Sudden Death of John Manship
The sudden death of John Manship at his home last Friday evening shocked the community. He had been well and even played croquet that afternoon before a rapid decline led to his passing, days before his son Truman’s graduation in Cedar Falls. Born Feb 18, 1880, in Anthony Kansas, Manship lived much of his life in Union Star, Marshalltown, Mason City, and LeGrand, where he served on the school board, as mayor, and engaged in auctioneering. He leaves wife Mattie Olson and five children, plus siblings and grandchildren, with funeral rites held at the Friends church in Marshalltown conducted by Rev. Harvey assisted by Rev. Guthrie. burial in Friends cemetery.
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John Manship
Mills
Manship
Truman
Cedar Falls
John Roland Manship
Anthony
Kan
Union Star
Marshalltown
Mattie Olson
Mason City
Marshall County
Quarry
LeGrand
Missouri Auction School
Trenton
Iowa
Polar Star Lodge
Modern Woodmen
Friends Church
Willard Ruby
Mansfield
Omar
Gilman
Raymond
Newhall
Iowa State Teachers College
Norman
J. B. Wilson
Ira Morris
Rea
Hiram Olson
Buhl
Idaho
J. K. Manship
W. H. Manship
Guy W. Harvey
Taylor Guthrie
Burja
Friends Cemetery
Chas. W. Dunham
Magnus Holland
B. H. Beane
H. E. Gibson
M. T.tostenson
Glenn McCarel
Trene Mikkelson
Thelma Mikkelson
Claire Omundson
Helen Larson
Dorothy Spec
Ames
Raymond Manship
Norman Manship
William Manship
Ja Morris
Ida Barney
George Ruby
Oskaloosa
John Watland
Chicago
Paul
Lambert
Tracy
James Bryson
Frank Ireland
Montour
Tama
Dunbar
Green
Mountain
Garwin
Beaman-Lamoille
State Center
Rhodes
Albion
Newburg
Ferguson
Death’s Hopeful Verse From Louise Mathern
A short reflective poem from Louise Mathern of Tama, Iowa, exalts death as release from earthly toil and pain. It imagines heaven as a bright, perpetual presence with angels, contrasting fleeting earthly joys with eternal bliss.
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Earth
Louise Mathern
Tama
Card of Thanks Expressing Gratitude for Sympathy and Flowers
Mrs. Mattie Manship and children thank friends for sympathy and kindness shown after the loss of their husband and father and for the floral offerings received during their bereavement.
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Mattie Manship
Tulip Tree Blooms At Toledo County Auditor’s Residence
County Auditor L. M. Youngman in Toledo reports a rare, large tulip tree in bloom on his residence grounds. He samples blossoms at the courthouse, noting the tree’s top-side blossoms form cones and are hard to see from below. The tree, planted by Will Connell, may have been a gift from Tama Jim Wilson while he served as secretary of agriculture.
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L. M. Youngman
Toledo
A Dream of Joy and a Heavenly Shore
A poem by Albert Lindsey Beane from Visions describes a dream of pure ecstasy and a calm summer sea. The speaker recalls a rapture that lifts the heart beyond ordinary bounds, then awakens to a future that promises more, wondering what gracious heaven may hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
Pioneer Life in Story County Remembered on 75th Anniversary
A long记 tribute recounts Norwegian pioneers who settled Story County seventy five years ago noting their oxen drawn farms, assembled tools, and the harsh frontier life. It recalls Civil War hardship, lack of autos, early church, schools, and neighborly aid, ending at the graveyard with names on tombstones honoring early settlers who built Iowa.
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Story County
Iowa
Illinois
Old Buck
Barry
Town State College
Ames
Northwest
Captain of Our Salvation leads Men to Self Control
Friends Church led by Pastor Rev. Taylor Guthrie invites all to a Children’s Day program at 10 30 as well as 7 Christian Endeavor and 8 Gospel Service featuring The Captain of Our Salvation A Wednesday 8 pm monthly business meeting welcomes attendees. The speaker extols self mastery and indebtedness to others as a path to life and joy.
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Christian Endeavor
Captain of Our Salvation
Surprise Birthday at Mrs. Anna Van Horns Church
The Christian Church Wa.m. Church School served worship at church. Ladies and a few invited guests surprised Mrs. Anna Van Horn on her 76th birthday Tuesday afternoon. Social time followed with lunch by Mrs. Ethel Stafford and Marguerite. Mrs. Van Horn received gifts. The note invites all to join in worship in God’s house.
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Wa.m
Anna van Horn
Ethel Stafford
Marguerite
Sweet Clover Pastures Livestock Near Manchester
A nine acre sweet clover field on the Stone and Ellis farm ten miles northeast of Manchester provides pasture for about seven head of livestock despite a nine weeks drought. The field also supports forty eight hogs twenty one cattle and nine horses, keeping the growth trimmed and usable without mowing.
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Stone and Ellis Farm
Manchester
Des Moines Register
Local social notes and talks of property changes
Gladbrook residents hosted Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs John Krughel. Rosa Richards of the county seat came to attend the Manship funeral and the Royal Neighbors Lodge. Frank Stevens and wife of Albion purchased the Gora Adair property and plan to rebuild and move this fall. Trinity Lutheran church of Dilton will broadcast on KFJB Marshalltown on Sunday June 10 from 2 to 3 p.m. Chas Harvey Raymond and Ralph Beane visited Des Moines last Thursday to see James Rogers, formerly of LeGrand, who lies ill in the Veteran's hospital there and cannot dive, it is stated.
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Lee Thomas
Gladbrook
John Krughel
Rosa Richards
Royal Neighbors
Frank Stevens
Albion
Gora Adair
Trinity Lutheran Church
Dilton
KFJB
Marshalltown
Chas. Harvey
Raymond
Ralph Beane
Des Moines
James Rogers
LeGrand
Veteran’s Hospital
Regent Visit to the Holy Land Describes Traditional Palestinian Life
A regent visits Palestine and portrays peasant life as unchanged since ancient times. The article details Bedouin tents, primitive farming with oxen and donkey plows, sickle grain cutting, and labor-intensive threshing by thousands of workers, noting Zionist colonies but vast reliance on traditional methods.
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Palestine
Jesus
Elijah
Isaiah
Hosea
Asia Minor
Mediterranean
Middle West
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John R. Manship
Albert Lindsey Beane
Huxley
Malinda Thompson
Christian Church
J. A. Caskey
Sweet Clover
Holy Land
Roy Helfenstein
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