Avon sales ad offers local representation and sewing cabinet
Classified style notice invites readers to become Avon representatives in the neighborhood with contact by Jane Warren at Dubuque PO Box 802. Also advertises a used console sewing machine with forward and reverse stitching, zig zag, buttonhole, monogramming and attachments, priced at eight payments of 4.89 or discount for cash, available in the area. Credit Manager address given as 6726 Elliot Ave Richfield Minnesota 95423.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
Jane Warren
P.O
Dubuque
Singer
Elliot Ave
Richfield
Minnesota
Annual anti-freeze days offer at Elgin Iowa sale
Announced sale lists two 1 lb cans Pork and Beans for 35 cents at Thoma's with an offer of heavy duty products. Farm Oyl dull strength anti-freeze days run Oct 3 and 4, with 50 percent off per gallon and customers asked to bring their own containers. Bob Falb Impl, Elgin, Iowa, supplied details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krueger Ins
Grinnell Mutual
Elgin
Clermont
Clayton County
Bob Falb
Iowa
Thoma's
Cards of Thanks and Gratitude Notices
A set of local thank you notices from residents expressing appreciation for anniversary well wishes for 40 years, hospital visits and cards after an accident, and a drawing prize. Names include Leo Boleyn, Ben Dennler, Silas Butikofer, and Mrs. Earl Seitz with mentions of families, neighbors, and Elgin businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville Hospital
Silas Butikofer
Ill and Hospitalized Henry Vellersven in Wisconsin
Ill patient Henry Vellersven is at Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse Wisconsin on the 2nd Floor Room 274. Elmer Frieden just had open heart surgery at St Mary's Rochester and is out of ICU on the 83rd Floor Room 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Vellersven
Lutheran Hospital
LaCrosse
Wis
Elmer Frieden
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Richard Frieden
Alfred Jacob
Postville Community Hospital
St. Mary's At
Names and Addresses From a Wartime Military Listing
A collection of full names streets and city state and country designations for military personnel and family members. Entries include civilians and service members such as A2C Glen W. Christen Major Lowell M. Strong and A2C Frieden with residences in Iowa California Illinois and Germany with APO San Francisco listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen W. Christen
P.O. Box
San Francisco
Calif
Lowell M. Strong
APO
Olson Family Florida Visit and Naval Tour
Mr and Mrs Olsen and Rodney traveled Thursday September 14 to Jacksonville Florida to deliver a car and visit their son Frankie They joined Rex Medberry to take a Cape Kennedy bus tour visit the Naval Base at Mayport view Shangri La aircraft carrier and a destroyer They returned home last Tuesday flying from Florida to Chicago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clit? Olsen
Rodney
Jacksonville
Fla
Frankie
Rex Medberrys
Cape Kennedy
Mayport
Shangri la
Florida
Chicago
Service Men News From Our Service Men
Steven Halverson son of Mr and Mrs Harold Halverson left for the army Sept 13 stationed at Ft Lewis Wash His address Pvt El Steve L Halverson US 4928140 C2 11 US ATIC Ft Lewis Wash 98433 Major Lowell Strong left Monday for Washington and from there to Cam Ranh Bay Viet Nam for one year Mrs Strong and their three children are staying in Postville during his absence Notice Would the party that borrowed our sump pump please return it Tillotson Hdwe 4c ILLYRIA Mr and Mrs Roy Rothlisberger Bob Kim and John were Saturday visitors in the Roger Frieden home Visitors of Ben Deanler this week were Mr and Mrs James Hermen and sons Mr and Mrs Carroll Klingman Sr Mrs Lydi ardegard and Joan Mr and Mrs Albert Lee Deanler and girls Mr and Mrs Geo Leuch tenmacher Elkader Mr and Mrs Harry Butikofer Garry and Keith Mrs Alta Frieden Bill Dennler David and Lou Ann Kenton Krueger and Rev Lee Roy Collins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven Halverson
Harold Halverson
Army
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Pvt
el Steve L. Halverson
ATIC
Lowell Strong
Washington
Cam Ranh Bay
Viet Nam
Strong
Postville
Illyria
Roy Rothlisberger
Bob
Kim
John
Roger Frieden
Ben Deanler
James
Hermen and Sons
Carroll Klingman
Lydiardegard
Joan
Albert Lee Deanler
Geo. Leuchtenmacher
Elkader
Harry Butikofer
Garry
Keith
Alta Frieden
Bill Dennler
David
Lou Ann
Kenton Krueger
Lee Roy Collins
The Brakes in September Catalogs Hidden for Christmas
A fragment notes sneaky hiding of Christmas catalogs received in September to speed holiday news. It then jokes that the female is faster than mail and remarks not every emergency is prepared, concluding with a poetic line about roses and sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
Also Mentioned on This Page
ST. Paul's
Kenneth Mark
Sportsman
Klinges
West Union
Towa
Robert Moore
Alma Scholen
Wm. Torkelson
Myria
Hermen Helgerson
Ernest
Helgerson
Calvin Bechtel
Waukon
Davenport
California
Leo Wolff
Homelite
Klinger’s Sport
West Union Ia
Wayne Poultry Co
Des Moines
Board of Supervisors
Fayette County
Leo Boleyn
Ben Dennler
Earl Seitz
Mari Ellen Frieden
Milo Friedens
Bess Stohr
Palmer Memorial Hospital
Laralee Wenger
Impl
Don Torson
Noehren Hall
Cedar Falls
Patricia Schneider
Burge
Francis Joseph Olson
NATTC
Richard Reierson
North
Clinton Town City
Barbara Muehlethaler
Hagemann
Duane Reeder
St. Iowa Falls, Iowa
Gayle
East Lowther
U.N.I
Linda Collins
T. Hall
Mt. Pleasant
Keith Collins
Norman Leeman
4Th St. Noel Mason City
Burnell Frieden
Steffler
St. Rantoul, Ill
Frieden
Chanute Air Force Base
Clifford Olsons
Tillotson
Wagner
Doz
Tokay Grapes
Just
Brach
Halverson’s Store
FELCO/STATEX
Tom Phillips
Felco
Statex
Reva
COOP
Elgin Cooperative
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