Local Notes Mention Westside Visitors and a Wedding
Health remains generally good with a few cases of smallpox in the area. Oskaloosa callers include John and Jennie Van Maanen and Pete Burgraaf, while Des Moines visitor Scanell spoke with John B. Moody. Miss Colia Vander Leest and Mr Henry Van Ryswyk wed on January 30 at the Vander Leest home near Mitchellville.
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John van Maanen
Pete Burgraaf
Oskaloosa
Scanell
Des Moines
Ottumwa
John B. Moody
Jennie van Gorp
Peoria
Pella
Frank Bartle
Vernice Binns
Billy Binns
John Moody
Clarence Johnson
Emily Moody
Moody
Colia Vander Leest
Mitchellville
Henry van Ryswyk
Prairie City
G. W. Hylkema
van Ryswyk
New Sharon Socials and Tragedy Reported
NEW SHARON Star notes a six o’clock dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. C LeCocq with J H Taylor and family H R Bartlow and Chester LeCocq in attendance Effie Cornell assisted in serving a repast. The paper adds Albert Farmer of Barnes City died by hanging at his home. Also reports Mrs Ruby Diggs Patterson’s appendicitis operation in Oskaloosa with poor prognosis and Minnie Carlisle’s paralysis affecting speech and mobility after a stroke, with care for grandchildren and improving condition at home.
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C. LeCocq
J. H. Taylor
H. R. Bartlow
Chester LeCocq
Effie Cornell
Albert Farmer
Barnes City
Forest Home
Ruby Diggs Patterson
Willams Hospital
Oskaloosa
Patterson
Mitchellville
James Brogan
Minnie Carlisle
Phillips Hotel
Carlisle
Prairie City Notes from the News Visit Rounds and Family News
G W Van Arkel of Pella visited over Sunday with Murray Ten Hagen and Harry DeHaan. Henry Rempe of Leighton and Johanna Van Duren of Pella visited relatives. Kloosterman returned to Pella from Dick Van Ryswyk's. Jake Klein spent Thursday in Pella with his ill mother. D J Vander Pol returned to Pella after visiting family. Chris Rus, in Chicago last month, came home with his mother P Rus from near Runnells.
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G. W. van Arkel
Pella
Murray Ten Hagen
Harry DeHaan
Henry Rempe
Leighton
Johanna van Duren
Matthew DeWit
Kloosterman
Dick van Ryswyk
Eddyville community notes and fires and farewells
Mr Walter Guerts returns to New Sharon after visiting his parents. Jessie Sandberg visits Coalfield with Esther Davis. Mrs Wm Van Manaren returns from Pella after visiting Leon Van Weelden. Ira Visser moves to Eveland after a public sale near Albia. Mrs W R Dieleman and son return to Pella after visiting the Den Hartogs. M Moomaw and family drive to Ottumwa for Kenneth’s nose operation. he recovers and returns to school. Fire at Sam Chitwood’s on North First street damages roof, insured. Farewell party for P A Sandberg family moving to Eddyville. neighbors attend with games and refreshments.
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Walter Guerts
New Sharon
T. den Hartog
Jessie Sandberg
Esther Davis
Coalfield
Wm. van Manaren
Pella
Leon van Weelden
Ira Visser
Albia
Eveland
W. R. Dieleman
Harry Moomaw
Ronald
Ottumwa
Kenneth
Sam Chitwood
North First Street
P. A. Sandberg
Eddyville
Joe Derks
Mike Berto
Mrs. Sandberg
Knoxville News Briefs Highlight Local Agriculture and Society
Miss Veda Dennis of Harvey visited with the J Bayless and Enoch Mayer families. George L. Gustin bought alfalfa seed in Des Moines for his Franklin township farm at 12.50 per bushel and red clover seed at a higher price. A coal train passed through Knoxville at passenger speed. The Augustine farm near Knoxville sold for 9960, 124.50 per acre, to G H Onstauk. Marion county farm land shows signs of upgrade. Only nine inmates released from the Inebriate hospital last Friday amid the bone dry law. Chapter M PBO plans to knit helmets for war victims and send clothes to a French orphan. John Wilson, a longtime booster, was in town last Wednesday.
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Veda Dennis
Harvey
J. Bayless
Enoch Mayer
Geo. L. Gustin
Des Moines
Franklin Township
Iowa
Knoxville
Augustine
K. R. Jordan
G. H. Onstauk
Marion County
Carl Cloe
John Wilson
Jake Bayless
Harvey town praised by booster amid rural housing notes
A reader recounts Marion County railroad center praise and explains Harvey’s scene of several large homes housing multiple families. The piece laments dry laws and war era fuel and food issues while lampooning local columns. It also jokes about correcting misused titles in social notes across Chariton Albia and Oskaloosa.
Poem lines urge solidarity with France Belgium in victory
A wartime verse exhorts unity and resolve against the Hun, proclaiming triumph and the need to share glad news after France Belgium suffering, with a stark assertion of victory and the call to speak openly about peace.
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France
Belgium
King Victor at Front With Troops Described by Soldier
A covert letter reveals King Victor living at the front with Entente troops. He speaks to soldiers, poses for photos, and continues the ascent toward trenches on a mountain peak. An enemy plane engages above as he applauds artillery crews.
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Victor
PLAN TO TRAIN CRIPPLES AT OREGON UNIV FOR WAR RE-EDUCATION
A University of Oregon committee from psychology and education studies is drafting practical methods for re educating veterans crippled in the war. They will recommend courses to fit men for new occupations after loss of their former work ability and begin planning now.
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Oregon University
University of Oregon
Psychology and Education
Tablets of Stone and the Chinese Classics Diary
The diary of a Chinese university claims 182 stone tablets exist from a thousand years before the Christian era. Each tablet records the 18 classics, capturing core Chinese cultural wisdom as preserved by the School of the Sons of the Empire.
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School of the Sons of the Empire
Velvet bean coffee gains traction in Quitman hotel
In Quitman Georgia velvet beans long grown as stock feed are shown as a new regional use. A hotel announced velvet bean coffee served after dinner and praised as a splendid Javva by guests including an apparent expert connoisseur who sampled a third cup.
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Quitman
Horner Mansion Burned Root of Old Rhyme Found
London reports Sir John Horner's Melles Park mansion partly destroyed by fire. The article notes the crest of the Horner family and the origin of the Little Jack Horner rhyme tied to the dissolution of Glastonbury Abbey, with John Horner once steward and the manor Meliles (Melles). The piece traces the tradition of the eldest son named John since that era.
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London
John Horner
Melles Park
Jack Horner
John ‘Horner
Glastonbury
Meliles
Horner
John
Dancer Eva Lavalliere Retires To Enter Carmelites
Mile Eva Lavalliere a longtime Paris theater figure has left the stage. She has sold her furnishings and distributed her dresses furs and jewels among friends. She will soon enter the order of Carmelites.
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Mile
Eva Lavalliere
Theater Des Varieties
Order of
Carnelitea
Dad Remembered in Quiet Family Verse Card
A nostalgic poem recalls a father forgotten by the chorus of home. The speaker traces childhood memories from cradle to games, honoring the role of dad through tender lines about his face, kneeling, and makeshift toys.
We Remember His Prayer and Blessings
Memorial verse from Journal and Messenger of Auburn Maine recalls a patient and kind presence. It honors a fatherly adviser whose prayers and blessings guided youth through adversity and sorrow, and whose counsel and sympathy stayed with them across hard days.
First Submarine Cable Connects Calais Boulogne Dover
The first submarine cable enabled communication between Calais Boulogne on the French coast and Dover on the English side. The London Illustrated News discusses this experiment in its August 18, 1849 issue.
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Calais
Boulogne
English Channel
Dover
London Illustrated News
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