Harvest Weather Spurs Grain Cutting in Greely
Fine weather supports harvesting as farmers in Greely cut and shock grain. Community notes include visits among Verploeg, Moody, Van den Noordt, Bratt, De Haan, George, and Heemstra families with Oska and Oskaloosa stops. Several business callers and social visits noted, highlighting local activity this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Govert Verploeg
Evans
John Moody
J. de Haan
Steve George
Veldhuizen
Leighton
Neal Heemstra
Thomas Johnson
Oskaloosa
John van Maanen
Chas. Johnson
Tom Johnson
Robert Adair
Gladys Moody
Pleasantville Life Notes Highlight Local Cheer and Mishap
Mr Nancy Hardin celebrated her eighty fifth birthday with a Sunday milestone and Monday dinner. Herb Hollowell injured his toe when a wagon wheel fell in the Ogan blacksmith shop Friday. Mrs J H Camp left for Ashland Montana with her children. Locals praise Pleasantville countryside drive as remedy for temper. Mrs Tom Pendry and kin, traveling from Hartford, met a buggy overturned by an automobile near the bridge. all aboard escaped unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasantville
Iowa
Tom Pendry
Hartford
Swan
Quaport Amo Guests from This Place Mentioned
Fragmentary OCR notes list individuals and families such as Vin and family Dee Galvin and wife R 8 Flanagan and wife Mrs WH Bare and Lloyd K Bare among a local social group. The context is unclear but reads as a brief social notice from a newspaper page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amo
Vin
Dee
Galvin
Guy
Flanagan
W. H. Bare
Lloyd K. Bare
Local Notes and Social Updates From Marion County News
Swan D. P. Sherman and wife visited Hartford to see Joe Rogers who has been sick a long time. Mrs Camp traveled to Pleasantville to visit her daughter-in-law who plans to go to Montana to join her husband. A young woman began walking west of town and got soaked by a sudden shower before returning home. Mrs Joel Bivens returned to MaxwelL after a month with her husband and two months with relatives. Leroy Hunt and wife had dinner with Dr Hooper and wife. Born to Ben Anderson and wife on July 7, a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Sherman
Hartford
Joe Rogers
Camp
Pleasantville
Jake Camp
Montana
Joel Bivens
Maxwell
Leroy Hunt
Doctor Hooper
Ben Anderson
Marion County News
Local Social Roundup From Fifield and Nearby Edges
Des Moines trip Saturday night returned Misa Birda Carpenter and niece Miss Gladys. Numerous visitors from Pella, Otley, Knoxville, Albia stopped by the Carpenter and Sedrel homes Sunday. George Norris and father resume duties at Wabash coal chutes. County Seat visit noted for Mrs G W Carpenter and daughter Bertha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Birda Carpenter
Des Moines
Gladys
Telia
Bertha Carpenter
John Verwers
Willie Roush
Pella
Nellie
Gertrude de Raad
G. J. Carver
Rev. Reed
Neal Sedrel
Otley
Anna Verwers
Carpenter Home
Misa Mable Wynn
Austin Hayes
Knoxville
Nina Niemansverdinet
Albia
Local notes and travels across Orange City
ORANGE CITY brief social notices list a new-born son at the A Rouwenhorst home. Misa Dora Wieser’s return from Clara City. Hattie Hospers’ Ft Sill visit. the Kuyper visit to Chicago and Wisconsin. Frank Hospers joining Ferry Seed Co. Hugo Synhorst’s trip to Crookston. Mrs Gerrit De Joing ill. Nellie Rhynsbuger Jennie Minnie Oggle trip through Yellow Stone and Spokane. local merchants’ July invoice. Dr De Bey’s move to progressive practice. A Haven’s Sioux City trip with bri day. plan for a cement bridge on Alton and Orange City road. Dr J H Hoopers’ family return from Englewood after stay at OC Hospers home. mention of Dre I H Hospers as a dentist in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Dora Wieser
Clara City
Minn
Hattie Hospers
Ft. Sill
Oklahoma
A. C. Kuyper
Chicago
Kuyper
Wisconsin
Frank Hospers
Ferry Seed Company
Hugo Synhorst
Crookston
Nellie Rhynsbuger
Jennie
Minnie Oggle
Yellow Stone Park
Spokane
Everette
C. Hospers
de Bey
Progressives
Haven
Sioux City
Briday
Hardware trade ties Van Buren to Schultz for land
Van Buren who bought the business in spring traded the property to John Schultz for South Dakota land. Klein and De Booy gained possession through a deal with Schultz and started business Monday. Willie Van Oosterhout and Milo Rhynsburger, long fond of joy rides on Van’s pony, had a collision with a buggy near a corner last week, unseating them but leaving all involved otherwise unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren
John Schultz
South Dakota
Klein
de Booy
Schultz
Willie van Oosterhout
Milo Rhynsburger
Herald
Local notes from Pella and vicinity
Several residents visited friends and relatives including Jennie de Gooyer with Lena Ver Steeg in Pella and Annie Meppelink’s Sunday gathering. A church lawn party and Willing Workers meeting occurred, with measles affecting Trebbe Zylatra. A Des Moines incident involved Bert Dilley. a fire destroyed Mrs Martha Lee’s farmhouse, with losses and insurance details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie de Gooyer
Pella
Lena Ver Steeg
Gerrit van Roekel
Eddyville
Annie Meppelink
Reformed Church
Christian Endeavors
Marie Grandin
Carrie van Zee
Linneus
M. van der Haar
Farmer and Lena Hanson Incomplete Injury Report
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Mr R A Farmer knocked unconscious last Monday night and two days of recovery. Lena Hanson appears in the text with unclear context, suggesting a related incident or aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Farmer
Lena Hanson
Farmer Keeps Pet Bullsnake on Nebraska Farm
Roy Armour, a prosperous farmer near Hubbard Nebraska, keeps a 5 foot 9 inch bullsnake on his 280 acre farm. The nonpoisonous reptile has lived in the Armour home for five years and is fondled by children in the dooryard. During summer it rests in the apple orchard and preys on mice and gophers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Cate
Roy. Armour
Sioux
City
Hubbard
Neb
Armour Farm
Armour Baya
Bullenake
Armour
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. H. Weber
Keables
Greely
Central College
College
the Academy Normal School
Conservatory OF Music
School OF Commerce
School OF Sterography
R N Aa
School OF
ORA
Physical Culture
Joan L. Bey
Petia
Lowa
Fifield
Orange City
A. Rouwenhorst
Aeehe
Mtns
Crete
Vander Pols
J G. Vanderpol
Vanderpol's Store
Yoeseeson St
Occoc Ome
Willing Workers Society
J. Rempe Sr
Trebbe Zylatra
Conn
Newton
Bert Dilley
Douglas
15Th Streets
Davey
Dopey
Daffey
Goddard
Martha
Lee
Lesses
Hahn
T. W. Hills
Tom McKeever
Hills
L. C. Renaud
Blairstown
L. H. Bufkin
Marshalltown
Wm. Flaugh
Charlotte Johnson
Lela
Grinnell
Albert
Jervis Johnson
Star
Colfax
Lynnville
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