Hastings Druggist H L Sperry Dies in Portland
Hastings L Sperry a 73 year old veteran and former Spokane area druggist died in a Portland veterans hospital after a long illness. Survivors include his wife Margaret and two daughters of Spokane. He left Hastings years ago for the west where he lived most of his life. Funeral services were held in Portland by the Odd Fellows Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis B. Sperry
Drucest
West Nora Ave
Spokane
Wash
Veterans’ Hospital
Portland
Ore
Harriet Gelwin
Omaha
Margarrite
Sp. Kane
Wade Sperry
Kate Halstead
Tramburg
Sperry
Hastings
Alont
West
Odd Frilows Indge
Death of W. E. Purcell at Hastings noted in obituary
W. E. Purcell aged 60 died Friday at his Hastings home after a brief illness. He lived all life in Mills county, married Bessie Dalrymple in 1898, leaving four daughters and a son already deceased. Funeral held Sunday at the Hastings Methodist church with Rev Timea Eo Tamhs officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wole
Purcell
Tastings
Jay Noon
Timea Eo Tamhs
Bred Lonkahill
Fellows
Tra. Turner
Joe
Floyd
Bessie
Mildred Turner
Shenandoah
Evelyn Read
Henderson
Marjorie
Walden
Omaha
Mable Clues
Hastings
Edythe Purcelt
Marion
Detroit
Mich
Clifford
Flora Allen
Sintrx City
Sioux City
George Cary
Hershey
Nehr
Walter Scott
Barham
Minn
P. W. Purcell
Roland
Mary Cary
Red Oak
Thurl Purcell
Hastings M E Church January 24 1937 Notices
Hastings M E Church notice reports services and Sunday school schedule for January 24 1937. It lists 35 attendees last Sunday, Sunday school at 10 am, morning worship at 11 am, Epworth League 6 40 pm, evening service 7 30 pm, and Wednesday prayer meeting at the Greenwalt home. Names of visitors and local residents are noted along with births and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Amond
L. J, Greenwalt
Tanida
Buketa tablets claim to ease bladder irritation
An advertisement promotes Buketa tablets from Collins Drug Co as a remedy for frequent night urination and bladder irritation. It claims relief within four days or a refund of two coins, listing ingredients like buchu leaves and juniper oil in small green pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins Drus Co. Adv
Insulation and coal tips from Gearhart News
Weather and heating advice target homeowners with tips on window and door insulation, glass cloth to reduce heat loss, and choosing economical coal. It notes teachers and students in a school setting and advertises lumber, coal, and related supplies from local dealers.
A V Clites in Accident Near Red Oak Friday
A Friday morning crash six miles east of Red Oak left several injured, one seriously, as a sedan from Matt Lunsford of South Bend Indiana sideswiped a truck towing another belonging to A V Clues. Lunsford, with severe facial lacerations, was arrested for reckless driving and all injured were taken to Red Oak hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak
Matt Lunsford
South Bend
Ind
A. V
Indiana
Red Oak Hospital
Lunsford
Ruth Ellen
Donald Vestal
Regina Lockabill
Logan
Fred Lockabill
Harriett Crawford
B. W. Shaw
J. N. Sawyers
Los Angeles
Calif
Fred Priest
Ora Hutchings
Omaha
Charles Bowles
Glenwood
Louisa Quimby
Ruhuma Horn
Strahan
Joe Messinger
R. F
Clayton
Merrill Pickerill
Florence McCoy
Jessie Butler
Orville Butler
Charles
Ambrose
Roscoe Butler
Council
Wlaffs
Hastings Public School Weekly Report Highlights
Faye Oswald leads history on the 1800 to 1823 era including the Louisiana Purchase War of 1812 and the Lewis and Clark expedition. American literature class tests on writers lives. Students prepare for The Last of the Mohicans while government work rests in favor of business law. Typing class held a speed test as declamatory contest approaches Wednesday night February 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Oswald
Juniors Host Theater Party In Malvern Visit
The junior class held an invitation theater party on January 13. Kenneth Read and Miss Louise Sheldon attended with the group to see Silly Billies. After the show they returned to the school house for games and refreshments, including cookies, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and cocoa, with all reporting a very delightful evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern
Kenneth Read
Louise Sheldon
Billies
Sleighing Party After Algebra Failures Reported
Last Tuesday evening our class enjoyed a sleighing party. After sliding we visited Floyd Clues' home where everyone said a nice time was had. On Wednesday those who failed their algebra test stayed 55 minutes after school to review the problems they missed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferrell Waterworth
Floyd Clues
School Notes From The Sophomore Class
The English class completed semester tests and began work in their books. Home economics girls finished their second sewing unit and cookies were baked in the new cooking unit. Scientific reports were presented by each general science member for the start of the second semester. Violet Bailey and Gerald Moore were absent due to serious colds. Vanite Ord is ill with the flu. We wish them a speedy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Bailey
Gerald Moore
Vanite Ord
Third and Fourth Grades Kart Clark and Others Fire End
A fragmented list names Third and Fourth Grades participants including Kart Clark Junior Clark Rose Hall Effolse Largent Leroy Campbell Henrietta Clark Fred Courtier Robby H H Dassel Anioge I Charlie Martin Gordon Dle with unclear context and no complete event details.
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Kart Clark
Junior Clark
Rose Hall
Effolse Largent
Leroy Campibell
Henrietta Clark
Fred Courtier
Robby
HH Dasselanioge
I Charlie Martin Gordon Dle
Perfect Attendance Highlights Spelling Contest Leaders
Jean Graham achieved six weeks of perfect attendance as third graders finished a Japan study and fourth graders completed Eskimo geography. In spelling, third grade perfect spellers were Marjorie McKinney Dessie Gustin and Thelma Edie while fourth graders were Daniel Johnson Gordon Edie and Henrietta Clark keeping girls in the lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Graham
Japan
Marjorie McKinney
Dessie Gustin
Thelma Edie
Daniel Johnson
Gordon Edie
Henrietta Clark
Seventh and Eighth Grades Return After Illness
Joan Read Betty Crouse returned to school Monday after illness with the yellow jaundice. The class enjoyed a coasting party last week with roasting weiners and marshmallows afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Betty Crouse
Farewell Party Held for Fifth Grade Student Robert Shaw
Geraldine Hamilton reports a farewell party for Robert Shaw, a fifth grader moving away, hosted by teachers and classmates to bid him goodbye with snacks and well wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Hamilton
Robert Shaw
Hastings Cemetery Association Yearly Report 1936
The Hastings cemetery association presented its 1936 finances showing receipts of 5064.18 and expenditures of 224.38 leaving a balance of 113.98 on Jan 2 1937. Names and local travel notes appear in a miscellaneous society update following the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings Cemetery Association
Aee
Trade drama unsettles cities in tense debate
A garbled note reports widespread trade tensions among multiple cities. It mentions an investigative team and calls for tighter controls, with emphasis on economic impact and regional cooperation amid rising concerns. No clear names or dates could be confirmed from the text.
Official notice of bank receivership report file and discharge
The Sixteenth Report of Dr Bates Superintendent of Banking is on file with Mills County District Court. It seeks discharge of J R Hall as Examiner in Charge of the Botna Valley State Bank receivership and exoneration of bonds as of December 31, 1936. Objections due by January 26, 1937 at 9:00 am in Glenwood Iowa. court will approve the report and discharge the examiner if no cause is shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Mills County
Iowa
Dr. Bates
State of
Botna. Valley State Bank
Hastings
J. R. Hall
Sis
J. K. Hall
Glenwood
D. W. Bates
Bona Valley State Bank of
Jot
Real Estate Transfers in Mills County Iowa 1936 1937
Record of instruments filed in Mills County Iowa from December 3 1936 to January 8 1937 details transfers including A G Sharp to C G Graham W D 1.00 dollars and Stanley Woolsey to Joseph Kruse 1550.00 dollars with property in sections 27 28 township 73 range 4 plus lots in Silver City Malvern and Strahan areas and several other tract transfers among individuals and trustees during the period.
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Recorder
District Court
Mills County
Iowa
G. Sharp
C. G. Graham
W. D
Southwest
East
Stanley Woolsey
Joseph Th Kruse
Silver City
Illian Raines
Uraeviton
Strahan
Wearin Et al
Ralph KK. Piper
Malvern
Mary Richardson
Robert ‘Thomas Richardson
Imogene Mills Venember and Local News Notes
Imogene Mills Venember from darewene cue any Misgy Tesqoml can teach Tikit Woes Marware Mrcru vdiatis far for good for some tiny west Thieges Way ter treater. Friday Wale Reapers he avais suffering. Several local families noted illness and hospital visits. A seven and one half pour baby boy Gene Lavern born January. Ruth Bryan obituary. Joe Gutschenritter improving. Trances Laughlin ill with pneumonia. Community meetings in Monroe and Deer Creek townships elected new officers and discussed the coming year's farm program. Dr William Kerr active in patient calls. various residents travel to nearby towns for care and visits.
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Darewene
West Thieges
Vonsry Shahrir
Gmn
Eitiereeiey Cada
Mike Taste
Cael
Schou
St Patricks
Coe
Dale Greene
Stralmn
J.S. Shaffer
Fred Newell
Deer Creek Township
Frederic
Gist Thursslaw
Vint
Eal Rosh
Near Coberses
Fred Aawean
Glemywood
Mero
Ralph Guee
Gene Lavern
Janice R
Ruth Bryan
Rock Tsland
Ruth
Mer
Dan Bryan
Intogene
Joe Gutschenritter
Joe Laughlin Jr
Pneumona
William Kerr
Mike Martin
Patrick
Edward
Heber Millyer
Hillyer
Fli
Peter O'Dowd
Imogene
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Omaha
Monroe Township
Fremont County
Sweeney
Bob Archer
Gene O'Brien
Matt Gillimhore
Lea Hughes
Deer Creek
Mills County
Union Hall
Charley Shaw
Ivan Salmons
A. J. McGinnis
H. H. Kayton
Voom. Crew
Ruaidolph
Des Moines
Pr. Kerr
Kerr
Arasmus Tuegene
Shenandoah
Merson
Matyern
Hastings
Anna Mahee
Aml
Feasik Tatnghbi
Johony Martin
Council
Margaret Martin
Mercy Hospital
Leo Basins
Joseph Maher
Matt Maher
Here
Bat
Essex
San Diego
Calif
U. S. Navy
A. J, Addy
HW. OR. Butcher
Margaret
Plattsmouth
Nebr
Mike Kammerer
Jimmie Laughlin
Catherine Carr
Ross
Bryant
TE Hillyer
Will Comstock
Randolph
Harry Comstock
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L. Sperry
W. E. Purcell
M. E. Church
Mes
Virgil Kapple
Doris Elaine
Burlington
Maral Norrigan
Nodaway
U. S
Donald Johnson
Emerson
Carl Hodges
Ed Swartz
Edgar Christy
Ralph Geer
Ray Starr
Jess Phelps
Merritt Fisher
Virgil Potter
Gearhart News
Johnny
Gearhart Lumber Ce
A. V. Clites
Ant
Art Jenkins
Kmoreon
Lake Placid
Buith L Januschek
Peiping
China
Nancy Page Carveth
Niagara Falls
Dorothy Trumbridge
Brooklyn
Jean Stanhope
New York City
Victoria Nebeker
Nancy Perkins
Baltimore
Marie Carveth
News of
Hastings Public School
Junior News
Freedman News
Cemetery Association
Akes Yearly Report
Simen Tando
Fred Gustafson
Edward Derickson
H. P. Schurr
Kathryn
Pels Lenda
Botha Partey Sts Stake Bank
Hastings, Low
Imogene S. E. Mills
Meroud
Mao
Aleseings
Ctkeeles Amick
Patna
Miers
Ulmer Rirte Divs
Bern
Pibward Uotiers
Wonderle
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