Veteran Prophet Visits Harvey Iowa Sunlight and Fire Fears Rise
Local notes recount Rev F W Thrower of Manilla and daughter visiting Harvey arboretum and touring Minnesota. Cites grasshopper abundance in the region a fire risk with railroads burning debris for safety. Mentions Sherman Awtry’s Keokuk county trip, Mrs Ralston’s New York visit, and demand for a hotel and lodging house as Harvey seeks a landlord and patronage.
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Harvey
Iowa
F.W. Thrower
Manilla
Harvey Arboretum
Minnesota
Thrower
Fifty-first Regiment
Oskaloosa
Knoxville
Presbyterian Church
Manila
Ralston
Paul Rallston
New York
Pentecostals Begin Tent Meetings In Red Rock
Cordova Iowa August reports farmers shipping hogs and oats from Howell and Cordova. Notes tell of grain yields from Geo Carpenter farms, threshing crews, local visits, and community events including Pentecostal tent meetings in Red Rock starting Sunday night.
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Cordova
Towa
Farmers Union of
Pella
Harts
Lloyd Shilling
George Dailey
Davenport
American Legion
Red Rock
Leyden
Fifield
Ting
Planter Probes Tobacco Market Down the Black Patch
A dissatisfied planter to private inquiry into tobacco marketing along the Black Patch. his overseer travels to New York docks and warehouses, sending coded messages urging immediate sale or halt, reflecting distrust of European buyers and American middlemen. The telegrams suggest a scramble to dispose of a crop believed plentiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Kentucky
Pro
West Tennessee
New York
North River
Broadway
Fortieth Street
Western Union
Vander Wiel Under X Ray at Oskaloosa Hospital
Mrs. Vander Wiel underwent x ray pictures at William’s Hospital in Oskaloosa on Monday afternoon and is reported not doing well. Several local residents visited family members or hosted gatherings, including the Aalbers, Verwers, and Wouda families, with multiple small domestic events noted. An Otley Ladies Aid Society event is announced for August 7 at Pete Pol Grove southwest of the church.
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Neal
Wm. Otley
Iowa
Kuiken
Pella
Elton Cade
S. van der Wiel
the William's Hospital
Oskaloosa
Earl van Ricewick
Marshall Town
Richard Postma
Neal Sedrel
Leighton
Gus Aalbers
Aalbers
Wm. van Waardhuizen
Rean Verwers
Charley Visser
S. Korver
Monroe
Jennie Robus
Fred Robison
Tone Aalbers
Stork Leaves a Pair at Leighton
Leighton Iowa Aug 4 Clarence De Cook and Eugene Ver Ploeg went to Fort Des Moines for Citizens Training camp. Birth announcements report a son born to Mr and Mrs William A De Jong near Evans July 30 and a daughter to Mr and Mrs John Plate near Leighton. Local families plan vacations, and Rev J A De Jong and daughter Amaryllis depart for Leota Minn for an August 11 wedding of Jo Ten Cate Edgerton Minn to Thomas Chambery Rochester New York. The De Jong family will camp at Lake Teepeota after.
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Leighton
Iowa
Clarence de Cook
Eugene Ver Ploeg
Fort Des Moines
Citizens ‘Training Camp
William A. de Jong
Evans
John” Plate
Near Leighton
T. A. van Haaften
Irene
Ray Hoksbergen
Jo Ten Cate
Edgerton
Minn
Thomas Chambery
Rochester
New York
de Jong
Lake Teepeota
Wm. van Heukclom
Elma
Black Hills
Nebraska
Yellow Stone Park
Denver
Colorado
John Brower
Christena
Andrew Brower
Mary Francis
Black
Miss Hasselman Heads to Denver With Schoolmate
Miss Irene Hasselman and a schoolmate left last Saturday for Denver, Colorado, to spend a few weeks there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hills
Kansas
Colorado
Irene Hasselman
Denver
Happenings in Peoria Iowa August Social Notes
Peoria Iowa reports a quiet week with visits at the J W Stursma home and nearby households. Mrs Otto Pethoven and Miss Tena Stursma stopped by, Mrs Ben Dahm visited, and baby news arrived as Fred Vander Schaaf and his wife welcomed a son born July 31. Lena De Jong assists mother and baby, while Gerrit Ryken learned of a baby girl born to Cecil Stowie near Oskaloosa on August 1. Lobbes family from Michigan vacationing in Iowa visited Spoelstra and De Vries homes, then stopped at J W Stursma in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Iowa
Otto Pethoven
Tena Stursma
J. W. Stursma
Ben Dahm
Fred Vander Schaaf
Lena de Jong
Charlie Hockseman
Martin Vander Molen
Gerrt Rykens
Cecil Stowie
Oskaloosa
Mr. Lobbes
Michigan
Spoelstra
de Vries
Autogiro to fly at state fair Iowa
Des Moines reports Iowa State Fair will feature the Autogiro in a daily exhibition from August 26 to September 4. The $16,000 aircraft will perform near the grandstand, showing vertical takeoffs and landings, hovering, and other feats once thought impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Spectacular aviation displays mark national exhibitions at state fair
National aircraft shows bring new surprises for spectators with autogiro demonstrations including an autogiro landing on the White House lawn last spring. The craft uses windmill blades to stay aloft at slow speed and hover briefly. The wings are small and curved at the tips. Daily glider flying demonstrations highlight the latest advances in aviation at the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington, D.C
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Barker
New York State
Dakotas
Rock Island
Wabash
Sherman Awtry
Keokuk County
Franklin Street
America
Belen
Pentecostals IN
Guernsey
Grandman
Guernsey Dairy
Castoria
Irvin S. Cobb
By Irvin S, Cobb
Otley Ladies Aid
Stork
Vander Hart
Osky
Caldwells
Caldwell
da. W
Pella Theatre
Bob Steele
Spencer Tracey
Sidney Fox
Love
Joan Crawford
Eddyville
Co-operative Sale Co
F.C. Reed
C. Powell
Cerk
Plymouth
O & P Tire and
Harry Shaw
Farmers’ Co-Operative
Prairie City
Sully
Sully, Iowa
Hall Bros
Tracy, Iowa
Mark Shaw
Kellogg
Guthrie Feed Store
Newton
Reasnor
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