Social notes chronicle region visits and travel
Keokuk resident Falter Van Tassel visited friends in the city last week. Dozens of residents and visitors are listed with trips to Chicago, Denver, Colorado, St. Paul, Des Moines, Ottumwa and more. The column records returning residents, engagements, and summer travel plans across Iowa cities, with many short absences and homecomings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falter van Tassel
Keokuk
Vis
Mary Merckens
Colorado
P. Louden
St. Paul
J. B. Monfort
Ephine
Chicago
Glorification of God at funeral vows for Mrs. White
The funeral for Mrs. Amelia White was held Saturday at 2:00 PM from the family home on West Burlington. Rev. W. Luther Bright cited St. John 17 4 5 and urged finishing God given work with faith and patience, noting the deceased sought glorification through obedience and readiness to meet her Maker. Evergreen cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia White
West
Burlington
W. Luther Bright
English Evangelical Lutheran Church
Bright
Earth
Mr. Bright
God
Jesus
Christ
Sister White
Evergreen Cemetery
Amelia Grimes
Matthias and
Anna E. Grimes
Park Co
Ind
John E. Grimes
Obituary: Mrs Abigale White Dies in City at 78
Mrs Abigale White formerly of Washington and Mahaska counties Iowa, moved to Jefferson County in 1841 and married Reuben White in 1858. Survived by daughters Abigale Temple and Bessie Kuntz, son Verner and Anna, with son John who died in 1865. She passed away at her residence on June 17 1909 aged 78 years 4 months 13 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Amos Foote
E. Hempstead St
Jennie Ethel
Frank Ricksher
Esther Snook
Lulu Young
Hester Ball
Bessie Greer
Madge Vernon
Flora Lamson
Mendelssohn
Helen Labagh
Jessie Whitaker
Edgar L. Allender
Jefferson County
Parsons College Academy
Parsons College Conservatory of Music
Iowa State Savings ‘Bank
Abigale White
Ema Temple
Washington Co
Bessie Kuntz
Mahaska Co
Iowa
Reuben White
Anna
Verner
John
White
Tea party honors upcoming marriage at Miss Bean’s home
Miss Mary Bean hosted a Friday tea for Miss Jeanette Pattison at her North Main residence. Guests included heart shaped cards and favorite recipe book gifts. Earlier, Miss Lonia Graham and Miss Blanche Gaumer entertained McElhany department store ladies with a Lyric theater party and dessert at Purity parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bean
North Main Street
Jeanette Pattison
Lonia Graham
Blanche Gaumer
McElhany
Lyric
Honeymoon Visit and Community Gatherings Reported
The Ricksher couple left for Chicago Wednesday to begin their honeymoon and will host friends upon returning to South Main. Out of town guests included J W Foote Ottumwa Jessie Whitaker Mt. Pleasant and J T Jones Boulder Colorado. Higley and Wilson hosted a large tea at East Burlington with a luncheon and cheerful fellowship. Robert Gumm enjoyed a surprise birthday gathering by New Hope lodge No 26 with members from New Slope and Evergreen lodges plus guests from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vey
William Foote
Umwa
C. M. Glass
Monmouth
Jones
Boulder
Colo
Sarah Kamp
New York
Bruce Russell
Pomona
Coloado
Fred Goodman
Glasgow
James Galey
Baby
Otiwa
Joey Stovall
Washington
J. A. Roth
Little Daugh
Beck Rapids
Fordyce
Roth
Charles Belding
Columb, Junction
Enry Bacon
E. J. Vance
Mankato
Ansas
C. W. Wade
Litch Ile
Ill
Louis Hemm
Eldon
Afi
Chicago
Illinois
Linda Maxwell
Pices
Marshalltown
E. Leatner
Granddaugher
Lois Henry
Dakotas
Berdina Hughes
Friay
Oberlin
Ohio
Williamsdorfer
D. G. Higley
J. F. Wilson, Jr
Higley
East Burlington Street
Robert Gumm
New Hope Lodge No
Mr. Gumm
New Slope Lodge
Evergreen Lodge No. 35
House Way
Alfirfield
Iowa
Bloodhounds Trail Mason City Silk Robbers to Depot
Blood hounds from Atlantic arrived and tracked the silk thieves to an old building where plunder was arranged and then to the Chicago Great Western depot where the robbers were believed to have boarded an early morning train. Losses by Mr. Glanville exceed $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Atlantic
Chicago
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Frank Fourt
Ednesday
H. Manatrey
Cromwell
Sekainin
Rs McClain
North Court
Clarence McGaul
Eesville
Wis
A. Davis
Minne
Siloam Springs
Hiram Heaton
Glendale
Bert Hendershott
Ottumwa
John McElderry
South Main Street
Laura Hinkhouse
Sioux City
Clyde Warner
Albert Lea
Minnesota
Anna Sandquist
West Broadway
Roy McKee
Charles
R. C. Wilson
Bertha Miller
Orrin Fry
Arthur Maxwell
Oklahoma
Henry Peterson
West Burlington Street
Earl Combs
Chariton
Florence Foster
Dean Taylor
Watertown
N. J
New York City
Ethel Roth
Des Moines
Earl White
Topeka
Kansas
Mae Warner
Batavia
Fred Comingore
Libertyville
Bertha Weldon
R. B. Louden
Roberta
Effie Louden
New England
C. R. Spencer
Ft. Dodge
Border Plains
Webster County
Thorne
Lee Fairfield Journal
Foote Ricksher
Abig
Chicago Daily
Fairfield Tribune
Chicago Daily Journal
Tribune
The
Chicago Record Herald
T. F. McNew
Agt
DeWitt
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Frank S. .Shriner
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