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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1931
Page
11
Walter Hunt and his family from Nodaway spent Sunday with W. B. Estle, sharing time and hospitality at Estle’s home.
Miss Lulu Herrington of Kansas City Missouri spent the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Clyde Damewood. The brief social note records a cordial family visit and mentions no further events or arrangements.
Virgil Million and Miss Frances Hickok of St Joseph Missouri spent Sunday at the home of his mother Mrs B C Stearns.
A local drug store advertises house paint for two dollars per gallon. The sale highlights affordable interior finishes for homeowners and DIY shoppers.
Mrs Merle Richmond of Des Moines visited Wednesday evening at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Jas Martin. Her father has been in Des Moines remodeling their home and joined her there. The USDA reports forty percent of counties in the United States are now free of bovine tuberculosis.
Hear and see the new Coronado Super heterodyne and save money with 8 tubes and automatic volume control. Five dollars down. Gamble Stores, Clarinda, Ia. Linus Bailey and family moved yesterday to the residence west of the Methodist church, formerly occupied by Albert Levi.
Seymour Hicks came back Monday after a several week stay with relatives in Iowa Nebraska and Kansas. His daughter Mrs Jay Beemer and son Harold drove to Stockton Kansas last week to bring him home from there.
Mrs Nellie Norris was transported to St Joe Hospital yesterday for an operation. Her daughter Mrs Mary Davis accompanied her and will likely stay until discharge. Dr L T Reed and wife drove them in their car.
A heavy Monday rain swelled streams across Northwest Country, easing grain and pasture work while complicating chores. Sollie Burright family members are ill, and several local residents visited kin or attended a funeral in New Market. Dr. McAlpin helped Mrs. Hicks and travels home toward Long Beach. Burial services for Mrs. Sarah Canning and Mrs. Davidson were held, with community sympathy extended to grieving relatives.
The northbound evening train from Bedford moves up twenty minutes to leave at 5 27 PM under the revised schedule. The adjustment shortens the wait for passengers and aligns with a new timetable published by the railroad.
A Hawaiian legend from Kauai tells of the Rainbow Princess saved by a rainbow and married after a name learned from an elder. The piece shifts to modern times noting the pineapple industry’s rise in thirty years and offers three pineapple recipes including Ambrosia Salad Pineapple Tuna Salad and East Indian Shrimp Salad with detailed steps and serving yields.
Oak Nil and many area residents traveled to Missouri last week to visit relatives, while Kenneth Parks returned from Cedar County cow war duty with Company K. Guardsmen rode a special train from Tipton to Fairfield joining the main Burlington line. tests on farms found cattle compliant with no resistance. Kenneth noted army life briefly but was glad to return home.
Tuesday of last week Horton assisted Kimp with a basement project. Aid meets next Wednesday at Mrs. Mayme Gold’s home on October 14. Officers to be elected due to low attendance at the last meeting at Mrs. Lou Uree’s home because of poor road conditions. Louis O’Dall is mobile on crutches this week. Dr. Reed had his cast shortened to walk with crutches. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hamilton visited Garner Iowa from Friday to Monday with Dr. Cecil Hamilton and family. Born October 1 a daughter weighing ten pounds to Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Jamison. Grandmother Mrs. C. S. Jamison near Corning assists with care.
Miss Alice Clark traveled to Maryville Missouri last week to enroll at the normal school but returned home after failing to locate the work she sought.
Mr and Mrs J W McFarland Mr and Mrs W R Brookman and daughter Betty Lou of Blanchard spent Sunday at the Dan Leonard home Mrs McFarland remained for a longer visit.
Merle Harland advertises Jonathan apples Yorks and Pips hand picked at 60 cents per bushel windfalls 35 cents per bushel. Located in Missouri.
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