Local Social Roundup from Readlyn and Nearby
Readlyn residents visit relatives and friends over Sunday. Curtis Treasmer, two, underwent an Iowa City hospital operation with mother present. Esther Meier and friends toured Maynard visiting Ruechert family. Local families attended Koehler funeral at Buck Creek. Numerous birthday anniversaries and family dinners noted, with several hospital patients receiving care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Stumme
Weat Union
Curtis Treasmer
Fred Treasmer
Iowa City
Treasmer
Esther Meier
Waterloo
Pred Pepmueller
Arlin
Maynard
Jack Ruechert
Merle
Martin Schumacher
John Tiedt
Koehler
Buck Creek
Adolf Sonnenberg
Paul Matthias
Doris Mae
Edwin Matthias
Herman Matthias
Herman Staack
Janine Staack
August Staack
Anita Hartman
Near Oran
Paul Schneider
Tiedt
Irene Kehe
Lillian Ernsting
Cedar Falls
Dorothy Rommel
J. W. Kehe
Niedert and Everding Hardware Company
Fremont Social Ties Gather for Weekend Visits
Fremont readers note a flurry of visits and gatherings as Mr. and Mrs. Rathe spend Sunday with John Franklin. Chris Heiligmann and Lydia, and Elmer Drape with families visit friends in Readlyn and Waterloo. Several households host birthday celebrations and casual calls among Chapin, Kleiss, Block, Snelling, and Drape families. Little Forest Bolte enters Waterloo hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Rathe
John Franklin
Chris Heilegmann
Lydia
Martha O'Connell
Neva Gleason
Guttenberg
A. D
Will Block
Gottlieb Moeller
Plainfield
Chris Heiligmann
Elmer
Joe Snelling
Marie
Ida Franklin
Myrtle Palmer
Charles City
Ewaldt Kleiss
Will Eichmann
Alfred Koch
Barbara
James
J. H. Franklin
Edward Bunger
Fremont No. 8
Keith Ferson
Velma
Waterloo
Wernold Schmidt
Henry Dettmer
Myron Chapin
B. E. Barcus
M. A. Woodcock
Kenneth Chapin
Little Forest Bolte
Little Verlon Drape
Fred Bunger
Elmer Drape
Polly Wants a Cracker school play in Denver Friday
The senior high school musical Polly Wants a Cracker will be presented in the high school auditorium on Friday evening May 15 starting at 8 15. Admission is 35 and 20 cents. Relatives celebrate a 1th wedding anniversary at the Herman Wehling home. Evangelical Ladies’ Aid will sponsor a food sale in the drug store on Saturday May 16. Mrs Albert H Matthias will entertain the Ladies’ Aid in church basement on May 21. Readlyn baseball team visits Denver Sunday May 17 at 2 30 in the local diamond. This is Readlyn’s first league game, expected to be a thriller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Herman Wehling
Ladies of the Evangelical Church
Albert H. Matthias
Ladies’ Aid Society
Readlyn
Denver
Ben Schiller
Carl F. Krueger
Will Schoenbohm
Clinton
Iowa
Buck Creek Community News Roundup
Local residents visit, school picnic, and kitchen shower mark community life in Buck Creek. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Rosenow of Sumner visiting Mrs. Sophia Tegtmeier, and weddings and anniversaries celebrated at Erwin Volker and John Kahler families. John Kahler dies May 4 after long illness. funeral held at St John’s Lutheran with Rev H Kuhlman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Schnadt
Ernest Buhr
Cedar Falls
Henry Rosenow
Sumner
Sophia Tegtmeier
Wm. Ganske
Charles Krueger
Werner Seehase
John Seehase
Dayton No. 2
Ella Rohlf
Henry Scheddler
Elsie Nuss
Lanhart Mohlis
John Sell
Ed Rader
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Rev. H. Kuhlman
Social Visit Chronicle From Sumner and Readlyn
Mr and Mrs Oscar Minkel Esther and Jimmie of Sumner visited Monday evening in the Earl Webster home. Mr and Mrs Wm Aegerter entertained Sunday, with Mr and Mrs Fred Waskow Mr and Mrs Art Olds and family Mr and Mrs Ed Olds and family Cletus Leone and Earl Aegerter Henry Wilkening and Walter Weiters of Readlyn worked on the former's farm Thursday and Friday. Mr and Mrs John Albrecht and family of Readlyn Mr and Mrs Albert Nerge and Arlene of Sumner spent Sunday in Johnnie Nerge's home. Mr and Mrs Emil Steege and Geraldine were Waverly callers Thursday evening. Alonzo Olds spent several days in the home of Mr and Mrs Wm Aegerter and returned home Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Ernest Heinemann and Ruth of Buck Creek and Mr and Mrs Otto Rieck and family of Sumner were Sunday callers in the Earl Webster home. Laura Aegerter spent Wednesday to Friday in Fred Waskow's Sumner home. Joe Volker began work Thursday at the Emil Steege farm. Mr and Mrs James Meighan continued their visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Minkel
Esther
Jimmie
Sumner
Earl Webster
Wm. Aegerter
Fred Waskow
Art Olds
Ed Olds
Cletus
Leone
Earl Aegerter
Henry Wilkening
Walter Weiters
Readlyn
John Albrecht
Albert Nerge
Arlene
Johnnie Nerge
Emil Steege
Geraldine
Alonzo Olds
Ernest Heinemann
Ruth
Buck Creek
Otto Rieck
Laura Aegerter
Joe Volker
James Meighan
Visitors and callers drop by rural homes this week
Geraldine and Robert visited the Jake Diedrich home on Wednesday evening. Bernice Meighan called at Mae Young’s home. Mrs Clyde McConkey, PC Griffin, and Mr and Mrs Grant Rourke visited Geo Banwell on Thursday. Walter Thompson visited Lyle Ellison near Fredericksburg on Thursday. John Nerge Clarence and Edwin called on Wednesday in the August Hunemueller home. Henry and Leonard Diedrich spent Sunday with James Meighan. Clyde Webster and family were Sunday visitors at Ed Webster’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine
Robert
Jake Diedrich
Bernice Meighan
Mae Young
Clyde McConkey
P.C. Griffin
Grant Rourke
Geo. Banwell
Walter Thompson
Lyle Ellison
Fredericksburg
John Nerge
Clarence
Edwin
Hunemueller
Henry
Leonard Diedrich
James Meighan
Clyde Webster
Ed Webster
Birthday Gatherings and Local News in Crane Creek
Renetta Hildebrandt and Renetta along with Ruth Michael attended Lawrence Heideman’s birthday. Several residents, including Mrs. Fred Schuldt, are reported sick with speedy recovery hoped. John Bunger of Tripoli visited the art Bunger home and attended the Matthiesen birthday. Corn planting is finished and rain arrived Saturday, with warm weather forecast to push corn up. Multiple visits and birthdays are noted around the R. A. Michael, Hildebrandt, and Matthiesen households, plus travelers to Waterloo and Bremer communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renetta Hildebrandt
Renetta
Ruth Michael
Lawrence Heideman
Fred Schuldt
John Bunger
Tripoli
Art Bunger
Fred Matthiesen
Ed Erdman
Beisner
Waterloo
Harold Kuethe
R. A. Michael
Ralph
Agnes
H. W. Meier
F. Hildebrandt
Harvey Hildebrandt
E. Ruth Michael
Bremer
Dilges
Fred Stoffregen
Waverly Junction
Old Tripoli Social Notes Highlight Heideman Family
Mrs. Henry Heideman and daughter Mattie papered at the Geo. H. Heideman home. George Carstensen of Cedar Falls visited from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning. Many attended the funeral of Mrs. Carl Berlin in Tripoli Friday. George Heideman and Herbert Jahnke were Denver callers Saturday morning. Ed Ferris spent Friday with Mrs. Ben Diehl. Herbert Jahnke and Art Heine were Waverly callers Saturday. George H. Heideman and family visited Henry Heideman Sunday. Ernest Schumacher family spent Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Heideman
Mattie
Geo. H. Heideman
George Carstensen
Cedar Falls
George H. Heideman
C. H. Schmidt
Leslie Schmidt
Will Jahnke
Mattie Drewis
George
Geo. Heideman
Howard
Carl Berlin
Tripoli
George Heideman
Herbert Jahnke
Denver
Ed Ferris
Ben Diehl
Art Heine
Ernest Schumacher
Sunday visits and local gatherings in Tripoli area
Noon at the John Barkknecht home. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Plagens and son Reuben spent Sunday at the Fred Loebs home. Will Schumacher was a Tripoli caller Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Heine spent Sunday at the Will Jahnke Herman Moeller assisted with butchering at the Will Bergman home Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Will Buchholz spent Monday afternoon at the Will Jahnke home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barkknecht
Herman Plagens
Reuben
Fred Loebs
Will Schumacher
Tripoli
Arthur Heine
Will Jahnke
Herman Moeller
Will Bergman
Will Buchholz
Farm bureau meeting bubbles with basket making lesson
Several ladies attended the farm bureau meeting at the Lyle Ormston home last Friday afternoon focusing on basket making. A church remodeling decision was made after a business meeting at Warren Evangelical church last Thursday evening. Mrs. Will Lageschulte traveled to Chicago on Sunday. Erwin Pries and family of Readlyn visited Thursday evening at the L F Pries home. Two young Edwards children suffer from scarlet fever. Mr. and Mrs. C H Leitha and Mary were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Orpha Ressler in Waverly and later visited relatives in Shellrock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Lyle Ormston
Warren Evangelical Church
Will Lageschulte
Chicago
Erwin Pries
Readlyn
L. F
C. H. Leitha
Mary
Orpha Ressler
Waverly
Shellrock
Visits Across Rural Town Highlight Weekend Calls
East of town Mr and Mrs Herman Warnke of Minnesota visited at Otto Zummack s home and called on Henry Volker. Carl Warnke and family were Oelwein business callers Saturday. Henry Meswarth family visited Henry Nachke Sunday afternoon. Werner Seehase and wife visited Henry Seehase Sunday afternoon. Erwin Volker surprised with ten families joining Sunday evening for their wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Warnke
Minnesota
Otto Zummack
Henry Volker
Carl Warnke
Oelwein
Henry Meswarth
Henry Nachke
Werner Seehase
Henry Seehase
Erwin Volker
Sunday Visitors and Birthday Party Share in Artesian
Mr and Mrs E H Schroeder and Mr and Mrs Paul Schaefer and families with Miss Irene Brautigan and others visited the F F Moeller home on Sunday. A large group joined Fred Schultz’s birthday celebration at his home with relatives and friends. Miss Erna Westendorf, Warren No 7 teacher, closed her school year on Friday May 8 with a picnic dinner games and contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Schroeder
Paul Schaefer
Irene Brautigan
F. F. Moeller
Fred Schultz
Schultz
Erna Westendorf
Warren No. 7
Brittany Pardons and coastal sanctities guide to Brittany France
The piece spotlights Brittany in western France with its Pardons, semireligious and semipagan festivals rooted in ancient dolmen eras. It names route Paris to St Nazaire via Nantes and Savenay, highlighting key Pardon centers Au ray St Malo Quiberon Quimper Daoulas Plougastel and St Anne la Palud, where Brittany’s main Pardon occurs on the last weekend of August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Brittany
Paris
Nantes
Savenay
St. Nazaire
Auray
St. Malo
Quiberon
Quimper
Daoulas
Plougastel
St. Annela-Palud
Tripoli High Seniors Enjoy Fayette Day Outing
The Tripoli high school seniors accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Belknap spent a day in Fayette attending the Upper Town University program. They viewed the Magnete, watched a one act play The Teeth of the Gift Horse, enjoyed a Big Rock Hills picnic, and attended an arts recital and baseball game before returning to Tripoli for a three course dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli High School
Belknap
Fayette
Upper Town University
Iowa
Big Rock Hills
Upper Iowa
Central College
Tripoli
Science and Art as Jevons View Them
According to Jevons a science teaches knowledge while an art teaches action Astronomy anchors navigation and chemistry underpins useful arts. Arts split into fine and useful with painting sculpture music poetry architecture among fine arts and trades among useful arts. Sciences are categorized into physics chemistry astronomy meteorology mathematics geography geology ethnology anthropology archaeology biology and medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jevons
Maine Pioneered Early Corn Packing in the United States
An article in a Portland Maine paper argues Maine was the early center of corn packing in the country. Isaac Winslow began canning near Portland around 1839, a patent issued in 1862 to Isaac’s nephew John Winslow Jones. The first recorded sale was Nathan Winslow to Samuel S. Pierce of Boston, with an invoice dated February 19, 1848 for twelve jars of preserved corn at four dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Portland
Isaac Winslow
John Winslow Jones
Isaac
Nathan Winslow
Samuel 8. Pierce
Boston
Legal Transfers of Property Amid Multiple Deeds
Transfers involve Munger to Bodermann Lot 19 and Lot 21 in Koerth Subdivision in Section 28 03 11. Graeming executrix to Nolte for 3000 on Harmon & LeValley's part lot 5 block 380. Lena Paul Cave to Grace Neubauer for 1 on Lot 2 block 37 Harmon & LeValley's. Tuthill et al to Day et al for 1 in Section 20 03 14. Ohlendorf to Oh lendorf for 1 and 7.5 acres in NW 1/2 of Section 15 92 14. Ingham administrator to Moeller for 11770.40 on NW 1/4 and NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 in Township 92. Neubauer to Cave for 1 on N 1/2 SE Section 35 02 14 E of railway. Stufflebeam to Stephnson for 1 on SE 1/4 NE 1/4 in Section 36 92 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. I. Munger
Fred Bodermann
Koerth
S and E
Ruth Graeming
Executrix
Ruth Nolte
Harmon & LeValley
S. Lena Paul Cave
Grace Paul Neubauer
Edgar F. Tuthill
W. H. Day
H. W. Ohlendorf
Louie H. Ohlendorf
Lynn Ingham
Henry H. Moeller
Lena Paul Cave
Mary Stufflebeam
Richard Stephnson
Tempting Dog Appetite with Smoked Herring Tip
A dog owner recounts coaxing a convalescing dog to eat using smoked herring as a starter. The method, shared by an elderly dog owner, proved effective as the dog began to eat and gradually accepted other foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tin
Brocton Entyp
Prise
Spinach Cook Ruth Ellen Delivers Odd Dinner Remark
Ruth Ellen, a four year old, and her mother dined with friends when the girl critiqued the spinach dish remarking that Aunt Rose has a cook who can cook doughnuts but theirs is "ju. like yours, a spinach cook."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Ellen
Rose
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Herman Bunger
Will Sell
Ernest Hagen
Henry Spier
Carl Kroll
Zatha
Ross Kelsey
Leona Keough
Chapin
Fremont
BUCK
Pinhook
Crane Creek
Old Tripoli
Hart Brand
Gooch
China
Michigan Navy
the Farmers Store
Tripoli, Iowa
Upper Iowa University
LACE
Rollins
Tripoli Mercantile Company
Tripoli, Lowa
Bremer County Abstract Company
Hildegardt
Frederika
Old River Bridge
Frank Lang
Bremer County
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