Local and Personal News From Ottumwa Area
Visitation and family news dominate Ottumwa society events with J T Day Jake Day and Stella Albright visiting. Numerous relatives and friends gathered at homes in Ottumwa Centerville Hedrick Moravia and Chariton for dinners and social calls. A birth at the Harry Tisue home and hospital stay for Mrs Rouse follow a family week of visits and travel. The Twenty first Century club met with G T Harn for a book discussion highlighting A Man For the Ages Irving Bacheller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Day
Jake Day
Stella Albright
Ottumwa
Fr. Orelup
D. K. Orelup
Li M. Williams
Tommy
Ben Derby
Frank Veach
Grant Everman
Centerville
John Veach
Clark Hollingsworth
Warren Rouse
Dale Harrison
St. Charles
Island
Claude Harrison
Fremont
Kate Rogers
Harry Tisue
Moravia
Rouse
June Tisue
Fred Blumenstock
Jim Ullem
Ullem
Royce Pettit
Beverly
Ronald
Dick Pettit
Robert Pettit
Ottumar
George Irelan
F. H. Coulson
Chas Johnson
Ruby
Louise
Doris
Ted Wilson
Chariton
R. Frisby
San Antonio
Texas
Cedar Rapids
Pelican Lake
Wis
Turner Ambulance
St. Joseph Hospital
Tisue
Karl Hurliman
Richard
Ronald Broshar
Des Moines
Paul Broshar
Myrtle Hudgens
Pat Nation
Bobby
Violet Morris
Jake Morris
Scrap iron nearly strikes neck in Northwood incident
A fragment from a scrap iron piece, while Dale Mowers was breaking it, narrowly missed the jugular vein by about eight eighths of an inch in Northwood. The object, still in use after 81 years, caused a near fatal injury but did not sever vital vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Mowers
Northwood
Inccumbrance Book and Bounties Highlight Local News
A scattered item from premier county records mentions an Inccumbrance Book in Oskaloosa and a $12,000 chimes donation to Central Methodist Church. Other notes include a 147 crow bounty in Cherokee county, a firemen’s ball car fire in Storm Lake, a driverless car crash on Colfax street, a large Allamakee school family of brothers and sisters, a long-lost life policy beneficiary search, neighbors saving washing in Montezuma, and a small house fire in Forest City sparked by matches.
Bride and groom travel too far for license in county
Taylor County Deputy Clerk Everett King was cheated out of issuing a marriage license when the bride-to-be noted they were to be married in Adams county. The couple quipped that they had come too far south after being told the license must be secured in the ceremony’s county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Everett King
Adams County
Fisherman Fined Over Fish Possession in Osceola Court
S A Moore of Pleasanton faced a 23.85 dollar fine in Justice of the Peace court 8, S Dalby, at Osceola after being found with 84 fish in his possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Moore
Pleasanton
Justice of the Peace
S. Dalby
Osceola
Meanie the Cat Dies After 7000 Mile Travel With McDannel Family
The 18 year old cat Meanie owned by Mrs J McDannell died last week after traveling over 7000 miles with Mr and Mrs McDannell visiting numerous U S points of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meanie
J. McDannell
Down Deep at Garner Creamery Well Breaks Parts
A pump breakdown at the Garner creamery last week dropped parts to the 240 foot bottom. A Mason City man was hired to locate the pieces and restore the pump to working condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garner Creamery
Mason City
Feudal System's Decline Across Europe Across Centuries
The feudal system prevailed in most of Europe through the Middle Ages until about the end of the Fourteenth century, yielding to absolute monarchy and growing towns. The rise of a broader economic world after the Crusades helped erode feudal classification, with France fully broken by the French Revolution, Germany lingering into the Nineteenth century, and Russia until 1917. relics persist in many Western institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France
Germany
Russia
Church Services and Baptismal Dedication Planned
Morning worship includes a baby and child dedication service at the church. A group of children ten and older will be received as preparatory members after training in church membership. Glenn Garrett and Virgil Dooley lead church school sessions. Epworth League activities also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Garrett
Epworth League
Wesley Chapel
Virgil Dooley
Robbers and mishaps hit town with injuries and missing door
Aaron Grelman, new city marshal at Garne, found a safe door outside Gallagher Variety. the door had been removed per Gallagher's request after the combination tap was filed. Last week, Phil Maguire Jr. of Dumont broke his left leg on a tractor and his mother broke an arm closing a door during a strong wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Grelman
New City
Garne
Gallagher Variety Store
Mr. Gallagher
Gallagher
Phil Maguire, Jr
Dumont
Disjointed Local Notices From a Hamburg Area Page
A fragmented report notes Carl Hinze of Hamburg injured after stepping into a large cooling vat at a sodal factory. A Greenfield store owner found a lost letter containing a $580 check. A Bellevue bridge has mysteriously disappeared. An explosion in Grinnell caused an air compressor tank to rupture a garage and shake nearby stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hinze
Hamburg
Sodal
Salebarn
Grinnell Garage
Cenlonet
Downed Truck Driver Rescued From 30-Foot Ditch In Iowa
Leonard Madseri of Kimballton was jolted when a loosened steering bolt sent his truck into a 30 foot ditch. Four tractors and several men worked to pull the vehicle back onto the road. In a separate note, a Stratford area farm has remained in the same family for 76 years, with ownership recently passing from J. G. Patterson to the Fred Patterson family after his arrival in 1865.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Leonard Madseri
Kimballton
J. G. Patterson
Stratford
Fred Patterson
Birthday song and highway wrecks mark local notes
No lights as a man at a birthday event sang for a crowd along highway 10 when a truck skidded on mud and struck a light pole. Clay King near Willisea was injured when his tractor slid into a ditch, pinning him. D. Haecker of Hampton is noted for fifty years in the Methodist choir. Mrs Joel Heresberg of Spring Hill tends a blooming amaryllis that flowered in flame color after seeds from a hybrid’s bulb. August H Warneke of Redford dies in weed fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 10
Sole
Sheldon
Clay King
Willisea
Joel Heresberg
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. H. Pound
Perfex
LISS
Goon
Nadine & George
Om Main Bros
Sale
Oskaloosa
Charles A. Kent
Central Methodist Church
Roy Pattee
Alta
Cherokee County
Storm Lake
Colfax Street
Janis Cafe
Delbert Cross
Linton No. 2 School
Allamakee County
Hector
Peck
Jackson
Jones County
Clay Burkart
Montezuma
Sharon
Forest City
W. H. Drewes
Gardner Hatchery
Enda
Algo
Walter
Gideon
Carrelles
Bellevue
Banphurst
Chet Broshar
Welhilt
Johnson’s
Turner
Aevy Oe
D. Haecker
Hampton
Methodist Church Choir
August H
Warneke
Redford
ANOS
Rexall
Veach Drug Store
the Rexal Drug Store
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