramsey
Oran
Charles L. Pellymounter
Fay
Levert M, Sampson
Hldorado
Horton Attman
Oelwein
Hugene Herbert Whitcher
W. A
Lawrence Elsworth Pepin
Oel
Guy A
Gillingham
George Odrigh
Ole Guy Goodspeed
Hawkeye
Nick J. Foreman
St. Lucas
Julius Juvick
Ossian
Harold Lyle Swale
Clfford Charles Marshall
William Andrew Wenger
Harry Raymond Dexter
Arling
Hatlin Lee Paul
Fayette
Frank Joseph Bodensteiner
W.A
James Gordon Sewell
Earl Willie van Vlick
Henry William Niewehmer
Sum
Bertus
Turner
William Koelling
Westgate
Hawley Delbert Miller
Florencio Bravo
Floyd Everest Willie
Waucoma
William Arthur Stevens
Chas
Muehlethaler
West U
David ‘Nathanial Felline
Rand
George Richard Bray
Roy Otto Trager
Sumner
Paul John Warning
George Pape
Eldorado
Louis George Hickert
Patrick Manning
Archie Lee Butler
Carl Fred Lubke
Clermont
Harry Ervine Broughton
Wad
George Leroy Goodrich
Arthur Wm
Daniel Hagenberg Sumner
Cecil Frederick Gray
George C. Stephens
Joe Menges
Arlington
Leon Richard Falck
Lamont
Ray Frank Hillson
Fred M. Erickson
Carl B. Fela
Leo Coleman
Frank Howard Elgin
Albert Barratt
George Wilbur
Emil Johan Frane Krause
Hwk
Myrom Ellsworth Talbot
Herman John Warnke
Randalia
Poker Complaints Flag Law Probes For Arrests In Elgin
Several complaints filed with the office allege poker games are operating in Elgin. If verified with written proof, authorities will arrest the alleged 80 participants with cause.
Our Army Growing Strength Report Shows 1,074,146 Volunteers
Chairman Dent released a statement to Congress detailing armed forces strength on September 6, 1917. The army totaled 819,891 including officers and enlisted, the navy 264,265, and combined forces reached 1,074,146, all volunteers with the draft law approved May 18, 1917. Prior drafts had not yet trained soldiers in camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dent
House Military Committee
House
Congressional
Regular Army
National Guard
Reserve Corps
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Hospital Corps
Marine Corps
National Naval Volunteers
They Have All Got Them: Resolutions on Autos
A farmer's association in Iowa once resolved that automobiles should be kept off public highways to spare horses. Times change as horses barely lift their heads now and farmers increasingly drive cars. Resolutions often mispredict future outcomes.
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Iowa
Something Happened to Ole at Fort Dodge
A witness testified about an accident near Fort Dodge recounting a man walking along a track as a train passed. He described seeing Ole's hat then a severed limb, followed by other body parts, and exclaimed that something must have happened to Ole.
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Ole
Fort Dodge
Big State
Ola
People praise Chamberlain's Tablets in Ontario town
G A McBride of Headford Ontario says after two years selling the tablets he tried them and found them superior to any similar preparation. Indigestion and constipation sufferers are urged to try Chamberlain's Tablets, for sale by Stoehr & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. McBride
Héadford
Stoehr & Co
West Union Iowa: a thriving civic hub with strong growth
West Union stands as a political religious and social center in northeastern Iowa with high schools ample churches and a robust economy. The city touts quality water sewer drainage parks shade trees and a thriving newspaper scene plus a major county fair and Chautauqua. It invites people to buy rent or sell homes farms or abstracts and promises friendly service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Iowa
Linden Park
Ira Court House
Our City
Pike Roads
High Opinion of Chamberlain’s Tablets for Biliousness
Mrs C A Barnes of Charleston Illinois praises Chamberlain’s Tablets as mild and pleasant for biliousness and laxative use. She notes her brother also used them with satisfactory results. Sold by Stoehr & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
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Karl D. Fisk
Towa
Dewey
Rl D. Fisk
United States
National Army
Rock Island Lines
Alee
Panicair
Salle Station
E. T. McDonald
Elgin, Towa
O. W. Heiserman
Graduate Optometrist
DR. H. &. Hadsel
Riverside
L. G. Lehman
Scandinavia
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Clermont Opera House
J. W.bopp
Werth Ualeg
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