Birmingham Correspondence Highlights Local Events
Birmingham residents share news from Adel and surrounding towns. Family visits, medical updates, weddings, and school notices fill the column along with church services, club gatherings, and local entertainment.
Pleasant Plain Death Notices and Community Notes
Pleasant Plain mourns Mrs. D H Mealey buried at Brighton beside husband David H Mealey who died in 1921. Funeral at Pleasant Plain Friends church followed by burial at Brighton cemetery. J H Hodson and wife welcomed a son on Tuesday June 28. Numerous local visits, church events, health nurse reports, and community prayers shared from Pleasant Plain and nearby towns. Regular items include Wool Growers, Fourth of July remarks, visitors from Fairfield Ottumwa and Richland, and birthday celebration for Miss Cleota at O W Kiger home.
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D. H. Mealey
Pleasant Plain
Brighton
David H. Mealey
Lula Klingerman
Fairfield
O.L. Hutchins
Friends Church
Schoultz
Pekin
West
Mt. Pleasant
Fulton
Libertyville
Fred Oliver
Frye
Packwood
Cedar
Mona
Fremont
John Carr
R B. Kenyon
Loren White
L. K. Wallace
Eck
Bragly Edwards
McChesney
Ollie
Louise
Jay Gould
Ed Murphy
Mincher
Burlington
Harriet Neff
Jess Cowgill
Buchanan
Agency
Shank
James McGregory
Morris Winiger
Chicago
Og E. Weld
Riley Fye
Fay Woolum
Weld
Frank Stanfield
Ottumwa
Opal Lockhart
Social Visits and Family Calls In Hawkeye Area
Glasgow residents Mrs Ralph Billingsley and son Elliott visited the Taylor home in Hillsboro last week. Donald and Marjory spent Tuesday at the Wright Church home. Ernie Helfenstine and daughter Mary Eloise called at the Elliott Taylor home Tuesday evening. Dr C S Bishop and daughter Mildred and Florence Kiger shopped in Fairfield Wednesday. Mrs Eva Shaner of Fairfield visited friends and attended Mrs John Fetterman’s funeral. Mrs Minnie Litton, Mrs Manning Cline and daughter Jeanette called on Mrs Elliott Taylor Thursday.
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Elmer Baldwin
Harry Groff
Tues
Caroline Baldwin
Moses Kiger
Fairfield
Clifford Taylor
James Grant
Bonaparte
Bettie Bailey
Denial
Curtis
Martin
Julia Hall
Wm. Long
Nellie
Andrew
Harry Cochran
Fred McElwee
Ben Hall
Hazel
Danville
Newton Hughes
Louise
Parental Taylor
Columbus Hayes
New London
Glenn Grant
Elliott Taylor
Hughes
Los Angeles
Harley Giberson
Rhine Watson
Edmund and
Weldie
Willis Loving
Nugent
Andrew Loving
Happy Bunch
Miss Cleota
Myrtle Erickson
Viola Peterson
Rudolph
Bertha Rauscher
Lucille
Gladys Danielson
Marie McElwee
Lloyd
Everett Blucher
Harold McElwee
Mildred Pierson
Vera Heckenberg
Mildred Murray
Demna Bailey
Esther Graff
Freddie Rauscher
Jessie Murphy
Arlin Eggenbarger
Hubert Duitweilder
Harry
William Boos
Carl Bower
Ruth Billingsley
Edith Nelson
Richard Lewis
Mildred Bishop
Frank Bower
Fra Sherman
Clarence Frame
Ralph Plympton
Vernard Horton
Mt. Pleasant
Clifford Kiger
William Robinson
Ottumwa
Ralph Billingsley
Elliott
Hillsboro
Taylor
Donald
Marjory
Wright Church
Ernie Helfenstine
Mary Eloise
C. S. Bishop
Mildred
Florence Kiger
Eva Shaner
John Fetterman
Minnie Litton
Manning Cline
Jeanette
Glen Horn
Douds
Bruce Horn
Inez Hoffman
E. W. Stodghill
Burlington
Lee Bonnett
Eldon
Will Bonnett
Esther Thompson
Ft. Madison
Elsie Young
Hazel Colton
Prudence Bishop
Jessie Hoffman
Cedar Falls
S. H. Watkins
Carl Riggs
Wray
Faye Riggs
Kecusauqua
Bessie Gilbert
Methodist Church
Mary Shipler
Libertyville
Rex Workman
Birmingham
J. C. Behrens
Workman
Lloyd Hale
Marshalltown
Fred Peebler
Wm. Greeson
Mabel
James Whitsett
O. A. Swanson
Izora Bishop
Swanson
Raymond
Richland
Harry Williams
Z. T. Moore
Iowa City
Oliver Clarridge
Davenport
Sam Robbins
H. D. Davis
Double-Nine
Des Moines
Carl Riggs and
Albia
C. R. Swanson
Davis
John Coleman
Gilbert Swanson
Eugene
August Swanson
Kirby
Jack
Falcon
Frank Lyonsome
Packwood M rs Susa Stephenson obituary note
Mrs Susa Stephenson died June 21 1921 at Jefferson County Hospital She was born August 13 1850 and grew to womanhood in the neighborhood She married F M Stephenson who died some years ago They had nine children five daughters and four sons and two stepchildren Funeral services were held at the M E church Packwood with interment in Packwood cemetery The deceased was a member of the M E church and several relatives and neighbors are listed in this obituary style community column.
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Susa Stephenson
Jefferson County Hospital
F. M. Stephenson
Arthur
Richland
Joe Bottorff
Packwood
Misner
Kansas City
John Nelson
Fairfield
Gilbert Sonner
John
Edna Nelson
Lottie Blank
Benjamin
Jaster Lynn
Perlee
Harvey Stephenson
Kansas
O. B. Myer
Clover Leaf Club
Frank Lock
Here
Ella Bottorff
Verle Gardner
Carl Edmund
Wilson
Walter Harrison
Agency
L. G. Myers
Arthur Webb
Shelbyville
Isaac Webb
Lawrence Wood
Noble
Earl Kenyon
Tom Cathey
Local families gather for Fourth at Pleasant Plain
James Rice and family visited Mrs. Sarah Rice. The Spaldings visited Ezra Hadley. Byron Hamilton from Ames visited Ed Hosler and his mother Mrs. Wm Black. Pleasant Plain residents attended a Fourth of July picnic at the Frank Apt home with many neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rice
Sarah Rice
R. A. Spalding
Ezra Hadley
Byron Hamilton
Ames
Ed Hosler
Wm. Black
Frank Apt
Pleasant Plain
W. O. Allen
O. C. Spalding
Mildred Soetens
Clyde Free
Walter Jones
Roth
Burlington
D. E. Miller
Ottumwa
Baby
Florence Hosler
Tusday
Ed Ho
Donald
Fairfield
Ed Hesler
Hosiers
Hillis
Chicago
Os Gowery
Glen Bauchamp
Homer Ingham
George Bray
Sam Dickinson
Richland
Charlie George
Wilbur Welsh
Jones Bros
Martinsburg
H. C. Jones
Curtis Rogers
E. A. Hosler
Florence
Merry Maids Sewing Club of
Yeo
Hazel Hosler
Jones Brothers
Jim Ida
Fern
Donald Ash
Bert Ash
A. A. Neil
Albert Coffin
Elmer Coffin
George Ash
Nettie
Faye
Hazel
Otto Elmore
Clarence Ash
Mary Hoskins
Wm. Hoskins
Brighton
Dorotha Allen
Inez McVey
Alma Hoskins
Rena
Jose Rice
OI Rice
Stoner Davidson
Ben Smalley
Billy Trail
Milton Jones
Mable McPherson
Earl Coffin
Henry Ash
Gilbert Wikoff
George Elder
Wm. Elder
Delmar Dickinson
Mabel McPherson
Newt . Calhoun
Howard Grove
Lela Jones
Faye Allen
Council Bluffs
Wes Bond
Wes Watson
Oscar Johnson
Nancy Wikoff
Carrie
Pearl
Nathan Jones
Harlan Cole
Gilbert Cole
Earl Balderson
Maxine
A. E. Soeten
Mildred Soeten
East Pleasantain
Local residents note arrivals and obituaries in Linby area
Des Moines visitors Lindy M N Smith and Walter Morrison spent time with relatives last week. Birth announced for a son to Mr. and Mrs. Chas McMaster of Des Moines. Riley Fye and Anson Phelp died recently with services and interment in local cemeteries. Linby residents attended Mrs F M Stephenson’s funeral in Packwood. Several families and neighbors visited, traveled, or hosted gatherings around Linby and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. N. Smith
Des Moines
Walter Morrison
Sigourney
Chas. McMaster
McMaster
Ophia Smith
Linby
Riley Fye
Olie
Anson Phelp
Farson
Competine
L. H. Capps
Ollie
Canada
Capps
Nellie Harden
F. M. Stephenson
Packwood
Leona Edwards
Brighton
W. T. Bradfield
Ray Nelson
Carl Cline
Lida Mowery
Hedrick
Ramsey
Wesley Graham
Increase the Value and Pleasures of Your Old Home
An advertisement extols remodeling an old house with a glazed door porch and Eclipse screen doors. It promotes new doors, windows, a better roof, and sleeping porches to boost beauty and livability, urging coal purchase and home improvements while cautioning about flies.
Community Notes Highlight Libertyville Visits and Weddings
Libertyville residents exchanged visits with relatives in Douds Burlington and New London. A July Fourth gathering near Rich and trips to Ottumwa Albia and Des Moines area marked a busy period. A surprise marriage linked Libertyville with Birmingham as Miss Mary Shipler wed Rex Workman at New London with local friends in attendance.
Fourth of July Celebrationsand Visits in Clay Township
Quiet Fourth marked by rain ending planned amusements. Residents and visitors from Pleasant Plain and neighboring towns attended gatherings, picnics, and a Brighton fireworks show. Notable names include the Meachams, Morgans, Bittings, Fleigs, Harkens, and Grinnells with travels to Ames, Des Moines, Chicago, Marshalltown, and Washington.
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Orval Johnson
L. H. Johnson’s
E. S. Walcott
Earl Morgan
Everett Coffin
Pleasant Plain
Harlan Cole
Ames
Faireld
Bessie Clark
Packwood
Dot Meacham
Bert Smith
Frances Meacham
Des Moines
Mayme Peterson
Pierson
D. A. Meacham
Bessie
Grinnell
South
Alf Anderson
Arnold
Keola
Perle Bitting
T. H. Morgan
Richland
A. J. Morgan
Brighton
O. F. Harken
Fairfield
Homer Brinton
P. B. Johnson
Oskaloosa
Irma Grinnell
Joe Roth
Burlington
D. E. Miller
Washington
Allen Meacham Lawn
Salt Fields Of Utah Cover Over Five Hundred Miles
Salt fields in Utah cover more than 500 square miles. Most salt goes to stock feed, with large quantities shipped to smelters.
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Utah
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van Dustin
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George Kerr
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Ellen
Redpath Lyceum Bureau
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E. H. Alton
G. W. Kerr
John Johnson
Ralph Shott
Stanford University
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Duras Snyder
Helen
H. L. Tyler
Margaret
Bentonsport
John McKee
John Rudolph
Jay Calhoun
Newton
N. L. Calhoun
Calvin Richardson
Tulsa
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Claude Calhoun
Billy Hootman
Clyde Hall
Clyde Lawson
Alva Smith
Quality Ave
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A. N. Bennett
Galen Wolf
Mt. Zion
Dora Beth
Sam Gilbert Jr
A. B. Minear
Denver
Colo
Minear
Anna
Liberty
Bethel Sunday School
Chas. Woodrow
Helen Anderson
Bluff Park
Zenetta Storms
Methodist Episcopal Church of Birmingham
Bethel
Bethel Ladies’ Aid Society
A. J. Woodrow
Haney Brannon Legion of Birmingham
Hampshire Pig Club
Wickfield Farm
Cantril
At Corporation
Max Ogden
J. H. Hodson
Girls’ Auxiliary Missionary Society
Kens Pool
Hattie Jones
Harry Miller
J. W. Lynn
Miss Wright
Consolidated School
Lena Hook
Anna Hodson
Wool Growers Association
May Davisson
Near Perlee
Mealey
Leonard Mealey
Olle Klingerman
Frank Fuqua
John Fuqua
Shannon
Wm. Mendenhall
Leach
Humphrey
Hewett
Ralph Eck
Elmer Swartwelter
C. Robb
Mary McCracken
Luther McCracken
Elizabeth Lamm
Frances and
Dott Meachen
Earl
Ralph
Mary Lynn
Sarah Orr
Susan Stephenson
Stephenson
Albert McMurry
al Hodson
Jessie Lamm
Alec McMurry
Fairfield Friy
Carrie Wykoff
Albert Andrews
Rachel Jones
Fred Emry
Robert Emry
Rorth Emry
Clayton Turner
Michael Turner
Earl Linn
Germanville
Sarah Jones
Williams
Vera
Jessie Pickering
Minda Lambert
Bradshaw
Batavia
Glasgow
Lindy
Varnes
Griteren
L. A. Barnard
J. F. Herrick
L. D. James
R. B. Stephenson
Ft. Dodge
Ray Hoffmire
Portland
Ore
R. T. Richards
C. W. Leppo
Margaret Coleman
Comanche
Edna Thompson
Clay Township