Local Church Timetable and Pastoral Contacts
A church schedule lists preaching at 11 A M and 8 P M on Sunday with Sunday school at 10 A M and post service classes. Epworth and Junior Leagues meet in the afternoon and evening prayer sessions are set for Wednesday. Revs Hermeldaffer and J Mirren are named as pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al. F
Epworth League
W. Germeldaffer
Bemia Endeavor Society
J. Je Mirrena
Cuatstian
Hasmet Common
Mreming Ncevice
Weis
Des Moines Valley Division Train Schedule Snippet
Partial timetable from the Des Moines Valley Division shows Mail and Express numbers 202 204 3233 and Passenger 201 with times around 9:53 a.m and 31 p.m. Local Freight trains 3388 101 9853 appear with unspecified stops. The fragment lists both passenger and freight services without complete routing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotxa
Express Segate
Veces
Local notes from Keokuk to Prairie City district
Local items recount visits and travel across Keokuk Des Moines Newton Monroe Maxwell Maxwell Colfax Prairie City and Waveland. Names include Weston Cavett Wiggins Cottrel Adams Riheldatter Selby Vandermaelen Stoner DeWolf Tibball and Bryan. Mentions meetings hunting shipping stock and social events with July planned gatherings and a heat-related illness.
Prairie City Fourth of July celebration notes and local moves
Reports on community events include W Newell's health decline and stroke, visits by Miss Zella McKinney, families joining in Denver, and gatherings at Brown's Lake with baptisms. Prairie City events feature Independence Day festivities, speeches by Rev Adams and Mayor Brown, band concerts, a Chase-Lister Co theatre, and post event wind damage. Also covered are church, school, and social visits in Pleasant Hill and nearby towns with baptisms, baskets, picnics, and local travel to Newton and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zella McKinney
Keokuk
Mary McKinney
G. M. Salida
Hazel
Julyard
Salida
Denver
Lou
Mary Blattner
Myrtle Larsh
Paul
Des Moines
Will Blattner
Austin
Texas
Prairie City
Colored Band
Colfax
Ella Putnam
BW. Brown
H. V. Adams
Chase-Lister Co
People Ous de
Elias Mofitt
Newton
A.johnson
J. McG. Johnstone
Willie Waddle
Maggie Danotter
Will Martin
Cottrell
Myrtie Steers
Browny School
Cumberland Pioneer Passes After Early Village Life
Cumberland born in prairie city era died at 1:08 p.m. Thursday at the home of his son near Vandalia. He moved with John J. Draper to the area when Vandalia was new and lost his wife about three years ago. A Christian Church member, he rests in Vandalia Cemetery as neighbors and kin recall one of the pioneers of the land.
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Newton
Cumberland
John J. Draper
Vandalia
Draper
Prairie City
Christian Church
Kellogg Society Notes and Obituary Snippet
George Fish of Anita visits his mother and friends while Isaac Parker dies of consumption west of Kellogg. Mr. and Mrs. Crane return to Dexter after visiting H R Miller and Mrs Ralph Wolverton's Des Moines kin. Mrs. Deon Hat bor er appears in the fragmentary Kellogg notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fish
Anita
M.A. Shahan
C. C. Alford
Isaac Parker
George Crane
Dexter Montany
H.R. Miller
Ralph Wolverton
Lester
Des Moines
Kellogg
Bereavement and social notices from Kellogg area
Mr and Mrs Dunn share sympathy in sad bereavement. Mr and Mrs Hartman and baby of Panora Iowa visited Ed Andersons. Kellogg folks attended Newton celebration on Monday. Union 3.% picnic at Saums grove south of town Saturday was enjoyed. Mrs ALE Starrett and children Charlie and Pearlie and Miss Lucinda Starrett returned Thursday from an extended visit with relatives in Ohio.
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Mrs. Dunn
Hartman
Baby
Panora
Ed. Anderson
Kellogg
Newton
Union
Saum's Grove
Ale. Starrett
Charlie
Pearlie
Lucinda Starrett
Ohio
Sheridan's First Ride Told By Headley
A young General Sheridan rides a wild horse after five year old Phil seizes a free ride. The horse bolts through fields to a tavern shed where the boy remains fearless, recalling Bill Seymour's seat instruction and earning the label Indian brave as bystanders note the horse’s proven bite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Olipin
Phil
J. T. Headley
Sheridan
John Gilpin
Miles
Bill Seymour
New York Tribune
Abbreviations and the Language of Learning
A letter from a Philadelphia Press reader criticizes school abbreviations in modern instruction. It argues the HS D and LC M in algebra dumb down language and erode refinement, warning the rush to money harms future generations. Edward V Bok contends city opportunities vary with costs and living standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Philadelphia Press
Edward V. Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
Inquirer
Catch Fish With Wheels On The Columbia River
A curious plan for catching fish uses wheels placed in the river’s midstream to rotate and scoop fish into troughs along the banks. The fish are then salted and shipped worldwide, illustrating an unusual early method for commercial fishing and distribution.
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Columbia River
Lab
Rome
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carrie White
Square
Chure
Des Moines Valley
Prairie Cit
J.B. Kime
Tle
Weston
Des Moines Sunda
John G. Cavett
Eico
W. Gilbert
Chicago
Snake
P. Watson
Ames
Ness
Fred Winchell
B. O. Rule
Will Miller
G. Blattner
J. Harp
D. Wiggins
Albert Cottrel
Wm. Cottrel
Becca Woolford
Mrs. Gibford
Ira Draper
Omaha
J. A. Bennett
Brown's
H. Riheldatter
John Selby
Kate Newell
Mary Bollhoefer
Vandermast
Nurseryman Hummel
Monroe Mess
Lehman
Maxwell, Ia
Monroe
Blanche Little
C. R. Graham
R. Butters
D. Kramer A. Vandermaelen
Pella
James Cowman
Flora Canade
Mt. Morris
Ill
J. Stoner
J. B. Keable
J. F. OM
W. H. Bryan
Waveland Concterz
W. Newell
Brown's Lake
Bennett
C. W. H. Bryan
Ammons & Allen Ington
Bishop Fowler
W. G. Rikeldater
Wm. Kingdon
Abratta
Lincoln
A.C. White
Springdale
Kansas
Iowa
Prairie
City
Mary Peery
J. A. Bensnett
Ben
Parker
Atlantic Ocean
Ound
M. K
Holdefer
Jasper County
Pleasant Hill
The
Carter
Us Alarma Waasenear
Cipe
Mr. Hietand
Waasenear
Brown Grove
Lard Robinson
Elrod
Jennie Kane
Union School
Sam Rinehart
Capital
J. McG. Johnston
James Brown
Dave Coffey
Washington
Danotter
Red Rock
T. Bell and
Wertna
Aln, Deon
Mr? Hat Bor
Wagley & Smead
South Side Square
Chas.seeburger
Newton Stamp Works
P. O
L. A.gates
Northeast Corner Square
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