Lenox Correspondence Notes Local Visits and Events
Mrs. W H Ryerson of Red Oak visits her mother in Lenox this week Otis Hendricks returns from Des Moines Still college Mrs Dr L D Huff and children back from Des Moines trip Mrs Lyda Maher home after winter in Kansas Mrs J N Stamets buried at Blue Grove cemetery after short illness at daughter’s home Ambrose Finn of Jefferson visits Lenox James Scroggs family visit Dr Scroggs home Lenox business places closed for Red Cross canvass June 22 M F O entertained at Mary Hoover home G V C club hosted at Murle Ball home Mrs F S Borden returns from visit with mother Ernest Henderson of Spokane Wash visits sister Announcements cards out for Myrtle Kinser and Foster Agnew marriage Miss Elnora Richardson resigns Mutual telelphone job Ellen Harbison takes over duties
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Otis Hendricks
Des Moines
Still College
L. D. Huff
Lyda Maher
Kansas
J. N. Stamets
Blue Grove
Lester Johnston
Ambrose Finn
Jefferson
Iowa
Lenox
James Scroggs
Clarinda
Dr. Scroggs
Red Cross War Fund
Mary Hoover
Murle
F. S. Borden
Ernest Henderson
Lenox Oy
Spokane
Wash
Ben Walter
Myrtle Kinser
Foster Agnew
Local visitors call on Sharpsburg residents and relatives
Mrs. C. E. Taylor and Miss Lora Johnson of Sharpsburg visited at the Mrs. J. P. Taylor home here Tuesday. J. N. Banks was a Bedford visitor Wednesday. Mrs. Johnson D. Hills and son of Kansas City, Mo., came Wednesday for a visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Phillips. Al Carpenter of Holyoke, Col., came Wednesday for a visit with relatives here. Dr. L. T. Reed and Mrs. Reed with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woodfill went to St. Joseph, Mo., for Mrs. Woodfill’s appendicitis operation. Wayne Canning of New Market visited the Pierce Wheeler home Thursday. Claude Hugely and son of Glen, Col., visited Dr. L. T. Reed’s family. Fred Fisher of Clarinda visited relatives Friday. John Baker of New Market visited his brother E. M. Baker Thursday. Mrs. J. E. Nelson and Mrs. W. B. Estle were Clarinda visitors Wednesday. ay Anna B. Flook of Butler, Mo.
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C. E. Taylor
Lora Johnson
Sharpsburg
J. P. Taylor
J. N. Banks
Bedford
Johnson D. Hills and Son
Kansas City
L. F. Phillips
al Carpenter
Holyoke
Col
L. T. Reed
Charles Woodfill
St. Joseph
Fred Fisher
Clarinda
John Baker
New Market
E. M. Baker
J. E. Nelson
W. B. Estle
Ay Anna B
Flook
Butler, Mo
Women and the War Cites Iowa Women’s Canning Efforts
The piece credits Iowa housewives with a $10,000,000 deposit in the national bank of food preservation and notes Iowa will enter winter with 40,000,000 quarts canned to feed an army of 100,000 for over a year. It cites a major canning campaign by Iowa State College and Red Cross fundraising led by women.
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Ames
Iowa
National Bank of Food Preservation
Agriculture Extension Department
Iowa State College
National Red Cross
American Boy Joins Forces and Earns His Soldier Card
A wartime letter from Sonny shows a Khaki clad youth in uniform with a gun and a smile. The speaker recalls how war taxes and sacrifice are needed while praising the son’s enlistment and maturity, closing with faith in Uncle Sam’s call.
Isaiah's Call to Heroic Service in Bible School Lesson
The July 1 1917 Bible school lesson explores Isaiah 6 1 13 with emphasis on prophetic call and divine purification. It links Isaiahs vision to modern Christian response and personal willingness to serve God. Isaiah lived in Jerusalem was a major Judahite prophet and his messages urged repentance amid looming judgment and exile.
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B. C. Place
Jerusalem
Assiah
Judah
Isaiah
Amoz
God
Jesus
Nebuchadnezzar
Nation urged to enlist as war drive expands
The Des Moines Capital cites Woodrow Wilson urging 70 000 men to present for enlistment during the week. It notes the national guard and regular army are short of war strength, with only nine states having filled their regular army quota, and insists registered men and those outside registration age are eligible to volunteer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
National Guard
Des Moines
Wire thieves strip 450 pounds from toll lines
Last Thursday night thieves stole about 450 pounds of copper wire from the Cernitz Telephone Co. toll lines between Corning and Red Oak. The theft began three miles east of Red Oak and spread along four sites to ten miles east. They initially untwisted wire from the glass insulators before continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cernitz Telephone Co
J. A. Andersen
Corning
Red Oak
Red Oni
Wires Stolen From Pole Likely To Expedite Theft
Thieves cut tall wires on both sides of a pole then moved away from a house, stealing about 450 pounds of wire at 30 cents a pound. Mr. Anderson and crew restored the lines over two days. The wire was sold in St Joseph to a dealer, with the seller driving a Nebraska car. Warrants to be issued as investigators pursue the accomplice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Anderson
Anderson
St. Joseph
Nebraska
Studebaker
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Welworth
Withmor and Weiworth
Thompson Mercantile
W. H. Ryerson of
Elmer Brown
Elnora Richardson
Mutual Telephone
Ellen Harbison
J. Smith Groger
AML
Caa
Thomas Raham
H. B. Rhoads
Conway How. CO
Conway
O. G. Walker
Sonny
Lewellyn
Fauntleroy
Sam
Ella A. Fanning
New York Times
Barrington Hall Coffee
F. W. Hart
Leonard
Big Tent
H. R. Reynolds
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