PEO Sisterhood Halloween Party at George Gardner Home
The PEO Sisterhood held a Halloween gathering at the George O Gardner home with thirteen inviting sisters. Guests enjoyed fortune telling nut crack, music, and a social night accented by lanterns, candles, and autumn decor culminating in candy good night kisses. Mesdames Gardner McKibben McCulloch Jarvis Farr Hinchliff and Olive McNapy led the hostesses. The Water Works proposition is presented as a key town venture offering fire protection and potential economic benefits, urging citizen support.
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PE. O
Geo. O. Gardner
Hallowe’en
Fred Kyner
Angelo Buck
Frid Kyner
Dr. Arnold
Cleta McGuire
F. H. Farr
Floyd Humeston
Harley Northrip
Florence Hinchliff
P. E.O
Mesdames
Mamie Gardner
Jennie McKibben
Rosa McCulloch
Ethel Jarvis
Elsie Farr
Lavina Storey
Rhoda Arnold
Maud Buck
Misses Phebe King
Mabel Hinchliff
Elizabeth Taylor
Olive McNapy
Pleb. GO
Humestone
Thanksgiving Union Service Planned by Humeston Group
The Humeston Ministerial Association met Monday to arrange the annual Thanksgiving service to be held in the Baptist church. Rev M. Thomas will deliver the sermon in the evening service.
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Humeston Ministerial Association
Baptist Church
M. Thomas
The Farmer Becomes a Great Advertiser in Town Ads
A farmer expands into advertising by using low cost want ads in East coast papers. Massachusetts papers run columns of farm product listings with prices and items like butter, chickens, bread, jams, and vegetables. The system benefits farmers and housewives, with buyers seeking farm goods in nearby towns.
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Massachusetts Daily
New York
New England
Bud Richman Improves After Injury
Bud Richman, who suffered serious injuries two weeks ago during a suicide attempt by hanging, is improving. He is able to get out and around, and friends hope for a full recovery soon.
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Bud Richman
Chicken Pie Dinner In Cambria At New Hall
The Ladies' Aid of the Christian church in Cambria will host a chicken pie supper in the new T. O. F hall this Saturday evening. It promises to be a delightful affair and all are warmly invited to attend.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian Church of Cambria
T. O. OF
Whittier Ode to the Pumpkin and Thanksgiving
The poem celebrates the pumpkin linking harvest, family, and Thanksgiving across regions and generations. Whittier recalls boyhood, autumnal scenes, and a maternal fondness, praising the pumpkin's sweetness and the hope that the beloved’s days endure like a vine’s golden fruit.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
Humeston State Bank names new president McKibben succeeds King
Benjamin King resigns after twenty years as Humeston State Bank president and founder. F T McKibben, Harmeston merchant and local businessman, elected unanimously by the board effective Friday. King, born 1831 in New York, will retire to Florida with his family after strengthening the bank’s standing in Wayne County. McKibben, active in general merchandise, insurance and real estate since 1909, is regarded as a capable, public-spirited leader and trusted successor.
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Benjamin King
Humeston State Bank
F. T. McKibben
Harmeston
King
McKibben
New York
Wayne County
Iowa
Florida
Here There and Everywhere and Other Local News
Andy J. Newman weighmaster at Chariton stock yards was struck and killed by a switch engine Saturday evening. Leon starts an ice plant project with 30 ton daily capacity after purchasing machinery. Harold Johnstern writes from Schnetady NY that Geo LaFollette and his father are well. LaFollette disappeared last spring and was heard from again. Charles L. Riley, 19, named superintendent of Mallard High School after passing a mental exam, with four female assistants and 14 pupils, praised as a rising education leader.
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Andy J. Newman
Chariton C. 8 & Q
Leon
P. B. Walker
J. M. Caster
Harold Johnstern
Geo. LaFollette
John [LaFollette
Schnetady
N.Y
George
LaFollette
Seymour Leader
Charles L. Riley
CO. R. Riley
Decatur
Annapolis
Mallard
Riley
Iowa
Busy Time on Farm Drives Holiday City Shopping
Farmers are busy this season and not many are seen in the city yet they will arrive in ample time to do their holiday and winter shopping.
Wedding Today for Hannah McKinder and Charles F Martin
Miss Hannah McKinder and Charles F. Martin of Hiteman wed today. Attendants include Mr and Mrs A P Bloemsma and Charles McKinder. The bride, well known here, has often visited at her sister’s home. Mr Martin runs a grocery business in Hiteman.
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A. P. Bloemsma
Charles McKinder
Hattie McCart
Hannah McKinder
Charles F. Martin
Hiteman
Martin
Real estate deals close in local market this week
Lafe Rutledge took possession of the Harry Thomas lunch room last week. Harriet Crosby sold her residence the former Presbyterian parsonage to A. E. Taylor for 1300 dollars, brokered by L. Be Shaw. Fred Garvin bought the William Gibson farm, 240 acres four miles southwest of Garden Grove, at 75 dollars per acre with possession March 1.
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Harriet Crosby
Presbyterian Parsonage
A. E. Taylor
L. BE. Shaw
Fred Garvin
William Gibson
Garden Grove
Mr. Gibson
Children Out of School and Child Labor Trends
Findings by Owen R. Lovejoy of the National Child Labor Committee show over a million children of school age are out of school this year. The report notes that many under sixteen enter low wage, unskilled work, with native white Americans making up a large share of workers and indicating parental nativity does not shield against early employment.
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Owen R. Lovejoy
National Child Labor Committee
Connecticut
Federal
United States
Joseph
Mendenhall Shop Sold to Local Barber Ray Surbaugh
O H Mendenhall sold his barber shop and the building Friday to Ray Surbaugh who has worked for Mendenhall the past year. Mendenhall has run the business here since 1903 after buying Frank Pearsent. Surbaugh, a Wayne County native, will work in the shop for a time with plans undisclosed.
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O. H. Mendenhall
Ray Surbaugh
Mr. Mendenhall
Mendenhall
Frank Pearsent
Ile
Surbaugh
Wayne County
A. J. Surbaugh
Corydon
Clay Township
Excellent Husking Record by Ivan Krouch at Sam Richman Farm
Ivan R. Krouch husked 60 bush els of corn in 5 hours and, despite a wrist sprain before the second wagon, finished a 581 bushels in 74 days at five cents per bushel. Aged 18, son of Tra Brouch of Jefferson Township, he is praised as a bright worker and record setter, the best husking report this fall.
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Ivan R. Krouch
Sam Richman
Tyan
Tra, Brouch
Jefferson Township
Thia Ig
Smith-Ross Nuptials in Lorimer Iowa
Miss Miriam Sylvia Ross of Lorimer Iowa married John Truman Smith of Sac City in the First Methodist Episcopal church Lorimer on November 5 Rev Janes A Ross officiated. The event included a ceremony with musical selections and a reception at the parsonage attended by choir members and guests from Des Moines Kansas City Council Bluffs Indianola Altoona and other towns. The couple plans to reside in Sac City after a trip to Council Bluffs Des Moines.
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Garnet Hecker
Howard Smith
Ralph Ross
Dale Orr
Lorimer M. E
Ross
Miss Ross
Curtis Irish
E G. Linn
Des Des Moines
A.L. Punton
Florence Irene
Kansas City
Mina Athel Smith
Council Bluffe
Roland Reed
Wilma Price
Humeston
Elsie Boss
Indianola
Altoona
Edith White
Afton
Arnold Sander
Shannon City
Council Blufis
Des Moines
Sac City
Floyd Henderson Dead In St Paul Illness 1918
Floyd Henderson aged 37, son of Martha F Henderson and the late William Henderson, formerly of Humeston, died Wednesday October 27 1918 at City hospital in St Paul. He is survived by his sister Mrs H T Conrad and Dr James Henderson. Funeral from Frank Godbout parlors Friday October 31 1918 at 1 30 p.m. Interment Forest Cemetery.
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Floyd Henderson
William Henderson
Humeston
St. Paul
City Hospital
Floyd
Martha F. Henderson
H.T. Conrad
James Henderson
Frank Godbout Undertaking
Intermental Forest
Rainfall total in Humeston 254 inches through 1968
The Humeston rainfall total from January 1, 1913, to October 31, 1968, reached 254 inches according to High Hickson. He maintains an accurate account of precipitation, lending authenticity to the report.
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Humeston
High Hickson
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PE. O. Entertain
Geo. O. Gardner Home
Cambria
Xeuis
Cuba
NEW Bank
B. King
Lafe Rutledge
Harry Thomas
Miriam Ross
J. T. Smith
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