Royal Neighbors Convention Held Here Wednesday
Five counties represented at the southwest Iowa District convention of Royal Neighbors of America held at the Community building last Wednesday afternoon and evening. More than 150 delegates registered. The program included demonstrations by several camps, a health talk, indoor picnic, and memorial and initiation ceremonies. It was voted to hold the convention at Coin next year.
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Iowa
Royal Neighbors of America
Milla
Montgomery
Page
Cans
Fremont
Ida M
Clarinda
Red Oak
Clarinda Camp
Shenandoah
Morrill
Coin
Unsigned List Omits Tabor Hatburg Essex and Silver City
A fragment notes that the Were not represented of the program include Tabor Hat burg Essex Silver City and Coin camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor
Hatburg
Essex
Silver City
Coin Camps
Mrs Ora Hutchings dies after long illness in California
Mrs Ora B Hutchings of Los Angeles region dies June 4 1936 at age 55 after a yearlong battle with incurable disease. She endured a surgical operation and ten weeks of illness, received flowers and kind thoughts, and was cremated after services led by Rev Schaffley. Survived by husband Ora D Hutchings four brothers and many friends. Funeral held at Fierce Brothers mortuary chapel with pallbearers listed.
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Ora B. Hutchings
Ohne
Lfe
Fierce Brothers
Schaffiey
Pico Heighte Congregational Church
Los Angeles
Ploetz
Yolee
Klawalina
Charles C. Hutchings
James N. Sawyers
Frank Richardson
Douglas Richardson
Mary Ditta
Fremont County
Towa
Mary Bagley
Randolph High School
Western Normal College
Shenandoah
Randolph
Ora DB. Hutchinga
Jeaven
C. B. Dilts
Hamilton City
Calif
W. H
Braddyville
Town
Silas
Clearmont
M. H
Clive
Alberta
Canada
Ale
Eulogy for Ora B. Hutchings Highlights Rest Cottage Work
The secretary of the Rest Cottage Association penned a tribute praising Ora B. Hutchings for her active Ebell club involvement and leadership in Rest Cottage work before illness limited her volunteer efforts. The eulogy extols her cheerful helpfulness and humble view of her own impact.
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Rest Cottage Association
Ora B. Hutchings
Ebell Club
Ebell Rest Cottage Association
Piper Sells Many New Dodge Cars
R. K. Piper, Dodge Bros. distributor, reports brisk sales of new Dodges. In two weeks G. R. Fivde bought a strategy eight sedan, Treland of Tabor ordered a Dodge six sedan, W. A. Bond bought a Dodge six sedan, E. Randerson a Dodge six, S. NM Norton a Dodge six, Wilson Hatchery took a Dodge commercial truck, and L. 2. Miller of Emerson acquired a four door Plymouth sedan.
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R. K. Piper
Dodge Bros
G. R. Fivde
Treland
Tabor
W. A. Bond
Malvern Boys Sentenced After Bold Night Escapade
Louis Achenbach and Gerald Davin, both Mills County youths, were jailed for 15 years in the state reformatory by Judge Earl Peters after a morning arrest by J D Griffin. The spree began with a car theft, license certificate theft, transportation of liquor, drunkenness, and forgery all in one night.
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Louis Achenbach
Gerald Davin
Mills County
J. D. Griffin
West Sheridan Avenue
State Reformatory
Earl Peters
Shenandosh Sentinel
Methodist Ladles Circle Meeting At Mrs Hilton
The Methodist Ladles Circle will meet with Mrs C E Hilton this Thursday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Lowell Elliott and their little Dickie were up from Sidney Sunday visiting Malvern friends. Miss Josie Kernay and others from north of town called at the office during their Thursday visit.
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C. E. Hilton
Lowell Elliott
Little Dickle
Sidney
Malvern
Mies
Josie
Kernay
North
Town
Werniece
Mina
Katherine Kerney
Newcastle
Wyoming
William Allen Dies in Nebraska
Ira Hutchings announced the death of his uncle William Allen at Ogallala Nebraska on May 31 known as Decoration Day. A Mills County pioneer who lived near Hastings from 1865 to 1900, he married Barbara Elizabeth Hutchings in Hastings on January 1 1877. Survivors include son Barton of Ogallala and six daughters Cora Wheeler Margaret Rice Bertha Peterson Nettie Kimball Jane McDonald and Osa Donaldson, plus twenty grandchildren and six great grandchildren. funeral held June 2.
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Ira Hutchings
William Allen
Ogalalla
Nebr
Allen
Mills County
Hastings
Barbara Elizabeth Hutchings
Barton
Cora Wheeler
Margaret
Funeral Services Held for D. F. Peabody Friday
D. F. Peabody died at the home of his daughter Mrs Frances Rafferty in northwest Glenwood at 10 30 am last Wednesday. Born in St Joseph Missouri in 1840 he was 90. He lived in Mille county two years and in Iola Kansas for twenty years prior. Survived by seven children four daughters and three sons. Funeral services were at Raynor funeral home Glenwood Friday afternoon conducted by Rev J Irving Brown. Burial in Glenwood Cemetery.
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D. F. Peabody
Frances Rafferty
Glenwood
Mr. Peabody
St. Joseph
Mille County
Iola
Kansas
Raynor Funeral Home
J. Irving Brown
The
Christian Church
Peabody
Orly
Mrs Edith Mabie Dies in Chicago Yesterday
Word arrived that Mrs Edith Mabie, a former local resident, died in Chicago yesterday. The body will be brought here for funeral in Malvern at 2 PM Thursday, from the Christian Church, with burial in Malvern cemetery.
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Edith Mabie
Chicago
Edith Mable
Thie Place
Mra. J
Malvern
Six Towans who served as major generals in U S Army
Six Towans have held the rank of major general in U S Army with four from the Civil War era and two from World War I. Curtis, Herron, Steele, Dodge served Civil War era. Read and Ely in World War I. Two were West Point graduates. Dodge and Curtis linked to Union Pacific. Dodge built a bridge across the Chattahoochee during Sherman's Atlanta campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Samuel R. Curtis
Francis J. Herron
Frederick Steele
Granville M. Dodge
George W. Read
Hanson E. Ely
Herron
Dodge
West Point
Read
Ely
National Army
Iowa
Towans
Wis
Curtis
Union Pacific Railroad
Amo
Home Builders Should Not be Tree Destroyers
Kent, C., May 20. Martin L. Davey of Davey Tree Expert Co warns builders to protect trees during grading. He says lowering ground elevation exposes roots to sun and frost, while raising it smothers roots, risking tree death. He stresses roots need air to live.
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Kent, C
Martin L. Davey
Davey Tree Expert Co
Davey
Lincoln’s 1859 visit memorialized at Connell Bluffs monument
The excerpt notes land, farm, and population data for TOWA, including 33,627,291 tilled acres and 208,789 farms. It highlights Connell Bluffs as home to a Lincoln monument honoring his 1865 visit and notes the engraved inscription about Lincoln’s “Crown Was Love” and “Throne Was Gentleness” with the 1862 railroad reference.
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Jowa
Towa
Connell Bluffs
Abraham Lineatn
Council Bluffs
Abraham Lincoln
Cornell Bluffs
Missouri River
Congress
Union ‘Actfic Railroad
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Royal Neighbors
Red & White
Graham
Sam
Linguist Grocery
Art Institute _ Field Museum
Garfield Park Conservatory
Lopic
Ming
Piper
M. E. Circle
Nebraska
Ed Ita
Fifly
Connel Hus
Gearhart Lumber Co
J. W. McNulty, Mer
Malvern, Iowa
Collins Drug Co
Guernsey Breeders Association
Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power Company
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