Iowa Items Reflect War Era Local Happenings
Iowa briefs note diverse topics from farm yields and prices to local crimes and public works. Highlights include hog shipments from Tipton, a 59 pound sturgeon sale, Walnut bank name change, corn husking records, and a fatal mining accident near Ottumwa.
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George Montz
Tipton
Hagan
Mra. Scott
Sioux Rapids
Ed Wegener
Valley Junction Galeon
A. Sackerson
Ottumwa
James Breton
New London
Sac County Fish Association
Wall Lake
Keokuk
Peter Jones
Emmetsburg
Malvern
Camp Dodge
State Defense Council
McGregor
W. H. Elwell
Walnut
American Bank of Walnut
Fuel Boards
Thas State
Federal Fuel Administration
Thomas Bowman
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Merle Hay
Board of Education
Glenn Sief‘kin
Sutherland
Ida Grove
State Highway Commission
Decorah
Charter Oak
Iowa State College
Rudolph Wortinburg
Primghar
Hhe
Wortinburg
Ger Swany
Local notes from Pella and nearby visits and events
Santa Claus visits the Model Clothing Store while Mrs P J Welle and daughter Helene visit Oskaloosa. Red Cross bandage ads urge donations. Oscar Creech a college student home sick with mumps. Rev L Colyn preaches near Centreville. Roorda’s Buckwheat Flour advertised. Dr W W Talbot of Ft Madison travels to St Paul for duty. Talbot family to follow. Play admission corrected to 35 cents. Alethian play at school house tonight. tickets urged. Pella orchestra played at Reasnor. Rev A H Brat leaves Otley for Fort Riley. Philathea class meets at Mrs Harve Van Gorp’s. Christmas grab bag planned to support S S piano pledge. assistants listed.
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Storm Lake
N. C. Brun
Lake Mills
Montgomery County
Red Oak
Hawkeye Highway
Bear Center Grove
Dubuque County Court House
State Industrial School For Boys
Eldora
Iowa
Waterloo
J. R Lincoln
Ames
Francis A. Lincoln
Fortress Monroe
Mia
Chris Mortensen
Hancock
Camp Dodge
Inwood
Fonda
Red Cross
Mapleton
Masonic Lodge
Barry
Cedar Rapids
T. J. Morgan
Wallace
Farragut
Henry Field
Shenandoah
Sioux City
Madison
Adair
Abe
Madison County
Dan Shetler
Near
Wellman
Bureau of Mines
North McGregor
H. Reeves
McGregor
U. S
H. M. Shively
Perry
Mr. Shively
Howard Moody
Peter Stuhlman
Milwaukee
Preston
Miles
Stuhlman
Lyn Kelly
Omaha
Neb
J. G. Lynn
New Sharon
E. G. Miller
C. C. Cady
August Wille
Ackley
Willie
Sam
Aviation Corps
Second
Minnesota Field Artillery
Wille
Harve van Gorp
Wollig Byram
Emma Sadler
Mr George A Jewertt Recalls Central Alumni Ties
Central Ray Iowa letter from Mr George A Jewertt to Dear Sirs recounts meeting two Central Iowa alumni this past June with Mrs Fannie Barker Cutler of Central Ray and describes former ties and memories from the town’s early days.
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George A. Jewertt
Central Ray
Pela
Iowa
Central
Fannie Barker Cutler
Carthage Class of 1868 member visits old college circuit
Central Ray notes that a Carthage 1868 alumna traveled by car from Des Moines to Red Rock Bent Ruckman home and on to Pella to visit Mother Kea bies Scholte and Murray Cox, sharing memories of old school days and viewing Mrs Clark son's Life of Mother Stoddard. An earlier 1866 classmate Mrs Baral Sumner Shoup of Los Angeles joined for reminiscences and a tour of the college grounds.
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Carthage
Old Red Rock
Bent Ruckman
Pella
Baral Sumner Shoup
Los Angeles
Cal
Perry Taylor Estate Sale Near Sully Iowa
An estate auction in Sully Iowa on December 17 1917 offers 480 acres in multiple tracts from the Perry Taylor estate with varying cash and mortgage terms. Properties include 80 and 160 acre parcels with improvements and wells, plus a 160 acre NE quarter near Sully described with staged payments and mortgages. Proceeds support estate settlement. contact Ida M. Taylor Archie A. Taylor Hazen J. Taylor or auction officials for details.
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Sully
Iowa
Ida M. Taylor
Archie A. Taylor
Hazen J. Taylor
Wagner
San Bernardino
Cal
F. A. McMurray & Sons
Auds
J. B. Cross
Newton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa News
Santa Claus
Model Clothing
P. J. Welle
Helene
Oskaloosa
Oscar Creech
Rev. L. Colyn
Centerville
Roorda
W. W. Talbot
Ft. Madison
Talbot
L. S
Reasnor
Pella Produce Co
A. H. Brat
Otley
Fort Riley
Perry Taylor
Sully, In
Newton, Town
Edees
Brunswick
the Puritan Drug CO
Heerema Bros
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