Chariton County Correspondence Highlights Local Visits
Community notes from Chariton Iowa recount visitors and trips among residents including Elmer Westlake and A R Wright, Lulu Johnson’s Simpson College events, and several travelers to Des Moines, Corydon, Pleasantville, and Tacoma. Funeral of Wm Baker noted with G A R involvement.
Local notes from Lacona and nearby towns
Recount of visits and callers in Lacona Indianola Newbern and Chariton. Mentions visits by Misses Kline Fletcher Pressly Sones and others plus local moves weather changes and school term closings. A theft at Dr Stewart's home and various trips transport and sidewalk work complete the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kline
Indianola
John Vincent
G. W. Dunshee
Newbern
D. A. Enslow
Chariton
John Curl
Virgil Gibbons
Milo
Lulu Gibbons
White Oak Township
Belinda community notes include visits and arrivals
Belinda residents report wagons heading to woods for wild gooseberries. Ruth Wyland visits grandparents in Belinda. Brook Henry returns from Wyoming to near Columbia. Lester Kenney starts work for G. W. Vanney. Many neighbors visit, attend church, and note farming conditions after rain. A baby girl arrives to Elmer Richards. Baptism at Trinity service and quiet republican primary. Grandma Davis passes. fish found in corn field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Wyland
Chariton
A. Molesworth
Belinda
Brook Henry
Wyoming
Columbia
Lester Kenney
G. W. Vanney
Beatrice Brownfield
H. C. Miller
James Welch
R. B. Bingaman
H. M. Spikers
Elmer Richards
Mr. Long
Tom Wilson
Ames
E. Spiker
English Township
Elmer Carson
Local Notes Highlight Mrs Campbell and Visitors
Oakley residents report visits from Mrs A E Campbell and Miss Eva Robertson with families. Several locals travel to nearby towns including Ottumwa and Chariton. Church services feature Oli phant sermon and a communal dinner. Children’s Day planned at Christian church.
Local items from Lucas and nearby towns
Multiple brief notices report residents visiting relatives, returning from trips, and family illnesses. Highlights include James Grimes with the Allen family, Bertha Lichtfield returning home, Mrs. Norris eye injury, and various travel and community events such as the Milk Maids Convention, Masonic Grand Lodge, and Lamont Stake convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera Hall
N. W. Stover
Waterloo
Masonic Grand Lodge
Chas. Norris
Creston
Mr. Norris
Homer Mauk
Ames
M. H. Dunham
Burlington
Presbyterian Church
Derby Social Notes and Local Visits Ripples
Derby residents and visitors are reported at length with travels to Humeston Chariton and Leroy. The Presbyterian Ladies cleared over 30 at a Saturday opera house supper while local youths played Leroy with Derby winning 14 to 5. A Derby girl Mrs Laura Chapman Kirkpatrick endured floodwaters at Topeka, wading through three feet of water to reach a rescue boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Westfall
Chariton
Maury Martin
Opera House
B van Dyke
Missouri
A. J. Fight
Derby
Leroy
Roy Calkins
Laura Chapman Kirkpatrick
Topeka
Ice Cream Social Planned at Central for Church Benefit
A community ice cream and strawberry social is set for next Friday evening at Central to raise funds for the church. Invitations extended to all residents. Local updates note residents Logan Carson, Ed Spiker, Mrs. Williamson, J. H. Carson and families, Mrs. Abel Savage, Bert Shore and family, Miss Lida McMannis, Will Carney, Mrs. Ed Poush, and Ada Miller sharing visits and health news. Farm loans advertised by Larimer and Crocker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Sones
Indianola
Wm. Sones
J. W. Peterson
Stock
Chicago
Mening & Slater
Dr. Stewart
J.C. Frerkson
Mt. Pleasant
John McLennan
Sanford Shields
T. D. Gray
Lou Goode
Cliff Poling
Roy Shupe
Bert Ralph
Central
Logan Carson
Chariton
Williamson
J. H. Carson
Fanny McDowell
Abel Savage
Harry Miller
Bert Shore
Olmitz
Will
Lida McMannis
Sunnyside
Local telephones work resumes as crews repair lines
Greenville and Russell Cedar Vale and Diamond telephone teams repaired their lines last week. Sam McKinley visited Russell on Wednesday. J LaFaver has been ill but is back on the turf. George Ruark and wife visited Mr and Mrs Holder on Friday. Henry Hanam and family visited Alex McDonald family Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Sprague
Drake University
Des Moines
J. F. Sprague
Ford
Pearl Wilson
H. A. Glackemyer
Lee Curtis
Trinity
Mary
Eva Branden
Melrose
Ella Curran
Norris Davis
John Norman
Homer
Lizzie Davis
Darlene Kinmouth
Norman
Eorge Anders
George Ruark
Kinmouth
Charlie Couriers
Ames Brower
Arlie Kinmouth
Harry Parkers
Nate Pierce
Wdy Lockridge
Tom
Prof. Eaton
Indianola
J. F. Cochran
Ella McKenzie
Medora
J.f.cochran
J. F Bingman
John McLennan
Joe Sterns
Irvin
L. F. Runse
Tommy Hellyer
Milton Elliott
Russell
John Phillips
Burt Sims
Leslie Hancock
Simpson College
Emmett Cummings
Homer Hancock
Chariton
Gus
Bill Sims
Frank Norton
Rufus Jennison
Lymond Cody
Burt Gilbert
Albert Chapman
Ed Hellyer
Charlie and
Willie Carr
McDonald Home
P. H. Schall
Rev. Schall
Julian Pond
Fred Shull
Missouri
B. Shore
Bethel
T. J. Hollingshead
John
Bolene Aryderson
Boone
Besay Nowhotiee
Morris
John Shelton
Young Home
R. AV. Pipe
Mt. Zion
J. D. Knotts
Texas
Mexico
Lillie Fuller
Hocking
J. B. Bolton
Albia
Lucas
Wm. Wilson
Elmer Spikera
James Mehnwell
Lee Patterson
Ida Lupdingon
Greenville and Russell
Cedar Vale
Diamond Telephone Companies
Sam McKinley
J. LaFaver
Mrs. Holder
Henry Hanam
Alex McDonald
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King
Ruby @ Company
East Side Square
Iowa
Elmer Westlake
A. R. Wright
Sam Lindsey
Sidney
Lulu Johnson
Della Lodge
Baby
Corydon
N. Ewald
Henry Gettinger
Howard
Pleasantville
Wm. Baker
Micheal Kahn
J. T. Kennedy
Leon
Lemley
Elias Horners
May Shier
Della Kinmouth
Bessie Horner
T. A. Norman
Dora Davis
Myra Wiltsey
Roy Wiltsey
Lagrange
Ed Davis
Lacona
Elsie Fletcher
Gladys Pressly
Iva Murray
Chas. Shupe
C. W. Stanley
Elijah Brown
James McCoy
H. R. Proctor
E. C. Jones
Ledger
Cecil Clevenger
Mrs. Milt Ruble
H. Davis
Charlie Shupe
Joseph Kessler
Wilbur Krell
W. B. Thompson
Our City
Bert Butcher
Wm. Humphreys
Oakley
Edd Graham
Near Milo
Sheriff Hodson
George Fridley
Frank Fehrrer
J. W. Cochran
S. W. Thorpe
Feathers
Francis Gregg
Joseph Mills
Lulu McFarland
Imogene Jenkins
Ellen Feathers
Mievonne Brown
Sharp School
H. M. Wilson
George Roberts
Seymour
Jasper Sargent
Fred Cambell
David Oxenrider
Dan Musselman
Grace Kirkhart
Nettie West
E. C. Wilkins
Wm. Funk
Arlie Gray
Chas Smith
Railroad Bridge Gang
Mesdames Chas. Miller
W. Thorpe
al Ralph
Dolph Cornell
Mildred Wilson
Willis White
H. Emily Gray
Norwood
Chas. Lott
Fred Wood
San Jose
Cal
Ewing
Maude
Grandma England
A. R. Byers
Ida Long
Pleasant Prairie
Raleigh Litton
John Hunt
Gosport
James Garrett
BR. H. Smith
C. A. Kenney
B. A. Kenney
C. A
Ben
Charlie
N.N. Byers
Cedar Grove
A. Hixson
Grant Brenaman
Grandma Davis
P. J. Davis
A. E. Campbell
Eliza Nisewender
Eva Robertson
Douglasses
Jessie Holmes
Ottumwa
Mr. Farber
Lena Barlow
Jack Krutsinger
H. L. Mauk
Birdie Clark
Chas. Ramsey
Frank Foster
Wm. Perrys
Bertha Baker
Piper Store
Ida Foyal
Kansas
Avon Burgett
Oliphant
Stierwalt
Murray
Solomon Holmes
Warren Township
John Taylor
Christian Church
W. Ramsey
Dr. Barnes
James Grimes
Will Allen
Sam Seddon
George Poucher
James Vorhies
Bertha Licthfield
Charlie Rodgers
Charlie Williams
Beacon
C. J. Wright
Emerson
Mrs. Wright
Lou Beaman
John J. Watkins
Kewanee
Ill
Dick Thomas
Oskaloosa
Grandma Rumick
Will Loach
Lucan
Orin Fuller
Lamont Stake
Cleveland
E. F. Jones
Boon
Alma Pollard
Mabel Garland
Humes
Lucy Morrison
Woodbarn
Ernest Wyatt
John Wolf
Nebraska
W. E
J. B. Wyatt
E. F. Paumphrey
J. K. Wolverton
Ekleberry
Dainsville
Drake
W. F. Pollard
Humeston
J. C. Taylor
A. G. Cherryholmes
Nancy Lugar
Emily Westfall
Sadie Westfall
Mary Yearnshaw
Eva Bevard
Nellie Vice
A. L. George
The
Yeoman
J. W. Pressly
Ada Grimes
Ruth
Ollie Bevard
Grace Turner
Mesers
C. J. Johnson
Edwin Robinson
J. M. Grimes
Frank Winslow
Ed Spiker
Thomas Avitt
Will Carney
Mra
Ed Poush
Ada Miller
Victor Storbi
Moraker
Liddo
Newhern Thre
Robert Bell
Davis County
T. M. Danshea
John Meaaler
Tf Larimer & Crocker
Greenville
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