Walnut Two School Notes Flash Busy Week
Nov 2 report from County News Walnut Two lists a school fundraising pie sale raising 13.60 for the fund and notes various local visits and visits to Chicago. Social and family updates include birthdays, Halloween party success, a dance at the W O W hall, and neighbors traveling. Farmers husk corn. yields are fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut
Gelski
Chicago
Fiss Jennick
Spene
Tony Kurtz
Washington
Engle
Brighton
Irs
John Vierce
Syed Messer
Korkoski
George Shuppy
McCormic
Peoria
Ill
Art Carper
W. O. W. Hall
Wade Carper
Anna Shuppy
Maggie McGuire
Burlington
Fred Williams
Parsonville Community Notes Include Dinners and Church
Orwin Fry and family with Miss Edwards visited Jean Parsons for dinner on Sunday. Miss Hales also spent Sunday with Jean Parsons. Fred Clarke and family hosted the Ladies' Assembly with spouses at Fred Clarke's home assisted by L A Gobble and Marshal Miller. Lawrence Johnson joined the church Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsonville
Orwin Fry
Miss Edwards
Jean Parson
Miss Hales
Jean Parsons
Fred Clark
Emma Clarke
L. A
Tressie Nelson
Pearl Monson
Edith Howard
Lawrence Johnson
Glendale Notes and Local Visits from Glendale Iowa
Glendale Iowa November notes show Station agent A G Straley hosting his mother and Earl Thayer with corn husking season underway. Lieut W G Heaton of the 13th U S Cavalry called at the Heaton home. N Green returned from South Dakota. Ladies Church Society met at Emma Clarke’s Fairfield parlor for an October gathering with a banquet and shadow picture show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
A. G. Straley
Earl
Thayer
W. G. Heaton
U. S. Cavalry
Heaton
N. Green
South Dakota
Ladies’ Church Society
Emma Clarke
Fairfield
Four Corners Notes Local Visits and Moves
Miss Minnie Smithburg returns from Burlington to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Smithburg. Miss Clara Crile of Germanville visits nearby friends. Rev H Maas attended a Keystone Iowa conference. Mr and Mrs Frank Phillips of Ottumwa visited relatives here. Mr and Mrs Charles Gilly visited relatives. The Misses Mabel Erickson and Julia Wisecarver of Fairfield visit the A M Hillman home. Henry Graf begins a new barn. P W Lyon, aged north of here, seriously ill. John E Larson moves to Fairfield with family for future residence.
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Four Corners
Minnie Smithburg
Burlington
G. A. Smithburg
Clara Crile
Germanville
H. Maas
Keystone
Iowa
Frank Phillips
Ottumwa
Charles Gilly
Mabel Erickson
Julia Wisecarver
Fairfield
A. M
Halloween Party Highlights in Libertyville
Miss Hazel Scovell entertained about 30 friends at a Hallowe en party Saturday night. Miss Frieda Carter hosted a taffy pulling at the hotel. Miss Cecil Sheidal of Mt Pleasant visited relatives here last week. Elnora Carlson of Fairfield spent Sunday with Miss Bertha Pierson. The Fair store force gathered at Miss Etta Tever’s home for a pleasant time. Rev Willis attracted many friends as Evangelistic meetings closed at the Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libertyville
Hazel Scovell
Frieda Carter
Cecil Sheidal
Mt. Pleasant
Elnora Carlson
Fairfield
Bertha Pieron
Etta
Lloyd Fry
Merrimac Woman Injured in Fall at Store
Merrimac Iowa November 2 Mrs Shook suffered a pair of jaw fractures after a fall in a store Monday she is progressing as well as could be expected and Peter Lyons is reported very poorly at this time
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Merrimac
Shook
Peter Lyons
Lockridge Village Notes Show Busy Trade and Work
Lockridge Iowa reports a bustling week with Mrs Al bert Larson and Mrs Henry Horton visiting friends and relatives. Louis Craff returned from St Louis to stock Craft and Danielson. Contractors King and Larson advance sidewalk and building projects. Mary Grady and Mrs Lindquist visit Merrimac Fairfield Keokuk and nearby families.
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Lockridge
Albert Larson
Fairfield
Henry Horton
Mt. Pleasant
Robbison
George Graff
Louis Craff
St. Louis
Craft & Danielson
J. M. Overstrom
King
Joe Hufstedler
Merrimac
Rome
Larson and Son
Victor Swanson
Henry Craft
Four Corners
Shuppy
E. Smithburg
Mary Grady
C. O. Erickson
Lindquist
Keokuk
Dr. Morrow
S. M. Duttweiler
Leonard Carlson
Stockport Notes and Obituary Highlight Local Moves
Stockport Iowa records show Christian Aid meeting upcoming with Mrs. Nettie Morris. Numerous residents relocate, visits noted including Lavina Miller in town from Chicago. Chicken pox disrupts Stockport school. William A. Taylor, longtime local, died at about 76. funeral Friday at 10 and burial in Spencer cemetery.
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Stockport
Christian Aid Society
Nettie Morris
Cory Ashby
Illinois
Fern Henry
Cherryvale
Kansas
G. W. Johnston
Richard Johnston
Lavina Miller
Chicago
Dr. Chase
Birmingham
Silas Gregory
Fairfield
Thomas Teal
Cooperstown
N. D
A. Jacobs
Nebraska
William A. Taylor
Spencer Cemetery
Packwood Obituary and Local Notices
Harvey Jones died at his home northwest of Packwood on Saturday night after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 PM at the Ollie Baptist church. Other notes mention residents attending services, local business changes, and social visits among neighbors.
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Packwood
Mr. Cathey
Church Street
Lindy
Caviness
W. C. Harris
Jennie Edmund
Local Social Notes From Afton And Nearby Areas
Mrs. Gertrude Buckman returns home near Afton after weeks with grandparents the Webb family. Fred McClain visited Fairfield, and Mrs. Jim Downing with her two children from Sigourney stay with her mother Sarah Ramey. Martha Webb visited near Batavia, Nora Thomas builds a new home east of town. Baldwin family farmland rental plans continue with Oscar Baldwin overseeing work. Mr. and Mrs. Abner spent Sunday with friends in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Loomis
Gertrude Buckman
Afton
Iowa
Isaac Webb
Fred McClain
Jim Downing
Sigourney
Sarah Ramey
Martha Webb
Batavia
Nora Thomas
Baldwin
Oscar Baldwin
Mrs. Abner
Ada L Croom Credits New Discovery With Cure
Vaughn Mississippi proprietress Ada L Croom says a severe cough and looming consumption vanished after using Dr King s New Discovery. Three bottles cured her completely. The remedy, widely acclaimed for lung and throat issues, is sold by F S Shriner at 50 cents and 1 00 with a free trial bottle offered. October.
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Ada L. Croom
Croom Hotel
Vaughn
Miss
Dr. King
F. S. Shriner
Lynching Reverie and Age Reflections from a 19th Century Tip
A New York Morning Telegraph quote warns against lying about age and past loyalties. It recalls a 1882 lynching observed decades ago, noting how a young woman reacted to the memory and urging caution with personal claims to patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
New York Morning Telegraph
Steel Gray Man Notices Sparrow Funeral on City Street
A stern, whiskered man walks past City Hall on Superior Avenue and pauses to pick up a dead sparrow. He recalls childhood funerals and places the bird on a ledge to keep it from being trampled, then hurries on.
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Superior Avenue
City Hall
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mending Rubbers with Quick Cement and Patch
A method for repairing thin spots in rubber uses a cement made from five cents worth of real rubber dissolved in chloroform. Keep the bottle corked and apply with a mucilage brush before it hardens. patch holes with a cut piece of rubber and seal with the cement. Source notes both types of rubber can be bought from dental supply dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irow
Harper’s Bazar
Fairfield Markets Grain and Hay Prices at Zeigler Elevator
Market notes list barley corn at six dollars per ten and leased hay at eight dollars for ten. Baled hay is six dollars per ten. Butter and eggs are mentioned under Emry's produce.
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Fairfield
Leese
Hunter's Tussle with a Deer Near Occidental
James Snook of this city hunted alone in Marin county near Occidental. He fired at a buck, the deer seemed dead but suddenly attacked, goring him with horns and trampling him. Snook suffered two broken ribs and extensive bruising before the deer lay dead about 200 yards away.
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James Snook
Occidental
Marin County
Snook
San Francisco Chronicle
Fiddle Vane Tops Great Gonerby Church in Britain
A large fiddle and bow vane crowns Great Gonerby church near Grantham. The historic gift came from a peasant who prospered in the west after emigrating and later funded the church with a metal replica of his old violin as a condition of his donation.
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Great Britain
Great Gonerby
Grantham
Far West
Great Gowerby
The Magic Tomato and a Summer Garden Return
A Newark News excerpt imagines a ripe tomato dipped in salt granting instant return to a cherished garden. The reader is invited to taste and be whisked to the memory filled space between house and orchard as a warning voice from the kitchen door echoes to leave tomatoes alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
Newark News
Dress Goods and Underwear Prices Highlighted
George W. Unkrich advertises a line of dress goods priced at 25¢ 48¢ 50¢ 75¢ and 98¢ per yard. The notice lists ladies fleeced vests and pants, heavy fleeced sets, fine jersey ribbed union suits, and fleeced union suits with prices, plus boys and men's underwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Hosiery
New York Artist Quizzed by Cynic Janitor
A young New York artist living near his studio hosts a comic confrontation with the apartment building janitor who doubles as a critic. The painter recalls the moment the janitor, Mike, analyzed a self portrait and dismissed the cracked paint as not spoiling the likeness with Buddha like impassivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mike
Harper's Weekly
From a Practical Point of View
A minister's family speaks of limited worldly goods and a baby sister born at night. The youngest daughter reflects on needs and blessings, noting that they lacked much but found contentment in family. Her father explains the new arrival as a blessing.
Parisians Stick to the Horse in Electric City Debate
In contrast to New York and London debates on displacing urban horses, Paris continues to rely on horse power as the number of horses in Paris grows rapidly amid the rise of electricity and automobiles.
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New York
London
Paris
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County News
Parsonville and Vicinity
L@CAL MARKETS
Zeigler
Emry’s
Zeigler’s
Graham
Fiddle Church Vane
George W. Unkrich
East Side Square
Reliable
ED. Davis
Dr. Price
Young Men’s Clothes
Ederheimer, Stein & Co., Makers
Ederheimer-Stein
Cuddy’s Clothes Shop
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