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Newspaper
Correctionville News
Location
Correctionville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
8
Local correspondence reports visits by Mrs Claud Hansen and others, notes on band concerts and a band stand fundraising, wool sales at 170 cents, and various visits across towns like Tipton Sioux City and Holstein. Births and church announcements accompany social and farming updates, with upcoming M E conference and Rev Torbet preaching in Cushing.
A Sunday school convention will be held at the Battle Center church on Sunday, June 26, with sessions beginning at 7 o clock. The Sunday school force of ida county will attend and promise a profitable time. Placo do all you can for it and watch for the program next week. An estray mare was taken up Friday May 11 near Cushing. call Frank Negless, 4 miles southwest of Cushing, to claim and arrange payment.
Mrs Henry Delambert and others visited Sioux City last week. Dr Raw Fred Nicalls and Prof Manning returned home. Hatfield became an altoist. Brondie occupies Carver residence. Carver family headed to Welmly Ohio. Ingram and wife traveled for treatment. improved on return. Lillian South arrives from Long Beach to spend summer with sister Mrs Williams. Arch Grimm to Wagner SD to visit mother. Applegate Erb dined. Children’s Day program at church planned. Lease and Ashmore families noted. Illing in Ottumwa convention next week. Benson refinishes his house. H R Lease and family visiting and farming nearby.
May postal activity at Tda Grove noted with 116174 pieces. A Castana youth shot a five foot ten inch turkey buzzard. Miss Mildred Strang was thrown from a horse when frightened by a car. Cherokee High expands curriculum with normal, agriculture, home economics, land and typing. Roy Mertens and Clif Wilson held for murder in Sac City. Robbery motive cited. Galva merchants close early. Wednesdays and Saturdays. A gas stove fire at Earl Stevens restaurant caused $200 damage. Twenty seven auto speeders nabbed in Sac City. Sac City Baptists dedicate a new church costing $12,000, seating 500. Mapleton grandstand fire ruins structure valued ~800. St Joseph Catholic church contract let to W Z Zittrell. Body of Bning Max brought from Superior to Sloan for burial. Construction work incident at Sloan ends mid sentence.
A jumble of local notices reports two deaths and a fatal accident near Odebulthis. Lightning destroyed a barn on the Currie and Smith farm while a storm raged. Several residents, including Gudbjor Christopherson and Jimi Orban, are noted for past roles, with records of sales, ranch purchases, and a late horse incident in LeMars.
The Commissioner proposes a highway petition by E and Copeland et al. starting near the Little Sioux river bridge and running southwest across section 4 township 89 range 42 to a point west of the river bank. The four rod wide road would be established unless objections or damage claims are filed in the Auditor's office before noon July 28, 19.
In Correctionville area, the owner warns that hunting or trespassing on the Willoughby D. Simone farm is strictly forbidden under penalty of law. For plastering services, Chaney Weeks offers plumbing and plastering help and lists a phone contact.
It warns that internal medicines for muscular or chronic rheumatism are useless and promotes a free application of Chamberlain's Linimens. Sold by all dealers.
Twenty years ago Earl Adams returned from Des Moines last Friday evening where he attended the exercises of the low chiss of YO He reports at splendid time One of the heaviest wind and rain storms of the month passed yet this section last Saturday morning I was accompanied by some hit but not much damage was done Fremont Crowlas ceased working in EA at?s store after serving there for years Fremont will be missed behind the counter The publishers of the Linux City quarterly plan a three story building Their increased business demands more room Mr W A Hall and son Bertie returned from their eastern trip last Saturday afternoon Mr B Shont began hauling lumber for his new house His house will be one of the finest in the country The new house by Chas Edwards makes a fine show The original package business begins to show itself Those who carried themselves straight before are now seen tottering along the sheets intoxicated While the law may deem it legitimate the practice is a disgrace to the community and to the man who patronizes such places Down with whisky traffic George D Perkins of the Journal is a smart man and capable of filling the office of congress but his time is occupied with his paper The people need him as a Republican editor more than as a congressman Advertised letters Dewell G W Wetmore Lightning struck and killed 19 pigs belonging to Geo Whitmer near Pier Bon last week Mrs A J Weeks returned Monday from Nebraska Ringling Bros show was here Saturday A heavy rain in the morning ceased by noon and crowds filled the street The show opened and there was not sitting room in the tent The performance was good with several new features There is one medicine every family should have during summer Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy It coats a quarter Can you afford to be without it For sale by all dealers
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