Community notes and visits across towns in Iowa
Our correspondent recounts social visits and travel across Red Oak Emerson Macedonia Malvern Glenwood and Omaha. Local residents attend parades shop and church events meet relatives and friends while high school sports and a public sale provide weekend interest. Several residents travel by car to Omaha and Unionville Missouri, with updates on health and home moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Carter
John Rainbow
Kansas
Miss Garrett
Red Oak
Grace Wilson
Malvern
Joe
Dean Edmondson
Luther Andrewa
Silver City
Watt Cooper
Glenwood
Judd Tibbles
Omaha
Carl Carlson
Tommy Shaw
Our City
Wm. Cramer
Emergon
Hugh McSweeney
Arch Houser
Perk
Homer Boyd
Unionville
Will Brown
Climax
Raymond Cassbolt
Viner and Buck Creek Field Moves Mentioned
Ro chester pending return noted for Viner while Rev Wallis left Friday to lead Buck Creek north of Atlantic. Walls earned many friends after a year of service here. Local basketball teams defeated Emerson 22 to 12 and 15 to 10. Mrs Ellen Hunter from O Neill Nebraska visited with her son Charlie and family, Erma, and Geneva, then returned home. Charles Swaney and Will Cooper families and Mrs Mary Maynes arrived in Edinburg Texas September 12 after eighteen days by Ford. roads in Texas were good but mudgy in Oklahoma and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Maynes
Macedonia
Our City
Emma Peterson
Charles Maynes
Emerson
Lewis Warren
Orval
Geo. Wilson
Charles Dayson
Omaha
Paul Cain
Mesdames Huntsman
Smith
Otto Shultz
M. C. Harover
Burlington Junction Springs
Carson
Pearl Harney
Woods
Margaret Harbor
Judd Coppock
Jap Danford
Paul Edmondson
Frank Johnson
Red Oak
Will Owens
Edna
Gertrude Hareyer
Robert
Workman
Villigca
Mesdames Casebolt
Wight
Mc Seeeney
C. A. Wight
Emercon
Bay View Club
Clyde Wight
Ed Noyquist
Mollie Douglas
Tawn
T. D. Phillips
Ralph
Viner
Rochester
Wallis
Buck Creek
Atlantic
Walls
Ellen Hunter
O'Neill
Neb
Charlie
Geneva
Victor Norton
Erma
Long Beach
Cal
O. K
Joe Graham
Charles Swaney
Will Cooper
Mary Maynes
Edinburg
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
East Center News Briefs Highlight Parade and Visits
East Center notes a family visit by Will Andrews and kin in Tahor, Kings Heralds gathering at Walter Hilton's, and Shenandoah Sunday calls by Mr. and Mrs. Howard and Edwin. W I M B meets Mrs. Fred Reasoner Oct 7. Local attendees joined Omaha parade, services start at 10, donations for hospital urged. C L Boles family toured Nebraska last week and YPI group enjoyed a Friday night at Carl Phelps with a watermelons feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Andrews
Tahor
King’s Heralds
Walter Hilton
Howard
Edwin
Shenandoah
Fred Reasoner
Omaha
C. W. Boles
Galen
Clarence
Garden Exhibit Gains National Praise in Council Bluffs
The annual garden show of Council Bluffs schools is praised by National Department of Agriculture experts as the best in the United States. The item also notes recent armed robbery attempts near Council Bluffs, a highway incident, and various local news briefs including a French Academy member in town, a child’s accident, a police shooting, and a Baptist conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs Schools
Department of Agriculture
United States
J. A. L. Waddell
French Academy of Science
Council Bluffs
Frea
Missouri
Ile
Order of Rising Sun
Japan
News Notes of Iowa and Iowans in Bancroft and beyond
A long read covers Hutton & Jenks of Bancroft making high grade printing, Elmer G. Ketcham of Clay County farming without horses using tractors and a touring car, and Iowa leaders in tuberculosis prevention. It reports on naturalization denials, fire set at a Thayer church, a 95 year old World War Cross worker, rural vs consolidated school costs, wide telecommunication reach, WWI service stats, and dairy product values totaling about 195 million dollars for Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Kossuth County
Hutton & Jenks
Bancroft Register
Iowa
United States
Clay County
Elmer G. Ketcham
Spencer
Ketcham
Camp McArthur
Tex
Macy Campbell
Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Emerson and Neight Hood Family Reunion
A large family gathering at Gideon Boyer’s home includes most children, with Stella Sullivan of Oklahoma absent. Numerous relatives and friends from Plattsmouth Council Bluffs Neola Macedonia and Omaha visited or traveled, sharing programs and meals during the weekend. A Missouri River fishing outing and a Clay County fair insurance note follow with local attendance and event plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon Boyer
Stella Sullivan
Oklahoma
Harry Whipple
Champion Hill
Boyers
Martin Nelson
Plattsmouth
J. W. Stillwell
C. R. Stillwell
Council Bluffs
Wm. Dungan
Grace and
Maud
Neola
Donald Snyder
Frank Moore
Charles
Blanche
Mary Patton
Better Late
Comic exchange in a 1920s style strip where Mr. Bore complains of lateness and Miss Caustique quips about it being late rather than never in a playful dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bore
Caustique
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Henderson
J. H. Parker
H. B. Hetrick
Lincoln
James Wilkinson
Ed Wilkinson
Mary Edmondson
John Stewart
Western
Nebraska
Gladys Rose
Dee
East Center
Fred Peterson
Neata
Pete
Montgomery County
Frank Dodson
Council Bluffe
Aldis Ruby
Farragut
Jack Dempster
Neleva
Baptists
Mabel
Didudge
News Notes
P. J. Edmonds
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
National Tuberculosis Association
National Organization
Greenwood
Des Moines
Council Bluffy
Pouahonkis
Waterloo
Askaloosa
Thayer
Union County
Christian Church
Methodist Church
Crestan
Lydia Kimball
Iowa City
Towa
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Uineli Insurance Poliies
War High Insurance Bureau
Morehhan
Davenport
Edward W. Tobin
St. Louis
Alfred Carl Mueller
Tobin
Hayner
H. L. Walbourne
Walbourne
Tama County
Cedar Rapida
Jack Old Bear
Robert Young Bear
Jacob Braide
Robert Lyon
Old Bear
Ames
Iowa State College
T Ie
P. Fouts
Hancock County
New York
Moravia
Johnny
Lou Tupper
W. W. Able
Omha
Homer Jackson
Henry Schick
L. F. Dosset
Peoria
Ill
Henry Douglas
Blanche Burton
Fred Newell
Hastings
A. Harmon
Stella Anderson
Mrs. C. P. Anderson
James Panek
J. #. Burton
Jacob Hodge
Genoa
Hodge
C. W. Kollenbarger
Harry Downs
Walter
Lillie Swanson
Roy Hawkins
George Gilmore
Ivan Shook
Biggsville
Gilmore
C. Patterson
Chicago
Clifford
A. W. Coppage
Daugher
Alta Sydsney
W. T. Marshall
Albia
Mary
Eugenie McFadon
John Dudley
Sioux City
Mia
Mark Tennant
R. O. Smith
Elmer Bass
Tryin
Dela Wilson
Missouri River
L. de T
Harry Duntip
Clyde
Charles Vestal
Paul, Ceorge
Orw
Harvey Douglas
Lyle Bellwood
Hamer Smith
The
Fair Association
Jessie Smith Schwenk
Durem
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