Cheerful Valley notices and social chat from 1914
Local column from August 17 1914 notes visits and social events in Red Wing. Entries mention Mrs Walton Mrs Findley and families Thos Young F D Case and others hosting ice cream and muskmelons. The writer playfully addresses readers with names like Ace Deuce Tina Penny and Dinah along with a cryptic note from The Devil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Young
Thos. Young
Mr. Hire
Mr. Crippen
Jason Hight
Dec Findley
F. D. Case
Mr. Carter
Mr. Brand
Mr. Haydon
Francis Deaver
Evans Frye
Red Wing
Dinah
Ace
Mirror
J. J. Wolfe
Mrs. Walton
Mrs
Happy Home Hits Rembert Rumblings at Hill Leaders
In the August 17 column, Happy Home notes Rembert rumblings and Stony Point points leading Hill leaders. Ace thanks for a compliment, and a flirtatious remark about growing up. Mrs Moody remains ill while Miss Lucy Shinpaugh returns home from Manstick. Hicks and Flat Rock schools reopen with Lulu Carter and Herbert James as teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rembert
Stony Point
Wild Goose Quills
Lucy Shinpaugh
Manstick
Hicks and Flat Rock
Lulu Carter
Herbert James
Bright Beams Return as Brown Eyes Folk Gather
Local notes from Brown Eyes recount visits, family news, weddings, and travel. Augustus stories include J. Kilford's Norwood trip, Peabody improvements, several Sundays with kin, a late marriage near Rembert, and a death in Blackwell, Okla.
Norfolk area GOP nominee visits Norwood for event
C H Jackson of Norwood, Republican nominee for prose cuting attorney, was here Friday to campaign and speak with local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Jackson
Norwood
Weather data from Duncan Missouri report
August daily figures show highs near 92 to 120 with lows around 80s, precipitation varying. Forecaster notes indicate cloudy to clear days as recorded by C. A. Mingus, a cooperative meteorological observer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Climatic Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Mingus
Duncan, Mo
Cooperative Meteorological Observer
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Climatological Service of
the Weather Bureau
Range for Fattening Turkeys
Statement asserts turkeys should have free range during fattening for market. It notes past practice of small enclosures was abandoned years ago due to poor appetite and weight gain from lack of exercise, despite various foods offered.
Zelesta Neighborhood Happenings in Brief in August 18 114
Local snippets note a rain Thursday night and requests for continued showers. Social visits include Aleth Findlay with Frankie McIntosh, Roy Brazeal visiting Hubert Young, Dave Findley with T. J. Smith, and Cora Findley calling on Frankie McIntosh. Also advertised is a sawmill for sale with boiler and engine, a No 2 saw rig, and up to date appliances including genuine French stone corn bulbs. Rogers & Rogers selling cheap if bought soon in Macowh Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geiser
Rogers & Rogers, Adv
RB. F. D.1
Macowh
Democracy of Equality meeting at Marble House honors suffragists
Newport reports a July 8 gathering at Mrs. Belmont's Marble House where prominent suffragists from across the country spoke. Speakers included Miss Rowe Scheiderman, Miss Mary Bartelme, Mrs. Maud Booth, Miss Davis, Mrs. Young, Miss Lathrop, Miss Kel ley, Mrs. Robinson, and Miss Gordon. Belmont lauded their work advancing women through reform, education, and civil rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Marble House
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Duches
Martlborough
Mies Rowe Scheiderman
Women's Trade Union League
Mary N. Bartelme
Chicago
Maud Balington Booth
Volunteers of America
Catherine D. Davis
New York City
Ella Flagg Young
Julia
Lathrop
Federal Children's Bureau
Washington
Florence Kelley
National Consumers’ League
Helen King Robinson
Colorado Atate
Kaly M. Gordon
Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference
Belmont
Rape Pasture for Swine Favors Dwarf Essex Variety
Turner Wright argues rape pasture for hogs should use Dwarf Essex as the only suitable type. He notes summer bird seed rape is poor pasture, that hogs adapt quickly to rape, and that rape can replace alfalfa or clover, providing solid forage in yard or feed lot with winter viability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Turner Wright
Farmers Mall
Breeze
To Run Voters' Schools in St Louis Schools
The suffragists of St Louis plan to operate voters' schools in public school buildings before fall elections. Instruction will be non-partisan and aim to teach immigrants how to prepare their ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louia
August 18 Weather and Seymour Community Notices
August 18 report notes hot dry conditions in YH. Seymour visitors include Ottie Dedmon and Miss Gertie Hamilton. Local incidents include Sam Blevins accident after a horse fell breaking his arm and John Kennedy losing eight dairy cows from crop field trespass aftereffects. Funeral for Jack Prock held at New Grove church August 12. Loren Land seen breaking team of colts. he works for John Kennedy this week. Many locals attended all day singing at New Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Ross
Lead Hill
Spain
Charley Hunt
Melvin Douglas
Oklahoma
Mr. Scott
Mr. Barron
Kentucky
Springfield
Ash Grove
Oime
Mr. Bates
Colorado
Frank Bates
Jacob Crider
Jeti Newton
Joe Goss
Tom Scott
Fred Goss
Tom Baker Sunly
John McCuite
al Poort
Flat Rock
Lula Carter
Rushing Bros
Jackson Stogshill
Jack Prock
New Grove Church
Ottie Dedmon
Seymour
Gertie Hamilton
Maud Bowman
Will Malory
George Wells
Bob Brazeal
New Grove
Bob Braxeal
Mansfield
Win
Hranstetter
Casey Jones
Jakey
Chas. Miller
Frank Holders
John Dudley
Antrim
Joe Foster
W. L. Kelley
ER. M. Nelson
John Kennedy
Ethel and
Isse Kelley
Henry Kelley
Loren Land
Colts
J. R. Deckard
Albert Fage
Wm. Gilbert
Jakry
Deaver Address Change to Sanger California
The address of E. H. Deaver has been ordered to be changed to Sanger, California, indicating a formal update in official records and correspondence routing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Deaver
Sanger
Calif
From Everywhere Echoes of Country Wit and Kilowatts
A column blends quirky lines about a country boy who whistled while hedge cutting with putative city debates. A Newmarried woman asks a butcher for three hams from ten on display, hinting at rural ears and local humor. The piece riffs on kilowatt confusion, referencing Webster and the Devil in light, humorous style.
W C T U Elects New Officers At Tuesday Meeting
The W C T U held its Tuesday session and elected officers for the year Mrs. G S Burney becomes President Mrs C L Beach Vice President Mrs F A Cole Secretary and Mrs J A Hylton Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. S. Burney
C. L. Beach
F. A. Cole
J. A. Hylton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Readers of the Mirror
Pansy
Tina
Deuce
Katie
Penny
Point
Rastus
Macomb
Rep Wing
Issut
United States
Miss Pansy
Odin
Arthur Kelley
Kansas
P. Young
Isaac Coday
Eva Jones
Will Young
Maggie
Martha Moody
Gertie
Blanche Moore
Clifford Seal
Esther Starne
Seip Letsinger
G. BE. Peabody
R. J. Freeman
Will Brake
Elihu Moody
Wolf Creek
Marion Letsinger
Jake Starne
Keith Stephens
J.E Starne
R. W. Starne
Leona Hoover
Pauline Craig
Rob Freeman
Hicks
Jay Seymour
Parks
Geo. Freeman
Will Reynolds
R J. Freeman
Jason Coday
Elihu Coday
Peggy Short
Pleasant Hill School
Simeon Benton
Cedar County
Rosa
F. C
B.C
Hartville
Newton
Neosho
Hiram Coday
Hack
Ezra Dennis
Reuben Young
Gertie Benton
Jess Hack
Frank Coday
Jess
Cal Young
Herve Coday
Charley Hensley
Hiram Codsy
Clifford
Noraian Gates
J. C. Sullivan
T. B. Crawford
Zelesta
Kind
Aleth Findlay
Frankie McIntosh
Mr. Crews
J. H. Pindley
Roy Brazeal
Cutay McIntosh
Hubert Young
Dave Findley
T. J. Smith
Cora Findley
Frankie MclIntosh
United State
Tem
Commonwealth
Liza Jane
Anguet
Lead HU
Lilie Herod
Sadie Goss
Ora Winburn
Mrs. Scott
Nancy Crider
Mollie Goss
W. M. Mars
Sam Blevins
Ee Eel
Ray
Webster
Program OF
THE
OF the
Wright County District OF the
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
C. P
Frank Ellis
Neva Thomas
Song—Jeans
Saylor
Pilot
Inex Hylton
Samuel Tripp
Nannie Bradford
Higher Ground
Ella Hurt
Mountain Grove
Lura Beach
Manafield
Maude Cole
Bettie Pope
Emily Evans
Clara Brooker
Lizzie Craig
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