Libertyville Correspondence Highlights Local Visits
Libertyville notes a flurry of visitors and travels among townsfolk. Mentions Miss Carter feared in Pueblo flood, Mary Carter at John Boesch store, and many relatives visiting relatives in Eldon, Fairfield, Birmingham, and Des Moines events.
Packwood Social Roundup and Local News
Regular services were held by Packwood S. K. Coats. The Clover Leaf club hosted a social for husbands at the Shy home with refreshments. Local visits included Neff, Hinshaw, Weld, and Webb families. A Minnesota trip by Mollie Peters and a new car purchase by Walter Hintz were noted. School construction progress and a funeral in Wapello were reported. The twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Loren ite were visiting grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. K. Coats
Ralph Neff
Frank Klingaman
Clover Leaf Club
Clarence Shy
Virgil Lisk
Santell
Zear Hinshaw
I. O. Webb
Isaac Webb
Susie Stephenson
John Nelson
Fairfield
Fred Steigleder
Grimes
Wapello
Lorenite
Mrs. L. K. Wallace
Reunion Guests Highlight Frank McCormick Home Visit
Mrs. Henrietta McCormick Brown of Denver and Mrs. Belle Sands Buckhart headed a reunion at the Frank McCormick home with a picnic dinner and old time friends. Attendees from Blackhawk, County Line, Batavia, Richwoods and other towns joined in a day of visiting before rain shortened activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Overholser Palmer
Ottumwa
Ae Palmer
Henrietta McCormick Brown
Denver
Belle Sands Buckhart
Frank McCormick
Mesdames Cora McClain
Mary Davis
Ella Whitman
Maude Ricketts
Clementine King
Blackhawk Township
Gala Holgate
County Line
Clara Raines
Batavia
Emma Ringespaw
Minnie Hartman
Richwoods
Ralph Green
Little Doris
Root
Roberts
Danville
Stella Clark
Los Angeles
Tribune
Corn Belt
Community News Notes From Richland Area
Local residents travel for family visits medical care and school events. Families such as McCarthy Steele Linder Kenyon Jones and Brays host relatives attend gatherings and trips to Des Moines Ottumwa Fairfield and Iowa City with Shrine attendance and summer school plans noted.
Local residents visit friends and attend events across towns
Various calls and social visits are noted in Richland Fairfield Packwood Ottumwa Oskaloosa and nearby areas. People like Mrs Ed Hosler Mrs George Bray Miss Ruth Coffin and families of Jones Smith McVey and Soetens are mentioned visiting relatives attending class plays church events and farm work.
Eighth annual W C T U convention at Washington
The eighth annual county W C T U convention of Washington county will be held at Washington on Friday June 17 at the second U P church with state president Ida B W Smith attending. Officers include President A J Morgan Brighton, Vice President C A Jones Brighton, Second Vice President Etta Brinton Washington, Treasurer R E Brown Washington. A children's day program at Rubio church featured the cantata Gods Flower Land and infant baptisms for five children. Various local residents attended, visited, and shipped hogs to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Washington
U. P
Ida B. W. Smith
A. J. Morgan
Brighton
C. A. Jones
Etta Brinton
R. E. Brown
the Rubio Church
God’s Flower Land
Clay Church
Albert Lane Morgan
Warren Morgan
Arnold Cloyce
A. C. Turner
Mary Eleen
Ray Woodford Elzora Maxine
Robert Allen
Waterhouse
Laban Johnson
Wm. Drummond
Richland
A. J. Meacham
Clifton Jones
Floyd Hixon
Karl Harken
W. O. Morgan
C. D. Robison
Chicago
C. D. Robinson
Lena Roth
Wayland
Dave Miller
Donald Woodford
Harry Hamilton
John Fleig
Rubio
Wm. ‘Cheeseman
W. G. Fleig
Ira Johnson
Jim Blakely
Centerville
Ruth Morgan
Leonard Fleig
Alma
Ila Johnson
Jeanette Woodford
Ames
Frank Chalupa
Near Pleasant Plain
Eclipse designs boost low cost comfort for homes and farms
A 1919 era advertisement touts Square houses with year round sun porches and cheap construction as ideal for domestic life and business profits. It highlights a weatherproof frame corn crib granary and a south facing hog house with a concrete feeding floor. It warns of fly pests and urges building now while labor and materials are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Eclipse
Community Notices and Church Picnic Announced
Mr and Mrs Nathan Jones and daughter Lela and Miss Hosler of Howard Grove attended church services Sunday. The Friend's church picnic will be held on Morgan's bluff near Rubio Thursday at 1 30 PM with free lemonade. Ottumwa visitors Mr and Mrs Frank Strickland Saturday. Mr and Mrs Aaron Bailey and family of Brighton visited the Lloyd Jones home Sunday. Ed Singletons entertained company Sunday. Faith Parcell of Fairfield sang at the children's day program. A J Morgan and Ruth and Carroll called at the Earl Morgan home Sunday. Geneva Woodford of Washington received her eighth grade diploma Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Weidner
Washington
Als Clark
Brighton
Dan Trout
Eldon T
Ser
Sarah Schwartz
Wm. Swartz
Floyd
Nellie
Oscar Mathias
Douds
Burlington
Mary Carter
John Boesch
Pueblo
Miss Carter
California
Texas
Oklahoma
Carter
Ione Novak
William S. Hart
Harry Shanley
Culver City
Calif
Z. T. Moore
Iowa City
S. K. Davis
Harry Coveland
Harriet Glotfelty
Dorothy Rollett
Elsie Fordyce
Grinnell
Edith Looney
Fairfield
Martha Gearhart
West
Hughell
Greeley
Silvers & Co
Wm. Dunlavey
Oklahoma City
Okla
Walter Harlan
Mt. Pleasant
Gilmer Horn
Birm
Brace Ome
Libertyville Telephone Co
Carl Riggs
Rebecca Club
Verner D. Koons
Des Moines
Big Sisters
Church Annex
Mesdames
R. W. Stansberry
Fred Work
Near Birmingham
Bruce Horn
John
Robert McDonough
Creston
Caroline Stokes
Ottumwa
G. W. Doolittle
W. D. Koons
Hileary
New London
le Bonnett
Eldon
Davis
Gladys Maddix
Hildred Bennett
J. Lewis McCleary
Farm Bureau
Bankers
Silas Pearson
Allen Pearson
Waterloo
Cranmore Gage
Hattie Hite
Jane Heston
Chas. McCampbell
Cochran
Louie Heston
Chester Post
Fair
Mt. Zion
Guy Carr
Ottum
James Grimes
Carl
John van Winkle
Oakland Mills
Hester Scovel
Ray
France
Allen Jewett
Fairfeld
St. Mihiel
Ira
Hal
Elmer Metz
Glasgow
90Th
358Th
Bertha Hill
Birmingham
Chas. Rigg
Mediapolis
Grace Cornell
Averill McCleary
Frank Fell
Presbyterian Church
Nellie Borough
Isabel Bishop
Methodist Church
Centerville
Agnes Davis
Baby
Texie McEwan
Ruby Stevens
Frances Turpin
Harry Robbins
Mary Evelyn Heady
Helen Scovel
Goldie Anderson
Grover Schwartz
Elberta Williams
Ruth Fell
John McDonough
Christ Blessing the
Edna Hoeman
Lorraine
Lanore Turpin
Daddy
Chas. Stevens
Francis McCleary
Edith Miller
Flossie Turpin
Mrs. Sackseye
Norval McCleary
Marjorie
Frye
Martha Webb
Mollie Peters
Roy McChesney
Hedrick
Wayne Berry
Walter Hintz
L .G. Myers
Lester
L. K. Wallace
Fay Woolum
Vernis Scott
H. E. Weld
John Carr
Kenyon
John Loomis
Harry Loughry
Lyon
Jessie Wharton
Evelyn
Linby
Jess Cowgill
Virta Steele
Richland
R. H. Myers
Whit Wood
Walter Harrison
Near Agency
Dick Dysert
S. K. Coats
Abingdon
Charles
Louise Nelson
Russ Widner
Stanfield
Fray
Ollie
Arch Stevens
Joe Bottorff
John Nelson
James Cowin
Pleasant Plain
Packwood
Goldie
Purdy
Frank Steele
Bert Fairchild Jr
Winfield
Ralph Bennett
Ratcliff
Mertie- Southwick
Gus Risigg
Johnson
Bert Faircheld
Newt Lyon
J. C. Hill
James McCarthy
Kansas City
Mary Steele
Alice
Nellie Linder
Meckling
S. Dak
W. M. Beam
Della McVey
Walter Morrison
Tne
S Carl Cline
F. P. Steele
Chase
Hayesville
Clarice Smith
Icel Riley
Nelson
Mary Smith
George Russell
Russell
Fred Graham
Alfred Ramsey
Ray Nelson
Clarence Cline
Cyrus Ruggles
Bert Cline
James Mowery
Pekin
Lindy
Nellie Russell
Coley
River
Bruce Mackay
Parks
M. M. Kenyon
Carl Cline
Olive Cline
Aura Bradfield
Claris
Edna Bradfield
Jesse Forrest
McCarthy
C. W. Edwards
Rock Creek
Jose Rice
Clyde Free Oie
Margaret Rice
Lucille
Arlene Soetens
Allison Jones
Phoebe Jones
A. A. Soetens
Lucile
Arlene
Delta
David Jones
Cody
Wyoming
David
Mildred Jones
Eugenia Jones
Hazel Hosler
Lela Jonees
Billy Trail
Stoner Davidson
Earl Balderson
Albert Coffin
Everett Coffin
R. A. Spaulding
Ezra Hadley
Violet Tucker
Mildred Seetens
Veo Shipping Association
Veo
Sant Bray
C. R. Jones
Busy Bee Club
Paul Hadley
Ralph Bray
Willard Dickenson
Adams County
P. R. Jones
Dave Jones
Shriners
B. A. Smalley
Clarence
Illinois
Ed Hosler
George Bray
Walter Jones
Margaret Smith
Willis
Owen Coffin
Faye Allen
Bertha
Marie Coffffin
Oskaloosa
C. A. Jones
Ed Hasler
Ruth Coffin
Penn College
Dale Jones
Howard Grove
Wm. McVey
Golda Still
Wm. Black
Yee
Luther Elmores
John Oliver
Tom Stuart
Milton
Guy Jones
Donald Allen
Ralph Roberts
Nathan Cox
Rubio
Charlie George
Mr. Hilton
Boys and Girls
Calf and Pig Club
W. O. Allens
Dr. Gaumer
H. C. Jones
Dorothy Allen
Inez McVey
Will Dickenson
Curtis Rogers
Fred Kann
Caryl Rice
Mildred Soetens
Leo Hosler
Kenneth
John Soetens
Harlan Roberts
Faye
Nathan Jones
Lela
Hosler
Morgan’s Bluff
Frank Strickland
Aaron Bailey
Lloyd Jones
Ed Singleton
Faith Parcell
A. J. Morgan
Ruth and
Carroll
Earl Morgan
Geneva Woodford
Village Notes of Social Visits and Church Program
Glasgow residents visit relatives and friends across Birmingham and Mt. Pleasant while farmers plow. Many families travel for gatherings and extended visits, including Mildred Murray from Ottumwa. Children perform at a church program with songs, recitations, and a Rose Drill featuring junior girls.
Where Mere Man Shines in Dallas News
Commentary notes fashion squabbles as women wear amusing outfits while men keep subtle style, mentioning a celluloid collar not part of the era’s look. The piece reflects cultural dress debates and the media’s playful tone about clothing trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas News
Pleasant Grove meeting and village notices
Blackhawk The Farm Bureau held a meeting at Pleasant Grove church Monday evening with County Agent Deal giving an illustrated lecture on Yellowstone Park. A children's day program at Pleasant Grove was performed with a large audience enjoying the music and recitations by local youth and community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Pleasant Grove Church
Deal
Yellowstone Park
Mills Irving
Illinois
Frank Moyer
Ralph Moyer
Harry Ramsey
Frank Scott
Ralph Parrish
Martha Summers
Ottumwa
Sonner
Ehrhardt
Wm. Brown
Ina Spencer
Fairfield
Vera Jones
Arley Ann’s
Cliff Brown
Josie West
Frank Boyd
Robi. King
Elsie Neff
Mable Greeson
Caviness
King
Ted Kann
Perlee
Logan Ogden
Beckwith
John Rodgers
Pleasant Grove
Hazel Scott
Ira Herrald
Mary Coffin
Little Johnny Jumpups
Ralph Rodgers
Fern Hamilton
Gwendolyn Rodgers
Merle Pivken
Dorothy Sonner
Marjorie Sonner
Helen Johnson
New York's First Hotel Chronology
The earliest New York City hotel was Krieger's tavern around 1642, replaced in 1703 by the King's Arms. When English rule began a regulation capped meals at eightpence and beer at sixpence a quart. Today rates must be posted on the premises to guide guests against profiteering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Krieger’s Tavern
King’s Arms
House Built of Compressed Straw in France
A house with walls of compressed straw was built at Montargis in the Fau borg de la Chaussee France. The rigid straw blocks form the walls and framework and are said to be as hard as concrete and nonflammable. The light material requires only small foundations and the house can be completed in a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fauborg de la Chaussee
Montargis
France
Mountain Lion Kills Porcupine Lesson from Expedition
In the Big Horn mountains a mountain lion was found dead after feeding on a porcupine. The animal likely suffered quill injuries that led to its death, illustrating the danger of such meals when wildcats attack porcupines. The account comes from American Forestry Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn Mountains
American Forestry Magazine
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Libertyville
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Harlie Yost
Birming
Buchanan Township
Clay Township
L. A. Barnard
Frank Leafgreen
Marguerite
Jeanette
Leafgreen
Annie McElwee
Maude Cochran
Martin Hall
Denna Bailey
Adolph Hall
Curtis Bailey
Robert
Elmer Hall
Caroline Baldwin
Glenn Grant
Seymour
Wilson
Mildred Murray
Lizzie Cochran
James _ Helfenstine
Doris
Bert
Herbert
Paul
Carl Bishop
Clarence Bower
Harry Metz
Roy Grant
Wilma Lorraine
Bonaparte
Gardner Home
Gus Unkrich
Jane Unkrich
Gus
Elliott Taylor
Jennie Grant
Henness
Pritchard
Elizabeth Earnest
Grace Metz
Florence
Cleota Kiger
Noble Kiger
Verdun Stewart
Verna Howell
Marjorie Blucher
Harold Metz
Garnet Sharp
Margaret Kiger
Cordell Earnest
Goodnight
Harold Heckenberg
Blackhawk
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