Outing to Jaky Okoboji and Farm News from Craig area
A group led by Jem EL Johnson Onno Croon Ange Ludwig and spouses left for a two day outing to Jaky Okoboji. The week saw record grain yields on Herman Dommer farm near Craig and note of oats at 19 bushels per acre. Farmers plan early fall plowing and electricity enhances water supply. Miss Hilka Croon visited from Salem SD. Tony Tammen upgrades with electric power. Philip Deutschle and wife of Merillt visited via Alcester. Agnes Lehman arrives from Butte to see her father. A weed destroyer for railroads by Mr. Deutschle is being tested on the Great Northern line. An auto accident injures Mrs. Fett but no bones broken. Chicken theft occurs at Conrad Gerritts’ between Craig and Chattaworth with eight dollars of fowl stolen and property damaged by unknown culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Independent
Jem EL Johnson
Onno Croon
Ange Ludwig
Onnie Johnses
H. F. Ludwig
Jaky Okoboji
Herman Dommer
Craig
Hilka Croon
Salem
Henry Croon
Tony Tammen
Philip Deutschie
Mer- Till
Alcester
Andy Lehman
Agnes Lehman
Butte
Mont
Deutschle
Hawarden
Conrad Gerritts Place
Here
Chattaworth
Ernie Hinzman
Lindsay
Mgr. Wiess
Remsen
St. Mary's School
Muenster
Tex
Wies
Renisen
Henry Schorg
Main Street
Mr. Schorg
Vincent Schnepf
Emory
Joe Stoos
Florentine
Cemetery Road
Mr. Stops
Hey Oy
Joe
Betty Lotz
Verne Campbell
Kansas City
Missouri City
J. McCafferty
N. Kass
Cedar Rapids
Campbell
Mike Gengler
Gengler
Eastern Stanton Social Notes and Threshing Update
Eastern Stanton Special Correspondence reports Jim Britt and daughter from Pipestone visiting, and patrons like Pete McGrath, the Keenan and Dunn families in LeMars. Threshing nears end with good yields, as locals such as Arnold Hughes, the Schrootens, Crowley relatives, and numerous visitors keep busy with errands and social calls across Crowley brothers, Wecker family, and nearby farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Britt
Margaret
Pipestone
Minn
Pete McGrath
LeMars
Dairy Keenan
Agnes
Frank Dunn
Alvina
Catherine
Arnold Hughes
Humbolt
Arnold Schrooten
Nellie Wallace
Martin Wecker
R. Fischer
Elmer
Leonard Sehrenrock
Joe Bohlke
Couple Unite In Union County Nuptials At Akron
In Akron the Christian parsonage hosted the marriage of John M. Johnson and Miss Hilda Anderson of Union County. Rev B C Davis officiated as families from Union County share congratulations. The couple plan to live on a farm west town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register-Tribune
John M. Johnson
Hilda , Anderson
Union County
Ediock
B. C. Davis
Aust
A. Anderson
A. B. Johngoney
Myr
Johnson
Simon Lutz
Ith
Iliam Halvorsen
Isa Lorraine Fredericksen
Warden
Garland Elis
William van Buskirk
Local News Roundup From Marion Iowa And Nearby Areas
Visitors and travels fill regional life with Ed Reed and George Thompson hosting relatives in Marion. Percy Ross returns to finish medical studies at Iowa. Drought strains crops as rain misses this section, pastures burn, and stock feed remains scarce. Weekend trips include Sioux City to Arnold's Park Spirit Lake and several residents heading to Pillsbury Point. Weather and community notes mix with local business moves and county officials’ prior lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ed Reed
van Buskirk
George Mattison
G. D. Thompson
George Thompson
Webster City
Percy Ross
Chicago
University of Iowa
Ray A. Smith
Gerald
Arthur W. Johnson
Sioux City
Arnold's Park
Spirit Lake
H. Shoulberg
C. E. Robinson
Arold’s Park
Pillsbury's Point
Okoboji Lake
Maurice
James Redmond
LeMars
T. J
M. W. Redmond
John E. Erickson
Elmer
John Hultgren
Black Hills
Frank Smith
Gordon Lewison
Ingebret Halvyorsen
Edith Nelson
Iowa City
John Nelson
H. A. Stryzewski
St. Paul
Rockford
Gillmann
T. J. Reeves
Mae
Orange City
Anders Nelson
Reeves
Sioux County
Union Creek
Fire burns Falke garage mechanic in farm tractor blast
Frank Scholer a Falke garage mechanic suffered severe facial neck and chest burns when a gasoline explosion occurred while he inspected a secondhand tractor on a Remsen farm. A removed crank case hand plate and a struck match ignited oil and gas spraying burning fluid across his face neck and chest during the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Scholer
Falke Garage
Mr. Scholer
Woman & Daldrup
Remsen
Marcus
Remsen-Alton-Granville Telephone Company
Eulberg
Remeen
Louisa Wiles
Local NorthWest Union Notes And Farm Visit Highlights
Frank Kramer was a LeMars business caller Thursday. Mrs Archie MacKay and daughters Mary and Ruth were in LeMars on business Tuesday afternoon. Remsen and Merrill played with Remsen winning 6 to 4. Staebell and Staebell households hosted relatives for dinner in LeMars. threshing activity and crop yields are reported with Dick Eyres yielding 78 bushels per acre. multiple visits and farm work summaries across LeMars and Union areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kramer
LeMars
Archie MacKay
Mary
Ruth
R. Fischer
Henrietta
Herman
Laura
Fred Harms
Emma
Joseph Staebell
Elmer Fischer
Merrill
Remsen
Joseph Staebel
Arnold
Kenneth
Cecil
Frank Staebell
Alvina Dunn
Daisy Keenan
Rose Nessons
Ernest Eyres
Dick Eyres
George Farmer and Son
Phil Hayden
Union
Roy Stevenson
Marvel Schraeten
Bullington Bros
Henry Schipper
LeMars Buealness
Local Socials and a Play Preview in Elgin Township
Social notes recount visits and meals across families in Riots City Hawarden and Alton with several Saturday outings, a new Buick, and a Dodge. A church event was postponed to August 21 while a Ladies Aid play Aunt Dinah’s Quilting Party is detailed with cast roles and plot points teaser.
Local social notes and visits from LeMars area
Elgin EB F Austine visited Sioux City last Wednesday. Mrs. Fred Peck and Miss Leora Laughton called at August Witt’s home east of LeMars on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Stewart and children from Des Moines visited the 3 F Siebens home this week. Miss Blanche Hilton of LeMars spent Monday with Mrs. Peck. Clarence Albert has been sick the past week. Mr. and Mrs. John Garding and family and Clifford Bray of Struble were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Faulkner. John Ahlfs is driving a new Gardner car. Miss Gertrude Moran of LeMars.
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R. A. McArthur
Gerbin Kaizer
Alton
Kaizer
John
W. H. Reaves
W. J. Reeves
Myrtle Holster
Erlynne Kennedy
John Deegan
Elgin Township Farm Bureau
Grant Chapman
D. F. McArthur
Lake Benton
Minn
Carol Haviland
LeMars
Susan Haviland
C. W. Reeves
Hawarden
Helen Patrick
J. R. Hinde
Dinah
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mark
Somme Bcp
Taitie Wee
Villian
Mr. Hunter
Freddie
Nellie Sanderson
EB. F. Austine
Sioux City
Fred Peck
Leora Laughton
August Witt
Fred H. Stewart
Des Moines
John Garding
Clifford Bray
Struble
G. W. Faulkner
John Ahlfs
Gertrude Moran
Little Fern Klave
Schilling
W. J. Werth
le Mars
Don Kohl
Irene
Kuebe
Iowa City
Buffalo
Wyo
Will Pritchett
John Smith
Wisconsin
Harvest Fields
North Dakota
Craig
T. J. Henkels
Nemmers
C. F. Nanninga
Magele May
Clarence Alberts
Albert Lanyon
Kansas City
Clark Bolser
Mabel Crippen
Homer
Neb
N. R. Schlesser
Miss Crippen
A. T. Bray
Struble-Craig
Frank Schlesser
Struble and Craig Stars Share Weekend Doings
LeMars residents visited kin in LeMars O'Leary and Craig attended gatherings. Evelyn Nicholson visited near Hinton as a Tennessee Rats minstrel show drew crowds. Notables include Mrs Schlesser’s birthday surprise and road grading on Struble Craig. Albert Lanyon and Clark Bolser passed through, with Crippen improving slowly after illness.
Beach dress crackdown prompts dozens of summons
Police launched a Sunday campaign against abbreviated beach attire across metropolitan resorts. Over 40 summonses were issued with Rockaway and Coney Island among the areas citing violations. The photo shows Edna Jaffre in correct garb for Coney Island while Gertrude Kessler is not, as Officer George Stewart points out the dress rules for a safe trip to the Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockaway
Coney Island
Edna Jaffre
Coney
Gertrude Kessler
George Stewart
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Akron
Bell Enterprise
Henry Reints
Floyd
Lloyd Laughton
Farm Bureau
James Rowe
Nellie Ewers
Lloyd Ewers
Cyrus Huntington
Platteville
Wis
Northwest Union
Burt
M.B
Robert
Elgin
Underwood
Eee
Sa -Faa
Jewett de Luxe
Jewett
Jewett de
Estonia
Demas Gouhtis
Jowe Luxe
Detroit
Paige
Guy A. Boyce
Central Ave
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