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Newspaper
Oxford Leader
Location
Oxford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1925
Page
7
Dave Abrahams and locals report on visits, calls, and dances across Cosgrove, Iowa City, and surrounding towns. Notable items include school board routine session, church gatherings, nurses and hospital care, weddings and births, and multiple visits to and from West Branch, Holbrook, Watkins, and Parnell.
A Westminster Gazette essay ponders a sudden child adult twilight and its impact on family meals. It imagines Mary and Bobbie tempering mess and noise, a shy compromise between youth and maturity, while mother would shift from scolding to chatty guidance during supper.
A British Guiana bush poses a deadly maze for outsiders. D Banner man Clarke notes only a handful of white men entered the interior, while natives navigate by a secret tree marking language. He explains signs reveal party size, direction, and passage times, making survival for a tenderfoot unlikely. The piece ends with a magazine query about what home means, contrasting home with candid talk about food.
In the case of Martin Hoffman versus Oxford State Bank, Fred Schmidt is named receiver to manage 120 acres once held by Elmer R. Elliott. Elliott, recently discharged from bankruptcy, may retain 40 acres as a homestead exempt from execution, avoiding inclusion in the foreclosure due to the federal court bankruptcy exemption.
Miss Mary Donohoe and her brother Francis visited Parnell on Sunday. Mrs. Wm Ryan and children visited Tom Walch's on Tuesday. Mrs. James Hogan visited Wm. Edrick's on Tuesday. Mr. James Schneider was a Cosgrove visitor Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Goss are happy parents of a baby girl born April 25. Miss Helen Donohoe visited Cosgrove last week.
Johnson County Iowa Board of Supervisors on April 8 1925 ordered weeds on highways cut at least twice in 1925 with specific lists and deadlines. Owners must destroy by cutting roots before flowering or face mowing by county with costs charged. Notice to be published in county official newspapers dated April 29 1925.
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