Local visits and church service noted in community gathering
Talmage R Cochran and Agnes Mc Bride of Des Moines visited residents over Sunday. They traveled by car to Frank Ramsbottom home near Orient and to Wm Courtnet home near Lorimer, then returned. Rev Kesternon preached a splendid sermon and will lead service again in two weeks. Bert White’s friends rejoice at his improving health. Mr Courtney of Lorimer stayed overnight at the B Be Cochran home and is under Dr Burt’s care at Afton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Cochran
Agnes McBride
Des Moines
Frank Ramsbottom
Orient
Wm. Courtnet
Lorimer
Talmage
Kesternon
Bert White
Courtney
BBE
Cochran
Burt
Afton
Henry Johnson
Wayne Brisbin
Wisner
Nebraska
John Brisbin
Wayne
Murray
Lyle Allen
John Pettie
June
James Heath
Veda Ranson
Parnell
Missouri
Chas. Ferris
Ranson
Chas. Lalm
Gault Bros
Cromwell
Will Skelton
Kent
Harry Skelton
Williamson
Will Seley
Creston
Carl Anderson
A. I. Sturgeon
J. H. Hagen
Spaulding
Lorine Schwab
Ruby Rice
George
Arthur Duben
Peter Johnson
W. G. Downs
Greenfield
Earl Conrad
Don Mover
Earl
Warl
Warl Deeated His Man the Other Night Some Hour Thirteen Minutes, May‘ry
Lola Ball
A. T. Ewing
Local Notes and Visits Highlight Rural Life
Afton Junction lineman Claude Loy travels to Creston while friends and relatives in Murray Talmage Wayne Des Moines and Parnell keep in touch. Teachers and caretakers Agnes McBride and B B Cochran are noted. Family visits from Lori mer and Des Moines recur as health improves rise from illness and Aunt Maggie Holcomb plans a move to a cottage home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Holcomb
Mable Allen
Cochran Family Caregivers and Strawberry Harvest Notes
Grandfather Cochran and Grandma Cochran assist the sick at the Courtney home near Lorimer. Mrs. Oddessie Long visited Omaha to see relatives. Mrs. Nancy Burgesa returned to Thayer after visiting her son Jon and family. Strawberries boomed despite frost and rain as Mrs. Angie Cochran and Mrs. L. EB. Cochran busy canning and caring for the sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandfather Cochran
Grandma Cochran
Courtney
Lorimer
Oddessie Long
Omaha
Mrs. Long
Nancy Burgesa
Thayer
Jon
Angie Cochran
L. EB. Cochran
Cochran
Moores Family Visitation in Nevinville
Mrs O. K. Moores and her two children from Des Moines stay with her parents Mr and Mrs CC L Atwood in Nevinville. The Pearse brothers sold a car load, though details are not specified in the fragment.
Williamson Area Activity and Visits Report
Local residents and visitors frequent Williamson area, with many making trips to Creston, Greenfield, Orient, and Des Moines. A Creston baseball win over Williamson in eleven innings stands out among numerous errands, calls, and farm tasks including hogs sold, plowing, and hospital visits.
Drawings by Lee Wright on a bridge tale
The narrator describes Jack fearing the old man’s counsel and loosening his grip on a bridge. As fatigue overcomes him he shuts his eyes and releases his hold. He appears to plunge but a humorous turn interrupts the expected landing in the water below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Eeny Meeny
Flip
Beny Meeny
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Creston Iron & Metal CO
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Flummer’s Beauty Parlor
Iowa State Savings Bank
Claude Loy
Afton Junction
United States
U.S
Wear Glue Rubber CO
W. Leavitt
Prop
Ana Iowa
Sparr Lumber & Hdw
Fred W. Doge
Ewe Eee
I Ib
Nevinville
M. S. Stone
Chas
Elmer Osher
Ed Fessler
Hugh Goodfellow
Byverling
A. Hoisier
H. Grant
Fred Knauer
Benson and Duckett
Hulbert
Here
Will Ink
Grand Island Nebraska
Man Bartlett
Fred Knaur
Frank Wallace
Jesse Chandler
John Kolath
Frank
Omar Childs
C. L. Atwood
Moore
Clarence Bartlett
Kinyon
Wayne Clayton
Herbert Pace
Simpson College Endowment Fund
M Kk
Sharpsburg
Shurm Everling
Wm Morgan
Jim Summerville
Frank Hulbert
Fontanelle
Iowa City
George Staats
Oran Cheetham
Roy Taylor
George Schwab
Lilah
Hulbert Pace
Opal Atwood
Clyde Ingraham
Shops
Tod
Tom Showers
North of
Rachel Bartlett
Frank Rivenburg
John
Dan Nicholis
Cumberland
Jack Daw’s Adventures
Story
Hal Cochran
Lee Wright
Henderson
America
Firestone Cords
Indianapolis
Oldfield
Independent Garage
North Pine St
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