Local notes on visits and church service changes
May 6 noted Earl Ly uise visiting Mr and Mrs. Wolf and family. trips to Fairfield. Mont Mt ent Sunday visits by Lillyblade and others. Farm news includes cattle ads and a bridge business trip. Church services now begin at 8 pm with Epworth League and C E at 7 15 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Lyuise
Wolf
Zie Lillyblade
Mt. Ent
Par Allender
Aynt
Jake Smith
Shuppy
Maggie Mcee
Fairfield
Riday
Haifley
Ayland
Huppy
Urk
Henry Shuppybridge
Local notes from Leando Iowa and surrounding area
May 13 report from Leando area with visits by Monroe of Chicago and Mrs. Kinney of Illinois. Church services at 10 a.m. and a sermon draw a large audience. Families share news of trips, illnesses, and daily life including a poisoning scare and a saddled horse incident.
Community Notes From Blackhawk Township May 13
J E Prince visited Packwood on business. Flora Baker and daughter Maud from Mingo help care for ill Mrs Fletcher Stansberry. Ira Harold recovers from scarlet fever. Fern Hewett has measles. John Teeter and wife from Salina visited. Ladies' club met with Mrs Harry Ramsay. Mollie Davidson spent last week with her son John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackhawk Township
J. E. Prince
Packwood
Flora Baker
Maud
Mingo
Fletcher Stansberry
Ira Harold
Fern Hewett
John Teeter
Salina
Ladies’ Club
Harry Ramsay
Mollie Davidson
John
Miss Packer Finishes Term at No. 6 School
Miss Packer of Mt. Pleasant is ending the term at No. 6. Miss Sappenfield resigns due to marriage to Sylvan Grimsley of Davenport. Mrs. Carrigan on the sick list. Mrs Gust Broberg of Chicago arrives for a prolonged visit with Mrs. Forbey Carlson. Albert Olson and family visited Forbey Carlson Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsonville
Miss Packer
Mt. Pleasant
Miss Sappenfield
Sylvan Grimsley
Davenport
Carrigan
Gust Broberg
Chicago
Forbey Carlson
Albert Olson
Elm Grove Notes include rain urge and family visits
Elm Grove Iowa on May 13 reports a needed rain and widespread corn planting nearing completion. Miss Flo Pringle stayed with the Halleck Wilsons Friday through Sunday. Alfred Meyers from Fairfield visited daughter Mrs. Chas Salts. Chas Salts and family visited Abingdon Sunday. Wm Fisher and family visited Sneden Fisher home. Chas Heston's mother visited last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Grove
Flo Pringle
Halleck Wilson
Alfred Meyers
Fairfield
Chas
Salts
Abingdon
Wm. Fisher
Sneden Fisher
Heston
Four Corners News Features Local Visits and Birth
Ephrem Hillman of Denver and Elmer Hillman of Los Alimas Colo visited here the past week. Mrs. D. R. Lynn and Mrs. E. B. Colee were pleasant callers last Friday. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Wm Achenbach on April 20. Emma and Clara Hildebrand of Fairfield spent Sunday at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Four Corners
Ephrem Hillman
Denver
Colo
Elmer
Los Alimas Colo
D. R. Lynn
E. B. Colee
Wm. Achenbach
Emma _ and
Clara Hildebrand
Fairfield
Packwood Notes Prompt Early Corn Planting Weather
Packwood Iowa reports many farmers finished planting corn while cold weather delayed others. The local school will close Friday with a picnic and program. The Christian church secures Mr. A s bell of Eureka Illinois as pastor for the coming year. Mrs. T J OConnor of Sigourney visited west of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. O'Connor
Sigourney
Packwood Social Roundup Sees Visitors and Games
Last week in Packwood featured callers from Fairfield Pekin Hedrick and Batavia as residents hosted guests. Local school visits and Sunday family gatherings highlighted the period alongside a ball game where the West Siders defeated the East to conclude a busy stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. K. Wallace
J. Colvard
Dave Roth
Fairfield
Charles Edwards
Pekin
Jessie Buchanan
Johnathon Harris
Batavia
W. C. Harris
Nettie Downey
Burlington
Sullivan Smith
Henry Cline
Hedrick
Packwood
Isaac Webb
J. B. Fye
Ollie
G. T. Everett
Mount Pleasant
Charles Moorman
Whit Wood
Brighton
R. H. Myers
Guiniline Lemley
A. Smith
Nugent
Friends
Ora Caviness
G. C. Smith
B. D. Mowery
Nina
Luella Thomas
Vesta Peters
Isabel Thomas
R. H. Walker
Douds Station
Clayton Turner
Pleasant Plain
Sarah Dysart
Curt Forest
John Moorman
Walter Weller
R. W. Benn
Competine
Nellie Hintz
C. G. Miller
Joseph Nelson
May Nelson
Nettie Durfey
Agnes Lindsey
Gypsies Pass Through Perlee Amid Local Talks
A band of fortune telling gypsies claiming Cherokee heritage toured Perlee last week. George Shekelton broke a broncho with notable “fun.” Prairie Chapel held a quarterly meeting. Miss Vada Courtney received birthday gifts from district No. 6 children. Grant Shekelton’s horse remained ill. Mrs. Margaret Shekelton stayed sick. Verne and Harlan Bates went to Prairie Chapel church on probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perlee
George Shekelton
Prairie Chapel
No. 6
Vada Courtney
Grant Shekelton
Margaret Shekelton
Verne
Harlan Bates
Cedar Notes from Cedar Township May 13
Corn planting nears completion as conditions are favorable. Mrs Guss Adams and Grace plan a Illinois visit. Lulu Cox visited family. Good Cheer society elected officers for the year. Bradshaw Sunday school reorganized. Bert Cox ill with measles. Guss Reed renovates a barn. Harry Fulton visited Hayes and Dall Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Township
Guss Adams
Grace
Ilinois
Lulu Cox
Good Cheer Society
Minnie McCormick
Alvah Cummings
Weddin g Bells In Stockport As Wiseman Marries Wiseman
News from Stockport May 13 reports Otto Sherman selling a fine driving team and several locals visiting Ottumwa. A. R. Hiatt and E. Harlan conduct business while Harlan family attends a Wiseman Harlan wedding. Edna Mary Harlan wed James Theodore Wiseman on May 7 at the Harlan home with Holliday family performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockport
Otto Sherman
Harley Smith
C. B. Wheetley
A. R. Hiatt
Ottumwa
S. H. McCarty
B. F. Oldt
Ben
H. C. Phillips
Des Moines
Charlie
George Powelson
Waukamas
Okla
Lucas
E. R. Harlan
Keosauqua
Wiseman-Harlan
John Dill
Mathew Harlan
Big Cedar Church
A. B. Holliday
Bessie Holliday
Mrs. Starr
L. M. Starr
Ina Holliday
Mitchell Wiseman
Mrs. Wiseman
Centerville
Beckwith News Briefs From May Day to Health Hopes
Beckwith Iowa May 13 We are surely having summer on the installment plan. D M Root and mother spent Sunday at the Will Horton home near Lockridge. Chas Lotridge lost a horse recently a hard blow as horses are scarce. S T Caviness returned from Des Moines Thursday and is quite poorly since returning home. The ladies society met with Mrs Minnie McCormick Wednesday and enjoyed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Society
Minnie McCormick
Weather Crop Bulletin May 13 For Iowa
Weather bulletin from Des Moines reports week ending May 13 with average temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal and very light precipitation mainly as snow flurries in the northeast. Cereal crop damage from freezes is lower than feared, fruit crops in the south suffer most, corn planting progressing with dry soils, meadows and pastures hit hardest and hay crop expected light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Sioux City
Mrs McCleary’s Letter From South Africa Mission Voyage
Mrs Myrtie Kirby McCleary writes from aboard Steamship Biafra near Sierra Leone on April 10 1907 about Tenerife scenes Moorish Santa Cruz the market and cathedral altar carvings and a stop in Deira with Muslim prisoners en route to a West Africa colony. She notes heat near Sierra Leone and prepares to land while missing part of her group and hopes for Tribune coverage at destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtie Kirby McCleary
South Africa
Biafra
Sierra Leone
West Africa
Santa Cruz
England
Africa
Deira
Fairfield
The girl's smile reveals her faithful practice
A fragment notes that the girl’s smile is a sign of how faithfully she has practiced. The text emphasizes dedication and consistent effort reflected in her expression.
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Whitlock
Freda Carter
Lawson
Missouri
Cranmore Gage
Floyd Crawford
Ferrill House
Simmons
Andition
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S. C. Ross
Eldon
Will Rodabaugh
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American Surety Company of
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Crail & Crail, Attorneys
Cedar Notes
Beckwith
Ita Bell
Rock Island Lines
California
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Goar
Los Angeles
San Francisco
National Educational Association
Portland
Pacific Northwest
Tacoma
Seattle
Vancouver
Spokane
Christian Endeavor
B. Y
Coast Service
Colorado Scenic
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Colorado Springs
Pueblo
H.A. Mohler
Avent Rock Island
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Alfred Benjamin
Seabright
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