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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1927
Page
1
Ireton notes include Henry and Mrs Johnson returning from a funeral in honor of John Pereboom, Wm Pereboom visiting Enid, and many locals traveling to LeMars Hawarden and Sioux City. The Camp Fire Girls hosted a gathering, Henrietta Bergman married Roy DeBoer at Sioux Center, and Dr W C Scholty reports TB reactors in the area. Memorial day visitors from Sioux City and Long Beach figure among weekend activity.
The Elkhorn farm bureau backed home talent at Elk Horn Community Hall Friday evening May 27 presenting The Minister's Wife's New Bonnet. Commencement exercises at the Legion hall featured 18 seniors receiving diplomas with the motto Life Is a Picture So Paint It Well and a program including music, a glee club, and speeches by Rev. C. V. Hulse and Rev. Charles Snyder.
A brief residency occurred in Storm Lake, with several days spent there during the prior week. No further details are provided about the visitors or the purpose of the stay.
Mr. and Mrs. John Willer welcome a baby boy born Friday May 27. Mrs. Harms celebrated her birthday with relatives at John Harms home. Theresa Becker visited at Lewis Bruns home. Local turnout at Decoration Day dance at Grimes pavilion Monday. Gert Leibens had cattle on Sioux City market Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Donahue of Brunsville welcomed a baby girl born Thursday May 26. Miller Bros shelled corn for Geo. Bauerly. Washington farm bureau women held annual meeting at Mrs. R. L. Weidauer home. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Schoenrock of LeMars visited Ben Hilks. Mrs. Peter Johansen and children visited Brunsville Monday. Mrs. Henry Rieken and daughter were LeMars visitors Tuesday. Jack Reese hauled hogs for Henry Weber Tuesday.
S E Washington reports a string of Sunday and weekday visits and trips among Merrill LeMars and Grimes area residents including the Campbells Tuckers Harms Schultz and Brown families. Several calls to LeMars and Merrill plus a Decoration Day dance are recorded along with multiple motor trips and social visits among neighbors.
Local residents hosted Sunday dinners with friends and relatives across Merrill and nearby towns including Jens Petersen home Albert Lang and Hazel at Mart Wecker home. Memorial services drew a large crowd at the high school auditorium on May 30 with business places closed for Decoration Day plus a dance at Grimes pavilion Monday night.
Kingsley church social rounds list hostesses and meetings while news of Mrs. Jack Cottrell of Alberta dies after post op pneumonia. Local clubs hold bridge and luncheons for members and friends with visits from Clara Ogren and Timmins, and Gale Foft’s hospital comeback amid Legion auxiliary poppy duties.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester McDougall and Mrs. Raymond Chivall with children visited Sioux City this week. Miss Marie Moran spent several days with Sioux City friends. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rowan and their niece Miss Clare Bowen left Tuesday for a western motor trip, Clare returning to Wyoming and the Bowens to Tuscon, Arizona, with plans for months away. Mrs. Ray Langendorfer of Los Angeles and Mrs. H Werth and daughter with Mrs. Clarence Langendorfer of LeMars visited the McDougall home Thursday. Mrs. Ben Nicholson hosted the Bi weekly Bridge Club on Wednesday, with Mrs. John MacDougall and Mrs. Raymond Chenhall and Mrs. Cornish taking top honors, followed by a lunch. Miss Schreiner of Sioux Falls visited Mrs. Frank Schlesser. Mr. and Mrs. John McDougall spent Sunday at the Albert Werth home in LeMars. Frank Petges went to Des Moines to spend Decoration Day with friends. A marriage announcement was made Sunday at St Joseph's for Vincent Lewis and Miss Irene Puetz of LeMars. Orville Giese and family of Sioux City spent the weekend with the Henry Giese home. John Ahlis visited Sioux City Friday. Nellia Edwards closed her Dist. 1 school year with a picnic for pupils and friends. Miss Mildred Henrich hosted girls to honor Mrs. Edna Bowen, who left for Wyoming. Zenos Osborne and D Short attended a Sioux City convention. Henry Siebels and John Rahlfs are noted.
Stanton neighbors report social calls at Hutley home, a funeral in Lincoln tnp German Lutheran church for A Heingartner, and travel to Sioux City for markets and relatives. A W Greenwalt and Mrs Greenwalt plan Nebraska funeral attendance. Blanche Bunch returns from Doon to town. children head to Merrill for diphtheria toxin shots.
Liberty center Liberty fell 6 to 0 to Sioux on Sunday. Batteries for Liberty were R Richardson and C Kellogg with Sioux counters by B Lawrence and A Johnson. Two coyotes were seen near Chas Eberhard home by Willard and
Neighbors aided firefighting after a building at Frank Tullis farm burned. One chick brooder exploded, 6500 chicks perished, total loss about $300. Other buildings saved. Earlier, Biden and Aberhard were followed for half a mile. Farmers face corn planting after hard rains. A rally day picnic honored the cradle roll class of the W M S at Mrs Chas Eberhard’s home.
Grant Township residents Herman Renken and family Garret Renken and family and Mr and Mrs Jack Dirks attended the Royal theater in LeMars Tuesday. Mrs Theo Plueger and family were shoppers in LeMars Thursday. Fred J H Plueger and family and Mrs Ed Zink were business shoppers in Sioux City Thursday. Meta Harms called on in Craig last week. Ed Zink and crew work on Mike Miler farm. Henry Ludwigs of Craig ill with a bad cold. Onno Johnson and wife and Otto Johnson called in LeMars. Henry Oltmanns and wife shopped in Sioux City. Read the Globe-Post want ads.
Windmill advertisements claim wind is free and W. K. Thorndyke near Edgerton has installed a large generator on his farm to supply electric current and power. Storage batteries allow several days of use without running the windmill.
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