Early Din Old Guan Wooo Homes and Town's Past
A historical sketch recalls a former Guan town area now part of W Williams. It details shops, hotels, and residences, including the McCabe hotel waning to Wee Hive, the Goatswood house, a blacksmith, livery stables, and a busy river trade. It notes family life, local taverns, and shops, with Baptists and Presbyterians shaping early town life and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siete
W. Williams
Squire Tolles
McCabe
Atacal
Sharp Street
Claibore
Claiborne
Billy Donley
Ream
Gi Gray
Heinsheimer
Hastings Main Street Opens After Oil Drying
Hastings faced minor disruption as the main street closed during a recent week to allow oil to dry. A coarse sand delivery arrived late in the period, contributing to the ongoing work and delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Hastings News Briefs: Community Events And Local Moves
Hastings notes a busy week with church social events, birthdays, and a thimble bee. Local residents attended graduations, visits, and family gatherings as several families moved or planned trips to nearby towns and cities.
Local Hastings Social Notes Include Visits and Club Meeting
Local Hastings friends and relatives visiting from Des Moines Shenandoah and Council Bluffs gather at homes of Clark Hanfield and others. Drake University and Lincoln Wesleyan College students return home for vacation. Hastings Commercial Club meets at Methodist church with an illustrated lecture on community improvement and plans for a fall home coming fair. Church and Sunday school services to be consolidated into one service on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Ladies’ Aid Society
George Dixon
Charles Erwin
Jack O'Connor
Effie Kennedy
Mary Davis
Rll
Christie
Ttle
June
Lay
Leora
Nadine Davis
Loraine Clark
Mae Chancellor
Irene Everhart
Marjorie
Dorothy
Josephine Haden
Dorothy Capel
Katheryn Anderson
Kathleen Poindexter
Violet Gustin
Gladys Hites
Vivian Hodges
Agnes Mae Clark
Eva van Ausdale
Collings Grocery
Hastinga
Methodist Church
Otha Wearin
Grinnell
Iowa
Grinnell College
Otha
Fred Lookabill
Lookabill
Milo Marsh
Centerville
Sam Carr
Carson
Louise Quimby
Carl Peterson
Hastings
Albert
Wilisea
Fred Martin
Lawrence
Winchester
R. E. Poindexter
O. T. Carlson
T. Carlson
Henderson
Evelyn Purcell
Red Oak
Wilma Shaw
Evangeline McLain
Omaha
Clarence Sandiland
Glen Greeson
Airs
Bea Shepard
Krog Park
Clinton Genung
Mors
L. K. Mason
Bassett
Nebr
And
Birs
W. E. Purcell
Oliver Ackenbaugh
Alfred Clites
Council Bluffs
Floyd Purcell
N. W. Colling
E. B. Wallahan
Glenwood
Will Echternach
George Hansen
William Marrietta
The
Loyal Hotel
Frank Christie
South Omaha
R. L. Christie
Ed. Seidner
Excelsior Springs
Grace McDonough
Sheridan
Wyo
Greensburg
Indiana
Reed
Carol Peterson
San Diego, Calif. High
Carl
Otieha
Monard
Council
Bluffs
Baxter
Des Moines
Drake University
Arleene Boylan
Lincoln Wesleyan College
Boylan
H.C. Hanfield
Shenandoah
Will Hanfield
Ray Christie
Blair
Ralph Pierce
Pierce
O. L. Davis
Thelma Davis
the Bluffs
Hantee
Combined Sunday Services Shorten Reduces Time
Sunday church plans adjust the devotional and sermon periods to fit a single service, with Rev Hamilton and Mea R F Kontaé participating. The two services will be shortened by a half hour to benefit the congregation. the Ladies Aid Society will host a bake sale downtown Saturday night May 13 and solicit cake donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henin
Hamilton
Mea
R. F. Kontaé
Ald
Out of the past Glenwood business items recalled
A fragmentary column recalls Glenwood’s sixty year old business district and older items selected from Deiaiec archive. The note signals more old items to come next week while mentioning the French army in Africa and Morocco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winty
Atory
Glenywood
Africa
Eve Dantly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Melés
Gilmore, Sampson , and Kennedy
C. W. Pettigrew & Co
Hale, Stone and Edmansor
Brothers and Bakin
Ed Hamaker
Luffin
J. W. Cowledge
Rockwell ‘Bros
Egypt
Wilson
Swope
Baptist Church
Evernham
Baptists
Thompson Hardware
Graham & Martin
Judge Martin
M. E
Presbyterian
W. H. Wright
Goodrich
Fisk
Hood
Battery and Tire Service
Deep Rock Oil Station
Firestone Y Balloons
Indianapolis
Pirestone Balloons
Pwestens
Ballseas
MOGT
Firestone
D. D. Wheeler
R. H. Daniel
Firestone Quality
Firestone Headquarters
Wheeler’s
Post Office
New York
R. H. Daniel Glenwood
Towa
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