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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1925
Page
7
LeMars residents attend dances and social events while listings share births sales rental notices and business calls. Notable items include a baby born to Mr and Mrs Wayne Schipper and a carious sales ads for John Deere equipment and a Car Helder property Thus community life idles with illness visits and upcoming meetings led by the League of Women Voters and church auxiliary activities.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to the Ladies aid and quartet of St. John's Lutheran church for help and honoring their wife and mother. Ad notes school paper wads joke humor and a seed corn sale by J. W. Kemp near Hinton Iowa with 24 county test promising 99 percent and price 38.50 per bushel. LT rally set May 23 at 3 pm in Presbyterian church basement with speaker Mrs J A Hills and 15 cents dues for children and offering for adults to support youth citizenship program.
Local items include farm loan listings and trucking ads, farm job inquiries, fruit and grocery promotions, stray livestock reports, cellar work and hire notices, car repair ads, marriage license issued in Wisner and Beemer, baby chick for sale, picnic news, home laundry work request, and relocation of Chris Molten family to Johnson township farm for summer.
Listings include Puetz Motor Express contact numbers and sales ads for cigars and hatching eggs. Community updates note visitors from Rock Rapids and LeMars residents, plus a 20-horse engine for sale and rag rug display at Round Oak window. Local travel reports cover trips to Illinois and Wisconsin and straw hat season opening activity.
Legionaires announce a Thursday night meeting to plan Memorial day observances. Richard McAvoy commander notes the subject is outlined for readers. A separate item lists a program and basket social on Thursday May 21 in Fredonia township school district No 3. Tillie Ruppert teacher calls for baskets. America township farm bureau will meet at Steele school house Thursday evening May 21 with important business. Martin Henrich president.
Anton Meis received a radio from J. P. Poeckes Paint store for proposing the best business motto. The accepted motto is Our trade that service made.
Names of Lions members including Co Gray C D Roseberry Dr R J Joynt William Lynch and Louis Bellair, plan to attend the district convention in Waterloo Iowa Tuesday and Wednesday. Also notes big reductions on baby chick prices with May 13 delivery and future hatches May 20 and 27, plus farm loan offers by A L Krause Co. Donald Proett injured by car near Remeen. foot broken and condition worsening.
Percy Wraight of New Orleans step son in law of the late Mrs. A A Aline will lie in state at the home for a 2 30 funeral. Earnest Alline of Marion Ohio and Sterline Freeman of Fremont Nebraska attend. Will T Buchanan former LeMars editor and Robbins Bros circus advance promoter visits. He claims a past battle with a rival publisher and recalls old editorial days.
A slightly used piano near LeMars is offered at a cheap price with easy terms. J. P. Poeckes has signed a contract to decorate the Catholic church at Pocahontas Iowa, with painters heading there tomorrow. The Globe-Post sells a leather bound dictionary for 98 cents and notes its practicality and complete coverage.
About 20 LeMars residents traveled to Sioux City for the commencement exercises of the new Samaritan hospital training school for nurses at the First Baptist church. Nine graduates were named including Miss Leona L. Jones of LeMars. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Blackburn and Mr. and Mrs. Dana Hoffman also visited Iowa City last week where Miss Margaret Blackburn played a principal part in a students play. The Hoffmans visited their daughter at the university before returning Friday afternoon reporting a fine trip and visit in Town City.
St John s Lutheran Church holds Thursday morning service in German at 10 30 on Ascension Day May 21 while Rev William Zibell of Craig conducts the service with J J Vollmar pastor present The pastor will be in Brewster Minn for an installation service that day The region records a heavy May frost harming crops then notes rain elsewhere and reports from Iowa University swimmers plan for a May 30 river regatta with various exhibition events.
Beg Your Pardon Dewey camp No 226 Woodmen of the World announces a rescheduled open meeting for Thursday May 28 replacing the previously announced May 20 date in The Globe Post.
A new Phi Lambda Upsilon chapter, honorary chemistry fraternity, was founded at the University of Iowa this week in Iowa City. Prof. Ross A. Gortner of Minnesota delivered the installation address. W. H. Johnson serves as president and H. F. Johnston as secretary. the group includes 14 advanced students and several chemistry instructors.
On Friday May 8 a group of nine couples surprised Eileen Boyce at the G. A. Boyce home for her birthday. The group enjoyed dancing and a late luncheon before departing with best wishes for many more happy birthdays.
The schedule updates include Northbound No. 32 at 6 18 a m and No. 162 at 7 43 p m. Southbound No. 161 at 11 19 a m and No. 31 at 10 03 p m. The notice cites T W Flaherty, Dalton station agent. The Women’s Relief Corps met at the Ruble home with readings and music.
Witnesses testified Hart was at the scene of a robbery attempt and seen driving in Jefferson the night of the incident. County attorney says Hart was put under bond while Hart claims he was released without bond. Hart is currently in LeMars and other LeMars youths were named in connection with the affair. Sheriff Dalin offered no details, promising further investigation.
In Iowa Plymouth county the estate of Charles W. Wilde is set for probate after a will filing on May 16 1925. Final proof and hearing are scheduled for June 15 1925 at the district court with interested parties invited to appear. J A Sickler clerk. Ta Keenan Murray attorneys for the estate.
A lavish program features trained wild animals Ponca Bills wild west and a full circus lineup. Foreign acrobats include Matsumoto family from Japan. Arabian Nights requires 350 performers and Historic America closes the show. Lafe Young Jr. calls it the best circus in a decade with 40 clowns aboard.
Heavy rain and strong winds near Sioux City disrupted a wedding dinner planned at the John H. Eilers home in Craig for Mr. and Mrs. Harold Weiss. The couple wed in LeMars on Saturday afternoon May 3, with guests, all relatives, held in Sioux City 32 miles away. The bride is Sophia Schulz, sister of Mrs. J. H. Eilers and Mrs. L. E. Thunhorst. The groom works in Sioux City at the Weils cafe and is described as ambitious and affable. Relatives from Sioux City attended the celebration.
Members of the Samaritan and Senior Samaritan classes of the Seney M E Church present The Deacon's Honeymoon a three act comedy on Tuesday May 19 at 8 pm in the church hall. Admission 35 cents adults 15 cents children with reserved seats 50 cents adults 25 cents children at A McArthur's and Mrs Jeffers store. Cast includes Deacon Briggs Gerben Keizer Tom Briggs Floyd Moore Silas Pettingill Irving McArthur Jim Hooker Roy McArthur Bob Gray Ray Hinde Sam Johnson Floyd Becker Mrs Martha Briggs Dorothy McArthur Minnie Briggs Virla Cook Miss Perkins Margaret Moore Miss Tackley Helen Becker Miss Horn.
LeMars prepares for its first circus of the season by the Robbins Bros four ring show. The event features three elephant herds and a large menagerie. Trains arrive early Wednesday from Storm Lake via Illinois Central. Two performances set for 2 and 8 PM, parade at 11 AM over a mile long with wagons tableaux and hundreds of wild animals. About 500 staff and six bands accompany the show. Cedar Rapids Gazette hails it as one of the best in the city’s history.
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