Small Town Notes Heal and Move On in Iowa Pieces
M DeReus of Pella visits Mrs J Van Bentum while P D Wagaman makes a business trip to Oskaloosa Pella and Monroe. Prairie City high girls lose to Altoona but show improvement. Des Moines trip to Camp Dodge yields a pleasant military dinner. Frank B Johnson moves near Knoxville with family. Red Cross box supper at Pleasant Valley school nets 52.32. Birthday surprise for Hubert and Henrietta Den Hartog with family nearby. Heywood’s health improves but bladder surgery planned. Loren DeMoss returns from naval training, may face final discharge rather than recall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. DeReus
Pella
J. van Bentum
S. P. D. Wagaman
Oskaloosa
Monroe
Raymond Boot
Central College
John P. DeWit
Mildred
Thelma
Fairmount
P. Ver Dught
John Ver Dught
Geo. Milleson
Prairie City
Peary
Catherine Griffieon
Marie
Leora
Newton
Prairie City High School
Altoona
Mitchellville
John Wynberg
C. DeRonde
A. Bandstra
Will van Maren
Albia
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Frank B. Johnson
R. A. Hansel
Fredric
Knoxville
Frank
The
Tribune
Marion County
J. E. Cornelius
F. B. Bickford
Cornelius
William
Hubert
Henrietta den Hartog
T. den Hartog
Ottumwa Road
William Dieleman
Walter Guerts
New Sharon
Lpadanina
Enye
H. M. Heywood
Loren DeMoss
Boston
Mass
Commonwealth Pier
U.S. Navy
Mr. DeMoss
U. S
Chelsea Hospital
Loren
Mrs G B Andrews and visitors dine in Monroe era
Mrs G B Andrews spent a week with friends in Stockport Iowa and enjoyed a dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Harvey Churchill, marking their home from fifty one years ago. Joe W Birkenholtz visited from Camp Dodge, then went to Camp Pike Arkansas. Mrs E J Dawson, formerly Miss Mattie Frazier, died in Mason City and was buried in Des Moines. the O B E S anniversary at Masonic hall featured dinner and a musical program with locals including Nell Berdine Chipps and Lucile Cochrane. guests watched attempts to remove the Kaiser's moustache in a game with Mrs Geo C Kipp succeeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Andrews
Frazer
O. BE. S
Masonic Hall
Nell Berdine Chipps
Lucile Cochrane
Burton Chipps
Geo. C. Kipp
Eddyville Lyceum Course Planned by High School
Grace Van Dene of Grays Creek has been ill. Eddyville high school senior class will host a four numbers Lyceum Course in the school auditorium this coming winter. Misses Bessie and Ida May of Lyle Minnesota visit Harry May and Mrs Irvin Beaver and friends here, planning to return after Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Grace van Dene
Grays Creek
Nat
Eddyville
Weekend News From Knoxville and Surroundings
Miss Flora Batten, Knoxville teacher in Des Moines, vacationed with her parents. Isabel and Mary Hays returned from Fort Worth after attending Lieut. Norman R. Hays wedding. Kenneth Vanderwilt seeks eye treatment in Des Moines. Mrs. Lafe Martin visited Bussey and Unionville with daughter-in-law Mrs. Fergus. Lt. Wright and Mrs. Fergus are kin. W. R. Bittenbender injured foot from flywheel. serious yet painful. Josephine Parsons visits Des Moines to see sister Della McDonald post surgery. Ben Gradwohl to undergo MEH Hospital surgery for liver and gall troubles. Phelps family in Excelsior Springs report partial recovery for wife. Henry Carew, No. 3 shaft miner, injured in fall with facial injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Journal
Flora Batten
Knoxville
Des Moines
L. D. Batten
Isabel
Mary T. Hays
Fort Worth
Texas
Norman R. Hays
Kenneth Vanderwilt
Lafe Martin
Bussey
T. B. Fergus
Fergus
Martin
Unionville
J. Roy Wright
Mr. Wright
W. R. Bittenbender
Ben Gradwohl
Meh
Journal
Burr Phelps
Excelsior Springs
Phelps
Henry Carew
No. 3
New Sharon notes of births birthdays and oddities
Mr and Mrs G M Garner report their grandson underwent a second operation with slim chances of recovery and they will stay close by. A bantam rooster in New Sharon raises 66 dollars after Red Cross sales, then sits in Griffey’s window. Mathew Van Gorp’s 68th birthday surprise brings 41 relatives. a $20 rocking chair is given. Reports of three cattle deaths near Taintor suspected poisoning with possible German spy involvement. cause under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.m.garner
Tainter
O. P. Burkes
Nickerson
Kans
Chas, Gosnell
C. C. Cady
Dewey Dunwoody
Red Cross
C. F. Griffey
Mathew van Gorp
van Gorp
Taintor
Miller
Cady
Chamberlains Tablets Advertised for Digestive Ailments
Chamberlains Tablets are promoted for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. The copy claims long term sufferers obtain relief and permanent cures with these tablets according to F. PD Stubenrauch and the bottle directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
F. PD. Stubenrauch
War Talks by Uncle Dan on Three Needed Reforms
Uncle Dan discusses German education versus American values and outlines three essential steps for reform. He urges universal military training, naturalization and equal civic obligation for foreigners, and compulsory voting to sustain popular government. He cites Chamberlain bill support and Rotary clubs backing universal training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Dan
Oak Hill
Billie
Jimmie
Carl Newman
Carl
Europe
Germany
Dan
Lincoln
Rotary Clubs
Universal Military ‘Training League
Gifts children made at Christmas in Good Housekeeping
A mother describes homemade presents by her children for Christmas. A nine year old crafts cardboard furniture and wooden animals from cigar-boxes, while six and ten year old girls fashion a wagon from pasteboard and decorate with postcards. The baby’s toys include ribbon dolls and sewn sleigh bells. The piece highlights shared joy and pride in homemade gifts.
Public Sale Of U G Deck Property In Oskaloosa
Public sale will offer the U G Deck property at 1409 South 11th street, Oskaloosa Iowa on December 8 1917 at 2 pm The 10 acre parcel includes an 8 room furnace heated electrically lighted house a well and barn chicken house fruit and well tiled land The sale will occur in the front yard Terms announced day of sale Referee Jerome B Wood I M Reed Auctioneer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. G. Deck
South 11Th Street
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Jerome B. Wood
I. M. Reed
Auct
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Geta
Country
Neatore
Poland
China
A. Hool & Son
Cordova, Iowa
Oskaloosa and
New Sharon Road
Oskaloosa Road
North Market Street
M. Reed
Mattie I. Clark
Geo. F. McCarty
Parcel Post
Ted Briggs
Lowa
Pella City Roller Mills
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