Peoria Area News Notes and Community Briefs
Reports say Mr and Mrs Huibertse daughter is gravely ill with slight improvement but not out of danger. George Swisher of Henry South Dakota visits relatives near Peoria and notes milder snow and 32 degrees below zero at departure. Local schools report many absences due to grippe and colds before a two week holiday recess. Churches plan midweek services at home to conserve fuel. Stork visits yield twins at Chas Stursama and a boy at Jacob Hasley and a boy at R Caldenberg homes. Mahaska Lodge No 336 grants Master Mason degree to E G Fuller with large turnout. Several items on December 13 1917. Born a baby boy to C Van Klootwyk. Miss Hattie Lobberecht returns home due to ailing brother. Mrs W Guerts undergoing surgery at Mercy hospital doing nicely. Fred Lobberecht recovering from pneumonia and on the mend. W H May, longtime farmer now near Minnesota line, buys corn from Paul Leeling’s shipment to Otranto Iowa. May confirms receipt in good time and condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian, Friends and Methodist
Frank Younkin
Carl Knudson
Stork
Chas. Stursama
Peoria
Jacob Hasley
Searsboro
Harry Ver Steegh
R. Caldenberg
Taintor
Mahaska Lodge No
A. F
A. M
W. H. May
Minnesota
Lyle
Paul Leeling
Otranto
Iowa
May
Vander Zyls to Pella for Christmas Visit
Fred Vander Zyl and family north of town will travel to Pella tomorrow to stay with relatives over the Christmas period. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Dick Hagen near Grays Creek school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Vander Zyl
Pella
Dick Hagen
Grays Creek
Monroe Couples Marry in Des Moines and Local News From Otley
Omar Hummel and Ivy Hipsley wed in Des Moines with Hummel’s mother present. K P knights hosted a rabbit hunt yielding 213 rabbits, with 75 to 100 served to 60 knights and the rest given away. Claude McDaniel shot a wolf on Chas McDuff farm, tracked it to John LeGrand’s ranch, and the wolf was hung near Hal Townsend’s restaurant. bounty $20. Margaret Ellen Harp Hendershot, born 1848 in Red Rock, died in Monroe December 14 1917. funeral held in Otley. Notes on Mrs J K Cathcart and W C Cathcart, and tributes to J E Cavin of Tracy and A B Brobst with Civil War service details.
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Omar Hummel
Ivy Hipsley
Des Moines
Rachel Hummel
Clem Hipsley
K. of P
Castle Hall
Claude McDaniel
Chas. McDuff Farm
Otley
Claude
John lLeGrand
Hal Townsend
Margaret Ellen Harp
I. B. Hendershot
Charles and
Rebecca Harp
Red Rock
Iowa
Ralph B
Monroe
Colorado
The
Baptist Church
Hill
Methodist Church
Droz
Local social rounds and staff changes in Knoxville area
Mrs J H Young and daughter Lida visited near Bussey with Mrs Lewis Kendall group on Tuesday. Misa Tula Stuff from Crab Apple attended Pleasantville education meeting last Saturday. Mr and Mrs Grant Maddy of Bussey visited with Wm Van Loon family and relatives. Kenneth Kendall of Bussey visited J H Young family. William Ver Steeg, meat cutter at Jacob Bayless store, resigned last Thursday to join wife in Oskaloosa and may return when meat trade activity rises. Pearl Myricks at Seth Way wood and coal yards injured his right eye when bark from a power saw struck it. he is in Des Moines receiving treatment.
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J. H. Young
Lida
Lewis Kendall
Bussey
Misa Tula Stuff
Crabapple
Pleasantville
Grant Maddy
Wm. van Loon
Lews Kendall
Kenneth
William Ver Steeg
Jacob Bayless
Oskaloosa
Ver Steeg
Knoxville
Pearl Myricks
Maxis
Seth Way
Des Moines
Prairie City visitors and local calls noted
Mrs T Vogelaar and son Ernest visited Pella on Saturday. S Tesseling returned to Pella Monday after a week with Alex Van Vark. Miss Gertrude Rouwenhorst of Pella visited Everett Rouwenhorst. Mrs Van Duren and son James of Leighton visited Matthew DeWit for a few days last week and left Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Vogelaar
Ernest
Pella
S. Tesseling
Alex van Vark
Gertrude Rouwenhorst
Everett Rouwenhorst
van Duren
James
Leighton
Matthew DeWit
Alethians Give Christmas Eve at Central College Play
The Alethian Society of Central College staged Christmas Eve a comedy drama at the high school auditorium. Proceeds benefited the army Y M C A fund. Dramatic coach Prof George Francis Sadler inspired strong performances by Dave Hogard, Bess Van Spanckeren, C Lepeltak, Florence Wylie, Oreville Le Van, and Cynthia Warner among others in a tale of farm peril, debt, and a returning son who averts a foreclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alethian Society
Central College
Philomathian Society
Army Y. M. C. A
Philos
Alethians
George Francis Sadler
Iowa
New York
Donald
Dona Old
Arizona
Dave Hogard
Silas Weatherby
Bess van Spanckeren
Mrs. Weatherby
C. Lepeltak
Oreville le van
Florence Wylie
Cynthie Warner
Village Play Draws 400 as Cast Shines in Evening
Arthur Duiker and Johann Schmidt played roles as Cynthia's wooers while Louis Kuyper the village teacher sought her hand for money. Herman Ostendorf acted as traveling peddler with flair though not always successful. Verna Hendricks at the piano and an unseen chorus provided music between acts. Eleanor Thompson sang the Star Spangled Banner as nearly 400 attendees enjoyed the performance.
New England Puritans and Hogmanay New Year Customs
The piece notes New Year observances in early New England and Scotland, contrasting Puritan disdain with lingering festive forms. It cites Alice Morse Earle on minimal New Year notice, Singing E’en in England, Hogmanay in Scotland, and Scottish children begging for oat bread and cheese, wrapped in sheets for processions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New World
New England
Alice Morse Earle
Janus
Scotland
Brand
Gude
Binno Sweir
Stomach Trouble and Constipation Sunlike Tablets Endorsement
Mrs Benjamin Hooner of Auburn New York says Chamberlain's Tablets are best for stomach trouble and constipation. She reports they regulate bowels stimulate the liver and keep the body healthy after two years use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Benjamin Hooner
Auburn
N. Y
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