Doings of Society for the Week in Town
Weekly society notes describe a profitable meeting of the Ww. c. TV group, a big family dinner at Sam Smith’s home, a kitchen shower for Miss Sae James, a jolly Barn Grove picnic, a leap year party at Marie and Isabella Zach’s home, and a Presbyterian church gathering with a picnic supper and a reception for Pastor Rev. J. A. Thompson. People attended from local families, with numerous names and venues across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Smith
Sae James
Bess Danforth
James
Barnes Grove
Lydia Halstead
Faye Davis
Edith Rees
Dorothy Beal
B. D
Arthur’ Coy
Leon Whorp
John Snyder
Bert Carpenter
Big Kissell
Marie
Isabella Zach
Presbyterian Church
J. A. Thompson
Iowa
S. T Mitchell
Will Rayesh
Charley Medford
Rev. L. A. Thompson
Eame
Iba
Sony Joe
Baldwin
Baker
Watson Items from Hamburg and Around Town
Community notes detail visits and illnesses across Hamburg and nearby towns including Hamburg residents, relatives and visitors from Rock Port St. Joseph Tarkio Excelsior Springs and Thurman. A obituary or illness closes with a Burdock Blood Bitters promotional line.
Miss Ethel Williams and many neighbors visit family ties
Miss Ethel Williams from Tabor visits her sister Mrs Geo Somes and relatives in Percival. Local residents attend church with Dean Wehrman from Tabor College presiding. Cleva Carson and Ethel Todd from Tabor sing and violin, and Mr. Munger of Omaha delivers the sermon. A Fourth of July picnic is planned at the Congregational Church yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel’ “Williams
Fé. Gibson, Olsla
Tabor
Geo. Ww. Somes
John Stiles
Boulder
Colo
Lillie “Miller
Cebe
Stiles
Lois Stiles
Frank Liggitt
Slaney
M.C. Brindle
O. L. Morgan
Persia
Madeira
Mimn
Ray Winans
Bessie Pilcher
Ida Groke
Church Yard
Wilbur
Simons
Nebr
Amos McElroy
Pauline Ligpitt
Sidney
Arsel Stil
Eda Rogers
Ruth Keran
Lake Okahoji
Brown
Little Son
Etta Hawies
Bo Wadhams
Reply Taylor al
Omaha
Dean Wehrman
Cleva Carson
Ethel Todd
Munger
Omahi
Sunday church services and schedules listed for multiple denominations
The column lists mass times for St Marys Catholic Church and multiple Protestant congregations including Evangelical Zion Church Church of Christ Scientist Christian Church Presbyterian M E Church South and Cox Chapel. It notes Sunday school times union services reading room hours and sermon topics and invites the public to attend and be on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical Zion Church
L Th Seybold
Church of Christ, “Scientist
Woodman ‘Blds
West I ‘Street
Liaa
Tod
Christian Church
H. A. Kerr
Bible School
Lair
Christian Endeavor
Park
M. E. Church
South
J. B. Scholl
Park Street
Union Park
Hold Fast to Friendship Not to Estrange in a Moment
A note urges keeping friends close and warns against sudden estrangement. An anecdote on social bonds emphasizes steady ties and the value of steady companionship.
Weed Burner Improves Track Maintenance Efficiency
A weed burner was used on a railway branch to clear weeds along rails and ties. The unit pipes a ca through and positions in front of the car, closing down as the train moves slowly, burning weeds and grass which wilt and die after about a half hour, saving time versus shovel work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crade
Scotch Thistle Prank Shocks New Zealand Candidate
In a New Zealand town a municipal candidate, described as a Scotchman, received a large Scottish thistle as a gift. A friend entering the committee room interrupted, saying he did not realize the candidate was at luncheon, prompting a brief, humorous moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Tripolitan Exports Study Highlights Sponge and Esparto Trade
A fifth of Tripoli’s export trade consists of sponges and a third in esparto grass, a desert plant shipped in large quantities to England for use in papermaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Esparto
England
Weather Prophet Proves Fallible Despite Wisdom
A weather expert cautions that even superior wisdom cannot guarantee forecasts. The piece notes that forecasting accuracy fluctuates and that prediction success varies as often as with any forecaster.
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Butterfield
H. G. Butterfield
Fred
Larson
Prop
Chicago
Hamburg
Updike Commission Go
C. B. McAdoo
Chas. W. Baker’s
Galvanias
Bain Waltons
Weber Wagons
McCormick
Aweep Rakes
Beauty Axle Greese
C. W. Baker
Towa
Ww. c. TV
Thoulipsor
Watson
Dr. Danley
Wealler
Lewh Kenerimm
Rock Port
Addington
Harry Williams
Roy Dean
Joe
Ernest
Willie Dyke
Amy
Millie
Crochet
Amos
Near Rock Port
Sylvester Garst
Ernest Dyke
Orphan Addington
St. Joe
George Morgan
Excelsior Springs
Mesdames Mary Hayes
Luther Morgan
Mrs. D' Airy
Tarkio
Richards O¢ Hamburg
Dorothy Whitmore
Island News
Mabel Motsinger
Lish
Wid
O. ©. Holland
J. W. Holland
George Mecllvain
Sabe Choane
Walter
Holland
Wife
Sabe
Willie Henderson
Bishop
Nebraska
Citas
Chet Beasley
Joe Hamilton
Miss. Vernia
Will
Metties Marker
Jake Jennings
Sin Harbin
John Spoon
Oscar
Otis Hollman
Abe Holtman
Lon Dovel
Levi
James Jennings
Thurman
Theodore
Baylor
America
Percival
Winifred Eliins
Aurora
Jesse Groves
Bessie Grist
Ida Somes
St.Mary’s’ Catholic Church
Della Syhres
Masonic Block
Hamburg - Iowa
T. Mitchell
Benk
John Levenster
M.D.V
Fred Aldrich
Undertaker
Frank Davis
Chas
Medford
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