Prologue opens Liberty village tale of Hardy Ferrin lure
Jim Saladine hears the Hostile Valley past and the allure of Hurdy wife of Will Ferrin. He travels to a fishing sale to glimpse Hardy Ferrin while Jenny Pierca, nineteen, loves Will Ferrin and faces heartbreak as he leaves for Augusta. The tale centers on aging Marm Pierca and her granddaughter’s yearning.
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Liberty, Inc
Jim Saladine
Ita
Hurdy
Will Ferrin
Ferrin
Pierca
Jenny
Will
Augusta
Forsaken Valley Romance Shapes a Quiet Summer
Jenny Ferrin grows into a young woman as Will Ferrin plans to work away, leaving the farm to fade. In Hostile Valley Bart Carey presses toward her, while Marm Pierce watches and cautions, trying to shield her from trouble and preserve a modest future.
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Ferrin
Hoatile Valley
Enoch
Will
Augusta
Jenny
Marmi Pierce
Will Ferrin
Granpy
Carey's Brook
Uncle Win Haven
Marm Pierce
Uncle Win
Beit
Jenny and Bart Fail to Bind Understandings by Brook
In a quiet riverside moment Jenny refuses Bart despite his insistence and help given to Granny. She notes Will and asserts not to be with Bart, who retreats baffled as she moves away. Win Haven learns of the scene and Bart is urged to pursue a rushed approach. TO BE CONTINUED.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart
Carey's Brook
Wilfred
Carey
Amy
Liberty
Old Win Haven
Will Ferrin
Marm Pierce
Jenny
Mari Pierce
Alt
Will
Granny
Win Haven
Center Junction Community News Briefs and Sports
Bitterly cold Sunday sees strong church attendance at Center Junction Presbyterian services and Sunday school. Community notes report card of social events, rural mail routes, a postponed horse auction, school news, athletics, and club activities, including a basketball win by Hopkinton and a series of meetings and visits.
Peanut Not a Peanut Texas Weekly
The peanut is a vegetable in the bean family, also called the burrowing bean, because growing pods form underground. Texans note the crop adds 2 to 4 million dollars annually to state farmers, deserving respect despite goofy nicknames like goobers and earth nuts.
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Texas Weekly
Texas
Snowbound Closings Amid Severe Cold Halt Local Activities
Heavy snow and extreme cold caused the R P Clark estate and Robert Eggert sale to be postponed. Presbyterian services were canceled and rural schools closed due to impassable roads. Wilma Craig and other teachers faced travel problems, while 4 H activities and local meetings were canceled. A blizzard left drifts up to five feet, yet shoveling work began on side roads and a county 4 H training school date was set for February 6 led by Miss Simmons with county leaders and committee members in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Clark
Robert Eggert
Presbyterian Church
Wilma Craig
Amber
C. H. Nelson
Center Junction
Wilma Hanken
Arend Balster's
Myr
Ed Paulsen
Himebaugh
Miss Simmons
Iowa State College
Ames
M. Holst
Beef Cattle and Feeders Association
Fire destroys east Wyoming home in severe cold
A widow Nettie Jones and five children were left homeless after a two story dwelling burned on Monday at 10 40 in 19 degree below zero weather. Firewater froze as water sprayed. No insurance. Some contents saved. Attic blaze origin unknown. Family sheltered at Don Boquist home. House built by late David A White.
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Nettie Jones
Wyoming
Don Boquist
Wyoming Fire Company
Jones
David A. White
Ida Pealer
Woman's Relief Corps
Sarah
Clara Stephenson
Nettle Wherry
Minnie Tasker
Pearl Ropers
Minnie Bender
Kate Anderson
Nellie Athansoos
Jennie Miller
Eeta Witee, Wusan
Maude Stoffel
Sarah First
Minnie Wilker
Lillian Roberts
Elsie Bramer
Jordan Johnson
Roy Schwab
Opera House
Harry Cook
Maxine
L. M. Koch
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Presbyterian Industrial Society
Roy Bender
Chris Anderson
Bender
Ives Burmiahi
Emma, Sawyer
Des Moines
Carl Westphal
George Luckstedt
George Herzberger
Carl Hutton
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Order of the Eastern Star
E. N. Stoffel
Lyle Jenkins
J. W. Thomson
Robert Alden
Peter Eichhorn
Thos. Eichhorn
Henry Bramer
W. E. Demoss
Eichhorn
E. C. Vaughn
Sioux Falls
AL. B. Madsen
Hattie Myers
Mowry
Hawthorne Club
Ralph Orth
H. Hanold
East Cass Township Box Social Sets Fund Drive
East Cass Township hosts a box social at Mr and Mrs John Walters home on Friday February 7 organized by Cass Congregational church Ladies Aid circle members. Four circles pledged to raise funds in 1936 and attendees are asked to bring boxes. January Aid society meeting is at Mrs J J Walters home on January 30. Rural Cass schools close due to impassable roads and severe weather per county superintendent Miss Nellie Morey. Alex Hannan of Monticello visited his father Lee Hannan, who has been ill. Mrs Lee Hannan returned home from visiting her daughter near Morley with Mr and Mrs Darrow.
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J. A. McDonald
Eva Bancroft
Mabel Tomlinson
Guy McDonald
Carl Heiderman
Robert Mead
Dale Dodge
Howard Mead
Hopkinton
Lenox
McNeillly
Presbyterian Ladies
Augusta Norris
Pauline Holm
Peter Prahm
University Hospital
Iowa City
Miss Holm
Jane Lamb Nurses’ Training School
Clinton
H. E. Stingley
J. R. McNeilly
Frank Himebaugh
Helen
Cedar Rapids
Paul Smith
Des Moines
Sam Zook
BE. L. Tomlinson
Lyman Thompson
Monticello
Anamosa
Maquoketa
N. C. Holm
Donald Heeren
Onslow
O. O. Watson
Jean Downing
W. H. McDaniel Farm
Adv
East Cass Township
John. Walters
Ladies’ Aid Society
Cass Congregational Church
Aid Society
J. J. Walters
Cass
Nellie Morey
Alex Hannan
Lee Hannan
James Darrow
Morley
Darrow
Hannan
W. H. McDaniel
Amber Savings Bank elects officers and directors
The Amber Savings bank annual stock holders meeting elected directors George Siebels Otto Danneman George Rickels P B Daly C W Eden Ed Folkers and B A Dress. P B Daly was chosen president with C W Eden as vice president.
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Amber Savings Bank of
Amber
George Siebels
Otto Danneman
George Rickels
P. B. Daly
C. W. Eden
Ed Folkers
B. A. Dress
Bank appoints cashier as Leona Dress resigns position
B A Dress was named cashier succeeding Leona G Dress who resigned after eleven years with the bank. She accepted the post of assistant cashier. A birthday party for Marvin Dress marked his tenth. Various local families were listed as attendees and gifts. Weather and community notes followed with road closures and a fox rabid horse incident.
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B. A. Dress
Leona G. Dress
Dress
Bank
Willie Harris
Marvin
Ethel Jean Bailey
Shirley Siebels
LaVern
Galen Englehart
Owen
Ruth
John Kofoed
Jackie Dress
Galen Hagen
Maxine
Ralph Harms
Herman Helgens
John Rickels
George Schoon
Schoon
Carl Schoon
Wilmer
Rex Reuter
Vincent Tischauser
Otto Danneman
Ae Anna Poppen
Nebraska
Real Estate Transfers in Jones County This Week
Jones county records note multiple property transfers from January 17 to 23 involving James E Remley Lucy T wife Bernard Julis and others. Transactions cover parcels in Onslow and Monticello and include acres measurements prices of 1 dollar and other considerations. The statements list specific lot and section references with encumbrances and right of way notes.
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Jones County
James E. Remley
Lucy T
Bernard Julis
Wapsipinicon River
Don Barnes
Alice
Frances
Warriner
Onslow
Church Street
C & NW Ry
Said Railway Company
Spruce Street
Park Chamberlain
Lena H
Frances C. Warriner
State of
Iowa
William H. Holmes
James J. Horr
Jennie
Carrie F. Keller
D. W. Bates
State of Iowa
Farmers’ Trust & Savings Bank
Maquoketa
Frank Banghart
Dubuque County
Union
Cascade
Nellie Hubbard
E. A. Hubbard
Bradstreet
Monticello
L. F. Eggers
Isabelle Eggers
William L. Aldrich
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Hostile Valley
By Ben Ame Williams
Bart Carey
Hart
Win
Ifi
Fheé
the Tattler
Miss Downing
Baldwin
Dreibelbis
M. Otten
Courtney
Center Junction Stamp Club
Betty Lou McDonald's
McNielly
Stanwood Bulldogs
R. A. Naylor
Ben Otten
Balster
Dale Ladehoff
Center School
Ruth Craig
Center Junction Mutual Telephone Company
Harm Dirks
Jean Royden
Constance Naylor
F. A. Royden
Manchester
Scotch Grove Woman's Community Club
Albert Schrader
Owls
Frank Kiburz
Henry Rickels
August
August Thomson
Walter Edwards
North English
Shover
Clarence Sears
Youngstown
F. H. Koch
New York City
Express
Scotch Grove
George Bodeker
Mabel Dirks
Maynard
Florence Ireland
Clara
Caroline
Irene Bodiker
Albert Harms
Annie
Harms
Alva Gerdes
Dwight
Will Jansen
Fred Otten
W. R. Zimmerman
Mr. Zimmerman
Herman Folkers Farm
Carl
Time Payments
UCC
Universal Credit Company
Ford
United States
Ford Motor Company
Madsen Motor Company
Monticello, Iowa
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