Newsy Letters From Distant Friends Delight Local Readers
Whittier California June 23 1992 letters from readers note a 75th anniversary A A Richards item and urge a Home Coming event for late August. LeGrand Iowa June 24 1922 wedding anniversary updates celebrate family births deaths and neighborhood happenings with visits, illnesses, and a piano recital among local names and places.
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Whittier
California
A. A. Richards
Alice Phillips
Chauncey
Billy Keen
Los Angeles
California Yearly Meeting of the Friends
Hiram Hammond
Anna Hammond
Scott Kren
The Worms Always There Says Old Black Hen
A folk tale in verse about a young rooster lamenting scarce worms and an old hen who digs anew to find nourishment. She declares she has dined well because she dug and kept at it, while the rooster starves and learns a hard lesson about effort and resilience.
Penn College Growth and Bequests Highlight Oskaloosa News
The Quaker community notes Penn College Oskaloosa advances including a 51 graduate class with 45 B A degrees and 6 B S degrees, and the Spencer Memorial Chapel funded at 75 000 by Mrs Mary E Spencer. A $30 000 bequest from Mrs Sallie Stalker Smith is reported along with visits by Tama residents and a death notice for Mrs Lydia Bean Cox wife of Professor Cox linked to Friends Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Penn
Spencer Memorial
Mary E. Spencer
Spencer
North Central Association of Colleges
Sallie Stalker-Smith
Nevada
Lydia Bean Cox
Cox
Old Friends Academy
Palo Alto
Trucks Ruin Roads
Denver article discusses Colorado Commission reasons denying a certificate for an automobile line citing highway damage from trucks. It argues that trucks damage roadbeds more than cars and that fair vehicle taxes must fund construction before trucks gain equal treatment. The piece also notes social notices of local residents’ visits and relocations in Marshalltown and Lincoln vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Colorado Commission
McGlachlin
We're Off At LeGrand Birthday Party
A playful invitation to LeGrand for August 17 and 18 promising games bats and a band. The notice welcomes attendees arriving by foot horseback or airship and invites all to join the big birthday celebration.
Our Churches 10th Commandment Excerpt Exodus 20 17
A brief excerpt presents the tenth commandment from Exodus 20 17, reiterating thou shalt not covet thy neighbor s house wife servant or any of his possessions. The passage emphasizes restraint and reverence in neighborly relations and property.
Christian Church Service Schedule with Prayer Meeting
Ruy R W Preratan pastor leads Sunday School at 10 4 am Mrs Grace Collar announces services on September 11 at 11 am and 8 pm. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. A cordial welcome extended to all.
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Grace Collar
Friends Church Prayer Meeting and Services Schedule
The church outlines weekly meetings led by Wm. Hoover as superintendent. Wednesday prayer at 8 p m. Sunday School at 10 a m. Morning service at 11 a m. Senior Endeavor at 7 p m. Evening service at 8 p m.
Sunday Services and Bible Classes in English and Norwegian
The notice invites usual services at 3 p m next Sunday in English with a children’s Bible moment after the sermon and a Bible class after the service. It adds a Sunday program at 10 30 a m in Norwegian with Bible instruction for children after the sermon, all conducted in English. Rev Olavs Quaten greets readers with a cordial welcome.
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Olavs Quaten
A Happy Family Reunion at Mrs May Haynes Home
A Sunday family reunion at Mrs May Haynes corner Hamilton Freemont streets drew twenty eight relatives. Five sisters from Des Moines Maxwell and several spouses joined the Haynes clan for a cafeteria style picnic on the front lawn. Attendees included J W Hill Zinsmaster Fisher Dave Garlock Grace Haynes Virginia Haynes Wayne Reed and others from Des Moines Maxwell Marshalltown Green Mountain Garwin LeGrand and local households.
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May Haynes
Hamilton
Freemont
Des Moines
Dave and
Dell Garlock
Maxwell
J. W. Hill
Sidney Clift
Dave Garlock
Snd
W.S. Haynes
Grace
Marshalltown
John Haynes
Virginia
Wayne Reed
Green Mountain
Dell Richards J
Belden
O. Rank
Lauren
Garwin
Hattia Haynes
LeGrand
LeGrand Loses to Grundy Center in Narrow Defeat
LeGrand traveled to Grundy Center on Wednesday and fell 7 to 2 though the game featured solid play aside from the first inning. Grundy Center tallied six runs in the opening frame and added one in the seventh. Batteries: Grundy Morrison Bakker. LeGrand Harvey Pemberton. Strikeouts totaled seven for Harvey and six for Bakker with seven and six base hits respectively. Umpire Bliss. Liscomb defeated Beaman 6 to 0, and Conrad beat Green Mountain 6 to 1.
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LeGrand
Grundy Center
Grundy
Morrison
Bakker
Harvey
Pemberton
Harvay
Bliss
WLPER
Conrad
Grundy Center Ee Liscomb
Green Mountain
Beaman
Railroad wreck at coming Iowa State Fair
The Iowa State Fair will stage a head on wreck of two 80 ton standard gauge locomotives and cars at the grand stand on Saturday August 26. The $37,000 display will feature throttles wide open meeting on a single track with engineers leaping to safety. Officials expect large attendance and consider it a major addition to entertainment and education for the day.
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The
Fair Board
Chicago
Towa
Koiva
Homecoming Committees Form At Reporter Meeting
At a Reporter office gathering H C Herbert was chosen chairman and J F Rylander secretary. Attendees named their support for August 17 and 18 with committees to be formed by chairmen selecting members. Executive Committee to finalize plans at July 1 meeting, deciding on barbecue or community dinner.
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H.C. Herbert
J. F. Rylander
C. B. Adair
H. C. Herbert
Corwin O'Neal
Sewyer
N. O. Keen
R. L. Pemberton
D. N. Ferguson
Benj. Sawyer
D. D. Latham
Ira Gaunt
B. H. Beane
L. Richards
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LaPorte City
Corwin
W. H. Bicker
Louis Mertka
Quarry
George Anderson
Clinton
H.C. Hanson
Olga Devig
Carlton
Vernal Hall
Thorval Thompson
Arthur
East le Grand
Knudt Thompson
South Webster Street
Will Hahelein
Hahnlein
Tarvestad Produca
J. W. Piper
Joseph Smaha
Joe
A. L. Tarvestad and
Tama
Florence Reed
Fern
John Lamer
Varnall, Hall
J. A. Dobson
A. T. Lowry
Mildred
H. A. Moore
Dale
A. A. Moore
Butlerville
Viola Duncan
Ralph E. Shelton
David Friend Jr
Ross Winterowd
I. M. Gaunt
Hollia Richards
Martin Omundson
G. F. Richards
John Rasmus
Hartwick Halverson
Autoroute
Minneapolis
Minn
Oscar Tow
Jesse Tow
Ames
Martin Anderson
Keith Millard
Harry Millard
A. A. Shellenbarger
Phoebs McCarel
Bessie McCarel
Roy Hilsabeck
Albion
D. W. Richards
Deila
Toledo
Little Truman Rosdale
Oliver Rosdale
Andrew Bryngelson
Dunbar
Dr. Mills
Pittman
Jennie
Effa
Canton
Iil
Pitman
Aaron Sheesley
Ruth Lamer
Vine and
Clinton Streets
Minnie Nodland
Altarena Hyde
Edith
Maxine Gaunt
Louis Beane
Miss Hyde
Edith Gaunt
Miss Lamer
Mrs. Bartlett
A. L. Tarvestad
Warren Coleman
Dr. Southwick
Della Richards
W. W. Nowell
Carrie Hudspell
Atlantic
Henry Searle
Addie Adair
Lincoln Tn
Mrs. Scriven
Rosa Beechout
D. Ms. Duncan
Christian Church
Ruy. R. W. Preratan
Friends Church
Gary W. Harvey
Liscomb
O. D. Harvey
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