Cordova News Social notes and Thanksgiving events
Cordova residents report Thanksgiving gatherings and visits. Husking corn for C C Core continues with yields of 100 bushels daily. Local callers include Hart, De Heer, Bricker, Miksell and Richerd relatives. A shooting match hosted by George Hanning drew a good crowd. Families travel to Knoxville and Monroe for meals and errands amid bad road conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Ford
Jess Miksell
W. A. Richerd
C. C. Core
R. M. Hart
Monroe
C. Calman
Neal Kingery
Knoxville
Crozer and Stevenson
Otley Weires
Harry de Heer
Clarence Bricker
Weieres
George Hanning
Snellers
Oliver
Pella
Lyman de Moss
J. M. Hart
A Song of Thanksgiving Psalm and Ocean Depths Note
A devotional Psalm text exhorts joyful praise to the Lord and gratitude for his care, describing believers as His chosen sheep. The piece shifts to a brief note on ocean depth, stating bottom waters are colder than surface, with a remark about the coast of Norway where sea water freezes at depth before shallower layers.
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Norway
Twenty Years Ago In Des Moines News Notes
Nineteen football deaths and many injuries marked the season. Governor Drake’s will left most of his estate to six children with $50,000 to Drake University. Cummins faces vice presidency rumors. he signals willingness. Walter Porter heads to Los Angeles for streetcar work. N. Van Haaften to Des Moines to work with a top photographer. Dutch social at Bon Ton offered ten cent lunch. Chas Le Cocaq announces new residence opposite East Market square. Mart Vander Heiden and Lizzie Dingeman married by Justice G. Van Vliet. Deaths: W. W. Brown and A. J. Schippers on Thanksgiving. W. H. Lyon returns from Chicago after Michigan football win, tickets up to two to three dollars, 25,000 spectators.
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F. M. Drake
Des Moines
Scottish Rite Masons
Drake University
Cummins
Iowa
Walter Porter
Los Angeles
N. van Haaften
C. E. Society of the Second Reformed Church
Bon Ton
Chas. le Cocaq
Chi
Michigan
Fowler Buys Evans Monroe Long Distance Line
W H Fowler has purchased the long distance telephone line between Evans and Monroe and has added it to his telephone system.
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W. H. Fowler
Evans
Monroe
America A Thought of Art
Poem by Fannie Ethelbert Gilbert from Washington Iowa urging America to share liberty and peace with all nations. It frames national destiny as a duty to compassion and global fellowship, urging citizens to keep faith with ideals and extend kindness through prayer.
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America
Fannie Ethelbert Gilbert
Washington, Iowa
When Boldness Is Best Course Quote by Layater
A historical aphorism emphasizes that bold truth telling, even if disagreeable, shows greater courage and gentleness than timid, continual nibbles at a problem. The speaker advocates direct, frank speech over oblique silence.
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Gipen
Layater
Advancement without action toward purity and power
The text urges ongoing advancement in purity, efficiency, and service, stressing that ideals mean nothing without execution. It counsels frequent life reviews, honesty about faults, and persistent effort toward a higher standard, even if progress is slow or imperfect.
Discipline to Perfection in Body and Soul Armies
A vivid excerpt depicts surrendering every faculty to discipline. Till hand and foot and eye and ear yield. Till vocal chord and tongue bow. Mind and heart submit as all abilities marshal by will and move to the drum beat of perfection.
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Pete van Hemert
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Trey
Irene Morgan
Bill Casey
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Harry Lawrence
Bob McCoy
Sybie Jack
James Donahue
J. L. Shilling
Emma Shilling
Marie Muilenberg
Henry Muilenburg
Henry van Roekel
W. R. Karr
M .A. Johnson
Roy Shilling
Harold Efnor
Willia Wilson
A. Johnson
S. A. Johnson
Rollie
G. van de Kieft
Fifield
Bernice Adams
Burnie Rieherd
Herman de Heer
R .M. Hart
Miller Pilmer
Baby
Henry Merryman
Henry
Pleasantville
Eversharp
Wahl Fountain
Waterman Fountain Pens
L. E. Gilbert Jeweler
Oskaloosa
Pla Harwood
Strohber
Starr
Schiller
Hoffman
Emerson
Estey
Bollinger’ S
Berta C. Thompson
J. W. Neyman
Red Ball Store
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Santa
Smith Shipley
Oskalooosa, Iowa
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