Local social notes and family visits from Moravia area
Mr. Pleasant, Betty Aldrich, James Feehan, Raph Tuttle, Arch Herron and others visited W A Browns and Moravia during the week. Clyde Huff and wife welcomed a baby boy born Saturday October 29. A writer recalls a teacher's weiner roast by the school pond and notes the fun and fatigue of such daily festivities.
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Betty Aldrich
James Feehan
W. A. Brown
Raph Tuttle
C. C. Smith
Moravia
Arch Herron
Howard Besco
Albia
Charlie Hackett’s
Clyde Huff
Unimportant Cogitations On Mail And Mirth
A fragment from a diary notes a mail mix up when letters seem to reappear in the box. The writer, amused by autumn mood and musings on education, juggles small daily details from mail, weather, canning, and school humor. The piece ends mid thought about smoky autumn remarks.
Cold Relish Recipe and Local Social Notes
A rural column shares a cold relish recipe for corn pickers and details a flurry of social visits around Urbana township. The article lists ingredients, preparation notes, and adds that the relish should not be cooked, then moves to a stream of local household visits and neighborly activities at Hellyer, Perry, Vosburgh, and Hedge College areas with multiple families mentioned.
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Urbana Township
Missouri Ozarks
Neighbor Endorsement: Ruth Hollingshead for Congress
A neighbor urges voting for Ruth Hollingshead in 8th District Congress. She notes Hollingshead’s Iowa roots, education at the State University of Iowa, farm and mining town experience, merchant background in Albia, teaching and school board service, AEF service overseas, labor sympathy, library board work, and religious activity. The letter portrays her as qualified, progressive, and a forward woman candidate.
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The
State University of Iowa
Monroe County Union
Albia
Albia Library Board
Iowa
Congress
United States
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H. K. Smith
Mr. Pleasant
Inez Faber
Pricelist
Ie Ees
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Weston
Lowe Southern Utilities
Beastifel
Roa
Salem
Mia
Robert Tarr
Fort Madison
Susie
George Hellyer
Dorothy Hiner
Dell Helyer
Carl Dicks
Leonard
Jess Gladfelder
Frank
Lew Rinehart
Dell Hellyer’s
Mike McAninch
Jim McCrory
Denny Argo
Edward McCord
Fred Tarr
Junior Youngker
Bert Vosburgh
S. Dick
Hazel
Clark Hellyer
Hedge College School
Leonard Perry
Elbert
Dorothy McKern
Robert Jennings
Dell Hellyer
Vosburgh
Horton Potts
Joe Martin's
Milo Main
Jesa Gladfelder’s
Mra
Ted Teater
Clarence Teater
B. C. Whitehead
M. E. Ladies Aid Shuck Folm Thuraday
Ruth Hollingshead
Iona
Congress Club
Howard D. Evans
Roscoe C
Wales
Edward P. Powers
W. J. Gorden
Sherman West
Board of Supervisors
W. R. Phillips
Democratic
Earl van Dorn
Bert Davidson
Goon
C. M. McFatridge
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