Telling of Ozarks Beauty and Local Points in Grandview
Homer Boatright describes Grandview Arkansas and nearby Eureka Springs with notes on roads caves and hotels. He highlights Grape production Springdale Rogers Berryville and Eureka Festival and mentions waterways dams and Kings River in the Ozarks. He recalls historical towns and figures and hints at Lake Taneycomo water power development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozarks
United States
Springdale
Welch Grape Juice
Rogers
Berryville
Eureka Springs
Eureka
South
Carrie Nation
Lake
Taneycomo
Taney County
Missouri
Kings
Grand View
Branson
Grandview
Arkansas
Kings River
Boston Mountains
Obituary of Neils C Jensen Pioneer Farmer of Cass County
Neils Christian Jensen born March 14 1868 in Brastad Denmark died May 28 1929 at Henry Beel farm Anita Cass County Iowa aged 61 2 14 He immigrated to the United States in 1890 lived near Extra Audubon County Pittsburgh 1897 1898 married Marie Kannas moved to Pittsburgh then back to Iowa 1913 on a farm north of Anita Survived by wife six sisters and three brothers Parents and one sister preceded him Lutheran faith closely observed services at Anita M E church June 1 interment Evergreen cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neils Christian Jensen
Jens Peter Jensen
Brastad
Denmark
Henry Beel
Anita
Cass County
Iowa
United States
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Audubon County
Extra
Marie Kannas
Jensen
Carl Madsen
Kimballton
Laurits Hall
Laurence Christensen
German Lutheran Church
Anita M. E. Church
P. C. Jensen
E. O. Douglass
Evergreen Cemetery
Family letter from Clarkston reports cherry crop and pricing
In Clarkston Washington farmer J Fred Engle writes of a cold winter destroying apricots and peaches but sparing cherries. He expects seven tons of sweet cherries and eleven to fourteen cents per pound for Tartarian and Bing varieties, with express costs around four dollars per hundred. He notes sons Alfred Walter Howard Maurice in Clarkston Ross in Billings Bruce in West Burlington Walter building a four thousand dollar residence in Lewiston and mentions late season with cherry picking due in two weeks. Best wishes to friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkston
Washington
Sherm
California
Express Company
Iowa
Alfred Walter
Howard
Maurice
Ross
Billings
Montana
Bruce
West Burlington
Walter
Lewiston
J. Fred Engle
First airplane flight over canal zone described by teacher
Margaret E. Meyers recounts a crossing of the Isthmus from Cristobal to Balboa aboard Isthmithian Airways. She details takeoff at 8 am, the thrill of altitude up to 3000 feet at 105 mph, cloud views, water landing, and the pilot sharing the wheel in a vivid 1929 Canal Zone account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherm F. Myers
Anita
Iowa
Mr. Myers
Isthmus
Isthmithian Airways, Inc
Airdome
Earth
Cristobal
Balboa
Margaret E. Meyers
Card of Thanks Expressing gratitude for kindness and flowers
With hearts filled with gratitude we thank friends and neighbors for acts of kindness during our husband and brother's illness and for the beautiful Floral tributes to his memory. Mrs. Marie Jensen, Brothers and Sisters.
Homeless Johnnie Rushing Finds Adoptive Iowa Family
After seven years at Father Flanagan's Boys Home near Omaha the former radio figure Johnnie the Gloom Killer has been adopted by a family in Iowa. He built a speaking and club life but now plans to pursue education and music while his former WOW radio slot is filled by Miles Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polks
Radio World
Johnnie the
Gloom Killer
Johnnie Rushing
Father Flanagan
Omaha
Nebraska
Johnnie the Gloom
Iowa
Johnnie
Gloom Killers
Father Flannagan
Mike
Wow
Miles Martin
Birthday Rhyme Honors Mrs. W C Williams of Stuart Iowa
A playful verse marks the sixteenth day of May as a question about Mrs. W C Williams of Stuart Iowa and the age she is turning. The poem teases about growing older with lines about hair turning grey and reaching fifty.
Cass Co man ordained at Plymouth Church Des Moines
Raymond J. Cornell formerly of Cass county and editor was ordained a minister at Plymouth Congregational church in Des Moines. Delegates from multiple churches attended as Dr Burtis R McHatton preached the sermon with officials from Grinnell and Des Moines present. Cornell has preached four years, two with Methodists and two with Congregationalists, and now serves as Religious Education director at Plymouth. He is the son in law of Mr and Mrs E W Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Congregational Church
Des Moines
Raymond J. Cornell
Cass County
Congregational Church
Ecclesiastical Council of Congregational Churches
Burtis R. McHatton
P. A. Johnson
Grinnell
Royal J. Montgomery
Stuart
Perry
Ames
Marshalltown
Ankeny
Newton
Cornell
Methodist Church
State Congregational Conference
Polk County Council of Religious Education
E. W. Holmes
A Voice from Oklahoma Payment for Old Home Paper
Woodward Oklahoma June 8 1929. Enclosed find 2.00 in payment for the old home paper to January 1 1930. Could not get along without it. Mrs Euphemia Brown still in extreme ill health with little or no change in her condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherm
Euphemia Brown
Robert A. Combs Dies at 78 in Adair County
Robert A. Combs born May 12 1851 at Wood Grove Ohio died May 31 1929 at the home of his daughter Mrs James Hall in Adair county after two weeks illness. He married Flora Workman June 5 1872 who died in 1918. Survived by three daughters Meta Wielby Anna Hall Dora Burke two brothers John and Harry Combs five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral held at Mrs Hall home with Rev J M DeBerg of the First Presbyterian church in Adair and burial in Sunny Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Combs
Wood Grove
Ohio
James Hall
Adair County
Flora Workman
Meta N. Wielby
Beloit
Wisconsin
Anna I. Hall
Adair
Iowa
Dora W. Burke
Chicago
John
Harry Combs
Hall
J. M. DeBerg
Flist Presbyterian Church
Sunny Hill Cemetery
Well Known Minister D. C. Franklin Dies
Rev. D. C. Franklin, prominent in Methodist circles and former Presiding Elder of the Atlantic district, died recently in Los Angeles after a cancer battle. His body will be buried in Tacoma, Washington, with many in southwest Iowa mourning his passing.
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Iowa
Anita
Atlantic
D. C. Franklin
Los Angeles
California
Franklin
Des Moines
Tacoma
Washington
Davis Engle marriage at Atlantic parsonage 1929
At the Christian parsonage in Atlantic on Monday June 10 1929 the Rev Ross Williams officiated the marriage of Lalia L Davis of Stuart Iowa and L A Engle a longtime Wiota resident. They were attended by Mr and Mrs Leland Engle and plan an extended auto trip before returning to Stuart Iowa. Congratulations and best wishes to the couple.
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Atlantic
Ross Williams
Lalia L. Davis
Stuart
Iowa
L. A. Engle
Wiota
Leland Engle
Engle
Original Sunshine Club Meets in Farewell for Mrs Myrtle Rork
The Original Sunshine Club held a farewell for Mrs Myrtle Rork as weather and road conditions limited attendance. Mrs Rork and her son left for Sun River Montana the next day to make their future home. The next meeting is set for Thursday June 20 at Mrs D C Reed’s home.
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Sunshine Club
Myrtle Rork
Campfire Girls Welcome Four New Members
The Ta-ta-pochon Campfire girls met at the skating rink and city park Thursday. Dorothy Bangham, Virginia Carlton, Joan Faulkner and Helen DeMent were received as new members. Mrs. Mikkelsen named assistant guardian.
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Dorothy Bangham
Virginia Carlton
Joan Faulkner
Helen DeMent
Mikkelsen
Evalyn Stager
Edna Bode and Frederick Switzer wed in Griswold
Miss Edna Bode of Griswold and Frederick C. Switzer of Lewis were married Saturday at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church with Rev. G E Hesse officiating. The couple, attended by Roy and Mrs Kearney, left for Omaha then returned home to the Switzer farm ten miles south of Atlantic. They are the children of local families, Bode and Switzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Bode
Griswold
Frederick C. Switzer
Lewis
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
G. E. Hesse
Roy Kearney
Atlantic
Farmall plow among items for sale from Bartley producer
Laying Mash Chick Mash and Developing Feeds listed for sale by Bartley producer Andy E Thiele. One nearly new Farmall corn plow in good shape offered at a price considered reasonable for a quick sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartley
Andy E. Thiele
Former Anita teacher to return home after service in Cristobal
The writer, a popular Anita Public School instructor for years, has served in government work at Cristobal this past year, gaining rare experience. Miss Meyers plans another year in her current post but will not accept it, returning to Keokuk Iowa in late July as schools close for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Cristobal
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Garden OF Eden
Homer Boatright
Ozark Mountains
Grandview, Arkansas
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Basin Park
Crescent
Little Rock
Harrison
Neils C. Jensen
Canal Zone
Marie Jensen
M. Dorn
W. C. Williams
Babe
Cass CO
Oklahoma
Woodward
W. W. White and Family
Robt
A. Combs
Monarch Paints
Fullerton Lumber Co
Anita, Iowa
Davis—Engle
THE
Campfire Girls
Bode—Switzer
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