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Local social notes reflect a busy Iowa community
The fragment outlines numerous visitors and gatherings across towns such as Hampton Clarksville Waverly and Estherville. It notes weddings confirmations church events school faculty travel to Colorado and Minnesota family visits and Sunday dinners, with many local residents named by first and last names and occasional locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Ad
Air
Wilson
Diane Felper
St. Louis
Duane Martin
Russell
Steve Br
Deanerloo
Myr
Springer
Gracttinger
Almigomer Ilves
Bud Eltes
Kesley
Ison Hart
Alls Graves
Gene Curtis
Chatfield
Minnesota
E Shultz
E Flora
Cass Lake
Herbert Barnett
Browns Texas
Herman Miller
Shirley
al Isher
Estherville
Vera Barnett
Calvin
Rockford
Harold Barnett
Clarksville
Albert Ellerman
Russel
Hile
Walter Hildebrand
Ed Hildebrand
Joyce Bliss
Bufiting
Hamers
R. T. Hum. Earleman
Jellernoone
Ter
Texas
Ann Brinkmann
Lennie Smithson
Wanda
Dunde
Iowa
Orville Buckingham
Oelwein
Will Cheney
Marguerite
Hermine Bloom
Bob Kammeyer
Bloomington
Leo Gabe
Waverly
Nashua
Greene
Charles City
Larry
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Charles C
Orval
Busching Cin
Maryening Pot
North Bluff Street