Local notes on Keota residents and visitors
United States Commissioner Ira S. Griffin, injured in a motorcycle crash, is now using crutches and traveling with care to appointments in nearby towns. He visited Briggsdale and Osgood by auto, then Grover and Keota by train with Mrs Griffin accompanying him. J G McQuiston returns to Keota from Fairfield after months away. Nearby events include Children's Day at Keota Sunday School with a big picnic, and the Benner school closing its seven month term. Various local residents travel or visit relatives across Iowa and Missouri, with births and visits noted and families planning trips to Lafayette and the Pacific coast states. An arrival of a baby girl at the J R Heltebran ranch is also recorded.
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United States
Ira S. Griffin
Briggsdale
Osgood
Grover
John Sides
Keota
Mrs. Griffin
J. G. McQuiston
Fairfield
Iowa
Benner
C. H. Lee
Greeley
Sterling
Thomas Nelson
Will
Tony Waneka
Pawnee
Lafayette
William Waneka Jr
J. B. Joy
Elmo
W. E. Scott
Missouri
Carl Duerr
Clinton
Pacific Coast States
Clyde Stanley
Hightower
Philip Cronk
Omaha
J. R. Heltebran
A. M. Jones
C. A. Harris
Indianapolis
John R. Rodefer
Anna Dake
Nebraska
W. B. Dake
Florence Robinson
Buckingham
Keota News Office Summer Hours and Contact
The Keota News office will close on Saturdays Sundays and Mondays during the summer. Those unable to call on other days may leave orders or payments with Mr Schoonover at the Keota post office. News items and requests for special appointments should be placed in the Newsbox at the post office.
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Keota
Schoonover
Broker Buys Pinto Bean Crop In Kansas City Trade
H R Farnum president of Far num Brokerage Co Kansas City visited Keota buying pinto beans from the 1912 crop. He purchased nearly a car load at a price that yields profit for growers and advised farmers to stick to pintos for reliability, ease of care, and resistance to rot or rust during wet harvest.
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H. R. Farnum
Farnum Brokerage Co
Kansas City
Keota
Seed Potatoes For Sale In Grover Colorado
Dry grown White Pearl seed potatoes priced at $1.00 per hundred and eating potatoes at 70 cents per hundred. Contact C. L. Gunn in Grover, Colorado for details.
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C. L. Gunn
Grover
Colo
Seed For Sale Good Clean Seed Flax
C E Andrews offers good clean flax seed for sale located 1 1 2 miles east of Keota Colorado. Price and availability not specified.
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C. E. Andrews
Keota
Colo
Weather Snapshot Notes Prolonged Cold and Rain
The forecast calls for southeast winds for four days starting Monday and improving weather later. Rain with hail Thursday afternoon and night followed by cool conditions. Crops remain in excellent condition overall despite early week unseasonable weather and eastern frosts. The June coldest on record in fifty years is reported by weather bureaus.
Waseca hail insurance offered by Schoonover & Son
J. E. Scott traveled from Cheyenne to visit family and complete final proof on his homestead. The ad promotes protecting crops with Waseca hail insurance from Schoonover & Son, the agents for the old reliable policy.
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Schoonover & Son
Waseca
J. E. Scott
Cheyenne
Keota Considers Bank and Elevator With Cheyenne Interest
Keota Commercial Club held a special meeting to explore obtaining a bank and an elevator. J A Rumsey and S W Fox visited Cheyenne officials who promised readiness to invest if conditions warrant. Cheyenne First National Bank plans an early July investigation. Local grain prospects suggest strong elevator demand. last year area dealers sold heavy farm equipment and current orders exceed supply.
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Keota
Keota Commercial Club
J. A. Rumeey
First National Bank of
Cheyenne
Rumsey
W. Fox
Abbot
Johnson
Wayne Brader Drowns In Family Well Near Keota
Wayne Brader the only son of Mr and Mrs William Brader was drowned in an open well at the family home two miles east of Keota last Saturday. His mother found him twenty minutes later but efforts to revive him failed. The father a worker at Lucerne traveled by automobile Sunday and the body was taken to Windsor Colorado for burial on Monday.
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Wayne
William Brader
Keota
Brader
Lucerne
Windsor
Colo
Local families relocate near Keota with livestock and tools
W A Burkey A J Winkler and Thomas Dooghe with families moved from Crete Nebraska to homesteads about eight miles northeast of Keota. Burkey a barber may work in Keota on Saturdays.
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W. A. Burkey
A. J. Winkler
Thomas Dooghe
Crete
Neb
Keota
Mr. Burkey
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Olbur Dvyeshu
Tral
Wayne Brader
Stewart
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