Waterloo area social notes and church visit recaps
Waterloo shoppers and families gathered for Sunday visits as Ernst Bergmann Zander and Biermann sisters joined Miss Gerlach and friends at multiple homes. Attendees included Waverly Peters and Denver visitors, with estate matters discussed in Kimball Minnesota. A Luther an conference in Sumner also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernst Bergmann
Lorenz Zander
Esther Biermann
Waterloo
Ernst Brase
Herman Harms
W. H. Grebien
Fred Peters
Near Waverly
Bernard Bruns
Fred Moller
E. G. Gerlach
W. Boeckmann
L. F. Gergmann
Arthur Stumme
Maxfield
Kimbal
Minnesota
C. F. Mersbach
Leela
Bernita Biermann
Conrad Meyer
C. G. Gerlach
H. Raum
Conference of the
American Lutheran Church
Sumner
Sumner News Highlights Local Social and Travel
Correspondents report various visits across Randalia Onslow West Union Waterloo and Dubuque including H S Shales and Tom Shales at D N Austin home Carroll Linn guest in Randalia and R V Price joining Brayton Chevrolet. Community clubs host gatherings while residents travel to Fergus Falls Independence Cedar Rapids and Waterloo with family visits and a new transfer at Western Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Shales
Tom Shales
Randalia
D. N. Austin
A. H. Wolff
Onslow
L. M. Smith
Carroll Linn
Waterloo
C. E. Dirkgen
R. V. Price
Des Moines
Brayton Chevrolet Company
Fred Norbohm
Determined conviction turns tides of public belief
A lone soul's steadfast adherence to a truth withstands error and bias. Through good and ill report, the world of half-believers eventually embraces what remains strong and clear in the end.
Way Back She I Read a Book Last Night
A reader recalls a book that transported them to childhood memories and contrasts it with modern literature spoken of in a Montreal Gazette. The piece reflects nostalgia and literary comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal Gazette
Local Family Notices From Tripoli Area
Community updates list hospital calls, visits, and family events in Tripoli. Names include Jahnke Drewis Gaede Heideman Schumacher Poock Seegert and Moeller with visits, funerals, CCC assignments, and last week car purchase. Several relatives are noted in hospitals, homes, and cemeteries over the weekend and Monday.
Appointment of Administrator for Car F. Mersbach Estate
On April 12 1934 the District Court of Bremer County Iowa appointed G F Johnson as Administrator of the estate of Car F Mersbach deceased. All indebted parties must pay the undersigned and all claims must be presented legally authenticated to the court for allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Bremer County
Iowa
Car F .Mersbach
Local church aid holds apron sale and supper
Frederika district superintendent J Arthur Young led quarterly services Sunday evening at the Cedar Falls church. The Methodist Episcopal Ladies' Aid Society staged an apron sale and supper in the basement, raising over 26 dollars. Numerous locals attended including Mr and Mrs Perry, Mr and Mrs Jones, Mr and Mrs Bearmann, and Mr and Mrs Charles Taylor of New Hampton. Large turnout at Thursday school meeting with County Agent D D Offringa leading corn hog program discussion. Visitors and relatives from Waterloo, Nashua, Fredericksburg, Douglas township, and Richfield were noted in local social roundups, including stops by Berdene Bagnard, Nettie ODay, Millicent Thompson, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Arthur Young
Cedar Falls
Methodist Episcopal Ladies’ Aid Society
Perry
Jones
Bearmann
Charles Taylor
New Hampton
D. D. Offringa
C. C. Thompson
Mary
Waterloo
Fred Thompson
Nashua
F. W. Sherman
Millicent Thompson
Sherman
Berdene Bagnard
C. L
Fred Bergman
Douglas Township
Anna Bowers
Jennie Hale
F. E. Bagnard
Emma Young
A. J. Paden
Harold Mowatt
Clark Tibbetts
Richfield
N. B
Social visits grace South of Tripoli community
A long list of weekend visits and gatherings across South of Tripoli shows extended families and neighbors sharing time at homes of Rathe, Wolfgram, Ganske, Tegtmeier, Peters, Kuhrt, Wenthe, Woodcock, Nolting, and other local households. Multiple birthday observances and Sunday afternoons feature families such as Rathe, Peters, and Woodcock joining grandparents and relatives in informal celebrations.
Ancient Sudan Forge Echoes Egyptian Craft 8500 Years Old
Archaeologists identify a Sudanese smithy depicted in ancient drawings as akin to early Egyptian forges about 8500 years old. The bellows consist of four earthen pots with goatskin covers moved by hand and lack valves, a notable unusual feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudan
Crane Creek Social Roundup Notes Local Calls
Rev and Mrs Meyer near Readlyn visited Rev Dilges and Clarence Towne. Hildebrandt and daughter Vernett of Waterloo called at R A Michael home. Dilges visited Louie Platte on Sunday. Beisner and Carol attended a birthday at Milius home near Denver. Matthiesen helped Bunger with building a broader house. R A Michael family visited Kohagen. Bauer visited near Strawberry Point. Everding visited Schneer. Dilges attended conference in Summer on Tuesday and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
Readlyn
Dilges
Clarence
R. A. Michael
Ralph
Rosetta
R. W. Kohagen
W. J. Bauer
Strawberry Point
Christ Everding
Fred Schneer
Dog guards dying mate on Table Mountain in South Africa
A loyal Alsatian stood vigil over its injured mate for 14 days on Table Mountain Capetown until a climber found them. The surviving dog was starving with every rib showing and initially refused to leave its mate before being enticed away and slowly nursed back to health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Table Mountain
Capetown
South Africa
Cut to Fit Why the round hole in your tool body
A short feature explores the purpose of the round hole in a tool body design, noting how it affects grip alignment, weight balance, and compatibility with accessories. Readers learn how the hole aids assembly and performance across varied models.
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Siegel
Congo
Sumnerites
Darrell Forsman
West End Bridge Club
H. F. Wood
A. F. Fridley
Fergus Falls
Minn
J. F. Stiger
Women’s Club
W. K. Carroll
Louise Divorky
W. D. Burford
Aurora
Illinois
Louis Markgraf
Marjory Lou
LaCrosse
Wis
G. F. Cody
W. F. Berg
Eleanor Gray
W. I. Johnson
R. W. Meyer
Shirley
Bernadine
Denver
Herman Kehe
Herbert Schwerin
Leon Zummack
Fairbanks
Henry Schwerin
Charles O. Doty
Lake City
I. A. Koeberle
Willis Muether
University of Iowa
Iowa City
George Muether
C. C. Hoth
Waverly
W. C. Hoth
Robert Oggaard
Margaret Trueman
Stanley Wescott
Triple Four Club
June Mills
P. A. Warrior
Lois
Fred Borcherding
Albert Borcherding
James
Waucoma
Alvin Hucke
Gwenthe
Fredericksburg
Orlo Meyer
West Union
J. W. Ocker
Ocker
Bill Gannon
Finnette Wood
Donna Sexton
Erwin Mardorf
Cedar Rapids
John Gannon
Adolph Meyer
Tripoli
Charles Schmidt
Evan Burke
Grace Burke
Ray School
Art Judas
Paul Rettig
Laverne Luther
Oelwein
Ray Sayre
Western Union
Dubuque
B. G. Brity
Ames
G. J. Sexton
Rmparker
American Correspondent School
Downing St
Colo
United States
Old Tripoli
Herbert Jahnke
George Drewis
Herman Pagens
Wm. Ambrose
Alfred Bergman
Geo. Drewis
Geo. H. Heiedeman
Howard
Louis Gaede
Williamstown
Siegfried
C. H. Schmidt
Elda
Erwin
Edwin
Victor
Henry Heideman
George H. Heidemann
Gaede
Wm. Schumacher
Charles
Gust Plagens
Ernest Schumacher
Victor Gaede
C.C.C
Albia
Eric Poock
John
Duane
Ed Seegert
George H. Heideman
Walter Schultz
Vernis
Will Jahnke
Herbert
Arthur Heine
Edwin Schrader
Everett Bierman
Earl Kirchhoff
Virgil Borchert
Dale Schmidt
Lawrence Moeller
Ernest Moeller
G. F. Johnson
Frederika
Will Rathe
Irene
John Wolfgram
Andrew Carstensen
Theo. Peters
Louis Sell
Clarence Ganske
Art Tegtmeier
Otto Boeckmann
Edna
Orville Wolfgram
Henry Rathe
J. C. Kuhrt
Robert
Kenneth
H. C. Kuhrt
W. J. Peters
Fred Rathe
Rudolph Ludwig
Aaron
Oliver Bungles
Paul
John Tegtmeier
M. A. Woodrock
Geraldine
Eugene
Arlyce Peters
Lavonne Peters
Leota Dohrmann
Laurena Everding
Alene
Alice Koschmeder
Randall Niedert
Dorothy Tegtmeier
Clara Rathe
M. A. Woodcock
Ivan
Alvin
Donald Myers
Louis Wenthe
Geraldine Woodcock
W. D. Chapin
J. C. Peters
Minnie
Elsie
Leslie Peters
Chris Zander
Albert Hunnemueller
Art Bunger
Erna
Agnes
John Bunger
Fred Detterding
Carl Struck
Fred Dohrmann
Herman Hagenow
Fred Block
Crane Creek
Dog
Goodyear
H. H. Buhr Garage
Miles
Nervine
Goodyears
Goodyear Speedways
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