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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
5
Local briefs recount visits, travel, sales and events in LeGrand and surrounding areas. Residents like Mr. and Mrs. Kent, Miss Draper, and Mrs. Condon travel or host relatives. vendors announce deliveries of cement and lumber. theater and photo plays promote affordable Friday shows. school and recital news appear alongside small business updates and upcoming games.
A Sunday program at Friends Church features a lineup of prayers, recitations, and songs. Walter Keen Eleanor Coppock Lola Lundy Lola Lundy Dril: Children’s Day the Best Teddy Olson Gladys Ferguson Chloris Coppock Jane contain a series of performances by local children with names and roles listed for the event.
A Utah letter from J H Wrotzrowp of Newberg describes a canyon rail line near Park City with year round snow, local produce, decorations and attractions. A second Oregon letter from Louis H Menpewits of Winnemucca praises the LeGrand Reporter, plans a return visit, and notes climate and scenery. Also note Mr Fred Young will start weekly motion pictures at Hamlet Hall with Mrs Young assisting.
An advertisement touts summer vacations in Wisconsin Minnesota and Northern Michigan along the Chicago and North Western Ry routes. It highlights lake country resorts for a week or two of fishing sailing and tramping with pine scented air and many lakes. It urges readers to contact ticket agents for fares and service details.
Special Correspondent Amanda reports Harrah visiting at home on Sunday. Jesse Ferguson and Ray Plummer shipped hogs Tuesday. Winnie and Myron Plummer shared dinner at Ray Plummer’s Sunday. Terrill school closed Friday with a picnic enjoyed by many. Ivan Harrison of Marshalltown helps Jim Wilson plow corn this week. Mrs Anns Dent received word of her father’s serious illness and left Friday evening for Ohio to visit. Mrs Chas Hescher former LéGrand resident visited from Chicago to see J W Wilson.
A signed Subscriber jingle paints Nimrod the fisher preparing for a dawn fishing trip. He rigs lines and guides, packs socks and tobacco, rises at 4 am, and battles a five pound catch with expert tactics. The verse ends with the fisher returning home proud of his morning triumph.
Rev A J Hanson pastors a Children Day service starting 10 30 no Sabbath School Junior Endeavor Friday 4 30 Supt Mary Condon Ursula Mills Intermediate Endeavor 6 00 Jennie Hoover Supt Senior Endeavor 7 00 topic How Employers and Employees Should Work Together Col 3 29 25 4 1 Leader Nina Armstrong Preaching 8 00 The Power of an Endless Life Wednesday prayer 8 00 with all invited
The notes outline Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and preaching at 3:00 p.m. with topics on becoming sons of God and employer employee relations, plus Christian Endeavor activities and evening services. Also includes services at another church with times for Sunday School, preaching, and Endeavor. The Tama Northern reports on Cato Mann's potential job offer with a New York theatrical troupe and his father T. E. Mann, noting his national reputation and integrity.
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