Hastings Homecoming and Lodge News Highlight
Hastings Lodge No. 497 I O O F held its annual home coming with songs music and recitations. The Hastings I O O F orchestra performed and refreshments followed in the new dining hall. L W Graue sold his harness and hardware business to J H Hurst of Leon Indiana, with Graue staying on briefly. Rebekahs elected officers for the coming year and district officers were named for Hamburg December 14. An accident near Hastings left John Simpson with injuries after colliding with Verne Clark’s motorcycle.
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Hastings Lodge
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Hastings I. Q. O. F
Mesdames Ina Wearin
H. P. Rea
Ed Hathaway
Pearl Cary
L. W. Graue
J. H. Hurst
Leon
Mr. Graue
Graue
Mr. Hurst
Hastings
Rebekahs
Nellie Hatfeld
Noble Grind
Phoebe Smith
Alice Trurn
Ina Wearin
Ida McFarland
Hamburg
W. A. Wiles
Avery Miller
de PL Rea
KH. McFarland
Noble Grand
John Simpson
Verne Clark
John
Hastings notes and personal items on several locals
The Hastings area is covered with family illness travel and social news. George and Eugene Crouse visited Fort Dodge for their mother’s illness. several church members planned a trip to Council Bluffs but delayed by diphtheria. Updates include student Maud Parker returning from Ames due to appendicitis, local moves to Omaha and Arkansas, cattle shipments to Omaha and Chicago markets, hospital recoveries, and social visits across Wesley Malvern and Oxford areas.
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George
Eugene Crouse
Fort Dodge
Leona
Aaron
Ane
Maud Parker
George Parker
Wesley
Ames College
Omaha
Hansom Cars Come Back To Stir Old Romance
The Manchester Guardian notes a revival of hansom cabs as petrol licenses rise in wartime Britain. The piece praises the sociable charm and direct view of the road, recalling literary romances and imagining the hansom as a nostalgic, pleasant alternative to taxi travel today.
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London Museum
Aeganin
Jove
Henley
London
Manchester Guardian
Thought as a Habit in Turbulent Times
In the Christian Herald reflection on modern upheaval, the author argues people are often driven to think by necessity and misfortune. The vast wartime disruption prompts probing questions about meaning, demanding individuals form independent thought instead of clinging to tradition.
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Solomon
Christian Herald
Food Fraud Probes In Belgium Expose Fake Oil Substitutes
Official analysis reveals widespread food surrogates in Belgium. Substitutes for edible oil are worthless mixtures costing cents per liter, yet sold at high prices. An oil sauce sample was mostly water with gum extract, while a fancy mayonnaise showed excessive water content and minimal oil. An invalids food advertised as meat extract contained mostly water and sugar.
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Belgium
Public Health Service
Meat and Milk Safety and Tuberculosis Risks
Public health guidance warns that tuberculosis can spread from tuberculous cows to meat and dairy products. It urges consumers to buy only from inspected packing houses and dairies with clean, sanitary practices, and to ensure cows are tested annually.
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United States
Towa
Iowa
State Veterinary Department
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Duntley
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Cadillac
E. M. Myers
Ollie Gooden
Wes Young
Emerson
Yates
Gooden
W. M
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Council Bluffs
Christian Home Orphanage
Luhe
Lawrence Barnhouse
Unionville
Hel
Orville Guthrie
Hobson, Ark
Ellen Richmond
Washington, D. C
Hastings and
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J. B. Parker
Ohio
H. H. Wilson
Della Peterson
Dorothy Coates
George Shetterly
di Cupps
Council
Eva Hutchings
LeMars
Warren Gregory
Tabor
A. H W. Dolph
Roy Hatfeld
Claude Hall
White Lake
S. D
Joe Wearin
Nellie
John Wilson
Dallas Culver
W. S. Edie
Winslow
Ark
Frank McKown
M. B. Harover
Joe
Milo Peace
Auto
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Hinstay
Harry Caven
Prescott
Will Parker
Corning
W. B. Caven
van Gorkum
Willys- Knight Cars
C. T. Smith
Chicago
John Clover
Glenwood
Helen Hutchings
C. H. Baxter
J. R. Graham
Mona
Malvern
J. R. Wearin
Mille Peace
Mabel Summers
Oscar Rankin
Oxford, Neb
Harry Wilson
Mrs. George Shetterly
MeKende
Silver
Mr. Shetterly
Blanche Young
Asbury
Margaret Young
Eilie
Chyldren
John Fuller
Missouri
Frank Jadie
Mrs
Jacob Bare
Ethel Clark
Edna Fenson
Elam Ord
Northwest
Nebraska
Elmer Lemonds
Gail
J. W. Graue
A. B. Walling
Burlington Hosiery
Athena
Kersey Coats
Boys’ Mackinaws
Cooper’s Kenosha Klosed Krotch Union
Walling’s Store
Helen S. Hartley
Iowa Association For the Prevention OF Tuberculosis
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F. M. Shriver
T. A. Pearson
Dr. Herbert Humphrey
Dental Surgeons
Pearson Building
North Bide, Glenwe
Carl Buch
Ioo Square
U. S. Webber
Howe's Pharmacy
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Advo Collection Agency
F. G. Day
Hon. W. S. Lewis
Mills County National Bank
Glenwood State Bank
W. M. Lamb Bank
Carter Black
Eagle Laundry of
Milliron Brothers
B. F. Ward
Chicago Veterinary College
State Veterinarian
Canfeld
Murphy Canfield & Murphy
Edison Globes For
Ralph B. Townsend
With Jas. A. Swope
Tribune
Jamligon
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