Weather and community notes from Berlin church meeting
Monday brings stormy winds and snow after a week of mild weather. Berlin church hosted the stockholders meeting for lines 17 and 18, electing G. R. Bailey as president Ernest Gunn as vice president and Clifford Hayden as treasurer for 1924. Local residents report hog and cattle shipments to Chicago, social visits, turkeys plucked, babies born, and a Sunday church gathering with Frank Schafers entertaining guests.
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Old Tons
Berlin
G. R. Bailey
Ernest Gunn
Clifford Hayden
F. A. Doud
F. M. Cable
G. A. Bailey
Chicago
G. A. Cross
Jerguson
Frank Scheffer
Wm. Loomis
Carl Johnson
Eldora
F. A. Bond
F. M. Gable
F. A. Daud
Gus Miller
Owasa
M. G. Bailey
Whitten area church and social notes on weekly events
Local church Ladies' Aid and M E church members hosted dinners and visited relatives in Eldora and Marshalltown. Notes detail receipts around 43 dollars from a Mrs Dunn sale, insurance adjustment for church fire damage, and numerous visits by members to family and friends in Beaman Eldora Tama and Conrad.
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Christian Church Ladies’ Aid
J. H. Moore
Marvin Day
Widtorn
J. A. Dunn
Gee. Haskin
Eldora Thureday
Will Young
Will Young Has Been Confined To Her Home On Account of Jlimass
N. O. Hauser
V. CG. Miller
Wil. Crider
Marshalltown
Wilk. Dighton
L. Hutchens
Beaman
W. A. Haskin
Needle Work Club
Ray Wood
Hampton
Dr. Cole
Cedar Rapids
M. E
PD Cours
Iess
Geo. Landis
Mies Tazel Thompson
Tama
Mary Martin
New Providence
Opal Long
L. L. Hanser
G. D. Mabin
Thurst
Mrr
Ed Lockard
Jennie
Lockard
Werd
Bartha Callaway
Eprotina Newby
Berda
Leland Saint
Glen Eggleston
Mariot
Kenneth Reinger Snd
Aran Hauser
Ant Se Ragan
Flntland
Geveral
Orville McCann
Missionary Circle
Norman tormented in Marshalltown Thursday
A brief item notes Norman faced torture in Marshalltown on Thursday while W. R. Bavender and Dora Barender wed at Grundy Center on Monday, recording two local incidents of note in this period.
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Norman
Marshalltown
W. R. Bavender
Dora Barender
Grundy Center
Honey Creek Valley Wood Chore Notes and Visits
Ralph Sawin helped by Henry Schultz and men get up wood for Rash and for a simmer. Visitors include Mrs Turie Schultz and three children, Gertie Sawin, and Ben Myers helping at times. Harry Sawin plans a sale on February 4 and the move to Ames follows. Roy Anderson and wife visited, Jennie Anderson traveled to Eldora, and Virgil Myers stayed with Henry Schultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Sawin
Cliff
Susan Rash
Henry Schultz
Ralph
Henry
Turie Schultz
Gertie Sawin
Harry Sawin
Ames
Earl Glenney
Harry
Roy Anderson
Richland
Iowan
Frank Myers
Jennie Anderson
Radcliffe Notes and Local Social Roundup in Des Moines
Radcliffe community page reports Mrs F M Preston hosting the Radcliffe Needle Circle and other visitors last Thursday afternoon. Missionary Society and W H M S meetings held, with Rev and Mrs Bottom as guests. A school epidemic of mumps keeps children home. scarlet fever quarantines affect families. Miss Lelia Hughes coaches A H S oratorical contest participants. Geo Moore funeral in Iola, Kansas. Dog Max the shepherd travels from Oklahoma, returning to Radcliffe after 700 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlée, Myers
Des Moines
F. M Preston
Radcliffe Needle Circle
Missionary Society of the Evangelical Church
D. W. Club
M. C. Butler
M. E
S. F. Houk
Lelia Hughes
Webster City
Radcliffe
S. F .Houck
Iola
Kans
Geo. Moore
A. Rorem
Oklahoma
Max
Iowa
Odd Specimen of Wrale From Beuthind North Ocean
An old note describes a cetacean nicknamed enning whale or Beottiah, reaching around twenty feet in length and common near Furbe blinds in Beuthind area. It suggests the creature can be herded or driven with ease, explaining its name.
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Beuthind
Fallacy of "8choola" and the Split of Arts and Realism
A fragmented reflection argues that realists promote prose while idealists favor poetry, predicting the decline of poetry as the privileged few pursue their paths. The piece invokes George Sand to critique schooling and cultural trends.
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Auashine
Will Vantal
Thie
George Sand
Badger Hunting Navel Sport In Chalk Fields
Fragmentary OCR text describes badger hunting practices and nocturnal foraging behavior. Mentions Badger Hunting, digging, and live badgers in chalk fields with unclear context and damaged phrasing. No definite events, dates, or clear entities plenamente identifiable.
Never by Jim and Dorothy in a long rivaled vow
Dorothy and Jim confront love and ambition amid social pressure in a domestic scene. Dorothy fears poverty and questions marriage to a rising architect while her mother weighs wealth and happiness against true affection. Jim reappears to claim a future together.
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Jim Dicke
Dorothy Lane
Jim
Saarren
Dorothy
Mercy
Proverty
Trey
Toau
Lydia Tockwood
Mrs. Lane
Samuel Rockwood
Florida
Ashe
Curtis
Violet Curtis Hag
Merry
Not a Pupittet Don’s Bold Imaginative Quip
Chicago Tribune quotes a youngster who explains Don’s approach, saying he fights with big thoughts not with belief. The remark highlights Don’s lively imagination and playful boast about his prowess.
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Don
Youngatar
Chicaga Tribune
Fragmentary note on Burns poems and Autica preservation
The readable text references preserving Autica of Burne and the farm of Busland near Dy tries, mentioning Burns workshops and Tam o Bhynter alongside other poems. It attributes the fragment to a figure named Robert in the context of a literary preservation note.
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Burne
Busland
Dytries
Burns
Iran
Robert
Uncle John's Lurid Past Revealed by a Humble Will
Evie and Harold Thompson confront family shock after Uncle John, a reprobate in looks and a whisky cabinet, leaves a fortune to the mysterious Mrs. Pelham. The reading reveals a long entangled romance, a vanished husband, and a clannish wish to shield children from a troubling example.
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Maud
Uarry
Evie Thompson
Harold
Blaie
John
Harry
Uncle John
Ain
Chatham
Ietresaes
Mi.log
Benton
Elsie
Juli
Remy
Indy
Jobo
Pelham
Elaso
Farold
Ike John
Blair
Jack Creaves
Eurgedtad Harald
False Enthuelaem Promises Help for Supporters in Odd Election
Aeuator Sorghum answers a question about cheering when opponents named, saying he will do what he can to favor friends who bet on him and improve odds in the election.
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Avery
Tepard
Aeuator Sorghum
Negro Wit and the Janitorta Boy Dispute
An obscure fragment describes a clash between a Black youth and a white friend over insult. The passage notes a rising fury and a sharp retort at a late hour, reflecting tense race interactions in a dampened, unclear narrative.
Steamboat Rock News Highlights Local Visits and School Plans
Steamboat Rock residents share weekend visits with Fort Dodge Marshalltown and Des Moines connections. A postponed basketball game with Aplington Smyth due to travel issues. Quarantine at Kruse home for Scarlet fever. Social events include a Congregational Ladies' Aid gathering and a shower for Mr. and Mrs. Williamson. Web School Glee club to perform Feb 16 at the Congregational church to fund school activities. Declamatory contest set for Feb 18 with four county schools at Eldora.
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L. D. Ellers
Fort Dodge
John Eilers
H. A. Nason
Marshalltown
John Cramer
Glarenca Nipper
Congregational Ladies’ Aid Society
Misa Ruth Gardner
Sina |Town
Progress Club
Cartwright
Bert Hehronds
Austinville
Anton Luileen
Albert H. Kruse
Albert Rous
Misa Martha Potgeter
Bildora
Ellis Harris
Beatrice
Walter Barnard
Eldora
Dan J. Harris
Des Moines
Congregational Church
Williamson
C. E. Chrietiona
Fred Zimmerman
Baileyville
Borm
Zimmerman
Edna de Vries
Mra
Carl de Vries
Steamboat Rock
Elda Eilers
Ben Eilers, Jr
John Baker
Parkersburg
Leslis Frerkson
Waterloo
Steamboat Rock and Towns Plan Declamatory Contest
Three contestants will enter dramatic oratorical and humorous classes in a mid March home declamatory contest. Reports from Ackley and surrounding towns mention students in agriculture English and physics projects. A long list of local visits, illnesses, and preparations for spring goods and renovations follows with names of residents and locations.
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Steamboat Rock
New Providence
Union
Eldora
Ames
Abbott Guests Visit Eldora and Nearby Residents
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kugel and family visited at the home of H. C. Gimner Wednesday evening. George Kugel of Eldora spent Sunday with his relatives. Mrs. N. R. Knight spent one day in Eldora last week.
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Charles Roth
Des Moines
Rexall
Misaea Stella Greenfield
Anna Lawler
Mia
K. Hills
Maine
Misa Martha Richtsmeier
Electric Hecht
Millie Mayers
Richtsmoiur
Laura Fahey
Mason City
Jim Parden
Earl Daughenbaugh
St. Paul
Marie Kurth
Frank Martin
Chicago
Floyd Fahey
R. R. Mudley
Florida
Frankcholas
Ackley
Wille
al Wilson
Alfred Berg
F. P. Halloran
Edna Lindshl
Hampton
Witte
Floyd ‘Shaner
Familly
H. Strohorn
H. O'Bleins
Waterloo
Waddard
Erma
Tt. Dodge
Ida Snathoff
Grundy Center
Fay Strahorn
J. W. Knight
Ed. Mion
Apent
Jack Kugel
H. C. Gimner
George Kugel
Eldora
N.R. Knight
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