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Village Notes Record Births Visitors and Local Commerce
The column lists births to several residents including Mr and Mrs Parley Hiatt and Mr and Mrs Arthur Robinson. It notes visitors from McNabb and Henry and Ike various towns, a sprained knee, reunions in Independence Iowa, and Fourth of July preparations. It reports a July 1 business change at the local grocery and sales of two autos to residents Ames, Haws, and Joe Hiews. It mentions Mrs Matilda Dakin’s 81st birthday with four generations in a photo and a historical note on Dr Dakin’s family lineage. An accident at Lowell involving wagon teams is described in fragmentary terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Floyd Evans
Sandy
Bennia Law's
A. Phillips
Rutland
Fannie Johnson
Ella Kays
Strawn
Ernest Bliss
Lestant
Rey
J. T. Bliss
Charles McAllister
la Fayette
John McKirgan
E. F. Jones
St Louis
Fred L. Defenbaugh
Joy Sivell
Messrs. Ames and Haws
Roentgen
Dana
Joe Hiews
Varna
Matilda A. Dakin
Dakin Brothers
Salle
Lowell