Local Readers Return Home From City Visits
Residents recount weekend trips and visits as Mrs. Walter Clark and others travel between Ottumwa Kansas City Kirksville and Albia. Marie Spurgeon plans summer study while Darlene Whisler spends time with Verde Fowler. Earl Hedgecock and Carl Buckingham family members visit E. E. Miller home and relatives. Louise Spurgeon visits Centerville with Ross Spurgeon family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hedgecock
E. E. Miller
Carl Buckingham
Gardening yarns stir talk of potatoes and strawberries
Arthur Wood and Charley Floyd chat at the office about fine garden produce. Charley brings up large potatoes from his garden while Art arrives with a handful of strawberries. The pair trade tales, but Charley left no potatoes and Art only offered samples of berries, leaving the office hungry for more.
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Arthur.Wood
Charley
Floyd
Arthur Wood
Art
West Grove Two Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Frank Phillis spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Harold Winans Clayton Forsythe and family attended a birthday dinner Sunday at the Ike Probasco home given in honor of Mr Henry Landerbath Mrs Wrena Hughes of Moulton a visitor at the Harden Wallace home Sunday Mr and Mrs Will Waybill and children Lula and Vern were calling on their daughters and sister Mrs Harold Winan Monday night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Phillis
Harold Winans
Clayton
Forsythe
Ike Probasco
Henry ‘Landerbath
Wrena Hughes
Moulton
Harden Wallace
Will Waybill
Lula
Vern
Sunday School Picnic Planned by Orleans Community
Sunday school attendees and families across Orleans and nearby towns gathered for a casual social at Forest Hatfield and Joe Code home. The note lists several residents John Hawn Cooper Lowell Young Yates and families plus others visiting, with remarks on Mr Hawn and Mrs Cooper as Taylor siblings and ongoing improvements by Emmet Hawk and Helen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hawn
Forest Hatfield
Trenton
John
Cooper and Family
Missouri
Lowell Young
Ainner
L. W. Taylor
Hawn
Gooper
Taylor
y.Yates
Samom
Joe ‘Cpde
A. Singley
Helen
Marvin Richardson
Ettars
Clifford Singley
G. Co. Singly
eClark
Paul
Mi Viena
Fern Horn
Andy Horn
Cen c Allers
P. Taylor
Emmet Hawk
Emmet
Pauline Fox at Parker Taylors Sunday Evening
Miss Pauline Fox was noted as working at Parker Taylors on Sunday evening in a brief society item.
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Miss
Pauline
Fox
Parker Taylors
Residents visit and cemetery decoration in Centerville and surroundings
Sunday and Monday saw many Centerville residents visiting relatives including Mr Ararat, Ed and Mrs Mishler, Rex Thistlethwaite, Cliff Staley and families. Church services at Centerville Baptist and a large turnout for Mt Ararat cemetery decorating followed by rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Mishler
Rex ‘Thistlethwaite
Lloyd Curl
Centerville
Cliff Staley
W. L. Staley
Mt. Ararat
Mary Seibert
Mildred Longley
Robert McElderry
Centerville High School
William Taylor
Patty
Billy
Mary Mae
Dale
Earl Hiatt
Austin R. Staley
Mildred
Donald
Dallas Center
Virgo Staley
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
An advertisement promotes Kruschen Salts as a fat reduction aid. It claims morning intake of half a teaspoon dissolved in hot water and dietary tightening will shed fat in three weeks, boosting energy and skin clarity while promising safety and health. The tone urges obtaining the product from W. F. Berry and Co. or any druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Berry and Co
America
Bake Sale by Presbyterian Missionary Society
The Presbyterian missionary society will hold a bake sale on Saturday June 4 at the Tribune office starting at 1 PM. Proceeds fund Sunday dinner programs and church outreach.
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The
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Tribune
Colonial Theatre Closes Again Under Local Manager
The Colonial Theatre will not reopen under I. M. Hootman as announced early this week. Insufficient community patronage to cover expenses was cited as the reason for the venue being dark again.
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Colonial Theatre
I. M. Hootman
Colonial
Birthday Surprise At Probasco Louderback Home
On Sunday May 29 a large gathering at E E Probasco house honored him and H E Louderback on their birthdays. A 32 foot table of cafeteria style food fed many including Rev Frank Wilder and families, the Forsythes, Probascos, Louderbacks, Dodsons, Hamiltons, Probascos of Downing Mo, and numerous others from Kirksville Cuba and Ottumwa. One who was there notes a late hour departure wishing many more such birthdays.
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E.E. Probasco
H. E. Louderback
Frank Wilder
Cramer Hill
M. W. Lane
Frank Bennett
L. C. Bennett
Nora Powers
Ed Probasco
Ross Forsythe
Clea Forsythe
al Louderback
Ina
Nina
Omaha
Nebraska
Lizzie Horn
Leo Horn
V. W. Dockins
Cuba
Kansas
A. Vena Scarbrough
Naoma
Ralph Dodson
Kirksville
Glen Preston
Noah Probasco
Roy Wright
James Probaseco
Verna Joens
South
Clayton Forsythe
Frank Noland
Downing
Raymond Henshaw
Centerville
Bob Edwards
Stella Hamilton
Guy Hamilton
Roy Clark
John Probasco
C. D. Forsythe
Doyle
John Baldock
Probasco
Sig Horn
Dallas McKenzie
T. A. Dodson
Alta Probasco
A. R. Probasco
Hoyt Whuliett
Mary Lindley
Mildred Lindley
Local Happenings List from Centerville Area
Mr and Mrs W T Tharp of Greenwood Springs were in Centerville Friday. Gus Schulz and Lloyd Linden drove to Des Moines last week. Belle Day of Troy spent the weekend with sister Mrs Ben Archibald. Wilbur McMains of Bloomfield visited Gerald Lawson. Elmer and Arch Childs were with their mother Mrs W M Childs in Coatsville Monday. she is very low. Stanley Moon, previously at Iowa State University, visited the Moon home in E R Moon, Inwood. Lois Hanson and Mary Bowie from Iowa State Teacher's College Cedar Falls returned to classes after a home visit. Mrs Orval Tharp and daughters Darlene and Dorothy and Mrs J P Swanson and Joe Donald Daley of Brookfield Mo visited at Virgil Robinson and Lester Daley homes.
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W. T. Tharp
Greenwood Springs
Centerville
Gus Schulz
Lloyd Linden
Des Moines
Belle Day
Troy
Ben Archibald
Wilbur McMains
Bloomfield
Gerald Lawson
Elmer
Arch Childs
W. M. Childs
Coatsville
Childs
Stanley Moon
Iowa State University
Moulton
E. R. Moon
Inwood
Lois Hanson
Mary Bowie
Iowa State Teacher's College
Cedar Falls
Orval . Tharp
Darlene
Dorothy
P. Swanson
Joe Donald Daley
Brookfield
Virgil , Robinson
Algo
Lester
Daley
Bank Robbery in Cincinnati Ends in Double Tragedy
The State Bank of Cincinnati was robbed last Thursday at about 9 am. Bandits dressed as laborers seized $4000, fled by car, and were pursued. One robber shot himself to avoid arrest. the other surrendered after a chase near Numa. The surviving bandit received a life sentence from Judge Wennerstrom at Ft. Madison.
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State Bank of
Cincinnati
Ft. Madison Penitentary
Wennerstrom
Numa
Burlington man among bandits after fatal robbery
A Burlington native Frank Weining known as the bandit killed himself during the incident. Louis Walk of Des Moines was the other robber. another man is thought implicated. A large car sped from the scene where the bandits’ car burned. Nearly all stolen money was recovered except a few dollars.
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Frank ‘Weining
Burlington
Louis Walk
Des Moines
Triplets Born to Jersey Heifer Surprise in Indiana
A three year old full blood Jersey cow owned by Bert Kirk near Unionville Indiana gave birth to triplet calves last week. The three black Angus calves all look alike, and even the mother can’t tell them apart. The cow and both calves are healthy. Meanwhile Mr and Mrs Chas Bronson and their children of Sioux Falls and Miss Alice Moen of Inwood Iowa visited E R Moen over the weekend. they left Tuesday with Don and Bobby Moen for an extended visit.
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Bert Kirk
Unionville
Mr. Kirk
Lewegian
Mrs
Chas. Bronson
Sioux Falls
S. D
Alice Moen
Inwood
Iowa
E. R. Moen
Birth announcement for Jerry Eugene Heintze in Centerville
A son born May 25 1982 to Mr and Mrs Ernest Heintze of Centerville. The infant named Jerry Eugene. Grandparents listed as Mr and Mrs Wm Heintze of Moulton. Read every advertisement.
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Ernest Heintze
Centerville
Jerry Eugene
Ernest
Wm. Heintze
Moulton
Thurston and Ramseyer Vote Review for Fifth Iowa District
Creston Daily News-Advertiser weighs Thurston and Ramseyer records in the race for the newly created fifth Iowa Congressional District. It notes Thurston’s votes against debt cancellation for France and Italy, against new irrigation projects and a sales tax, and for the debenture farm relief plan, contrasting with Ramseyer’s positions. The piece urges voters to compare records ahead of the June 6, 1932 primary.
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Creston Daily News-Advertiser
Congress
Fifth Congressional District
Lloyd Thurston
Osceola
France
Italy
United States
Boulder Dam
Iowa
Thurston
War and Navy
Department of National Defense
Ramseyer
Senate
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