From Nearby Towns Come Visits and Distressing Injuries
Mrs Jack Gartrell and children of Lusk Wyoming visited relatives here. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Ecklin welcome an 8 pound daughter born Thursday. Mrs Ecklin staying with her parents for a few weeks. Others visiting include Mrs Lillie Gartrell and Opal of Bucolo Wyoming. C E Martin made a trip to Des Moines. Al Lund Grandma Lund and Julia Sawyer of Shenandoah visited Mrs T J Davis. Mrs Laura Kent of Muscatine visited Dr L T Reed. J S Francis drove to Red Oak and back with daughter Georgiana. J C Reeve and S B Smith quietly married at the Presbyterian parsonage in Bedford. Funeral for Ellis Wire, formerly of this area, held in Gravity park with Legion Post in attendance. interment Gravity cemetery. The 10 year old son of Mr and Mrs Brokaw injured climbing a pole at Oak Hill church. two fingers removed and wrist later, serious condition. Mrs Luther McPherren improving after hospital operation. Mat McPherren back to work. Little son of Mrs Will Irwin ill with malaria. Miss Bernice Van Nice to Clearfield for grandparents illness. Mrs Sime Johnson to Red Oak for sister-in-law Ada Youngberg stroke. Miss Mary Kern very ill. Sime Johnson farming near Bedford for Chas Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Gartrell
Lusk
Wyo
Lloyd Ecklin
Jorn
Ecklin
Lillie Gartrell
Opal
Bucalo
C. E. Martin
Des Moines
al Lund
Grandma Lund
Julia Sawyer
Shenandoah
T. J. Davis
Laura Kent
Muscatine
Georgaina
J. C. Reeve
S. B. Smith
Presbyterian Parsonage
Bedford
France
Jasper Weber
Legion Post
Gravity
Luther McPherren
St. Joe
Mat McPherren
Chandler Lbr. Co
Will Irwin
Bernice van Nice
Clearfield
A. S. Johnston
Sime Johnson
Red Oak
Ada Youngberg
Mary Kern
Chas. Johnson
NEW MARKET COMMUNITY NOTES AND MOVEMENTS
Marie Fields of St. Charles Iowa spent Monday night with Ethel Murren J B Marsell went to St Joe Monday to buy goods Mrs A Long visited her daughter in Hepburn Wednesday Mrs Chas Perry returned Saturday from Gravity visit Elmer Eighmy went to Creston Wednesday for dental work Mrs Sarah Lathrop is improving this week Mr and Mrs Walter Nooley visited K G Herren at parental home John Noble and Rod Vickery left for the G A R state encampment at Waterloo C L Ransom acting depot agent while Lawrence family in Omaha George Fields of St Charles visited Saturday J R Fouracre of Ft Morgan Colo visited Susan Stevens home Ella Camp went to Gravity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Fields
St. Charles
Iowa
Ethel Murren
J. B. Marsell
St. Joe
A. Long
Hepburn
Chas. Perry
Elmer Eighmy
Creston
Sarah Lathrop
Walter Nooley
Villisca
K. G. Herren
Joe Gregory
Burton
Kans
Fter
Hank Novinger
C. L. Ransom
Ed Lawrence
Lawrence
Omahi
Guy McPherron
Children of
Gravity
R. Blackledge
F. M. Hunt
Bad Axe
Mich
John Noble
Rod Vickery
Waterloo
J. R. Fouracre
Ft. Morgan
Colo
Susan Stevens
Ella Camp
Local residents undertake family visits and new baby joy
Monday visitors include Opal Wallace and Gladys Brown heading to Red Oak for summer school. Mrs. W. B. Jones from Crab Orchard Nebraska visits sister Mrs. Frank Burnham. Mr. and Mrs. Clay Hicks celebrate a 10 pound baby boy. Tressie Reeves of Des Moines visits the W. M. Rowe home. Kate Cooke and daughter Wilma visit Clarinda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Roush
Opal Wallace
Gladys Brown
Red Oak
W. B. Jones
Crab Orathard
Neb
Frank Burnham
Clay Hicks
Tressie Reeves
Des Moines
W. M. Rowe
Kate Cooke
Wilma
Clarinda
Local notices and social items from Taylor County
A long column describes various social calls and visits across Clarinda Clearfield Bedford and surrounding towns. It notes engagements, weddings, travel to Shambaugh Creveling and Diagonal, and multiple family and visitor movements with occasional town events and upcoming court notices. It ends with a public foreclosure petition filed in Taylor County District Court asking for mortgage foreclosure and related relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Hiatt
Edna B. Hiatt
D. H. Brown
Bert Hiatt
Ralph de Rouse
District Court of
Town
Taylor County
Towa
L. N. Chin
Bedford
Stephens & Thornell
Local social notes and community mentions
Conway attended the movies Saturday evening. John Filbert and family visited the Frank Filbert home Sunday. Joseph Marshall was a Monday passenger to Des Moines. Chas Stoakes keeps busy supplying ice. Iva Pfander and family visited the Geo Brand home Sunday. A family reunion was held at Mrs Abbie Richey home Sunday. The tennis club was busy last week preparing their court ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
John Filbert
Frank Filbert
Joseph Marshall
Des Moines
Chas
Stoakes
Iva Pfander
Geo. Brand
Abbie Richey
Music Students Desired by Tressie Dunlavy at McCloud rooms
Tressie Dunlavy will take a limited number of piano or vocal students and those seeking instruction may visit her rooms over the McCloud Millinery store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iss Tressie Dunlavy
McCloud Millinery
Bankers and Farmers Hold Des Moines Meeting
A historic banker farmer conference opened the Thirty-Fifth Annual Iowa Bankers Association Convention in Des Moines on June 7. More than two thousand bankers and farmers heard leaders from banking and agriculture discuss farm credits, financing, and rural prosperity, with calls for local credit systems and stronger state solvency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Des Moines
Banker Farmer
Towa State Bankers’ Association
Iowa
Orpheum
Garret
Andrews
State Bankers’ Association
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
W. A Heath
Chicago
Federal Reserve
Hunt
Cunningham
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
James Howard
American Federation
Heath
Feder Reserve Banks
Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Credits Corporation
Howard
Hadring
Federal Reserve Banking
Towa
Meney
Agent Wanted in Bedford Iowa For Farmers See Bridges
Classified notice seeking a man with a cat to solicit farmers in the county. Appointment details and further particulars available from Bridges in Bedford Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Iowa
Big Fish Story From Lenox Fisherman Narrates Reels
Dar Carter claims a big pike caught May 27 broke his line and escaped with hook and sinker while W W George tried to land it. The following Thursday Dar supposedly landed a 4% pound pike with the same hook and sinker, a tale Lenox Time Table records as truth despite sounding fishy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dar Carter
W. W. George
Dar
Lenox
Eight Feet Eight Inches Tall Coyne Noted Tallest Man
Bernard Coyne, eight feet eight inches tall and said to be the world’s tallest man, recently died in Anthony. A. B. Gauthier recalls Coyne as modest and reclusive, noting he rarely left his hometown to avoid crowds. Coyne could have earned riches with a traveling show, having been offered many circus positions. The Adams County Union Republican reported his death last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Coyne
Anthony
Towaid
A. B. Gauthier
Coyne
Adams Co. Union Republican
Advertised Letters War Week Ending June 11
Gentlemen A. S. Smith Wilson G. E. Lovall J. M. Johnston Charles N. Nelson P. M. Lovell list of letters advertised after the weekly wartime posting covering mail awaiting pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S
Smith, Wilson
G. E. Lovall
J. M. Johnston
Charles N. Nelson
P. M
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Deering
Nee Penance the
Ema Orton
Sharpsburg
Guy Brown
Mike Martin
Colorado
Rae
C. E. Vincent
Shambaugh
Welch
Nelson
Nellie Borden
Bert Knott
Geo. Beach
Chester Welch
Francis Phalen
W. I. Knott
Ila
Esterville
Charles Wyatt
Louis Grimm
State University
Town City
Leona Stringham
Wilford Faurot
Ed McIntyre
J. E. Forsythe
S. E. Wainwright
Dallas Richey
Sid Creveling
Roy Brown
Ada Greveling
Mr. Brown
Ottis Brown
M Crevelive
Sid Greveling
Shephard
New Market
Ciella Whipple
Emerson
Lawrence Kirby
East of Conway
M. Brown
Diagonal
Creveling
Brown
Clarke Taylor
Shams
Sham
Messrs
Wickless
Greenway
Travis
Clyde E. Taylor
G. W. Campain
Frank
Ed Chaney
May Dei
Tom
Len Grimm
Crest
Air Home
Dempsey
Forest Marsh
Near
District Court of Town
Ed L. Dryden
Uydull
Kuppenheimer
Bedford,owa
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