Rim of the Prairie review in Pioneer Days column
A detailed review of Bess Streeter Aldrich’s Rim of the Prairie for the City Federation session, noting Mrs. F J Hoffman’s reading pace and the novel’s Nebraska setting Maple City and characters Nancy Moore and Warner Wood. The piece contrasts Rim of the Prairie with The Lantern in Her Hand and highlights Aldrich’s humane portrayal and memorable secondary figures Uncle Jud and Aunt Bing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Central Dakota
Rim of the Prairie
Maple City
Jove
Nancy Moore
Warner Wood
Union Club News Highlights Local Social and Death
Union notes from the Federated Sunday school meeting with Mrs Hazen Bailey roll call eight. Richard Lawrence recovering after car accident in Marshalltown. Mrs Lawrence to visit Redlands. Will Baird visits from Sioux City. air delivery tested. Womans Club reports forty seven members and planned programs. Nathan Dillon 87 dies. various local residents travel for study and events. many church and school activities and a new ice house being built as per state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther
Federated Sunday School
Hazen Bailey
Fistler
Stephen Foster
Richard Lawrence
Redlands
Calif
Ezra Albertson
Lawrence
Will Baird
Sioux City
Union
Save Half Your Money on Monuments Says Local Seller
A local monument seller argues against buying from unfamiliar purveyors claiming much lower prices can still reflect quality and workmanship. He offers to name several who have been charged high rates by outsiders to reveal the truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erich Maria Remarque
London
Switzerland
Marcel Waves
Penrod
Booth Tarkington
Penrod Jashber
Thornton Wilder
Beager
Andros
Terence
Henry Handel Richardson
Kathleen Millay
Indoor Chatauqua opens club calendar at Mrs Alexander home
The club formally opens its year with an Indoor Chatauqua three day program led by general manager Mrs C E Barnes. Program committee includes Mesdames Barnes Chapin W S Mason L W Johnson and Miss Butler assisted by hostesses Staver Bixby and H L Hauser. Burial of Waterloo painter John Robinson reported. Activities include Methodist Ladies Aid colonial party and Drake University visitor Robert Rogers. Sunday Federated church diploma day and Naaman the Leper pageant by Sunday school, followed by a P T A Whitten meeting continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
John Wood
A. L. Wood
W. H. Lepley
Turtle River Lake
Minnesota
H. A. Biersborn
C. E. Wood
G. P. Simmons
Des Moines
Emma Humphreys
Yaa l
Galin Tilden
State Club
Committee For Education In Banking and Investments
Ames
Union
Womans Club Committee
G. E. Barnes
L. W. Johnson
W. 8. Mason
Cora E. Chapin
Edna Butler
E. A. Cromer
C. E. Barnes
F. A. Wilson
Jd. R. Alexander
Bixby
H. L. Hauser
John Robinson
Waterloo
Union Cemetery
Robinson
Claude Hauser
Jean
Perry
Mr. Hauser
E. F. Rogers
Federated Church
C. L. Lawin
Naaman the Leper
F. F. Stover
B. C. Caster
P.T. A
Whitten
Wingard to Preach at Union Church Next Lord's Day
W. Wendell Wingard will preach in the Christian church in Union next Lord's day morning and evening, October 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Wendell Wingard
Christian Church In Union
Local residents noted in social roundup
Hubbard Miss Janice Michaelson confined to home with chicken pox. A joint meeting of the local legion and auxiliary was held Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Topp. Numerous visits and travels noted, including Dr. and Mrs. Paul C. Buey of Orville Ohio, and families from Skylessy Minnesota and Milwaukee Wisconsin. James Mannetter, age four, underwent a serious operation at Eldora hospital Thursday. Mrs. Nannie Hubbard and daughter Georgia Duke moved to Marshalltown to reside with Mrs. Hubbard’s daughter Jesse Painter. Other locals visited relatives, attended conferences, or prepared moves, including Anton Boecke returning to Pasadena, California, and James Walsh heading to Chicago University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Michaelson
Legion and Auxiliary
Will Topp
Ike Buey
Paul C. Buey
Orville
Des Moines
James
Walter Mannetter
Eldora Hospital
Nannie Hubbard
Georgia Duke
Marshalltown
Hubbard
Jesse Painter
Nels C. Kgg
Skylessy
Minn
Gusta Ploeger
Ledyard
Goeke
Hagedom
F. W. Deardorff
Harry Mauck
Anton Boecke
Pasadena
Calif
John Miller
Milwaukee
Wis
Albert Witermarkt
James Walsh
Chicago
Chicago University
Edward Geebel
Austin, Minn
W. E. Bird
Jackson, Mich
Hugo E. Hilker
Clear Lake
Paul C. Bucy
Ike Bucy
John Liebenstein
Eagle Grove
The
Methodist Church
Jay Gettis
Forest City
Hattie Clancy
Floyd Crosley
Moorehead
Devils Lake
N. D
S. C. Rowley
S.C. Wiley
Eagle
Stave
Betty Loecke
West
Eldora and Vicinity Personal Notices Reported
Grace Templeton stayed with her brother Roy in New Providence last week. A Watkins man was seen in the area. Charlie Brindle and family visited Eldora Tuesday. John Templeton and Grace were in Eldora on Monday for business. Frank Mercer and wife came to Eldora last Friday on business. Beatrice Laughlin of Union visited her aunt Mrs. John Lane Jr. George Batch and wife were Eldora business callers Friday. Old papers for sale locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Templeton
Roy
New Providence
Watkins
Charlie Brindle
Eldora
John Templeton
Grace
Frank Mercer
Beatrice Laughlin
Union
John Lane
George Batch
Timber Valley social notes and moon-shot factoids
Local social notes from Timber Valley recount visits among residents including the Bullis, Mossman, Whitney, Van Patter and Sheldon families with gatherings at multiple homes and a hospitalities rotation. The item also notes a two week South Dakota vacation by a telephone operator and a wedding shower for Ruth Miller. A distant astronomy line states a projectile would need seven miles per second to reach the moon, while Mars is deemed too cold for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Bullis
Mike Mossman
Bonnalyn Knowles
South Dakota
Shirley Sheldon
Carrol Sheldon
Sheldon
Belle Mossman
John van Patter
Clark Whitney
Ellis Perry
Baby
Fair Grounds
Clint Clingerman
Cecil Nolte
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bond
D. E. Byam
Merril Bird
H. E. Hilker
Max
Hilkers
Japan
China
Progressive Club
G. A. Nissen
Mae Scott
Granada
H. K. Granner
Gus Miller
Carroll
Mildred
Lucille
Iowa City
Wilhelmina Becker
Louie Seivert
St. James
Dannie Nehring
S. A. Sands
Garden City
Kansas
A. B. Zugemeier
Martin Boeke
University
Dwain King
John Hammer
Tilden
Elkton
S. D
Hammer
Wilford Hoelscher
Town State College
Eldora Greenhouses
M. H. Smith
Leo
Krank
Winnebago
Otto
Liscomb
Paul
Lake Park
Lyle
Manly
Erroll
Clifford
Near Union
Edna
Christian Church
Charles Holt
Beauty Shop
Margaret Sawin
C. L. Sawin
Margaret
Iowa State College
Sawin
Marry Sawin
Henrietta Calderwood
Brooklyn
J. EB. Ecklund
Ecklund
Donald Hammer
Warren Hammer
Union High School
Oskaloosa
Mamie Heryford
Ruby Wegner
LeGrand
James Heryford
Edward Packer
Charles City
Vern Hammer
Howard Ray
Wade & Butcher
Waders
Sheffield
Johnston Oil CO
Towa
H. P. Hanson
Cambridge
Winchester Hotel
EB. Dubuque St
Webster City, Town
Granite Works
B. T. Oldham
R. A. Fuller Gifford
Iowa
Germany
Freiburg
Adolf Fassnacht
Christus
Marshalltown Woman’s Club
Town
Timber Valley
Leroy McEwan
Donald
Verna Whitney
Ambrose Simmons
Boo ‘Havens
Will Clingerman
Emery Whitney i
Russell
Wendel Mossman
Edgar van Patter
Sherley Sheldon
John Kuhlman
Ruth Miller
Glen Crippen
Lilian Simmons
Moon
Mars
Coolidge
Zeppelin Free
Linos
Chicago Herald ™ Examiner
Crea
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