Nearby Towns Weather and Obituaries Report
The week has been bitterly cold with sickness rising in the area. Roads blocked delayed rural deliveries. News notes the death of Guy Taylor and funeral of Maggie Doughman. Sympathy goes to Memelaar family for the loss of their baby then buried at Butler cemetery. John Moody assists with butchering. Frank Bartlow aided him, a Tennessee resident. The bride, daughter of William and Mrs. VanGenderen, will wed John Moody and move to Tennessee to run his father’s farm while his brother serves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Taylor
John Moody
Maggie Doughman
Tracy
Ladies’ Embroidery Club
Minte Butler
Tennessee
Wm. VanGenderen
Here
John
Prairie City Notes On Local Social Visits
Prairie City society notices list several visits and callings from residents of Pella and Otley. G W Veldhuizen visited Pella friends, Art Vander Streek and M DeReus traveled from Pella, and Geo Vanderzyl and Margaret stopped by. Jas Vander Waal visited Wm Vander Waal, while Raymond Boot returned to Central College after a two week vacation. Buwalda family from Otley visited Wm Van Zee earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Veldhuizen
Pella
Art Vander Streek
Hugo Steenhoek
Geo. Vanderzyl
Margaret
M. DeReus
van Bentum
Jas. Vander Waal
Wm. Vander Waal
Raymond Boot
Central College
Community visits planned by New Sharon Commercial Club
The secretary coordinates social gatherings at several community centers around New Sharon and nearby areas. Committees from the New Sharon Commercial Club will handle all arrangements and oversee events. The article also notes the marriage of D. W. John of Joelton Tennessee to Miss Henrietta Van Genderen of New Sharon on January 3 at the Presbyterian manse with Rev. L. M. Beebe officiating.
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the Star
New Sharon
Local notes from Eddville readers and visitors
Misses Emma and Louise Van Loon return from Pella after a two week visit with relatives. Mrs. H. D. Wormhoudt of Chicago and Mrs. A. J. Kuyper of Pella attend the I. A. Wormhoudt home in Aber Klaaren. Klaaren, at college in Pella, visited Tribune office and spent holidays with West Des Moines relatives. Peter Blom plans to move to the Elder farm with C. Van Dyke after three years on the Roy Elder farm. Nine year old Roy McMurray knits for the Red Cross, making a scarf for a war soldier and planning another with yarn from his mother.
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The
Tribune
Emma
Louise van Loon
Pella
H. D. Wormhoudt
Chicago
A. J. Kuyper
I. A. Wormhoudt
Aber Klaaren
E. Klaaren
West Des Moines
Peter Blom
Fred Douglass
Pleasant Township
Leighton
C. van Dyke
Roy Elder
Little Roy McMurray
W. R. McMurray
Givin
Roy
Red Cross
Smallcity News Briefs From Knoxville District
Mrs Nan Sherwood travels to Larned Kansas to visit son Ben Sherwood and family. Jesse Sweem and family of Des Moines quarantine for smallpox with Sweem as the patient. Mrs John Whaley suffers a wrist fracture and head lacerations after a porch fall. Wilbur E Brown and son Lawrence and others recover from pneumonia contracted during Christmas in Fairbury Nebraska. Infantile paralysis claims Clarice Line, age about ten, with a Line child also ill but recovering. Fox owned by Harold Roberts goes missing then captured in Vere Crozier’s trap for a pelt sale value. Three new smallpox cases reported to Dr B T McLaughlin in ten days. Merle Way named as first victim.
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Nan Sherwood
Larned
Kansas
Ben Sherwood
Ben
C. W. Barr
Jesse Sweem
Des Moines
Sweem
Jesse
Knoxville
Frank Sweem
John Whaley
West Marion Street
Wilbur E. Brown
Lawrence
John W. Wright
Fairbury
Nebraska
Mr. Brown
Mtte
Familly
Harold Roberts
Harold
Vere Crozier
Crozier
B. T. McLaughlin
Board of Health
Merle Way
Quieting title action in Marion County Iowa 1918
In the District Court of Marion County Iowa Catherine Kerr plaintiff sues to quiet title on several parcels described as The North Twenty five acres of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter The East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and parts of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter all in Section 34 Township 76 Range 20 West 6th P M The petition alleges the plaintiff is absolute owner in fee simple under color of title and open adverse possession for more than ten years and asks that title be quieted and defendants be barred from any right or interest unless they appear by February 6 1918 to defend. otherwise judgment by default will be entered.
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District Court of the
State of Iowa
Marion County
Iowa
Catherine Kerr
Sarah E. Williams
Marshall E. Williams
Ithanor Davidson
Ithamar Davison
William W. Kerr
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. Morkert
George W. Morkert
Benjamin F. Markett
James D. Griffith
George Williams
Matilda Overton
Whitebreast Creek
District Court
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
Hart & Hart
Disease Quarantine Notes From Local Cases
The report lists three cases in Knoxville area residents, a home two blocks southeast of the Square, Rev. R. P. Palmer residence between churches on Montgomery Street, and the wife of Thomas Briggs of North Knoxville. All patients show mild symptoms and are under quarantine, seen as more of a nuisance than the illness itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Palmer
Presbyterian
M. E
Montgomery Street
Thos. Briggs
North Knoxville
Quiet Title Bill in Marion County Iowa Action
Frank N. Elliott sues for quieting title to the south half of the east one third of lot eight block three in Knoxville Marion County Iowa. Defendants include listed heirs, firms Morris L Hallowell Co Bridgman Reed and unknown spouses and successors. Plaintiff alleges title cloud and adverse claims, requests judgment to establish title and bar others from claiming an interest. Court term February 1918 with notices dated January 3 10 17 24. Allen's Foot-Ease advertised for foot comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the
State of Iowa
Marion County
Frank N. Elliott
Twice-a-Week World in 1918 Promises World News Value
An advertisement for the Twice-a-Week World urging readers to subscribe in 1918 as World War I dominates headlines. It touts extensive wartime coverage, low price, combined offers with The Chronicle, and notes a humorous aside about a long hair on a coat causing suspicion.
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France
Chronicle
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W. H. Vander Ploeg
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BROS
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