Maple Grove News Social Notes and Illnesses
Miss Esta Bills spent Sunday with her mother. Claude Ruggles is ill with typhoid fever. L. L. Brockman is building an addition to his house. Fabius Forrester and wife were Omaha visitors last week. John Dill and wife were Sunday visitors with Mrs. Minnie Aggen. F. L. Sisler and wife were Sunday visitors at the Tra E. Bowen home. Bertha Ruggles and Mary Egan were Sunday visitors with Mabel Wilson. Mrs. E. A. Soper and Mrs. O. H. Elliott attended the Ladies Aid Friday at Mrs. Bert McPheren's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Ruggles
L. L. Brockman
John Dill
Minnie Aggen
F. L. Sisler
Tra E. Bowen
Bertha Ruggles
Mary Egan
Mabel Wilson
E. A. Soper
O. H. Elliott
Ladies’ Aid
Bert McPheren
Local Notes From Berea Area Highlight Social Visits and Illness
Chas Baier nurses a sprained ankle. G M S Peterson and family visited Mt Etna last week. Miss Rachel Snowden spent Sunday with her sister Mrs Walter Palmer. Harry Foster and family were Sunday callers at J B Smiths. R A Caddock and family visited J Sullivan home. The funeral of H Bloomfield held at Eureka Center after dying Friday October 3rd. Dr Harry of Anita examined hogs belonging to Roy Taylor and Allie Caddock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Snowden
Walter Palmer
H. Bloomfield
Eureka Center
Dr. Harry
Anita
Roy Taylor
Allie Caddock
Everett Luman
F. J. Blattner
J. M. Garside
Otto Borth
Albert Lyman
Eva McCosh
Lillian Garside
Lars Harris
Massena
Social notes from Massena Township and surroundings
Massena Township community notes recount visits and greetings among residents including Wilbur Jemmings, Bruce Wilburn, Garside and Luman families, cattle sale by Chas Perry to Peter Anderson, high school commute for Ernest Harris, and local outings. Mentions Rev J R Spiller traveling to Illinois, lumber hauling for a new barn, and fall weather observations affecting wheat and plowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Perry
Peter Anderson
Ernest Harris
Massena
Rev
J. R. Spiller
Ilinois
Austin Harris
North Grant items note social visits and local happenings
F L Sisler and wife Sundayed with Ira E Bowen and wife. Cliff Metheny and family visited D H McDermott. Mrs Sam Howlett visited E W Marsh and family. Farmers busy with fall wheat. Mrs J M Cramlett ill but improving. Wm Pond and wife visited daughter Mrs John Smith. Late Marsh returned to McLean Nebraska. Francis Kohl and family visited Guy Smith. Mrs Geo Scholl Jr spent days with P R Nichols and wife. D H McDermott improving after lagrippe. Fred Pratt and Claude Dorsey returned from western Nebraska trip. Earl Gochanour bought the old home place for 175 per acre. Mrs Joe Furstenburg of Omaha helped care for her mother Mrs W F Marsh. W D Pratt and Sam Howlett bought Anita residence property and plan to move. Mrs Frank Pearman of Atlantic to head nurse for Grandma Marsh. Mrs Pearman nursing sister Mrs Ollie Long of Nebraska after gasoline explosion burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pearman
Atlantic
Grandma Marsh
Pearman
Ollie (Marsh) Long
Nebraska
Long
Death of Norval Fenton King 1900 died in Green River
Norval Fenton King aged 13 died Friday afternoon after a brief illness linked to diabetes. Son of Dr F R King and Eliza J King, he was buried in Anita Iowa, with interment in Evergreen cemetery. He had recently lived in Green River and will winter in Van Meter Iowa. The family notes his early life in Anita and a church affiliation in Citronelle Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norval Fenton King
F. R. King
Eliza J. King
Anita
Iowa
van Meter
First Congregational Church
Fenton
First Presbyterian Church
Citronelle
Alabama
Wll
Sister Mollie Seeks Estes Park Records And Church Debt Repaid
A humorous letter to Sherm recounts a trip to Estes Park with Hiram and others, requests copies of the RECORD, and shares a poem. It notes a rainout at a dedication service for a remodeled church, hopes for funds, and states the church is now debt free after Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherm
Hiram
Estes Park
Maude
Joe
Anita Literary Club Discusses Libraries and Reading
The Anita Literary Club met at the Library on Thursday evening with Miss Robison of Des Moines, Iowa Library Commission state secretary, presenting talks on the worth of libraries to the public and the librarian selecting safe books for children. Mr Orchard of Council Bluffs added illustrated, practical remarks on early training for worthwhile life, and Earl Holton reviewed library law. Those absent missed a great treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Literary Club
Robison
Des Moines
Iowa Library Commission
Orchard
Council Bluffs
Earl
Holton
Green campaign flattery undercuts honest representation
The Atlantic News Telegraph charges the Council Bluffs Nonpareil with violating union rules to promote Congressman Green for renomination. It condemns the gushing praise as exaggerated and argues Green is no better than other unknowns who reach Congress, urging a true representative of the people from the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Congressman Green
Congressional Committee
Green
Virginia
Republican Congressional Committee
Congress
Washington
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Anita hotel front page concerns stir regional chatter
Charlie Hook writes in RECORD criticizing a manure spreader photo and urging a vacant Anita hotel be reopened. He praises Anita as a progressive town but warns without a hotel travelers may harm its image. Hook invites locals and friends to Cedar Rapids and expresses goodwill toward Anita and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherm
Sam Etheredge
Anita
Estes Park Verse Inspires Colorado Canyon Travel
A Fort Collins poet recalls a summer trip to Estes Park through Big Thompson Canyon. The piece extols the scenery from Devil's Gulch to Longs Peak Inn and Culven Cottage, inviting readers to find rest, nature, and renewed spirits in Colorado’s mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes Park
Colorado
Hiram L. Moore
Anita
Fort Collins
Big Thompson’’ Canyon
Loveland
Devil's Gulch
Horse Shoe Park
Enforcing Law on Minor Gun Carrying Urged by Capital Editorial
The Des Moines Capital applauds the attorney general's interpretation of the concealed weapons law barring anyone under fourteen from carrying firearms. It cites a boy about age twelve on a streetcar with a long gun and a pipe, arguing such parental neglect and youthful danger justify state intervention to protect minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Anita High School Notes Colt Show Delights Anita Crowd
Anita High School notes recount a Wednesday half holiday to attend the Colt Show with sixty six baby horses shown. Prof. Kennedy of Ames call it the best exhibit he judged since he forgot where. The column lists visitors, a football team weighing more or less, and a new period test system replacing exams to reduce dread and improve review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Ames
Anita
Colt
W.H. Dinsmore
Harold McDermott
Grammer
H. O. Stone
Florence Myers
Jeremiah Paul Jones
Lucile Garvin
van Meter
Garvin
Leila Blanchard
Linehan
Wiegand Touring Old Country as Popular American Correspondent
Karl H. Wiegand of Fontanelle, son of Henry Wiegand, is traveling in the old country and serves as a favored correspondent for many large U.S. city newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl H. Wiegand
Henry Wiegand
Fontanelle
Old Country
United States
Record’s correspondents fail to send news last week
The record notes several correspondents did not submit their reports last week and jokes that each would offer a reasonable excuse. It implies a routine delay in publishable items and a light editorial threat to rely on other sources.
Hank Sanders Hired by Voorhees for Winter Work
Henry Sanders will go to Anita on Wednesday to run two furnaces one at a bank and one at the residence and perform other orderly chores in a well run household and business. Our opinion is that J C Voorhees did not err in hiring Hank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sanders
Anita
J. C. Voorhees
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Miss Esta Bills
Fabius Forrester
Omaha
Berea and Vicinity
Chas. Baier
G. M.S. Peterson
Arses
Mt. Etna
Harry Foster
J. B. Smith’s
R. A. Caddock
Ray Caddock
J. Sullivan
Massena Township
Wilbur Jemmings
Chas. MacConnell
F. R. Wilburn
Bruce Wilburn
Harry Garside
Frank Garside
Mrs. Pletcher
E. B. Luman
Ira E. Bowen
Cliff Metheny
D. H. McDermott
Sam Howlett
E. W. Marsh
J. M. Cramlett
Wm. Pond
John Smith
Marsh
McLean
Francis Kohl
Guy Smith
Geo. Scholl, Jr
P. R. Nichols
Lagrippe
Fred Pratt
Claude Dorsey
Earl Gochanour
A. C. Gochanour
Joe Furstenburg
W. F. Marsh
W. D. Pratt
Never-Sweats
Sister Mollie
Mary Haver
Mountain Avenue
Joe Stalcup
Charlie Hook
Cedar Rapids
Ike Turner
C. W. Hook
Nelse Johnson
Safe Simpson
Big Thompson” Canyon
Big Thompson
Helen Dinsmore
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