News of Nearby Towns Collects Local Highlights
Mr and Mrs Chester VanCleave welcomed a 6 pound girl born Friday December 28. Miss Roberts the trained nurse attending Clarence VerSteegh left for Oskaloosa Monday reporting patient improving. Billy Lake Saunders and party returned from LeRoy Minnesota with game after buffalo and jackrabbit hunting. He hosted a dinner at the Phillips Hotel for about thirty friends featuring buffalo meat and jack rabbit. A large community watch night at the MBE church drew broad attendance from town and rural districts with S B Green’s band and multiple solos. Addresses by local business leaders followed the program. A major fire at the MBE church destroyed most furnishings, with only one rug, a library table, a pedestal and a chair saved. Insurance of 3000 covered the loss. the Sipes moved into the Tom Taylor residence. money will be spent to rebuild but cherished belongings cannot be replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester VanCleave
Miss Roberts
Clarence VerSteegh
Oskaloosa
Billy Lake Saunders
Bert Saunders
Chas. Haworth
Ray Duffus
LeRoy
Minn
Billy
Phillips Hotel
MBE
S. B. Green
Wanda
Ilah Lunt
Beulah Core
Jas. Shroyer
T. R. Osborne
Commercial Club
Robert Shanahan
Oskaloosa Commercial Club
Col. E. B. Ferguson
J. H. Taylor
Scott Wilson
Arloine Lunt
Gladys Phillips
Wanda Evans
G C. Baker
Fire Destroyed Home Of Mr And Mrs Chas Sipe
A fire in Monroe destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Sipe early Thursday after midnight. James McCuen, staying with the Sipes, raised the alarm and escaped from smoke before neighbors were alerted as firemen battled a fast-moving blaze that likely started in the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Sipe
James McCuen
Sipes
Des Moines
Prairie City Briefs Highlight Local Travels and Visits
John Roorda left Monday to spend a couple of weeks in Pella. Mr and Mrs Oliver Van Arkel of Pella visited Murray Ten Hagens. Mrs M Stykhuis of Pella spent the latter part of last week with Mrs G W Veldhuizen. Private James Vander Waal, stationed at Camp Pike Arkansas, was home for a ten day furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roorda
Pella
Oliver van Arkel
Murray Ten Hagen's
M. Stykhuis
G. W. Veldhuizen
James Vander Waal
Camp Pike
Ark
W. H. Lyon
Joliet
Ill
W. H. Lucas
Harvey
Cline
A. P. Bybee
Roy King and Children
Des Moines
Frank Buckles
Ed King
John Vander Linden
Burlington Junction
Lane
Knoxville
Dan
Milo
Alex Gelderblom
Melcher
Iowa
Irene Tysseling
Alton
Tunis Tysseling
Miss Tysseling
Roy King
Elton Jolliffe
Vinton
M. K. Jolliffe
Basil
Vinton Sunday
Des
Visitors and locals noted around Eddyville this week
Mrs D A Van Zante hosted visitors from New Sharon and nearby towns including Pearl Steinkamp from Pella and Elsie Vansteenis from Leighton. Gerrit DeWild of Davenport visited, plans to go to France as a carpenter. Evans Brothers work on ice harvest delayed by warm weather, with E W Knemeyer and others involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
D. A. van Zante
Huibregtse
New Sharon
Pearl Steinkamp
Pella
Elsie Vansteenis
Leighton
Curtis Sours
Son Garrett
Runnells
Iowa
Joe Johnson
Gerrit DeWild
Davenport
Albert
Aart DeWild
Gerrit
France
Uncle Sam
Evans Brothers
E. W. Knemeyer
Evans
Knoxville Social and Legal Notices Roundup 1918
Knoxville Iowa items include visits from W H Lyon Joliet IL and W H Lucas Harvey Des Moines guests, Irene Tysseling and Jolliffe family updates, threshing oats at Huffman ranch yielding 1331 bushels, and a patriotic four-star service flag on East Main. District Court notices announce quieting title suits in Marion County with detailed land descriptions and February 6, 1918 deadlines, plus legal ads for multiple defendants and property in Knoxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Main Street
Brann
U. S
Helen Brant
Nashville
Tenn
Clerk of the District Court
Marion County
Iowa
Knoxville
Elijah Wilcutt
Sarah Wilcutt
Isaac Ross
Morris L. Hallowell & Co
Morris L. Hallowell
James Traguire
Joshua L. Hallowell
Arthur W. Little
Thomas W. Sweney
Enoch R. Hutchinson
Bridgman & Reed
Reed
District Court
Hart & Hart
Remarkable Mammoth Tooth Found In Clay Township
Grant Kersey of Harvey reports discovering a near perfect mammoth tooth while digging a well in Clay township. The prehistoric tooth, found 28 feet deep in blue clay by the Des Moines river bottoms, measures about six inches with a crown roughly three by four inches. Researchers note it dates to ancient times before the Great Flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Kersey
Harvey
Clay Township
Des Moines
Noah
Kersey
Bombadier Beetles Use Poison Gas Tactics
The American Boy reports beetles of the Brachinus genus, notably B rachinus crepitans, eject a squid-like form that vents into pale blue green flames and smoke. The emitted fumes blind and paralyze pursuing ground beetles, allowing the Bombadier to escape. This curious defensive warfare highlights nature's countermeasures.
Town law bans tobacco use by students in public schools
The law of Town prohibits tobacco in any form by students at public schools and any student who uses it may be suspended or expelled from the school regardless of age.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monroe
A. J. Visser
The
Grand Rapids Veterinary College
den Burger's Safe Stable
P. A. Edmund
Wagner's
Red
Aschenbrennner
Geelhoed
T. G. Fultz
Main Street
W. H. Vander Ploeg
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Towa
Vander Zyl Bros
Carpenter & Sybenga Res
Physicians and Surgeons Office
Georgia Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
Prairie City
Eddy Ville
Journal
District Court of the
State of Iowa
Catherine Kerr
Sarah EB
Williams
Marshall E. Williams
Ithanor Davidson
Ithamar Davison
William M. Kerr
Mary R. Pollard
Mary R. Pollock
Mary R. Kerr
Thomas Pollard
Thomas Pollock
Milton Crookham
Mary Crookham
Sarah A. Shope
Amanuel D. Shope
Ozias D. Nichols
Margaret Nichols
Ozias D. Nicholas
William H. Morkert
Leah E. Morkert
Sarah J. Mor
Whitebreast Creek
District Court of the State of
Frank N. Eliott
Allen
Bombadier
Security Bank
Haarman Vinegar
Pickle CO
the People's Popular Monthly
Pine
Wallaces’ Farmer
People’s Popular Monthly
Wallaces
People's Popular
Frente
Mont Aire
Iren
Fiores Popular
Pella, Iowa
Eory
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
N. J
California
el Paso
Golden State Limited
Kansas City
Deming, N. M
Camp Cody
Hal. S. Ray
Wolf
Wolf Chemical CO
Quincy
Vander Linden
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