Local notes bring busy Gilbert life and gatherings
Gilbert residents report a lively period with a buggy mishap, social events at the Odd Fellows hall, a G A R and W R C installation, and various visits, sales, and relocations. Notables include Rev C E Holbert accepting a Gilbert church post, Mrs Margaret Bentley’s New Year death, and a Maxwell band planning a January concert.
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C. E. Holbert
Avoca
Congregational Church
Gilbert
Margaret Bentley
Maxwell New Year's Day
B. H. Cooradt
Local notes from Cambridge and Ontario area events
Mrs Gertie Grayson visits relatives at Luther. Briley family emigrates to Nebraska and Kansas for income from a father in law's farm. Ontario schoolhouse home talent play titled The Wayward School Children draws praise. Cambridge fire destroys the Netterfield house. Bert Whitney celebrates twenty first birthday. Senior Cambridge high class staged Proposing Under Difficulties.
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George Briley
Nebraska
Kansas
Mr. Briley
Ontario
Cambridge
U. B. Church
Penfields Visit Ames Friends and Local Family
Mr and Mrs EF J Penfield spent Sunday with Mrs Penfield s parents Mr and Mrs Banks near Ames Mrs M EB Clayton has been sick the last week and is still unable to get around About twenty boys and girls gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Banks for a neighborhood event
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Louise Johnson
Ames
EF. J. Penfield
Mrs. Penfield
Mrs. Banks
Slater News Snapshot: weddings and poultry show
Poultry breeders from Slater showed eighty birds at a major Ames show last week. A double wedding at the Estrem home united Tilla Estrem to James Vaus coy of Ames and Ingvald Estrem to Belle Fronsdehl of Slater. Joan Freedland of Minnesota visits Slater relatives. Mr. Freeland formerly butter maker at Slater creamery. Slater mourns illness of Tom Larson in Eagle Grove. Ben Ersiard, Manly schools chief, spent holidays in Slater. Supt. I C Welty visited Slater schools during his country tour.
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Slater
Ames
Estrem
Tilla
James Vauscoy
Ingvald
Belle Fronsdehl
Joan Freedland
Minnesota
Mr. Freeland
Slater Creamery
Ben Ersiard
Manly
Iowa
Disappearance at Wisconsin lumber camp linked to foul play
Erick Thorsbakken, once of Story City, now missing from his Wisconsin lumber camp where circumstantial clues suggest foul play. Donations from Story City residents supported H N Donhowe’s Nashota trip to attend Alfred Overland’s inquest. Mrs. Corneliussen and daughter Carrie plan a winter in Albuquerque. Story City progressives attend Ames short course.
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Erick Thorsbakken
Story City
Wisconsin
H. N. Donhowe
Nashota
Alfred Overland
Ames
Local News and League Basketball Highlights
Luther Cory dies at his McCalisburg area home with funeral services held January 8 conducted by Rev. J. H. Rose. Henry Anders and Linnie Newgaard wed near McCallsburg. Ice storm disrupts MacCalisburg telephone service. League basketball ends first half with Cubs leading averages. Meiers high overall scorer and Walkey with a 244 high single. Prof. Newens praised as a top impersonator in a Roland Record note.
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Luther Cory
McCalisburg
J. H. Rose
Henry Anders
Linnie Newgaard
Newgaard
McCallsburg, Co
BE. Peck
Euclid
Minnesota
Weather man hoodooed amid late February storms
An amused reader laments the erratic weather as repeated rain and thunderstorms disrupt expectations of cold and snow. The note recalls nightly snow shovels and morning mud, with reports of lightning damage and a hope for February and March changes from the north.
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Ameran
North Pole
Roland Community Notes Highlight Meetings and Visits
Prof A M Newens to perform at the Roland opera house on January 21. Mrs M Hegland of the Ladies Cemetery association was treated by colleagues with fruit knives and a berry dish. Roland Farmers Creamery Co to elect directors January 18. Roland Mutual Telephone Co names officers. Iver Johnson buys Osmundson stock, takeover February 1. Roland Bank reelects board, reports flourishing condition. Abe Tuttle family from Elmore visiting. R O Rasmussen and Anna Mae Wooster wed January 3 in Roland.
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Abe Tuttle
Elmore
Minnesota
Roland
R. O. Rasmussen
Anna Mae Wooster
Help Wanted in China Henry Wallace appeals Iowa aid
Henry Wallace calls for Iowa relief to aid starving Chinese millions. He urges donations in dollars or food items, to be distributed by the Red Cross and funded by the War Department transport. Citizens are asked to remit to Wallace as Iowa agent in Des Moines.
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Henry Wallace
China
Thse
United Ports
Roosevelt
United States
A. Cummins
Iowa
National Red Cross Association of America
War Department
Red Cross
Pacific Port
Des Moines
Story City depot phones pulled over unpaid rental dispute
Rail lines have refused to pay for telephone service at Story City depot, prompting the service company to remove equipment and rule that the railroads are no more entitled than a private citizen who pays for service.
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Story City
Slater News
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