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Newspaper
Alden Times
Location
Alden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1924
Page
1
Popejoy community updates include visits from Mr and Mrs H L Abless and daughter Gretta, business and calling activities by Burgen Maynard Peterson and families, sickness and recoveries, school attendance after illness, church events, and a Tom Thumb wedding. Local families share births, birthdays, piano tuning, and upcoming exams while planning a Washington trip for a future home.
South Alden notices report Mr. and Mrs. Niels Larsen and their son Frederick visiting friends in Hamp ton on Wednesday. Leslie Daggett spent Sunday with friend Frederick Larsen. Misses Loren Loretta and Marjor are mentioned among local social contacts and gatherings.
Wayne and Garnet Wolford spent part of the week with Aunt Mrs. Tom Leonard. Several locals shopped in Iowa Falls and attended events. The Lee Center school closed with a Friday picnic at Siloam Springs.
The Salem Club meeting was moved from April 30 to May 7. Edna Collins and Marie and Dorothy Terveer visited Ralph Collins' Will Donelson home on Sunday. Gilbert Watt spent the day with cousin Harold Tordoff. Lizzie Watt and Mrs Albert Tordoff aided care for the sick at Ralph Collins home. Roy Gilmore and children visited Williams to see his parents Dan and Mrs Fitchorn.
A brief dialogue features a pretty girl and a man pondering loss and belonging. The exchange centers on the idea of a country without a man and a man without a country, highlighting themes of identity and exile in a concise literary vignette.
In a spirited exchange, Blonde Bess quips that only Freddie’s mustache stops her from calling him a barefaced liar. The remark underscores a personal clash and sharp public banter surrounding the pair.
Community notices record visits to multiple homes in Wilke area from Klein to Fatland families and others. The piece mourns the death of Margaret Burt, noting her kind nature, schoolmates and relatives' tribute, with burial in Clarion.
Mr and Mrs Scott and Mrs Cleo Reynolds shopped in Des Moines Thursday. Charley Ackerman and Jack Dunnett checked on Dallas Snyder at Hampton hospital where he has blood poisoning in his hand. Dallas is improving after returning home Monday. John Lettow was ill at Hampton last Thursday. he is better and home again. Chas Bertog bought a new piano. Mrs Idso and daughter Emma Bertog shopped in Des Moines Friday. Mr and Mrs Chas Huehn visited Chas Raska’s home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Jim Crosser and Mrs D Snyder were in Hampton Thursday. Lorin Case and daughter Gladys were in Buckeye Friday evening. Gladys visited Chas Bertog. Mr and Mrs John Cass spent a few days with their daughter Mrs Albert Fuhrman. Mr and Mrs Floyd Evans and daughter spent the weekend at Fred Case’s home. Otto Barnet and Chas Bertog are building a porch on the R Bloom house. Esther Larsen of near Alden is visiting Charlie Huehn.
C M Haas returns from southern California with family plans to stay. B T Oldham ill but improving. Mrs J F Tyler visits Eldora. Roy Campbell sustains non serious bullet wound while squirrel hunting. M & St L depot in Eldora undergoing major remodel. Reuben Richard ships 66 Poland China hogs to Chicago averaging over 350 pounds. expected to top market. a very pretty wedding occurs.
In Nevada Thursday morning Rev Father Nichols officiated as Frances Glann of Colo wed William Megan of Eldora. The bride, eldest daughter of Dr and Mrs A G Glann, will live on the groom’s Hardin county farm after June 1. Also reports: R R Clampitt shipped a four month milking Shorthorn heifer to Clyde Nairn farms in Greendale New York. John Megan and J H Kramer sent six cattle cars to Chicago. Wells Boyd of Fremont Nebr visits his sister in law Mrs Sarah J Boyd. recalling Eldora in the 1880s with two saloons under a strict license law. BE I Morris confined with pneumonia in New Providence. C E Williams of Hampton buys John Nissen ice business for Eldora. Mile Wood property undergoing repairs for rent. Hara Nuchols and wife back from Hot Springs Ark are ill at home. he has reached eighty years. Mrs D O King and daughter travel to Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to visit relatives.
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