Orleans Sunday gatherings fill week with visits and praise
Local notes recall preaching at Orleans on Sunday and Sunday night with Sunday school attendance. Many families visited relatives and neighbors across nearby Centerville Pulaski and Missouri. The Orleans Sunday school surprised Superintendent Will Jennings and family with a farewell to California while 75 attendees shared baskets and a dinner.
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Orleans News
Orleans
Earl Powell
Ike Barnetts
Pulaski
Florence Boghe
Marian Howell
Beatrice Pugh
Esther Hills
Geo. C. Singley
Pearl Davis
E. U. Ransom
Centerville
Jimmie Ransom
Roy Yates
Lloyd Davis
Vera
Yates
Hobart Cox
Charley Davis
Faye Hetzler
Thelma Stansberry
Lafe Hetzler
Centerville Hospital
Hetzler
Presco Xillion
Bink Murdy
Frank Rogers
Lenard Palmer
Missouri
Albia
Theo Murdy
Parker Taylor
Alice Pulliam
Sargent
Nebr
Will Jennings
Jennings
California
Ross Starks
W. C. Davis
Riggle Wiggles Social News From Moulton Area
Mrs Hodge Oneal visited the Worth Oneal home in Moulton on Thursday. Mrs Warren Gale and son Fay spent Sunday at Perry Nortons. Roy Yates and family Tom Ransom and family visited the Lloyd Davis home Sunday afternoon. W T Hays and son Cam Mrs Howard Shaw and son Mrs John Chandler and children spent Tuesday with Mrs Sallie Gale. Mr and Mrs Charley Wendland called on friends Tuesday evening.
John Chandler Visits Grandparents in Kansas
John Chandler and his children from Emporia Kansas are visiting their grandparents Will Hays and his wife.
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John Chandler
Emporia, Kans
Will Hays
Sunshine Promises Miles Of Smiles In Local Notes
FABIUS Mrs Joe Tharp and Vera Gillen of Independence Kans visited relatives in the community last week. Elinor Willett, small child at J J Johnson home, has not been well. J J Johnson hauled coal Monday. C G Stevenson and wife visited his mother in Moulton and reported a new granddaughter at Ross Fenton’s east of Mark. Mrs Tom Miller is home again after Ottumwa hospital stay. A mother and baby clinic will be held at Will Yates home near West Grove today. Gerald Lawson drove home cattle from Nebraska, shipped to Moulton. Van Mitchell is reported progressing well.
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Fabius
Joe Tharp
Vera Gillen
Independence
Kans
Elinor Willett
J. J. Johnson
C. G. Stevenson
C. W. Stevenson
Moulton
Ross Fenton
Mark
Tom Miller
Ottumwa
Will Yates
West Grove
Gerald Lawson
Nebraska
van Mitchell
Carter Creek Social Roundup of Sunday Visits
Claud McGrew and family visited Sunday at the John Law home in Bloomfield. Jeff Stoner and family were Sunday visitors at Oscar Dieuffenbach and family of Pulaski. Virgil Robinson and wife shopped in Centerville Friday. Jesse Adams and family visited Sunday at Carl Wallace’s home. Freda Fouts treated for an ulcerated tooth recently. Russell Horn picked apples at Esco Horn’s Saturday. Ruth Barnette visiting Thomas Wiseman’s this week. Glenn Henderson and family visited relatives in Mark Sunday. Jeff Stoner delivered hogs at Moulton Tuesday. Freda Fouts visited Saturday and Sunday at Linn Porter’s. Virgil Robinson and wife Otumwa visitors Monday. Will Waybill and family visited Earl Stoner’s Sunday. Esco Horn and family called at Darertal D A McCullough’s home Sunday. Glenn Henderson and family called on Monterey friends Monday afternoon.
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Carter Creek
Claud McGrew
John Law
Bloomfield
Jeff Stoner
Oscar Dieuffenbach
Pulaski
Virgil Robinson
Centerville
Jesse Adams
Carl Wallace
Freda Fouts
Russell Horn
Esco Horn
Ruth Barnette
Thomas Wiseman
Glenn Henderson
Mark
Moulton
Linn Porter
Ottumwa
Will Waybill
Earl Stoner
Darertal
D. A
Beetrace Eri Hayworth Family Visit Udell Farm
Beetrace Eri Hayworth and family of Udell spent a few days last week at their farm nearby. Many locals attended the Farm Bureau meeting at Center schoolhouse on Thursday night. Frank Stober visited Kirt Fox on Saturday morning. Gail Fox called on Orpha Higgin.
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Beetrace
Eri Hayworth
Udell
Farm Bureau
Center School House
Frank Stober
Kirt Fox
Gail Fox
Orpha Higgin
Birthday Wishes For Harve Higginbotham
On Harve Higginbotham’s birthday relatives and friends gathered at his home last Sunday with well filled baskets. Those present included Mrs. Mary Davison Frank Stober and wife Kirt Fox and wife Otis Exline and wife Roy Davison and wife Ruth Thistlewaite John Stober Marie and Reva Exline Gail Norene Emmett Fox Lloyd and Richard Davison. The afternoon featured visiting and music before departures late in the day.
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Frank Stober
Kirt Fox
Otis Exline
Roy Davison
Ruth Thistlewaite
John Stober
Marie
Reva Exline
Gail
Norene
Emmett Fox
Lloyd
Richard Davison
Higginbotham
Local notes from Coatsville area report visits and work updates
Des Moines visitors George Childs and Esther Childs are mentioned with family and travel details. Lay Burgher left his store to resume streetcar work in Des Moines. A planned road project prompts a house demolition. Elmer Pratt and brother are building a 20 by 50 foot poultry barn housing over 500 white Leghorn fowls, with many more to come next summer.
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Coatsville
George Childs
Des Moines
Dad’s
Lay Burgher
Benney Barnes
Esther Childs
South Dakota
Mama
Jimmy Edwards
Elmer Pratt
Brother
Cemetery cleanup needs funds and labor in Orleans
A notice reports a good turnout for cemetery cleanup but calls for more money and help for repairs. A meeting is planned at the Orleans cemetery on Tuesday October 27 1925, weather permitting, with a backup on Wednesday. Owners of plots are urged to assist by attending or mailing $2 to the cemetery trustees H F Beggs A P Killion C C Beggs of Moulton Iowa. Nevada claims the one school one town title with a state university student per 1388 residents, and a heat circulator ad appears for Clark and Clarks.
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Orleans
Orleans Cemetery
H. F. Beggs
A. P. Killion
C. C. Beggs
Trustees
Moulton
Iowa
Nevada
Is Your Water Bill Paid Town Needs the Money
A municipal notice warns residents about unpaid water bills and urges payment to avoid service disruption. Officials emphasize outstanding balances risk penalties and possible cutoffs and stress prompt payment through approved channels.
Temperance Ideals Urge Organized Victory Worldwide
Extracts from Anna Adams Gordon address in Edinburg Scotland urge organized temperance forces to outmatch anti prohibition propaganda. They call for sober sanity over drink, fight opium by valuing human life, seek peace through conference, and stress action and youth education for a global victory in temperance efforts.
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Anna Adams Gordon
Edinburg
Scotland
Federal letter box law on damaging or stealing mail
The rule prohibits wilful or malicious injury to letter boxes or mail receptacles on any route. Offenses include breaking open, defacing, destroying mail, or stealing mail from a box. Punishment may include a fine up to 1000 dollars or up to three years imprisonment.
Nicotine Heart Found After Infant Death
A young woman’s cigarette smoking is linked to the death of her eight day old infant. A post mortem revealed a well defined nicotine heart, with the doctor explaining the death resulted from nicotine poisoning in the mother’s blood.
Roosters for Sale by Hodge Oneal
Thoroughbred Rose Comb roosters offered for sale at one dollar each. Seller identified as Hodge Oneal.
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Roosters
Hodge Oneal
Lost Open Face Swiss Watch at Arthur Wood Barber Shop
Missing watch, an open face Swiss model, is reported as left at Arthur Wood Barber Shop. A reward is offered for return to the shop. finder should contact the shop to arrange delivery and claim a reward.
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Arthur Wood
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