Nearby Towns News and Local Change Notes
Mr and Mrs Chris LeCocq visited relatives in Pella while Miss La Moyne Van Rheenen spent the weekend in Des Moines with friends. Mrs Rebecca DeCook Sprague of Abbott hospital Oskaloosa visited Mrs H R Davenport. families visited Mr and Mrs Chas Pos in Perry and went to see Mr Pos mother in Pella. H F Johnson of Pella Weekblad visited his nephew John Jansen and other relatives, and called at the Star office. Jack Andeweg and family went to Pella to see relatives, and H OD Rhine and wife plan a week in Creston visiting Rhine’s father. E Saman, Peoria blacksmith, died suddenly after a weak heart attack. A town plans to move onto the farm, buying the old Gervais Fais and Hargesheimer places east of town, totaling about thirty acres, with Sandbergs occupying the Fails brick house and Edwards household on the Hargesheimer place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris LeCocq
Pella
la Moyne van Rheenen
Des Moines
Rebecca DeCook Sprague
Abbott Hospital
Oskaloosa
H. R. Davenport
Chas
Pos
Perry Winner
H. F. Johnson
John Jansen
Star Office
Jack Andeweg
Max
H. OD. Rhine
Creston
Mr. Rhine
E. Saman
Peoria
Gervais Fais
Hargesheimer
Fails
Dan Wortham
George Edwards
Prairie City Honoring Local Servicemen At Lawn Social
Mrs G Scheffers of Pella and other locals visited relatives in Des Moines and Pella this week. A lawn social at Roy Faidley's northeast of Prairie City honored boys called to service, with 150 to 200 attendees. Neighbors shared talks on crops and silos while young folks enjoyed games. A purse funded wrist watches for the servicemen, with refreshments and late departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Niemands
Camp Dodge
Roy Faidley
Prairie City
Edyville News Briefs Mention Local Visits and Moves
Eddyville notes include Miss Mattie Lobberecht returning from Pella after visiting neighbors the Stykhuis family. Henry DeBruyn visits his feeble aged father at the aged home in Pella. Rev E Huitbragtse and Mrs come from New Sharon to visit the Van Zante home then travel to Holland Michigan for a few weeks. Mrs VanLoon returns from two weeks at Pella with her granddaughter Mildred Cummings. Gerrit DeWild assists at Wynberg Produce House after Davenport return. Fred Lobberecht may enter military training next month. P A Sandberg sold a Pleasant township farm and moved away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Lobberecht
Pella
Stykhuis
Henry DeBruyn
E. Huitbragtse
New Sharon
Eddyville
Gerrit DeWild
Davenport
Wynberg
Fred Lobberecht
R. A. Logue
Mr. Wynberg
P. A. Sandberg
Pleasant Township
Stolen automobile recovered. diphtheria quarantines eased
C E Cole’s car was stolen from his Knoxville area garage last Thursday night and found the next day about three miles away in good condition. The W J Kennedy family on the Frank Cloe farm near town is out of quarantine after diphtheria exposure. two daughters Vera and Marguerite were ill. Various local residents travel and attend chautauqua events while Knoxville marks allied victory with a patriotic celebration and notes participation by the Rain Bow division in the French American drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Cole
W. J. Kennedy
Frank Cloe
Vera
Marguerite
Gladys Shaw
Indianola
Lucile Tusseling
Donald Shaw
Chautauqua
Ernest J. Stocking
Knoxville
John T. Verros
Pella
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Rock Island Road
H. L. Rading
Bert Conrey
Frank Crawford
Illinois
France
Rhine
Vicksburg
Lee
Appomattox Court House
Rainbow Division
Marion County
Ringling Day Circus Parade Des Moines August 5
Des Moines locals await Ringling Day with a two show program on Wednesday August 5 featuring a three mile street parade and a vast main tent spectacle In Days of Old with 1200 actors. The act lineup includes May Wirth Lily Leitzel acrobatics 80 clowns trained animals and elephants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling
Des Moines
Ringling Brothers
May Wirth
Lily Leitzel
Good Resolutions for Aspiring Youth
A historic note recalls Charles Evans Hughes as a schoolboy pledging to avoid dishonor to his family and to remain loyal to Jesus Christ. The piece links steadfast resolve with character, success, and daily life satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Evans Hughes
Jesus Christ
Glycerine Remedy Promises Quick Relief for Appendicitis
A newspaper ad from Vander Linden's Drug Store touts a glycerine mixture to prevent appendicitis. The formula includes buckthorn bark and Adlerika with one spoonful said to flush the bowel completely, relieve sour stomach gas or constipation, and leave the stomach clean and strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Adler Ika
Vander Linden
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