Nearby Towns News and Personal Notes
Mr and Mrs Chas Sipe move into the Mrs Emery house awaiting their new home. Mrs Korver of Pella visits daughter Mrs Garrett DeHoet. the DeHoets and son Henry visit relatives in Pella. A newborn daughter to Mr and Mrs John Kersbergen on July 4 1918, first girl among three boys. J C Van Ginkel and family from Prairie City pass through Monroe en route to Pella. Robert Hicks of Fort Des Moines recovers from pneumonia and health improves. F P Woodruff elected Grand Senior Warden at Knights Templar convention in Marshalltown. Flora Loomis elected Colorado PEO state organizer. W R Poffenbarger's drilled well yields strong water at 98 feet with potential 20-30 gpm, windmill erected. Frank B Hunt fails Gettysburg exam for tank operator due to defective hearing. injured in 1918 railroad wreck near Knoxville. He remains eager to serve and now sergeant with military police at Gettysburg cantonment. He holds a lieutenant commission from prior service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Sipe
Wieser
Robert Hicks
Fort Des Moines
O. P. Wright
Robert
Camp Cody
Grand Commandery of
Iowa
Knights Templar
Marshalltown
F. P.woodruff
Woodruff
Templar Grand Commandery
Florence B. Loomis
Knoxville
Flora Baker
Society of Colorado
Salida
Loomis
Poffenbarger
Frank B. Hunt
France
Gettysburg
Hunt
Leutenant
Des Moines
Prairie City social notes from Prairie City and nearby towns
Prairie City and surrounding areas report social visits and movements. Garritt Dykstra his wife and daughter Pauline visited in Pella at the Robert DeGooey home. Mrs Margaret DeReus and Mrs W Ver Dught visited the John Ver Dught home. Mrs John Scheffers and children returned from a week with her parents at Thompson Town. Mrs Murray Ten Hagen and children Max and Ray went to Pella to see her brother John Van Arkel. The Prairie City Newton road near McDonald hill remains hazardous as cars struggle to follow ditches. Matthew DeWitt returned from Des Moines Methodist hospital after appendicitis surgery and expects a gradual recovery before resuming work.
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Garritt Dykstra
Pauline
Pella
Robert DeGooey
Margaret DeReus
W. Ver Dught
John Ver Dught
John Scheffers
Thompson
Town
Murray Ten Hagen
Max
Ray
John van Arkel
Prairie City
Newton
McDonald Hill
Matthew DeWitt
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Eddyville Family News and July 4 Celebrations
Eddyville residents share Fourth of July visits with the Bickford and Barnett households in Ottumwa and Camp Dodge. Aart DeWild Jr. is born July 4 at the Barnett home, weighing eight pounds. Rural mail carriers cope with winter trails while Sam Lemmon shows off ripened garden tomatoes on July 2 as he eyes a repeat harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Cornelius
Pella
F. B. Bickford
Ottumwa
Aart DeWild
G. W. Barnett
M. G
Camp Dodge
Dorothy Armilda
Velma
Inez Awtry
Olive Hoyt
Orville Cox
Dwight Mateer
Morrell Cox
Peter Klaaren
Pete
Sam Lemmon
Sam
Miss Grace Rowland Returns From Des Moines Summer School
Knoxville notes Grace Rowland has returned from Des Moines where she attended summer school. Mrs. Mary Forsythe of Des Moines visited Knoxville earlier this week with Mrs. G. W. Crozier and Mrs. Lydia Welsh, and other relatives. Tennis Visser was summoned to Haxtun Colorado to oversee a large farm due to the death of his tenant in an automobile crash about two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Rowland
Des Moines
Mary Forsythe
G. W. Crozier
Lydia Welsh
Tennis Visser
Haxtun
Colorado
Chamberlin's Colle and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
An advertisment urges buying Chamberlin's Colle and Diarrhoea Remedy now to be prepared for summer stomach upsets. It quotes F D Stubenrauch praising the product as worth many times its cost in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Stubenrauch
Return of the gold brick after stagecoach holdup
An old man recounts his westward trek to mine gold for five years, melting it into a brick with his initials. A highwayman named Simmons robs the coach, the group is revealed as a reforming posse, and the man regains the nugget after a staged departure and shootout. He then marries and becomes a successful businessman in the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolly West
Ito
Mays
Simmons
rAndy Simmons
Clergy urged to forego peace talk in wartime sermon
Dr. Theodore G. Soares of the University of Chicago told University of Iowa clergy at a religious conference that only fighting now can prepare for the next war. He attacked neutral stances and urged anger against Germany, saying peace efforts are misguided and the Ottoman Empire must end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore G. Soares
University of Iowa
Germany
Dr. Soares
University of Chicago
Double Cross
Berla
Austria-Hungary
Balkans
Turkey
Jesus
God
Ottoman Empire
Berlin
Manure Boosts Crop Yields in Iowa Trial
A Clinton county field study by the Iowa State soils section finds eight tons of manure per acre increases corn yield by 9.4 bushels and oats by 20.8 bushels in a four year corn oats clover rotation. Clover also rises by 1.3 tons, with manure applied to clover stubble. The report notes manure is a valuable fertilizer delivering organic matter and nutrients, and urges farmers to conserve and utilize farm manure despite costs of hauling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton County
Soils
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa
Lowa
Ames
Cattle Postwar Herd Strength Highlighted by USDA
The United States is said to hold more pure bred beef and dairy cattle than any other nation. The Agriculture Department notes European nations will need these cattle to rebuild depleted herds after the war. World farming balance and future needs are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Removal Notice on Insurance Agency Move
Cook and Son relocate the insurance agency from the Pella National Bank to the Booster Press office. W. W. Cook will devote full time to Insurance and Farm Loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook & Son
Pella National Bank
Booster Press
W. W. Cook
Cause of Despondency Linked to Digestion Issues
Despondency often stems from indigestion and constipation and can fade quickly with Chamberlain's Tablets. The tablets aid digestion and promote bowel movements, as advised by F. D. Stubenrauch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
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Monroe
Eddyville
the Tribune
the Journal
Castor
Rock Island Train Service
Wabash
Howell
Ewenenet
Enger
Weatbojenger
Chamberlin
Europe
Russia
Minera
the Gextaun Company
New York
Auts Science
Castoria
D. G. Gosselink
Selz Shoes
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