Local notes record arrivals and visits near Keota
Mr and Mrs Byron Boyden occupy the Sarah E Wallace place near Keota and their son Donald serves as a lieutenant on the U S S Michigan while daughter Beatrice attends Vassar College. Revival services are led by Rev I N Parvin from University Place with Rev and Mrs Dickson assisting. A baby, Arline Rhoadarmer, dies of pneumonia. the community sends sympathy. A surprise party honors Mr and Mrs Ernst prior to their move to Fort Morgan. Enlistment prospects surface as Milton Krum Raymond Bond and Ray Fisher head to Cheyenne. Various visits, medical updates, and minor operations are noted among Keota residents and friends.
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Byron Boyden
Chicago
Pueblo
Colorado
Sarah E. Wallace Place
Keota
Boyden
Donald
U. S. S. Michigan
Beatrice
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Arline Rhoadarmer
W. A. Rhoadarmer
Milton Krum
Raymond Bond
Ray Fisher
Cheyenne
Navy
John Deal
Greeley
Gravity
Iowa
Former Keotan Now in France Lieutenant Craig Writes Home
Former Keota settler Clifford W. Craig, now a second lieutenant in the U S Army in France, shares a homeward bound letter to his brother John Craig. He recalls duty, Christmas in camp, turkey from the United States, a new Y M C A for enlisted men, a regimental band, and a Scottish bagpipe serenade through New Year’s Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Craig
Brother
Bill
America
Y M C A Work Boosts Morale At French Camp
The writer describes YMCA activities and nightly shows to lift troops’ spirits in France. Lt. Wannamaker and the author bunk together in a cold hut. To beat the cold they papered their walls using scavenged paper, creating an nearly airtight room despite rough floors and few ventilation gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Wannamaker
U.S. A
N. E
Public library and rest room opens in Keota by Dodder and Boyden
To Open Library in Keota C O Dodder provides the building and Byron Boyden supplies the books for a free public library and rest room for community use. The rear of the Dodder implement shed hosts the facility with access at Farmers State Bank or Dodder's office. All may use the room and borrow books. children under 15 must be with an adult. Books to be returned promptly or the project may be discontinued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Dodder
Byron Boyden
Dodder
Farmers State Bank
Grange Installation Set for February 19 at Keota
Keota Grange plans its annual officer installation at the February 19 meeting likely in the Rumsey building A lunch will be served with a meatless Tuesday and a wheatless Wednesday challenge the thirteen member committee faces to match the usual Grange spread Ben Rhoadarmer and Charlie Wecas were initiated as members at Tuesday's meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Rumsey
Ben Rhoadarmer
Charlie Wecas
Farmers' Union Stock Exchange organized in Denver
A Denver based Farmers' Union Stock Exchange has organized with a $400,000 capitalization and a chosen board. It aims to handle crops like potatoes cabbage onions chickens eggs and most farm products directly with consumers. The Grange runs a similar agency in Denver and did $400,000 in business last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Union Stock Exchange
Denver
The
Grange
Kodak Films Now In Stock At Stanleys
Kodak films in all common sizes are in stock at Stanley's, offering photographers immediate availability for standard formats and classic emulsions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kodak Films
Stanley’s
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I. N. Parvin
University Place
Nebr
Roby School House
O. N. Ernst
Altho
Mrs. Ernst
Fort Morgan
Colo
Charles Jones
Pawnee Buttes
N. E. Trumbo
Roy Payne
Barnesville
Loveland
Dwight Rumsey
George Schoonover
John Rouner
S. D. Markley
H. R. Nourse
Mae Rheadarmer
Lexington
Rose Durbin
Kansas
Illinois
Helen Krumm
Lucerne
J. A. Hobbs
Hughey Irwin
A. E. Cowell
Fortner
Keotan
France
Sec. and
Treas
Schoonover & Son
Jock
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