Local Social Roundup Highlights Visits and Births
E S Holton visited Adair on business. Miss Effie Grove stayed with Miss Grace Blood. Miss Dorothy Overman of Atlantic visited Anita. Mrs Robinson of Valley Junction visited W H Wagner Jr. Leta Mountain from Cumberland visited A H Mountain. Ethel Stone in Des Moines for Commencement. Mother Spence visited Atlantic. Ladies Improvement League changes meeting time to 2 30 Friday June 13. A daughter born to Wm Devore near Massena, family killed dog after attack. Democratic views on free list and Congress. Mr and Mrs G H Stoffs welcome daughter Letha Virginia. Esther Smither and Tom at Coon Rapids. Frank and Mrs Bissell visit Massena, car stuck in rain. Chas W Hook and wife celebrate Waterloo marriage in Cedar Rapids. Ethel Wilburn returns home to care for mother. Anita teachers return home. Della Grobee Atlantic, Luetta Knights Green Mountain, Nellie Hansen Des Moines. Mrs Bessie Parkinson returns from Des Moines health update. W K Carey and wife in Adair. Frances Donohoe in Atlantic. Mother Purvis home from Atlantic. Mr W Holmes in Des Moines. Keystone Park grows as picnic spot. Mrs C H Jackson Avoca visits Grace Grace family. Ruth Wilkins returns from Grinnell College for summer. C H Jackson and two children visit grandmother Daniel Grace. Rev Thomas of Wiota M E conducts funeral for 12-year-old Eli Shoemaker. interment Wiota Cemetery. Birdeau, Gertrude Robison host girls at a gathering with Viv ian Fordyce Berger as guest. A son born to Rev and Mrs Chas C Smith May 29. mother and baby reported well in Des Moines.
Town paper praises itself as village life mirror
A satirical critique describes a local paper’s role in shaping town perception, praising it for sharing news, marriages, births, and deaths while omitting faults, and noting its focus on virtuous stories and suppression of scandal as it recounts life in Onarga and surrounding areas. It then shifts to a community column from Leader and Review, East Grant News detailing local visits, births, illnesses, events, celebrations, and incidents across Anita, Adair, Griswold, and surrounding towns with numerous named residents and dates.
Touring cars and visits across Berea area
Jas Furman and Fred Woods acquire new Oakland touring car. Beleaguered by illness and accidents, residents report a stroke in Nebraska and a tractor scare in Bridgewater. Local social rounds include the Sociability Club from Atlantic visiting Berea on the 13th and multiple family visits in Canby Anita and Griswold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Woods
Oakland
Wm. Smdge
Greenfield
Odd Fellows Baseball Clash Sparks Atlantic Match
In Atlantic last week the Odd Fellows of Anita beat Wiota 2 to 1 in a fast game. Old Bill Steele earned praise for a home run though the effort risked his safety. A rematch between Anita and Menlo is likely, and Hon. Ol Coomes has returned to Cass county to reside in Atlantic after his South Dakota wedding.
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Atlantic
Odd Fellows
Anita
Wiota
Bill” Steele
Menlo
Ol Coomes
South Dakota
Cass County
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Closed-Krotch
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E. S. Holton
Adair
Effie Grove
Dorothy Overman
Mrs. Robinson
Valley Junction
W. H. Wagner, Jr
Leta Mountain
Cumberland
A. H. Mountain
Ethel Stone
Des Moines
Des Moines College
Spence
Ladies’ Improvement League
Wm. Devore
Massena
Democratic Party
G. H. Stoffs
Stoffs’ Hotel
Letha Virginia Stoffs
Esther Smither
Tommy
Coon Rapids
C. E. Blakesley
Tom
Esther
Frank Bissell
Dexter Sentinel
Chas. W. Hook
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Ethel Wilburn
Kansas City
F. R. Wilburn
H. E. Campbell
Della Grobee
Luetta Knights
Green Mountain
Iowa
Nellie Hansen
Lake City
Bessie M. Parkinson
Fred M. Parkinson
W.K. Carey
Frances Donohoe
Mother Purvis
W. Holmes
Keystone Park
C. H. Jackson
Avoca
J. M
Grace
Ruth Wilkins
Grinnell College
H. J. Wilkins
FE. E. Grace
Daniel Grace
Thomas
Wiota M
Birdeau
Gertrude Robison
Ethel
Wilma
Frances Stone
Vivian Fordyce Berger
Lohrville
Chas. C. Smith
Sly James
Berea
Browns
the Home Paper
Jordan's River
Onarga
East Grant News
Geo. Talty
J. B. Cecil
B. D. Carlton
H. Newman
Harry Cooper
L. D. Pearson
F. Shaffer
Miller
Earl
Roy Hubbs
Nelse Peterson
Casey
Frank Barber
Albert Paul's
J. P. Peterson
Rhoda Pearson
D. L
Robert Cooper
W.S. Reed and Wife
D. L. Spiker
Highland
Jesse Carlton
Griswold
Fred Kuehen
Chris Sorrensen
Chris
Pottawattamie County
A. J. Joy
Bridgewater
Maggie Fairholm
Berea and Vicinity
Jas
Furman
Frost Patterson
Eby Smith
Sociability Club
A. R. Brown and Son
Milo Lovell
Canby
Jennie Lee Patterson
Fontanelle
Armandine Brown
Bingham
Nebraska
Isaac McCarty
Paul Brown
Smidge
Dr. Becker
A. R. Brown
Musmaker
Ee. T. Broadfoot
E. E. Grace
Millard’s
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