Sumner News Items Highlight Local Events and Deaths
Repair work continues on the Syndicate building after fire damage at the Harding structure last week. Minnie Westendorf breaks hip in a fall in Tripoli and is moved to her daughter’s home in Sumner for care. Funeral services for George Rief, 70, held at Evangelical church with local officials in attendance. he died of heart failure while preparing to drive to church. Various local society notes, visits, and personal news fill the page, including club meetings, residents traveling, and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Westendorf
Columbia Avenue
Fred Ambrose
Tripoli
H. F. Wood
Wilmington
Will County
Illinois
Sumner
Crank
Banks Township
Rief
Minnie Ebert
Evangelical Church
Robert
John Nolte
Waverly
J. R. Nolte
Aaron
Ackley
Ed J
Will
Nashua
Social notes from Waterloo and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs Leonard Britz mann Mrs Fred Britzmann and Mrs Winters of Waterloo spent Wednesday evening with Mr and Mrs Conrad Meyer. Birth day party hosted by Mrs Augusta Hoeper with guests including Edwin Brase Arthur Hooper and family Otto Behr ens and Carl Hilde brandt. Religious leaders Rev and Mrs Wm Engelke New Hampton visited Rev and Mrs C G Gerlach. Ernest Hoppenworth traveled to Waverly to visit family. Will Lampe and Conrad Lampe visited Conrad Meyer. Ernest Quade and family visited Chas Schwemm. Fred Meyer and Arthur Meyer drove to Artesian to visit Will Meyer and family. The daughter of Will Kammeyer baptized Arvella Joyce with sponsors grandmothers Mrs W Kammeyer Mrs August Winzenburg and Mrs Herbert Biermann. Margaret Schwemm hosted 38 guests for a five hundred party with prizes to Mildred Henning Henry Schwemm Edna Schultz and Lorenz Strottman. Rev C G Gerlach left for Cedar Rapids to attend Iowa district Lutheran church mission board meeting. Rev K Pfieffer and daughter Dorothea traveled to Rochester MN for nursing training at St Marys hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Britzmann
Fred Britzmann
Winters
Waterloo
Conrad Meyer
Augusta Hoeper
Edwin Brase
Arthur Hooper
Otto Behrens
Carl Hildebrandt
Wm. Engelke
New Hampton
Ernest Quade
Chas. Schwemm
Fred Meyer
Arthur Meyer
Artesian
Will Meyer
Will Kammeyer
C. G. Gerlach
W. Kammeyer
Tripoli
August Winzenburg
Douglas Township
Herbert Biermann
Fredericksburg
Arvella Joyce
Margaret Schwemm
Mildred Henning
Henry Schwemm
Edna Schultz
Lorenz Strottman
Hedwig Gerlach
Cedar Rapids
Mission Board of
Iowa
American Lutheran Church
K. Pfieffer
Dorothea
Rochester
Minn
Nurses Training School
St. Mary’s Hospital
Parrot Dealer Hailed For Bright Young Bird In Brooklyn
A Brooklyn Daily Eagle item notes a dealer presenting a young parrot with a remarkably pretty speech. The piece hints at the bird’s aptitude and questions whether a female owner might influence its vocabulary. No explicit swearing is confirmed.
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Legal Transfers Prepared by Bremer County Abstract Co
Transfers for week ending February 2 1934 include Wm Zander to Carolina Zander Admx 2 acres in section 6 91 12 Eva M Noon to Grace Burke for 1 and 10 percent interests in lands in sections 36 93 11 and 33 93 11 and 34 93 11 Paul Good to Vina Good 1 for 1 1 3 interest in 57 acres in 30 93 14 and transfer of lot 5 block 23 original town Sumner Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County Abstract Company
Wm. Zander
Carolina Zander
Admx
Eva M. Noon
Grace Burke
Paul Good
Vina Good
Sumner
Iowa
Star gazing program hosts Homan and Zander on WMT
Artesian Elmer Homan and Walter Zander will appear on the star gazing program over WMT Waterloo Saturday evening February 10. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Platte, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Krueger and families, and others visited the H. F. Krueger home for the birthday. Numerous relatives attended birthdays and gatherings at multiple homes in the area through the weekend including the Moeller and Platte households and a 26th wedding anniversary observed near Waverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Homan
Walter Zander
WMT
Waterloo
R. C. Platte
Alfred Krueger
A. H. Moeller
Edna
Eldon Brautigan
H. F. Krueger
Mr. Krueger
P. W. Schaefer
F. F. Moeller
Wm. Clausing
E. H. Schroeder
Orlyn
Denver
Wilbert Schultz
Alvin Krueger
Fred Schultz
Wilbert
Herbert Albright
Harlan
Wm. Platte
Waverly
J. C. Huck
Arthur Moeller
Chris Moeller
E. H. Homan
Walter Schultz
John Hagenow
Art Tiedt
Elmer Schweer
Wm. Luther
Vernon
Erwin Clausing
Dorothy Schoenbohm
Clarence Beisner
Clarence Deterding
February Household Hints by Betty Webster
Tips for unique shower gifts and kitchen novelties plus do you know that facts. Suggestions include a traveling makeup kit a Delicately scented silk handkerchief envelope and a Brilliant Coronet for hair. Kitchen gifts cover a pan greaser a glass fruit knife a glass measuring cup a two cup flour sitter and a grater with multiple knives. Desserts include Apple Taffies Maple Cream and a bevy of small kitchen ideas.
Time to Leave Orator Quote from Webster Parody
A brief garbled excerpt from a Toronto Globe item mocks a speaker ending a public address with a jab about Webster’s dictionary. It mentions Farmer Parsley and Randall, with a playful regional tone and dialect.
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Toronto Globe
Husband complains about wife boasting at bridge table
A Cincinnati Enquirer quotation recalls a husband joking that his wife is a better bridge player and irks him by rubbing it in when she partners him to impress opponents. The banter highlights domestic humor at a card game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Enquirer
Warren township celebrates Roosevelt party and local gatherings
Warren township marked a Roosevelt party on Tuesday with Grace Lageschulte turning fifteen. A birthday dinner at the Lageschulte home included Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman of Waverly and Mrs. Ormston and children. WMS group, health lesson, and multiple local dinners and visits followed in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Township
Roosevelt
Grace Lageschulte
Ralph Hoffman
Waverly
Lyle Ormston
Fred Lageschulte
Carl Ducker
Seth Koch
Far East
John Heine
Frank Lageschulte
Lageschulte
John Koenig
Walter Hoth
Neil Smith
Wall Lake
Donald Smith
Ed Leitha
Arns
Chas. Nolte
Fred Nolte
Chas
Gabe
Community Notes From Warren Towns Area
Arthur Pries assisted with slaughter at Henry Hennings home on Wednesday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. John Hagenow and family, and August Flege and daughter Velda visiting Arthur Hennings on Friday evening. Agnes Ann Pries christened Sunday by Rev. Harold Wunderlich with sponsors listed. Several relatives and neighbors visited, including Mr. Gabe who is ill, and Rev. L. Wolper of Waverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Pries
Henry Hennings
John Hagenow
August Flege
Velda
Arthur Hennings
Harold Wunderlich
Agnes Ann
Dahlia Pries
Helena Hennings
Louie Wedemeier
Fred Wedemeier
Bremer
Erwin
Clarence Wedemeier
Louie Hennings
Waverly
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al Sumner
Sumnerites
Syndicate
Harding
O. O. Ludwig
Hampton
P. A. Smith
Herman Rosenow
Atlantic
C.C.C
Twin Tables Bridge Club
Alice Mae Mueller
C. J. Mardorf
Ruth
Arlington
Sandrock
Laverne Luther
Oelwein
Adolph Meyer
A. P. West
G. J. Sexton
Sumner Culture Club
H. F. Turner
G. Wiley
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
T. A. Koeberle
Lake City
Charles Doty
Triple Four Club
Frank McCormick
Ruth Coffman
Anna Petri
Viola Sindelar
Miss Petri
Nate Tibbetts
Richfield
Fred Poehler
C. L. Huebl
LeCenter
Charles Mohlis
Will Mohlis
O. W. Miller
Mildred Carpenter
Aurora Public School
C. G. Carpenter
Leo Staack
Here
Earl Speicher
Lenora Morris
Dubuque
Will Bathke
F. N. Sornson
Pierce
Naomi
O. C. Hoth
Helen Silvers
West Union
Harriet Peel
Elmer Mohling
RFC
Dane, Wis
John Shales
Randalia
H. S. Shales
Ernest Sheildbach
Decorah
Bridgettes
R. M. Lease
Art Flanscha
Henry Shales
W. R. Heiserman
Gladys
Charles Marks
Chris Theisinger
F. Waldron
Charles Mantz
Marlys
Minneapolis
L. G. Haag
Anna Davis
Florence Gronner
Robert McAloon
W. A. Ribbeck
Florence Burke
Waucoma
Leonard Meighan
Ernest Gaede
Preston, Minn
Wm. Gaede
Siegel
Tripoli Canning Corporation
A. L. Jacobson
C. L. McCumber
American Savings Bank
Mgr
Cc. L. McCumber, Pres
O's
Betty Webster
George Riel
Arthur Epley
Chris
Warren Towns
Frederika
Durham
T. B
McCormick
Robison
McCormick-Deering
Emerson
Burnham
McCormick- Deering
R. Baker
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