Obituary of Harlan Yost A Longtime Libertyville Figure
Harlan Ha Yost born March 5 187? near Birmingham Indiana died May 24 1921 at 4 30 pm after an appendicitis operation in Jefferson county hospital. He married Myrtle Woolery August 29 1900 at Libertyville and left three children Maurine Lester Loretta. He was a local grain and stock businessman, served on the Libertyville city council, joined the Methodist church fourteen years ago, and funeral services were at the M E church with interment at Fell cemetery. Numerous relatives and townspeople attended and many neighbors are listed as visitors and pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Ha Yost
Andrew
Rebecca Dole Yost
Birmingham
Myrtle Woolery
Libertyville
Maurine
Lester
Loretta
Ward
This
G. F. McKee
Fairfield
Leslie Bower
Chicago
Lizzie Lingenfeler
Estherville
Mary Oglebee
Temple
Okla
Lucetta Harmon
Oklahoma City
Jefferson County
Yost
Yost & Sherriet
Yost & Workman
Burlington
R. T. Richards
Fell Cemetery
Mahlon Williams
Parl Armstrong
Howard Ferrell
Will Hill
Frank Dustin
R. A. Workman
Stockport
Wm. Price
Homer Topping
Ida Roberts
Dan Garber
Henry Pierson
Henry Grebe
X. Nady, Jr
Charlie Wray
Chas. Hisel
J. G. Maasdam
Wm. Allison
H. D. Davis
Russell Smith
Harry Smith
J. P. Manatrey
Ralph Lamson
Raines
J. Wilbur Dole
Eva
G. T. McKee
Dean
Emmett Glotfelty
Chas. Wood- Tow
Local notes from Stockport and surrounding towns
Sunday visitors and family news fill the column. Weddings loom with Pearl Couger and Walker Beach to wed in Memphis Missouri on May 4. Numerous visits from Martinsburg Oskaloosa Monmouth Richland and Ottumwa are recorded along with memorial services and school events.
Community Social Notes from Richland Brighton and Fairfield
Neighborhood happenings include visits and social events around Richland Brighton and Fairfield. Notable items mention Vee Galen Hoskins at his brother Wm near Richland, clubs gatherings at Mrs Otto Macy in Brighton, and baccalaureate services in Fairfield.
Local residents share visits across community line
Glen and Carl Coffin visited the John Coffin home last Wednesday. Mrs Anar Gowery and Mr and Mrs O C Spalding called on Mrs Ann Gowey last Thursday and Anar Gowery stayed several days with her daughter in Canada. Wm Trail and family were visitors at the William Trail home in Fairfield on Sunday. Ezra Hadley and Miss Vada visited the Harlan Roberts home. Mrs Luther Elmore called on Mrs Clayton Turner last Friday. H C Jones Dale and Lucile were callers in the neighborhood Monday. George Ash and family visited the D E Miller home last Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Hill
Davenport
Isabel Bishop
Unionville
Des Moines Valley Medical Association
Ottumwa
S. K. Davis
Kendall
Lafe Young
Des Moines
Davis
Board of
Censors
L. H
Ruth Sutherlin
O. A. Swanson
Gail
G. F. Swanson
Virgil Ferrill
Roy May
Thornton Fordyce
W. E .Halferty
Edith Wray
Robert
Fairfield
Verne Hall
Harold
Chas. Dailey
Baby
Birmingham
Bertha Halferty
Faye Riggs
Roscoe McCleary
Roscoe Ferrell
Loren Prail
Oscar Hippee
Burlington
Paul Ferrell
Bloomington
Ill
Carrie Ferrell
E. D. Newsom
Morning Sun
Wm. Hill
Ed Colton
Verne
Frank Colton
Hartford
Gilbert Colton
Missouri
Robert Prunty
Farson
Elder
C. R. Swanson
Albin
H. D. Davis
C. R. Riggs
Clem York
Irvin Bennett
Lancaster
Wm. Bonnett
Mesdames Colton
Maddix
W. A. Robertson
Rebecca Club
Wm. Bower
Chicago
Harlie Yost
M. D. Peebler
J. A. Stewart
Lubbock
Tex
Henry Ritz
Selma
R. A. Workman
Gene Workman
Frank Rhynas
Stockport
Albert Louder
Perlee
Harold Hoyt
L. A. Hoyt
Muscatine
Anna Haney
Ben Toberman
Illinois
Toberman Mackey & Co
St. Louis
Floyd Heston
C. A
Bernice Benn
A. C. Oliver
John Couger
Pearl
Walker Crookham Beach
Memphis
Omer Davis
Near Martinsburg
Ira Davis
Mills
Earl Weld
Richland
Terece Chandler
Verner Scott
Joe Cathey
Martinsburg
Fry
Ward
Perdue
M. E
Wm. Widner
William Devine
Ladies of the Christian Church
Galen Hoskins
Clyde Free
H. C
W. C. Jones
Clifford Savage
Brighton
Fairfield Hospital
George Dickinson
Busy Bee Club
Otto Macy
Ed Hosler
Ralph Bray
Mona
Tom Stuart
Howard Grove
Leo Hostler
Ed Hoster
Frank Apt
Bert Ash
Naomi
Eugene
Ed Hostler
Jose Rice
R .A. Spalding
O. C. Spalding
John Dukes
D. E. Miller
Nathan Jones
Leia
A. A. Soetens
Mat Kessel
Curtis Rodgers
Fred Kann
Rollin Spalding
Harvey Jones
Donald Ailen
Walter Jones
W. O. Allen
Iowa City
Edith
Faye Allen
Cedar Falls
Phoebe Jones
Wes Watson
Elmer Coffin
Washington
Margaret Smith
Stanley
Stoner Davidson
Gilbert Wikoff
Clifford Davidson
Albert Coffin
Donald Tucker
Chester Rice
O. C. Spaldini
Anar Gowery
Wm. Tucker
Charlie Baker
Wm. Trail
Earl Balderson
Frank Locke
Packwood
Faye
Dorotha
Olds
Wm. Dickinson
Pleasant Plain
Wm. McVey
James McVey
Glen Beauchamp
George Bray
Ollie
Charlie George
Sam Dickinson
Mr. Bales
Wm. Roberts
Glen
Carl Coffin
John Coffin
Ann Gowey
George Balderson
Aew
Stemple White
Canada
William Trail
Ezra Hadley
Miss Vada
Harlan Roberts
Luther Elmore
Clayton Turner
H. C. Jones
Dale
Lucile
George Ash
Women’s Missionary Society
Roy Edwards
Fred Wiggins
Lucy Cole
Nancy Wysolf
Dude Coil
Jessie Pickering
Penn Township
Antioch Christian Church
Frank Chalupa
Pearl Wykoff
Nettie Kyle
John
Anna Pool
Eli Emry
Thomas Emry
Bettie Lamm
Anna Hodson
James Shafer
Ingham Westenhaver
Hamilton
J. P. Frazy
A.*v
Arthur Frazy
Martha Sasseen
Miss Burling
Bert Whitsel
Carroll Lynn
Hattie Droum
Jessie Lamm
Alma Hodson
Mary James
Comenges
Sarah Orr
Willie Sassen
Woolson
Austin Sassen
Johnson
Eddie Heston
Earl Sinn
Aaron Williams
Henderson Emry
Roy Coffin
Friends Church
Peter Kurtz
Mae
Bertha Hodson
Ross
Esther
Leslie Davison
Crail
Albert Jones
Calvin Hoskins
Tom Dorothy
Wm. Gill
Robert Bishop
Christine Hall
Nice
Bailey
O. W. Kiger
Moses
Caroline Baldwin
Harry Kiger
Virginia
Elliott Taylor
Bertha Kiger
Florence
Cleota Kiger
Denia Bailey
Elmer Baldwin
William Loving
Andrew
Lockridge
Harry Cochran
Esther Dorothy
Glenn
Wesley
Clarence
Gladys Teeter
Corliss Teeter
Minnie Case
Ella Case
Demna Bailey
Oakland
Emmett Hadley
W. S. Ehrhardt
Airfield
Elmer Ramsey
Ed Ulm
Gilbert McClaren
Robert King
W. I. C. Club
Ralph Moyer
Roy West
Josie West
Frank Scott
Jeanette Bryan
Sam Core
Bernhart
Wm. Brown
Florence Clapp
Margaret
Olive Leech
Enolia King
Wm. Spencer
Louise
Blackhawk
Harold Swan
Frank Howard
No. 8
Marjorie
Donald Sonner
Milton, Coffin
Bertha Wolverton
Joe Johnson
Kenneth Emmack
Merle Picken
Robert Fischer
No. 7
Pleasant Plain Women’s Missionary Society to Elect Officers
Pleasant Plain hosts the Women’s Missionary Society meeting in the church basement on Thursday for the regular gathering and officer elections. Local residents and visitors attend church and social events across town, with numerous mentions of family visits, sickness recoveries, and community activities at Pleasant Plain and nearby towns.
Glasgow visitors and local notes from the week
Glasgow Orrin and Harvey Butler and his son Hugh arrived from Omaha to visit sister Lizzie Cochran. A daughter was born May 26 to Mr and Mrs Lew Henkenburg. James Gregg of Fairfield visited Dr C S Bishop. Alven Kinney's barn burned Friday afternoon, hay and corn burned. Mrs Bettie Bailey did sewing at the O W Kiger home Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orin
Harvey Butler
Hugh
Omaha
Lizzie Cochran
Lew Heckenburg
James Gregg
Fairfield
Fairfield High School Presents Play and Community Visits
Lloyd Blucher and Harold McElwee attended the Fairfield high school play on Friday evening. A number of local boys attended the Grant school program on Thursday. Various residents visited relatives, shopped in Fairfield, or attended memorial services and church activities during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Blucher
Harold McElwee
Fairfield High School
Grant School
Harry Baldwin
Walter Hansen
Caroline Baldwin
Local notices and social updates from a rural town
Reports include Linby Mrs D W Smith recovering after a buggy accident. Miss Mabel Ruggles visited out of town. Funeral attendees from here at Wm Flowor’s service in Abingdon. Clarence Cline and family visited A H Ruggles southeast of town. Rain and hail damage reported near Meckling South Dakota. A son born to Mr and Mrs George Gibeaut at Oskaloosa hospital. Travel notes include visits to Ottumwa by C W Edwards and M M Kenyon. Mrs Lloyd Morrow in Ottumwa. Mrs F P Steele improving after illness. Linders relatives from Virginia visiting here. Mrs Mary Steele staying with her son during Mrs F P Steele’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Smith
Mabel Ruggles
Wm. Flowor
Abington
Clarence Cline
A. H. Ruggles
Meckling, S. Dak
Oskaloosa Hospital
George Gibeaut
C. W. Edwards
M. M. Kenyon
Ottumwa
Lloyd Morrow
F. P. Steele
Linders
Virginia
Mary Steele
Blackhawk Families Visit Ottumwa and Fairfield Society Notes
Blackhawk residents visited Ottumwa and Fairfield with multiple families and individuals seen at homes and events. The eighth grade class from Nos 6 7 8 Blackhawk will receive diplomas next Saturday and lists several graduates by name.
Sun Parlor Adds Bright Comfort and Practical Home Upgrades
The article extols sun parlor benefits for year round light and privacy, suggesting heated winter use and sunny play spaces. It promotes concrete milk-house platforms, Wall Board to rework spaces like attics and basements, and lines of lumber as cost effective home improvement options.
Meaning of Dream of Eagle
Foretelling signs from an eagle dream include love and business fortune, swift progress in current work, danger to life if riding an eagle, death to a relative if an eagle lights on the head, a dead eagle signaling a prominent death and a poor man’s rise, a killed eagle indicating brief happiness, and an eagle carrying prey predicting theft loss.
Attractiveness of Advertising in Modern Newspapers
The Shoe and Leather Reporter notes editors fear ads crowding out reader attention as attractive advertising pages grow. It says readers are drawn to bold notices and editors struggle to keep interest amid abundant white space funded by ads.
Dragonfly Extinct Giant Had Two-Foot Wing Span
The largest extinct insect was a dragon fly with a two foot wingspan. It stood as the era’s most impressive arthropod during its time, leaving scientific intrigue about prehistoric ecosystems and insect evolution.
Sounds Travel Faster With Loud Explosions
Dr. Dayton Miller of Case School of Applied Science reports that loud explosions project sound faster through air than ordinary sounds. At 1,240 feet per second in the first second, the sound exceeds normal speed by 22 percent. at 200 feet it is 5 percent faster, and by 500 feet the velocity returns to normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton ©. Miller
Case School of Applied Science
Europe Bottles Scarcity Fuels Secondhand Market Rise
European bottle shortages drive a surge in secondhand bottle trading. Prewar, empty champagne bottles were banned as worth little. now the champagne bottle dominates the empty bottle trade, with rag-and-bone men fetching higher prices for various spirits while bidders seek scarce stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Jud Tunkins on listening to advice and wisdom
Jud Tunkins notes that a man can be wise by choosing which advice to heed but not by refusing to listen to advice at all. He emphasizes the value of hearing differing views and weighing them before acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jud Tunkins
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