Malvern Commencement Week and Regional Notes
Malvern marks commencement with a May 30 week schedule led by Rev. P. H. McDowell of Omaha. Events include a baccalaureate at the Baptist church, a senior class play Mrs. Briggs of the Poultry Yard, and graduation exercises led by Dr. Charles Monson Shepherd at the opera house and related programs. The report also covers travel through Oklahoma City Norman and Amarillo with remarks on university fires, drought, and Presbyterian assembly travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvérn
P. H. McDowell
Omaha
Baptist Church
Briggs
Poultry Yard
Chas. Monson
Shepherd
Opera House
Wilkins
Warden Rime —Livergreen
Earle Robbins
Panama Canal
Fern L. Robbins
Florence £. Sandiland
Edith Mae Skerritt
Helen M. Wilson
Oklahoma City
Norman
University of Oklahoma
University
Oklahoma
Norman Bes
Olahoma City
Middle Southwest
Amarillo
Denver
Presbyterian General Assembly I
Lone Star State
Cumberland Presbyterians
Greater Presbyterian Church of the
United States of America
Fort Worth
Denver City
Colorado & Southern
New Mexico
Colorado
A. I. Kismr
Ode to the Housecleaner in Springtime
A Britt Tribune poem from Ottahiwa Iowa mocks domestic upheaval as spring cleaning erupts. A husband endures furniture chaos while wife guides a chaotic parade of mops and suds, lamenting gender roles and the toll of upkeep in the land of the tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussulman
Britt Tribune
Letter From Rev Hiser Visit To Tulsa Oklahoma
Rev A E Hiser writes from Denver in May 1909 about a trip from Malvern to Tulsa via Pacific Junction and Kansas City. He visits an uncle unseen for thirty years and notes Tulsa’s rapid progress including new buildings streets and paving. Kendall College recently moved to Tulsa from Muskogee with classrooms dormitories and residences for professors. He encounters frontier life in the city and mentions a near accident in the roadway and a Todnahla Jee incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado
Malvern
Pacific Junction
Kansas City
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Apia
Kendall College
Muskogee
Death Claimed Two in Henderson Family Tragedy
The Henderson community mourns as Mrs. Jo seph H Parker and her son Ward died within hours of each other from pneumonia. The elder Parker, widow of six, leaves a husband and large family. Funeral services were held at the Henderson Methodist church, with burial at Wesley Chapel cemetery. Ward Parker, fourteen, was noted as a bright, popular boy beloved by friends and classmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Parker
Henderson
Ward
Wesley Chapel
James Moore
Anherson Township
Obituary of J Degenhart Leader in Malvern Harness trade
Joseph Degenhart died at Mercy hospital Council Bluffs after a long illness. Born in Germany February 22 1839 he came to America at ten and learned harness making. He lived in Malvern twenty four years and led the town band. Survived by wife Mary Morris and three children Mayme N D Smith Frank Degenhart, services were held at his home conducted by Rev Father Quinn. Card of thanks sent to friends and neighbors through the Leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Degenhart
Mercy Hospital
Council Bluffs
Germany
America
Mary Morris
Mayme Degenhart
N.D. Smith
Frank Degenhart
Malvern
Father Quinn
Obituary for Catherine Quimby of Norwalk origin
Catherine Quimby born January 4 1825 in Norwalk Ohio died May 12 1909 near the village at age 84. She moved to Michigan in childhood, married N L Quimby who died in 1885, and raised seven children plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral held at home with Rev Q H Anderson, interment in village cemetery. Six grandsons served as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Parnbham
Quimby
Norwalk
Ohio
Michigan
Edwardsburg
A. W
H. H
Hastings
Iowa
J. B
Alp
G. PF
Edwardaburg
Mary E
Redfield Street
Jesse
Mia
Amanda Lee
S. Farnham
Woodland
Calif
Q. H. Anderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Malvern’s
Robbins Auto, Co
Tralte Ottahiwa
Tau
A. E. Hiser
Son Ward
J. Degenhart
Catherine Quimby
Hampton
Hampton Normal and ‘Agricultural, Institute
Aetoh
Taft i Hampton Board
Columbia
Ama Tks Sansa Oat
M. Hammes
Office
Geo. C. Chapman
Jas. L. Talbott
R. S. McDonough
Hutton @ Pickett
Malvern, Iowa
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