Cambria Social Notes include visits and moves
Mrs Elsie Opp shopped in Humeston on Wednesday. T. H. Muse and family visited Edd Jones on Sunday. J N Dicks completed a new cement walk. Mrs C G Summers attended Memorial services in Humeston. Mrs H E Copeland of Promise City visited friends. The open house of Mrs Elizabeth Moore is complete and she moves in. Mrs and Mrs H F Miller of Corydon were visitors at the D F Miller home. McElveen and Hikenberry repaired lumber sheds and improved property. Will Eckenberry, Frank Manning of Chariton, visited on Monday. Mr and Mrs Henry Thomas and Mr and Mrs Alf Smith spent Sunday with Mrs Thomas’s sister, Mrs E Springer. Dr and Mrs Blankenship, Mrs Anna Sloan and family, and Mrs C Z Brown attended Memorial services in New York. Lucile, Gladys and Genevieve Evans visited Promise City to see Rev and Mrs Copeland. A M Gassett, Olney and Tom Opp, from Benson, Minn., returned home after ten days on business. Dr H T Smith of Humeston was called to see Mrs Miller Sunday morning. Mrs Grover Dotts of Omaha visited with Ray and Mrs Raymond Dotts, then went to Corydon. Mrs Emma Opp of Kirksville, Mo., came to spend the summer with her parents A M Gassett. She will be joined later by husband. Mr and Mrs W S McMains and daughter Helen, and Mrs Earl McClurg visited Mrs E Springer. Friends of Mrs Springer are sorry she is seriously sick. J H Moore traded stock of merchandise to Mr Mace of Allerton for a farm near Bloomfield. Moore has been in Cambria long. town regrets his departure. Welcoming Mr Mace and his sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Moore
H. F. Miller
Corydon
D. F. Miller
McElveen & Hikenberry
Will Eckenberry
Frank Manning
Chariton
Henry Thomas
Alf Smith
Hame
Thomas
E. Springer
Blankenship
Anna Sloan
C. Z. Brown
New York
Lucile
Gladys
Genevieve Evans
Promise City
Raymond Dotts
Emma Opp
Kirksville
A. M. Gassett
McMains
Helen
Earl McClurg
KE. Springer
Neighborhood Social Notes From Humeston Area
Northwest residents share visits and illnesses. Sammy Smith tends corn for Will Lowe while many neighbors report guests at farms and homes, with several sick lists and family visits recorded across Sundays and Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy Smith
Will Lowe
A Successful Teacher
A Sigourney clipping highlights Miss Sadie Combs formerly of Hameston as a highly effective educator. The Sigourney High School Senior class play What Happened to Jones, staged Tuesday, showcased strong student performances under English teacher Miss Eadie Combs. The piece marks the end of her faithful service, praised as among the best Sigourney faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hameston
Sigourney
Sadie Combs
Jones
Eadie Combs
Pleasing pictures for particular people at the Princess
The Kalona News advocates restraint in scandal coverage and praises prudent editors who keep papers clean. It questions town gossip and warns against using the paper as a vehicle for disgraceful chatter while noting advertising funds support publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adv
Weldon Area Social and Visits Noted in Week
Local residents including LEROY Charles May and Grace Wylie visited Weldon and Humeston. families such as Wylies and McBrooms hosted relatives from Des Moines, Corydon, and Derby. Memorial addresses were delivered in Corning, and Ipworth League planning occurred at Grant Kyner’s home.
Unity Maude Sharpnack Closes School Term
Local notes report Maude Sharpnack ending a school term Friday and various visits and social calls across Unity Corydon Humeston and nearby towns. Neighbors, relatives, and friends such as Mabel Neibling Jennie Gibbs Hattie Surbaugh Eis Peck and the Neibling and Surbaugh families are mentioned with occasional church and convention attendance.
Humeston Eyes Eighth Annual Fall Festival This Fall
Town boosters push to revive Humeston Fall Festival, planning a three day event in the second week of September. Seven previous festivals were successes, with conditions favorable this year. A meeting of business leaders and citizens is urged to outline plans for the biggest festival yet. Also an excellent Princess show with three extra fine reels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humeston
Crand
the Princess
Geographic Bearings fragment
Readable text places locations relative to Hameston Garden Grove and Leroy. It mentions a point one mile south and four cents west of Hameston, one mile east and one cent north of Garden Grove, and three miles southeast of Leroy. Names Hameston Garden Grove Leroy appear as landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hameston
Garden Grove
Leroy
Notice of hearing for Heck Sanford will in Wayne County
District Court in Vacation announces that a document claimed as the last will of Heck Sanford, deceased, was produced and read. A hearing on proof is set for Monday, June 15, 1914, before FB Seapy, Clerk, with official seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heck Sanford
FB. Seapy
Clerk District Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cambria
H. E. Copeland
Sam Smith
Harry
Herman Lowe
Selma
Hattie Evans
Fred Joy
Roy Lowe
Marlin Smith
Jiverman
K. Gwinn
Grandma Gwinn
Grace Wise
Lloyd Barger
Mamie Anderson
Frank Joy
George Alexander
T. Davidson
Allerton
Will
Joni Lowe
Leland
J. E. Richman
H. Gibbs
John Joy
Werman
Larson
Will Davidson
Lowden Lowe
Robert Bevard
George Lazenby
Olive Plymate
Harriet
Ray Leech
William Sutton
Jolin
Truro
William Lowe
Orval Sayers
Sanford Exley
Carl Leech
McGhee
Will Leech
Chas. Burkbiser
Grandma Suilen
Charley Toll
Arthur Wright
Charles Clark
Floyd Staley
Woodburn
Lula Fuller
Jiles McGhee
Diana McGhee
Ernie McGhee
James
Kalona News
Newera Perharhive
Charles May
Weldon
Lena Hanley
Baby
Des Moines
James McBroom and Son
J. B. Calhoun
Thaner
John Weadell
Harry Boorg
Newton Boore
Will Trisler
Evelyn of
J. A. Buchanan
Leon
Jeridaay Willy
Ipworth League
Grant Kyner
Thenry Miller
Howard
Hillmester
H.wedford
Mrs. Guiver
Nell Ruffum
Anna McKinney
Oxeeola
Maude Sharpnack
Ola Carter
Mabel Neibling
J. E. Suibaugh
Jennie Gibbs
Tom Guinn
Fameston
Hattie Hughes
Harl Surbaugh
Zimmerman Bros
L. OC. Neibling
J. E. Surbaugh
Eis Peck
Henry Wishmeyer
Mabel
Ross Francisco
Ad Heli
May
Zillah Helt
A. J. Surbaugh
Unity
R. L. Cheenlee
Mattie Greenlee
Maree
Netn Greenlee
Tae Hart
Jesse Ratclil
L. GC. Neibling
Peoria
Good View Stock Farm
P. Hamilton & Sons
Srarh
Iowa
Wayne County
Cap
Home State Bank
J. B. Petty
Hamelton
Geo. McCulloch
J. Herbert Park
Bert McCulloch
L. R. Goff
James Porter
Wm. Hobden
C.H. Oehrman
F. L. Hasbrouck
W. S. McMains
Tom
L. Blevins
Cleever
R. E. Kyner
Wallace Farm
M. Bremmer
Louis Traupel
Jack
Young Bloomingdale
Chief
R. EB. Kyner
Rickert Farm
J.h.rickert
B. F. McNeil
Hobson
Paola
J. L. Niday
M. R
Poston & Goodrich
F. D. Kyner
Humelton State Bank
F. T. McKibben
ED Williams
S. W. Lewis
B. King
Ed Wiliams
E. S. Williams
Arthur McCabe
R. C. Flutchinson
F.T. McKibben
H. T. Smith
Jas. Ls Humphrey, JR
Ables Bros. Shop
Wyoming
Cheyenne
S. G. Hopkins
Burlington
S. B. Howard
Asst
Oc. B
QO. R.R
Farnam Street
Omaha
Neb
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