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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1908
Page
5
Local items report visits, shopping, and social calls among Humeston residents including families from Garden Grove and Corydon. Notes on church events, a ten cent rake sale, and fire safety appeals accompany updates on births, deaths, and local travels by residents and visiting kin.
Claud Caldwell and family visited Lewisburg while Mrs Clede Caldwell went to Osceola for an oculist. Elizabeth Surbaugh returned from Humeston, and Charles Caldwell of Nebraska visits relatives. The Literary society plans Thursday evening and the ladies aid meets with Mrs Robinson Thursday afternoon. Masons and families enjoyed a Garden Grove picnic. A large hidden negro sighting unsettles the neighborhood with fear after nightfall. residents urge action.
Mr and Mrs Jiles McGhee traded in Derby Saturday. William Leech left Tuesday for Texas to view land. Mr and Mrs Al Alexander attended a meeting at Savrma Sunday. Miss Lulu Fuller visited Mr Frank Lowe late in the week. Mrs W O Loewe was undergoing dental work in Peri one day.
Local notes report Rachel Evans greeting Mrs Gibbs and Daniel Welle Sandin. Grace traded at Teichic Friday. TW contest mentions Sandin. Jiles V McGhee and Wo Lone held services at Mc Main School House with preaching Monday evening. John Lowe goes to Pittsville Pa to reconnect with old schoolmates after fifty years. Various family visits noted. Weather hot with dusty roads and no rain in September. Maple Grove school opened Monday after summer break.
Mrs Boise is quite ill at this writing. Miss Freda Myers visited over Sunday with her parents. G Moore left Monday on a business trip to Des Moines.
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