Tragic Farm Death Follows Horse Accident In Iowa
Joy Sterrett, in his twenties, died after a horse threw him and he drowned in a creek while awaiting aid. He rode out to gather cattle from a pasture near Allerton, Des Moines relatives moved last fall, and his funeral drew a large county crowd with American Legion pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy
Wterrett
Snoigs
Humeston
Nina Bear
Sterrett
J. M. Sterrett
Des Moines
Ben Moore
Allerton
Corydon
Presbyterian Church
E. B Coleman
James
Christ
Cunningham
American Legion
Starving Children Fund Appeals for Contributions
A call for donations to feed starving thousands overseas urges giving via local ministers and in bank lobby boxes. Officials promise a forthcoming information page about famished people next week.
Man Ground to Pieces by Train Near Lineville
Earl Cravens Petty aged thirty five was run over by a train about a mile north of Lineville on the night of December 5. He was badly cut to pieces and identification was difficult. A verdict of accidental death was returned by a jury of three. He was the sole child of Mr and Mrs W W Petty whose home is two miles north of Lineville. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Cravens Petty
Lineville
W. W. Petty
Evergreen Cemetery
Six Women on the Jury List for January 1921
A list of sixty plus names shows six women among the grand jury pool for the January term 1921 of the Wayne County District Court. The piece also notes social visits and local movements including Carlton McGwire visiting Corydon and Louis Taylor returning from Annapolis before likely further service in the marine corps.
Obituary of Mrs Mal Leena Barbie Coffey in Unity Baptist Church
Mrs Mal Leena Barbie Coffey born March 28 1885 near Farmersburg Vigo County Indiana married William Coffey in October 1872 in Christian County Illinois. She died December 5 after illness at her son Benny Coffey’s home and is mourned by five sons and one daughter with 25 grandchildren and a great grandchild. services held at Unity Baptist Church with burial at Kirby Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mal Leena Barbie Coffey
Farmersburg
Vigo County
Indiana
Willian Coffey
Christian County
Ilinois
Iowa
Jesus
Mother Coffey
Lord Dec. Ltd
C. C
Nate Fenny
Lorn
Ethel Poland
Humeston
Clyde
Cambria
Benjamin Coffey
IL A. M
Unity Baptist i Church
Cfr. Wilkinson
Clark
Cherito
Mrs Henry T Jones obituary notes 1920 death in Missouri
Mrs Hilda KF Jones died December 10 1920 after a brief illness. Born July 20 1897 in Appanoose county she married Henry T Jones in 1913 and had three children two daughters and a son, two of whom preceded her in death leaving her husband and one daughter. She was a Baptist at Unionville Missouri. County visitors Mrs Fred Wools Mrs Herbert Snyder and Mrs Henry Gerdes visited. Mrs W A Southerland left to help find a new home in Memphis Missouri. G W Franklin returned from Ute Iowa where a sister was seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda KF. Jones
Appanoose County
Henry T. Jones
Potter Land
The
Baptist
Unionville
Death of Frank Gardner noted in Humeston obituary
Frank Gardner of Humeston, born November 4, 1848 in Minier Illinois, died December 10 1840 in Humeston Iowa after years as a rural mail carrier and other work. He left Illinois for Wayne County in 1892 and lived twenty years there before illness worsened after a trip to Excelsior Springs Missouri. His funeral was held at the Congregational church with Rev T Young officiating. He was survived by daughter Iva Gordon and brothers J H Gardner and M Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humeston
Gitizen
Frank Gardner
Wayne County
Excelsior ‘Springs
Iena
Kansas City
Congregational Church
T. Young
Mt HS Church
B. F. Gardner
Minier
Jacewel
Illinois
Iowa
Hiram
Rachel Gardner
Goldendale
Wash
Mary Jo Hainline
Hinton
Oklo
Mr. Gardner
Flora I. Summers
Ross Gardner
Iva M
Clyde C
Former Oska loosa educator F P Heskett dies at 67
Frankel P Heskett a former Osage Loosa College staff member, residing at 221 High Avenue West, died December 6 at 10 00 am after three weeks illness from liver trouble and gall stones. He is survived by his daughter Catherine M Heskett. Funeral services were to be held in Perry Iowa. he had lived here about three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Heskett
Oskaloosa
Frankel P. Heskett
High Avenue West
Oskaloosa College
High Avenue
Catherine M. Heskett
Perry
Iowa
BIRTHS IN WAYNE COUNTY NOVEMBER 1920 REPORT
Birth announcements from Wayne County Iowa list names by township including Union Benton Corydon South Fork Jackson Warren Jefferson Grand River Clinton Howard and others. Several individuals are named such as Bonadine Marcene Green Clara Fern Nichols Leta Marguerite Curtis Joy Darlene Kincade Harl Edward Montieth Bonnie B Pettigrew Lloyd Allen Whitmore and Virgil Oliver Scott Jr along with Karl Benjamin Ward Bert Warner Guy Liggett Margery Alec Collins Gretchen Kathleen Camp Frances Clerk Buck and Anna Sanford visits and local notes report on farm shipments and town events.
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District Court
Wayne County
Name Township
Anderson
Corydon
Amis
Guy
Jefferson
Clio Beal
Tom
Warren
Allerton Bettis
P. D. Jackson
Brewer
Fred
Union
Bryan
C. M. Jefferson
Lineville
Casey
Paul
Allerton
Cherry
Albert I. Jackson
Cumberland
Roy
Walnut
Seymour
Doman
Harry
Duden
L. A. Grand River
Duncan
J. H
Faulkner
Chas
F. Jackson
Corydon Perguson
Benton
Foreman
Harrison
Frampton
Allerton Green
Stella
Corydon Gump
Lincoln
Guthrie
Silas
Hickman
Walter
Clay
Jack
Cecil
Jaques
Bdith
Allerton Johnson
Monroe
Seymour Lewis
Harold
Allerton Lewis
Tl. C
Grand River
Line
Lewis
Wright
Russell R F D Loughman
Charles
South Fork
Promise City
McIntosh
R. C
Grand RR
Linnyt's
Mehls
Seymour Minor
Jake
Washington
Cambria
Witley
Katheryne
Jackson
Alt
Painter
Palmer
Willis
Richman
Humeston Park
Seymour Parks
E M
Corydon Place
M. R
Humeston Price
A. C
Howard
Sewal Rosengren
Theo
Smath
Ernest E
Sey. Smith
Thomas
Sey. Spencer
Ira
Humeston Springer
E. Washington
Cambria Sprow
Ela
Anerton Stevenson
C. H. Corydon
Towa
Geo. Cox
Bonadine Marcene Green
Smith
Mary Ben Porter
Clara Fern Nichols
Leta Marguerite Curtis
Joy Darlene Kincade
Harl Edward Montieth
Bonnie B. Pettigrew
Lloyd Allen Whitmore
James Archit Bettis
Tascoe Neal Nicholson
Josephine Sebben
Jose Jesus Rodrigues
Jackson Township
Keith R. Liggett
Warren Township
Jennie Ellen LaRee Baker
Willard Elmo Hughes
Lee Melvin Clark
Jefferson Township
Ralph Edward Sphinn
Russell Dean Ringo
Virgil Oliver Scott, Jr
Karl Benjamin Ward
Clinton
Bert Warner
Guy Liggett
Margery Alec Collins
Gretchen Kathleen Camp
Frances Clerk Buck
Died at Chicago and other notices reach Humeston area
The message of Young of Huneston’s death in a Chicago hospital reaches Derby and Yakima inquires as family learns of illness and burial. Mrs Winslow returns home as Frankie Smith and Mrs Blondin visit Bedford to see Mrs Mina Smith, aged eighty five, seriously ill after a fall. Rev A J Garrison and Mrs Garrison died recently in Denver hospital.
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Young
Paul Young
Huneston
Chicago
Charles
Lucas County
Derby
Geo Winslow
Yakima
Wash
Winslow
Frankie Smith
Flore Blondin
Bedford
Mina. Smith
Mrs Smith
Humeston
A. J. Garrison
The
Christian Church Here
Denver
Arnold
Leon Girls Rally In Close Basketball Loss
The Leon high school girls lost to their rivals by six points 26 to 20 showing marked improvement since earlier games. Daryl Gardner praised the team in a Monday talk and urged them to strive for victory in the next match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon
Daryl Gardner
WW EL Reed
Goi
Whaley
Mencher
Tucker
Portia Hutchinson
Golf
Menoher
Pontius and
McCreary
Lois MacRae
Madge Dunn
Viola Rouge
Thelma Conner
Margaret Berkey
Lewis
Wilbur Greenlee
Barriett Taylor
Frank Mitchell
Henry Williams
Harriett MacRae
Helen Garton
Ferne McDonald
George Garton
Everett McVey
Pontius
Miss Whaley
Irene Mac Ree
Trene’s Bank
Miss White
Gardner
Daryl
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Acheson
Jefferson Allerton
R Brown
Seymour A. Ewing
Garton
Eh L Hook
J Henderson
PN Holm
Clio
Iohnson
Istwerd Seymou
A Miles
Roy Trullinger
Earl Rinkler
Claud Greenlee
Raymond Jenkins
Starving Children Fonds
Carlton McGwre
Miss Cleo
Willis Reed
Led Kirby
Margaret Blacknan
Louis Taylor
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Navy
J. P. Gibson
Sarah Chastain
Leonard Durham
Randall
Kansas
J. J. Quinn
Bea Helt
Everett Caldwell
Unity
S. A. Jordan
Seth Hughes
Carl Caldwell
Philip Esher
Howard Petty
B. A
Fred Wools
Herbert Snyder
Henry Gerdes
W. A. Southerland
Memphis
Missouri
G. W. Franklin
Ute
F. Gardner
Anna Sanford
Oren Wincheliff
Chrig Anderson
Centerville
Mamie
St. Joseph
M. L. Hart
Humeston Shipping Association
Wm. M. Wailes
Clearfield
Wales
Henry Jennings
D. P. Goodrich
Ames
State Board of Health
Humeston State Bank
McCulloch
Rexford
Farmers State Bank
M. F. Roller
Roller
Finch Paint Shop
M. EB
Princess Theatre
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