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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
7
Letters from S. J. Rhode A. J. Ewing EK Lt Donner L. W. Rowley L. W. Montgomery W. C. VanHorne Mrs M J Newnan Mrs B F Higgins J E Baxter all renew subscriptions or request address changes for The Leader. Contributors hail from Colorado California Texas Iowa Nebraska Idaho and Illinois praising the paper and noting steady subscriptions and loyalty.
Mrs Dunbar writes from Herschel Saskatchewan on June 16 detailing farming conditions. She notes nearly finished seeding with better crops than last year, but warns of legal fire safety penalties for stubble burning. She mentions fines, strict laws, and a neighbor damaged by a fire, plus a local punishment method for theft. Land prices rose from 10 to 16 dollars per acre as the area awaits another harvest and a tractor with grain tanks travels through.
A couple wed at 11:30 A M on Saturday June 24 in the Christian church parsonage with Rev H K Bdgar tall officiating. Groom is a member of Company I and left Sunday for Des Moines. Nearby notes report local farming, grain hauling, and a runaway fire causing hay and building losses near Red Oak and Herschel.
Lewis Long and Fred Long from near Malvern visited the Hurlburt home on Wednesday. Miss Lottie Merghey came from Thurman to attend the Greenlee party. Misses Anna Dunbar and Goldie Salmons of Emerson spent Saturday with Miss Catherine Barbour. Emma Young and daughter Ruth of Malvern visited in Tabor with the Youngs and Howards. Jessie Wolfe departs for Colorado Springs to attend summer school. Several families, including the Daltons, Weatherheads, and Cumings, plan summer visits and trips to Omaha, Billings, and Sioux Falls. Lucretia George of Fayette visits old school friend Mrs. Wolfe. she and nieces plan to move to Portland. Anna Ivory and Mrs. C. C. Laird depart for Chicago for several weeks with relatives.
Randolph residents report visits and travels including Mrs L O Johnson to Sidney to see Wm Sells home and Mrs Thos Gidley from Malvern staying with Mrs L L Vanatta. Roy Tabler and daughter Thelma visited in Malvern. L O Clark and son Oscar headed to Rochester MN for Mayo Bros evaluation of a long standing illness. Electric wiring work began here with Dr Kerr's office first wired and transmission line work slated for next week. Visits from Biezik family members and Miss Chatty Tabler of Osceola Os to stay with Roy Tabler. Ed Werner and wife from Beschler Neb returning to visit Mesdames Hetzel and Gohlinghorst.
An 19th century advertisement claims catarrh is constitutional and not curable by local applications. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as an internal treatment that purifies the blood and soothes mucous surfaces, marketed by F J. CHNNY & CO. of Toledo Ohio with testimonials offered. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists pharmacists as sellers.
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