Wellman News Roundup Details Local Deaths and Events
Mrs. A Sanders died at her daughter’s home in Wellman on June 22. Short services were held at 8 am then burial at Keota. Mr. Moothart died in Wellman. Baptist funeral in Wellman cemetery. Epworth League attendees from Wellman to Muscatine listed. Mrs. Gardner and Florence back from Mt Vernon after commencement. W R C Wellman invited to Washington event June 27. Joe Fisher’s team ran away injuring him and Mrs. Fisher. others unharmed. Edna Hesser recovering from illness. Grace Green visited Davenport carnival. Nicola, etc. notes on McClure reunion, Epworth League installations, ice cream social July 1 Cedar Valley. Everett Hesser and Bert Nash completed a new telephone line south from Ostendorf’s to Ida Nash’s and east to Shannon’s.
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Wellman
A. Sanders
R. W. Hicks
Keota
Moothart
Baptist Church
Epworth League
Muscatine
Miss Zimmerman
Jennie Dodds
Katie Frieschman
Enos Miller
George Frieschman
Nellie Carr
C. B. Hamilton
C. C. Gardner
Florence
Mt. Vernon
Washington W. R. C
West Liberty
Edna Hesser
Grace Green
Davenport
John Nicola
Clover
Clayton Coyner
Lee Nash
McClure
Morning Sun
M. E
Everett Hesser
Bert Nash
Ostendorf
Ida Nash
Shannon
Sweetland Notes Delegates to Epworth League Meet in Muscatine
Katie Longstreth and Mary Robertson served as Sweetland delegates to the Epworth League convention held in Muscatine this week. Farmland activity continues with corn plowing and soon hay harvest as labor remains scarce. Local residents hosted and visited relatives across Muscatine and Cedar counties, while Miss Mary Robertson bought a new piano and several families shared meals and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetland
Katie Longstreth
Mary Robertson
Epworth League
Muscatine
G. O. Morgridge
Chamberlin
I. Longstreth
Henry Leonhard
E. R. Sherfey
Cliff Covell
Cedar County
George Harris
J. H. Harris
J. H. van Camp
W. G. Wood
Rhoda Crull
Mt. Pleasant
Nichols Notes: Briggs Visit Davenport and Local Obituaries
June 25 Nichols at Davenport for carnival with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Briggs visiting friends. Dora Hendricks, daughter of local parents north of town, died Friday and was buried here Monday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bartheld June 22 a daughter. T A Merrill guests in West Liberty. W S Baker on brief rail trip to Wichita. Wm Stafford, longtime Nichols resident, died Friday at 89.
Montpelier School Commencement Set for Thursday Evening
Montpelier Iowa June 25. Commencement exercises scheduled for Thursday evening with a program including music declamations and the presentation of diplomas.- Various local residents noted in attendance and visitors reported from Blue Grass Muscatine Davenport and Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Florence Franklin
Lillian Davis
Knegendorff
Anderson
George Franklin
Illinois City notes and local family visits
Rev E Sheppard tours for Champion Machine company. Mrs Sherm Powel and two boys visit his mother Mandy Powell. Mrs W J Wylie of Muscatine visits son W C Tyler. Harry Neely returns from Erie Ill. Mrs Clyde Leach visits uncle Wm C Tyler. Miss Rosa Furst visits Muscatine friends. Mrs Will Martis visits with three children. Mrs Grove Rood and daughter Bealah visit near Geneseo. Henry Dollman of Fairport spends Sunday with Ed Martin. Funeral for Mrs George Alger held at 10. Rev Sheppard conducts services. W K Tyler and wife host a birthday supper for Mrs Wylie’s 78th birthday with about thirty guests and six grandchildren and three great grandchildren manifesting tokens of flowers.
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Illinois City
E. Sheppard
Champion Machine Company
Sherm Powel
Mandy Powell
W. J. Wylie
Muscatine
W. C. Tyler
Harry Neely
Erie
Ill
Clyde Leach
Wm. C. Tyler
Rosa Furst
Will Martis
Carbon Cliff
Charley Snell
Grove Rood
Bealah
James Sedam
Geneseo
Henry
Wapello Log of Marriages and an Unidentified Man
The town issued two marriage licenses to Herman Lohse and Louise Haas of Davenport and Charles Cessna of Rock Island with Emma Lohse of Davenport. Ed Blazi and Jessie Stone wed at the Stones home. A sheriff’s search for a mentally disturbed, unidentified man near Marshall township yielded no identity, with officers seeking tips to locate his origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Iowa
Herman C. Lohse
Davenport
Louise K. Haas
Grandview
Charles Cessna
Rock Island
Emma M. Lohse
Elleanor Funk
St. Paul
Minnesota
Arthur Dewein
The
Presbyterian Church
Cooper
City
Will Weiderrecht
Chicago
F. M. Mossberry
Columbus Junction
H. O. Weaver
Burlington
Ed. Blazi
Jefferson Township
Jessie Stone
C. E. Stone
Saunders
Marshall Township
Nichols
West Liberty Notes and Travels This Week
West Liberty residents report several visits and trips. C H Worrall returned from Onawa while Mrs Anna Hendrickson came back from Iowa City. Clifford Forgy biked from Muscatine to visit until Friday with cousin Dale Huleat on East Fourth Street. Mrs M A Ditmars returned from Sumner with her mother in law. R Clarke I A Nichols and H J Sinners left for Chicago on business. Rev J E Newsom and family head to Storm Lake for a sister's wedding and plan a two to three week visit. W C Addleman bought 2000 bushels of shelled corn as sales near 6000 bushels in a week.
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West Liberty
C. H. Worrall
Onawa
Anna Hendrickson
Iowa City
Clifford Forgy
Muscatine
Dale Huleat
East Fourth Street
M. A. Ditmars
Sumner
Inlaw
Messrs. R. Clarke
I. A. Nichols
H. J. Sinners
Chicago
Rev. J. E. Newsom
Storm Lake
J. E
W. C. Addleman
Best Cough Medicine from Chamberlain’s Remedy
F C Jaquith of Inland Michigan promotes Chamberlain s Cough Remedy claiming it out sells all similar preparations and guarantees every bottle. The medicine is said to give the best satisfaction and is available at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
F. C. Jaquith
Mich
Alderman Espouses Block to Fill East Fourth Street Property
Moved by Alderman Bartemeier that Fred Block be allowed to fill in his property on East Fourth street. Carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartemeier
Fred Block
East Fourth Street
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Cotter
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Mockmore
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