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Newspaper
Correctionville News
Location
Correctionville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
4
The column cites the Danbury Review turning 34, praises The Les Mars Sentinel and The Smithland Sun, and jokes about editors and publishers. It mentions Jack Buser’s county paper headline, Princess Mary’s skills, Editor Clarkson’s health rest, and opinions on spring duck hunting rules.
Bardette Sievert and Miss Sophia Johnson are sick while Mrs Elger and Mrs Cummings make brief trips. Rev Anderson and Ming Siva visit Sioux City, others travel to Black Cay and Biout City. The Joka twin family returns as several neighbors are noted visiting and caring for relatives.
Thursday from a trip to Okoboji Thurber Cummings visited his brother in Chero kee Saturday. Mrs Stevens visited her parents Mr and Mrs Jas Landon. Mr and Mrs Bert De Lamnell visited at the Heaton home Tuesday. Dr Raw and family and Miss Vera Hatfield returned Thursday from Okoboji airs. Noah Whitmer and Mrs Ballard visited Tuesday at Orville Whitmers. Mrs Fair has moved to Morningside for her future home. The Priscilla club hosted ice cream and candy on Mill's lawn Thursday evening. lanterns lit the lawn and a fine crowd attended.
From the Washta Journal details include corrections in Correctionville and Washta with mentions of painting work at Silver Church and a cellar being dug under Farmer's Bank. Local visits by L Morgan and Brown, a birth and death in Washta, a socialist picnic at Cartington's, a paper on rent and wages, and obituaries for Merie Fay Collins and Mary Elizabeth Baker.
A string of brief hometown items lists residents and visitors from Hom and nearby towns. Mentions Dr. G H Burris and family visiting Oto, Mrs. Frank Micheelis ill, T E Hughes spending the day in Anthem, Charley Osborn voting in Sioux City, the Willing family to Chicago, Clark Brown’s daughter, Lew Heath’s circus plan, John Sullivan en route to Sioux City, H W Savage shipping hogs, Rev P H Arlington considering Shambaugh, Bert Crozell visiting Lawnded, Wesley Lantig at Brown City circus, C Knecht en route to Hastings, Ernest Wright’s newborn son, Lee Fugate and Martin Johnson seeking work in Britton, Florence Colvin visiting grandparents, and Forest Alderson with family.
The page lists children attending the Sioux City circus, travel plans of several residents, and community updates. It notes twenty five tickets sold for a circus train, various visits and visits to relatives, farming activity, and local social events. Several named individuals and places recur, including Mrs Mary Ctink, Henry Brune, Miss Geneva Mahan, and Storm Lake.
The page records a flurry of local items in Correctionville and nearby towns. Mentions include Mrs. Prov not recovering use of her text, Mr and Mrs J A Mrost visiting Sioux City, real estate valuation increases, sales of homes by W M Wright and E K Savage, and community visits by residents. A death from appendicitis of Donald Lewis is noted, with funeral arrangements. Reports of railroad work changes, a ball game between Anthon and LeMars, and travels of residents on special trains fill the page along with social events and a Dixie sociable at the Methodist parsonage.
Ban on an arrangement called tixie and a recital featured Migg Lilien Jorgenson and Mrs Fred W Colvin with Miss Ree Wetmore and Ida Bryan as pianists. Dr B D Leonhard, who sold his Holstein practice, contemplates moving his home to Correctionville. Also mentions stray hogs near Correctionville and an ad for old newspapers at five cents.
A cluttered advertisement page lists furniture for sale, household items, and farm tools, plus insurance offers and bank loan pitches. Local notices include livestock for sale, a driving mare and a single-seat buggy, and stray hogs, with druggist praise and Chamberlains remedy promotions.
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