Local residents frequent Ottumwa and Centerville visits
A string of social notes lists many Ottumwa Centerville Moravia Albia and Knoxville residents visiting relatives friends and neighbors on Monday Sunday and the weekend. Names include Gardner Laws DuVall McFatridge Bailey Harris Gladfelder Lathen Coffin Day Day Brice Watts Swaim Main Hiatt Porter and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Gardner
Ottumwa
Charles Laws
Main Station
F. W. Dotson
R. E. Cumming
Centerville
von Tracy
Harry DuVall
C. M. McFatridge
Laura Bailey
Mra
Frank Lathen
Gene
Albia
Mya
Alice Wilson
Lane Coffin
Jane Coulson
O. K. Day
Guy Day
Moravia
Donald
Hattie Hammond
Melrose
Fred Hammond
Wm. Young
H. E. Watts
Brice Watts
W. C. Miller
Unionville
Swec
Frank Swaim
Lester Smith
Cora Smith
Sarah Smith
Preston Hiatt
Knoxville
Curtis Burton
John Porter
Edgar Porter
Porter
Eva Main
Allen Hiatt
Harvey Hiatt
Lyde
Local residents attend events and visit kin across Iowa
Hiatt and Mrs Best Turner attend the Iowa Independent Retail Hardware exhibit at the Des Moines Coliseum. Many neighbors visit hospitals, travel to Oskaloosa and Unionville, and share weekend visits. Notable items include Rev B. G. Hawkins ill in Mt. Pleasant and the Moravia community noting social gatherings and club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiatt
Unionville
Best Turner
Iowa Independent Retail Hardware
Des Moines
A. Turner
Oskaloosa Suday
Turner
Elmer Patterson
Mercy Hospital
Jim Leonard
Snear Oskaloosa
Taylor Leonard
Leonard
Nash
Abbot Hospital
Oskaloosa
Doris Pennington
Luke Dodd
Sturgeon
W. H. Callen
Claude Callen
Centerville
W. H. Morgan
J. E. Powell
L. GC. McKim
Lawrence Rolland
Elmer Rolland
Hartford
Vane Jones
Webster
Albia
J. Mise Hazel Webster
Jim Hayes
Gretchen
Blakesburg
Moravia
Hayes
J. J. Taylor
Myre
Herbert McDanel
Billy
Lynn Hilton
Ernest Hintt
Robert Foster
W. P. Davis
Harold Mason
Ralph Davis
Helen
Horton Potts
B. G. Hawkins
Moravia Methodist Church
Mt. Pleasant
Florence Shank
Brighton
George Brain
Bruce Jones
Patricia
Harry Pabst
Charles Coffin
P. K. Horner
Keith Cameron
Newton
Coulson
Tom Cameron
M. H. Johnson
Gon
Donald
South Bend
Ind
Roy Brooke
Johnson
Chicago
E. F. Oehler
Ted
Grinnell
Roosevelt
Anna Easter
Rex
Rockford
Ill
Centerville Notes Show Local Visitors and Recoveries
Udell Route 1 residents Mr and Mrs Mia Mearl Walter Bud Carolyn and Annsbell traded in Centerville Saturday. Bernieve Rumsey improves after three and a half weeks in St Joseph hospital with pneumonia and ear trouble. Loyd Rose assessor in the neighborhood one day last week. Minnie Moffatt visited sister Emma Miller and niece Mae Rumsey at the Harry Rumsey home Wednesday. Earl Foater was trading in Hiattville Friday. Migs Narlene Sanders is on the
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Mearl Walter
Bud
Carolyn
Annsbell
Centerville
Bernieve Rumsey
St. Joseph Hospital
Loyd Rose
Minnie Moffatt
Emma Miller
Neice
Mae Rumsey
Harry Rumsey
Earl Foater
Ading
Hiatteville
Migs
Narlene Sanders
Donald
Emma’ Miller
Clara Dudley
Mae
Rumley
Harry Rumley
Donar Sandera
Sickened households and local travel spill into week
The report notes illnesses causing absences from school for a week and multiple family visits across Centerville and Unionville. It mentions specific locals Harry Rumley and Calvin Rumley helping with wood and cistern work, trading trips, attendance at an Alden sale, and a car purchase by the mail carrier.
First Circus Reached Town In Year 1838
The American Arena Company circus toured frontier towns in 1838, performing for residents of Farmington West Point Fort Madison Augusta Burlington Wapello Bloomington Rockingham Davenport Belleville and Dubuque. The show billed as unexcelled by any in the world drew crowds of up to one thousand with a military band and featured six year old Master Howes and clown Jack May. Admission was fifty cents and frontier life offered homespun amusements beyond the traveling spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Arena Company
Black Hawk Purchase
Farmington
West Point
Fort Madison
Augusta
Burlington
Wapello
Bloomington
Rockingham
Davenport
Bellévue
Dubuque
American Arena‘ Company
William J. Petersen
the Palimpsest
Morses
Howes
Jack May
Iowa Pioneers
Frontieramen
Fountain of Youth tale tied to Bimini in Florida Strait
A Detroit News writer notes Bimini in the Florida Strait as a possible Fountain of Youth linked to Ponce de Leon. The account cites a female local guide, describes the island’s damp cave and green walls, and suggests water scarcity nearby as a reason for long journeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Strait ‘Island
Bimini
Strait of Florida
Ponce de Leon
Porto Rico
Detroit News
de Leon
Florida
West Indies
Porto Fico
Floride
Main Station Community Notes After Snowy Week
Sunday School attendance reached 47 at Main Station. Numerous families visited, moved, and hosted gatherings from Friday through Sunday. A car mishap near Dennie bridge left Otis Ballanger with a damaged vehicle while roads were slick and snowy. Messages note illnesses, deaths, and local social visits among McDanel, Gladfelder, Robb, Paxston, and related families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Otis Ballanger
Dennie Bridge
W. W. Munn
Willie McDanal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sandra
Turner &Son
Jackson Luse Farm
Iowa
Home Place
Cody Luse Place
Timothy Hay
Chester Broshar
Jackson Luse
Greenleaf
Atty
U. 8
Mangle
Auet
Udell
T. L. Gladfelder
Clyde Gladfelder
Louiss McDanel
Kathryn
Hazel Boyer
Grover Easter
Robi, Easter
Earl Exline
Carl Tomlin
Ted Broshar
J. P. Foster’s
Kenneth Gladfelder
George Hiatt
Hannah Gladfelder
Willie McDanel
Lloyd McDanel
Chas, Laws
Dave Gladfelder
Iit
Ryman McDanes
Walnut City
Velma Gladfelder
Belle Whicker
South Dakota
Martha Hayes
Fairview Church
George
Harry
Dred Robb
Ellen Paxaton
Lora Lockman
Frank Wilson
Paul
Cantral
Elmer Charity
Daniel
John
Tadher
Guy Argo
Hattie
Ray McCloud
Alberta Garrett
Martha Sue Garrett
Lyle Hopkins
Dale
John Sharp
Jerry
Clifford Paxston
Versal Robb
John van Zante
Glen Garrett
Monroe County Farm Bureau
Waterloo
Mr. Garrett
Clifford Paxatong
Lennie Stewarts
Tom Garrett
Columbia
Glen
Steve
Collins
Woodward
H. N. Main
Paxston
Vernal Robb
Johhny Whicker’s
Wilson
Richard Allen
Cat Cloyed
Pleasant Grove
Mesdames Hattie McCloud
Mil
Gamble Store
Freeman Johnson
Jake Winkelman
Wolverine Horsehide
Smith Pigno Store
Moravia Square
D. Whitton
88Th St
Des’ Moines
Towa
Moravia Hotel
Cees
Chet Broshar
the Peoples Life Man
Valentine Candy
Veach Drug Store
Rexall Date Store
Pullman-Selix Motor Company
Centerville, Iowa
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