FOR SALE ITEMS AND PIANO AD
Classified note listing various sale items including Sherwin-Williams paint harnesses lumber doors windows and a prominent spinet piano. Also mentions an automatic sizing planer kiln dried lumber and hardware items with prices and contact hints. Des Moines area piano ad invites inquiries to Critchett Piano Co with phone contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dupont
Johnson Barber Shapatt ‘ S
Moravia
Critchett Piano Co
Forest
Des Moines
Main Station By Darlene Gladfelder
Sunday visitors and family calls center on the Clyde Gladfelder home with attendance from the Gladfelder family and friends. Several members traveled to Iowa City to check on Mrs Harrison after a fall while others attended Farm Bureau at the California school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Gladfelder
Kenneth Gladfelder
Judy Kay
Clyde Gladfelder
Milo Shaeffer
J. H. Philby
John Martindale
Des Moines
Lona
Earl Boyer
Trenton Gladfelder
Robert Charles Gladfelder
Dean i Tomlin
Ray Harrison
l'Trenton Gladfelder
California
Lillie Gladfelder
Dee Gladfelder
Iowa City
A 1899 Moon Trip Imagined by a Moravian Youth
An essay from May 1899 recounts a boy’s fantastical journey from Moravia by automobile to the Atlantic, across to Paris and India, then China and to the moon. He befriends notable locals, endures a cliffside ascent, and finally marries the Moon’s daughter before a dramatic crash and his survival with long fingernails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Winslet
Kanan Drive
Portland
Ore
Moravia
Elsie Jones
Esquimaux
Jesus Christ
Paris
France
India
Mt. Everest
Himalayan
China
Ching Chang
Ethel Sharp
Ethel
Hey
Nellie Trussell
Gladys Crawford
Nellie Jones
Nealy Irvin
R. Mericle
Ottumwa
Aubry Jordan
Vergie Harris
Gustle Rose
Myrtle Bishop
Lucile Robinson
Vergie
Mrs. Moon
Old Mother Earth
Moon
Explosion minor in Correctionville child shoots BB fragment
Exploded bullet fragment lodged in 12 year old Homer Stines chest after he used a shaft from a BB gun to detonate a found bullet while playing. He was taken to hospital for treatment. Exclusive promo for Jesse James romance in The American Weekly distributed with Chicago Herald American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Stines
Correctionville
Jesse James
Homer Crary
American Weekly
the Great
Chicago Herald-American
Birthdays Marked by Family Dinner in Centerville
A Centerville gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jennings home honored the birthdays of Mrs. Jennings on June 11 and Mrs. Robert Jennings on June 12. A cooperative noon dinner featured ice cream and strawberries. Attendees included Robert Jennings and son Henry Sytsma of Jerome, Ida Johnson of Oskaloosa, Andrew Sytsma and family of Gowrie, A. L. Brown of Ottumwa, Henry Weelden, Lloyd Johnson, Herman Sytsma of Alicia, and Roscoe Argo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Jennings
Centerville
Jennings
Robert Jennings
Henry Sytsma
Jerome
Ida Johnson
Oskaloosa
Andrew Sytsma
Gowrie
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Illness
It wishes to express sincere thanks to many friends for flowers cards gifts and letters received during illness. Gratitude extended to neighbors for deeds done for the family. It all deeply appreciated and will not be forgotten. Mrs. Elbert Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Moore
Taylor Aids Enjoy Cooperative Dinner
Regular meeting of the Taylor Aids was held at the Karl Fischer home with Monica as hostess. A cooperative noons hour dinner followed. No business was conducted due to the leader's absence as Daphne Hilton's husband is in St Joseph hospital.
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Taylor
Karl Fischer
Monica
Daphne Hilton
St. Joseph Hospital
Loyd Carter
Virginia
Robert
George Turner
Marybeth
Jimmie George
Herbert McDanel
Frank Chambers
Peter Dinan
Karleen
Gladys Harsh
Minne apolis Chicks Moved by Air to Diagonal Farm
K0G Leghorn chicks hatched in Minne apolis were bedded for the night at Flay Young farm in Diagonal. The birds were shipped from Minne apolis by air to Des Moines and then flown to Diagonal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Flay Young Farm
Diagonal
Des Moines
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa Cleaners
Albin
Swaim’s
Albia Rendering Co
Albia
Plymouth
Dodge Motor
Frank Woodward
Jimmie Luse
Wayne Christy
James Nash
Mystic
Iowa
Tconium Exchange
M. H. Elgon
G. L. Gollaher
Chet Broshar
Chet Broghar
Lic
John Deere
H. H. Rosencrants
F. W. Hiatt
Swaims
Peoples Abstract & Title Co., Inc
Centerville National Bank
Geo
D. Umphrey
Sherwin-Williams
Cart
van Zante
Don Petti‘hone
Darlene Gladfelder
jBerre
Iad
Gardner Hatchery
Nadine & George’s
Phone 8 Fine Foods
Woodward's Plumbing & Heating CO
Treee Tb Eo
Dr. Hess
Hess
Rexall
Lowa
NORGE
Turner & Son
Boor
Svorage
Carey
Gaus
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