What the folks at Sumner are doing
A wave of social and family notes fill this Sumner item. About 700 attended a Friday free oldtime dance hosted by the local American Legion post with performances by the Little German band of Sumner Bell Nuss and his group Wapsie Nightingales and the Oldtime Music Makers of Fairbank in celebration of the fiftieth Legion dance. The record crowds and a next page bridge party honor several out of town guests including Mrs B H Doyle of Omaha Mrs Otto B Meyerhoff of Lincoln and Miss Lorraine Luthmer of Kenosha.
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The
American Legion
Sumner
Bell Nuss
Wapsie Nightengales
Fairbank
Legion
B. H. Doyle
Omaha
Neb
Otto Bmeyerhoff
Linecoln
Lorraine Luthmer
Kenosha
Wis
R. P. Tibbitts
C. G. Nieman
Social notes from Sumner area gatherings and travels
Miss Anna will spend two weeks with her parents, while Miss Florence Hand of Waterloo will manage Clip and Curl Beauty Shop in her absence. Henry Johnson and son Sam visited Grundy Center for his mother Mrs. H. M. Johnson’s illness, with Donald Purvis accompanying them home. Andrias Kasemeier will run the Tripoli shoe repair shop opened by R. J. Muller. Lewis Reding and family visited Milwaukee and Tripoli for Henry Fink’s funeral. Mrs. P. F. Wilharm attended a bridge luncheon at the West Union Country Club. Mrs. Ernest Cass and Joe Cass toured San Antonio with her parents. Genevieve Wells hosted a six thirty dinner. Mrs. E. F. Marks of Winona and Mrs. Floyd DeLahunt with daughter arrived to stay with Harley Wescott’s family. Visitors to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Shales included Mrs. E. E. Reardon, Mrs. Otto Fuelling, Dan Reardon, and Margaret. A. G. Jahn and daughter Margaret visited Emmetsburg then left for Chicago with Margaret staying with grandparents.
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L. A. Schuknecht
Sterling
A. C. Schuknecht
Will Marsh
Ransom Slack
Garner
Alma Pease
Chicago
Bonnie
Evanstown Academy of Fine Arts
Dorothy Norris
Mechanicsville
G. J. Sexton
James
Cedar Valley Veterinarian Association
Electric Park
Waterloo
Alberta Wilharm
Alice Geffert
Forest Park
Ill
R. C. Triebes
Nellie Hicks
Fargo
Elmer Glass
Humboldt
Art Gretty
W. M. McGuiness
Kenneth
Donald
Clear Lake
D. H. Campbell
Robert Cady
Joliet
Wilson Miller
Aurora
George Cady
Margaret Cady
W. D. Burford
W. M. Lyons
St. Anthony
Joe Woods
Irene Duebendorfer
Centerville
A. T. Blade
L. H. Dickman
Frank Harding
Cedar Rapids
Wilma
Thelma
Harry Heiserman
Henry Dawson
G. P. Linn
George Roberts
Florence Linn Puckett
Amarillo
Texas
William Engelke
William
New Hampton
Paul Bredow
Peoria
L. P. Engelke
O. C. Hoth
Norma
Marvin
Des Moines
F. N. Sorenson
Glen Borland
Oelwein
Sumner
John Rockdaschel
L. Petrie
Mosinee
Wis
Anna
Florence Hand
Henry Johnson
Sam
Grundy Center
H. M. Johnson
Donald Purvis
Andrias Kasemeier
Tripoli
R. J. Muller
Lewis Reding
Robert
Milwaukee
H. C
San Antonio
Cass
J. F. Cass
Genevieve Wells
E. F. Marks
Winona
Minn
Floyd DeLahunt
Harley Wescott
Sam Shales
E. E. Reardon
McGregor
Otto Fuelling
Dan Reardon
Margaret
Farmersburo
Funeral and social notes from Potter Siding area
Attendees at Louie Behrend funeral in Tripoli include numerous local families such as Schlichting Henning Lohmann and Behrends. Other items mention Waverly callers, a Henry Tiedt funeral at Readlyn, recent threshing completion, and various Sunday visits and yard work around Readlyn Tripoli and nearby farms.
Paris Fashion Displays Through History Highlight Tailors
A Manchester Guardian columnist notes that Paris fashion displays date to the 14th century with tailors presenting both women’s and men’s clothing and even sending dolls dressed in models to patrons across Europe. A doll once reportedly received a free pass through enemy lines during wartime.
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Paris
Manchester
England
Guardian
Europe
Local Notes and Travel Tidbits from Waterloo Area
Beisner buys the Dins home now owned by Albert Buss family and plans to move to Denver with his wife. William Schlichting and Corwin Guenther depart for a two week trip to the Black Hills and Yellowstone. Alvin Brinkman heads to Minneapolis for a month to visit his father Harry. Maude Williams leaves for New York City July 25 to join friends for Atlantic Coast travel. Mrs Erwin Mohling to entertain Thimble Bee club July 30. Selma Jahnke returns from six weeks of music study in St Louis. J C McDonald and wife visit Richard Diekmann in Waterloo. Ruby Summers of Melvinite visits Mrs Ernest Steege. Fort Des Moines artillery unit camps at Prestien pasture en route from Camp McCoy to Des Moines. Katherine Coons employed in a Columbia Circle home in Waterloo. William Graening and family visit Rev Herbert Graening in Iowa City. Floyd Gates hosts Chicago brothers over the weekend. Read the display ads for specials.
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Beisner
Crane Creek
Dins
Albert H. Buss
Denver
William Schlichting
Corwin Guenther
Black Hills
Yellowstone National Park
Alvin Brinkman
Minneapolis
Harry Brinkman
Maude Williams
New York City
18Th Field Artillery
Fort Des Moines
Prestien
Camp McCoy
Sparta
Wis
Katherine Coons
Columbia Circle
Waterloo
William Graening
Erna
Iowa City
Herbert Groening
Floyd Gates
Chicago
Autogiro to Fly at State Fair at Des Moines
Des Moines, Iowa August 4 Special autogiro exhibitions will headline the Towa State Fair from August 2 to September 4. The $15,000 autogiro will take off vertically and hover, with daily demonstrations in front of the grandstand and close inspection offered during the fair. The machine’s unique rotor and small wings enable slow flight and precise landings, noted after its White House landing last spring. Daily glider flying demonstrations will also be featured.
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Des Moines
Towa
White House
Washington, D. C
Advances in Aeronautics Exhibit Shown at Grandstand
Land in front of the grandstand showcased the latest developments in aeronautics, highlighting new techniques, materials, and concepts. The display emphasized practical applications and potential improvements in flight performance and safety.
Oldest English oak in England near Wetherby
The Cowthorpe oak, claimed as England’s oldest, sits near the Roman road about three miles from Wetherby. Records date its age to around 1600 years, with a 74 ton timber content in 1842, a trunk 60 feet in circumference, 438 feet tall, and a main branch over 50 feet long. Spring leaves reappear as workers strive to preserve the giant.
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Cowthorpe
England
Montreal Family Herald
Great
Roman Road
Wetherby
Florida farms top value per acre in 1915 to present
Collier's Weekly notes Florida has the most valuable farm land per acre in the United States and shows a 77 percent value increase since 1915. Montana records the cheapest land, with a 28 percent decline over the same period.
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United States
Florida
Collier's Weekly
Montana
AP PROTECT Never Take Drugs Without Parent Consent
Teach the child the necessity and seriousness of all drugs and explain the dangers of improper use. Instill in the child the habit of never taking anything from any bottle or box without parental consent. Bright colors and sweet tastes tempt children, and many accidents can be prevented by this lesson. Read the Business Bringers.
Legal Transfers Filed by Bremer Abstract Co Ending August 1 192
Summary of transfers listed by Bremer Abstract Company for the period ending August 1 192 involving multiple parties. Transactions include Gorham A Taylor to Anna Hy for $1 conveying lots 6 7 8 block 12 Sturdevant's Addition with related entries for Fannie K Haziet Ernest Hartman and others. LeValley Addition and Harmon area parcels cited with prices from $1 to $2 000. Conveyances names include W. W. Taylor Carrie Taber George Bat e Lena Brase Panzer Edwin Brase and Glenn P Strauser among others with assorted tract descriptions and property numbers.
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Bremer Abstract Company
Gorham A. Taylor
Anna Hy
We Sturdevant
Fannie K. Haziet
County
Ernest Hartman
Harmon Ape LeValley
S W. W. Taylor
Adm
Glenn P Strauser
Nate Carrie Taber
George Bateal
Harmon Andu LeValley
Lena Brase Panzer
Edwin Brase
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Sumnerites
Fred Wittenburg
Marjory Carpenter
A. G. Jahn
Emmettsurg
Louie Behrend
C. C. Schlichting
Henry Henning
Lavera
Ervin Henning
Fred Lohmann
Adela
Esther Lohmann
Wm. Dohrmann
Wm. Lohmann
Lucille
Herman Tegtmei
Wm. Wedemeier
Lavern
Louie Platte
Louie Kuker
August Fredericks
Johanna Jungblut
Will Hildebrandt
Wm. Eichmann
W. H. Kuker
Carl Kuker
Readlyn
Esther
Henry Lohmann
John Buhr
Fred Tiedt
California
Lizzie Davis
Wm. Bany
Louie Bany
Theodore
Oscar Quade
Herman Lahman
Arnold
Pravnas
Cornell
Clarence Towne
Henry Meier
Buechele Lumber Co
Tripoli, Iowa
Iowa
America
City Laundering Co. Oelwein
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Farmers Savings Bank
Frederika, Iowa
Goodyear Pathfinder
Pathfinder
H. H. Buhr
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