Nearby Towns Farm Scenes and Social Gatherings
Farmers busy with hay and grain harvest names of Oskaloosa visitors and locals. Reports Embroidery Club meeting at Mrs Gilbert Johnson's and a ride to Larimer for Will Honnold visit. Prof Ira De Long named head of Colorado Hawkeye Association for the 1975 gathering after Iowa group picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Maanga
Oskaloosa
Carl Paterson
John Moody
Frank Bartlow
Pete
Gilbert Johnson
Emily
Rebecca
Nellie Moody
Neal Hamatra
W. M. Shaw
Newton
Jesse Honnold
Larimer
Iowa
Will
F. G. Bolte
Ira M. de Long
Boulder
Colo
Colorado Hawkeye Association
Prairie City Notes and Auto Incident Visit Highlights
Prairie City brief outline of weekend visitors and local movements. Dr. Stehouwer’s Fourth of July auto mishap near the Graham farm ends with a humorous remark from the veterinarian about preferring a live calf to a dead one and urging safer travel.
Campfire Girls Meet and Nearby Visits Reported
The Mirror notes Campfire Girls guardian Mrs Meade and Miss Lelia Dros met Grace and Helen Orcutt last Thursday. The Link Tice family drove to Newton to see Mrs O M Wilson recovering from surgery. A 48 acre farm east of Otley sold for 330 per acre to L Colyn. Homer Moore and Grace Cordon visited town after Ottumwa trip. Dr Kincaid and family toured J H Jones home from Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Mirror
Guardian
Meade
Lelia Dros
Grace
Helen Orcutt
Link Tice
Hazel
Newton
O. M. Wilson
Auctioneora
Worth & van Zante
Otley
L. Colyn
Homer Moore
Sioux City
Uttle
Grace Cordon
Ottumwa
Sam Moore
Dr. Kincaid
J. H. Jones
Mrs. Jones
George Krats
Eddyville Notes Show Local Transfers And Farming News
Eddyville items report C B Holsclaw leaving Eddyville to run a Bell Telephone office in Sheridan Wyoming with a higher salary. Rev Lucius J Smith assigned to the Wesleyan M E charge here. Roy Himelick earns an auto diploma and moves toward auto work. old Grant farm house in West Des Moines township torn down for a new home. Evans Brothers expand mining operations north of town with new air fan, screens, and crew plans. nearby residents travel, visit, and enjoy vacations at Clear Lake. a local band is organized with S B Green leading fund drives. William Stephen grows unusually large potatoes on legacy potato ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Holsclaw
Eddyville Telephone Co
Sheridan
Wyoming
Charles
Bell Telephone Co
Lucius J. Smith
M. E
St. Joe
E. W. Day
Mt. Pleasant
Rev. Smith
Mr. Day
Ottumwa
Eddyville
Dr. Day
Rev. i Smith
Roy Francis Himelick
Pleasant Corners
International Correspondence Schools
Scranton
Roy
Grant
Des Moines
John Hendryx
Evans Brothers
Pekay
Eoomen
Gy Reese Wee
R. , ‘Talbot
Bihooklyn
Iowa
Allen Wheeler
Land Family
W. .L. Quaintance
Oscar Clements
Vera
Doris
Merl Jarard
Gladys Shoemake
Clear Lake
Jarard
Shoemake
Clements
Sharon
Aho Ind Vinient
B. Green
William Stephen
New Sharon Social News Highlights Visits
Mr and Mrs Harry De Witt of Burlington visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Wm Nicholson. Miss Marguerite Wallace of Des Moines arrived Monday for an extended visit with her father W S Wallace and sister Josephine. Mr and Mrs Karl Ogden of Omaha are visiting at Frank Ogden's home with their two sons Robert and Ben. Misses Irma and Velma Quaintance plan a couple weeks visit with relatives and friends in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Harry de Witt
Burington
Wm. Nicholson
Marguerite Wallace
Des Moines
W.’S. Wallace
Slater Josephine
Karl Ogden
Robert
Ben
Omaha
Frank Ogden
Irma
Velma Quaintance
Knoxville Social Notes and Local News Roundup
Miss Wilma Ver Beek of Pella spent a week here with the Ed Pratt family. Mrs. J. H. Young visited at her daughter’s near Bussey. G W Vanderwilt, ex county auditor and U S marshal from Des Moines, was here on official business. Mrs. Guy Aikens and children of Huron S D visited the Pratt family. A drought and heat wave affects Fairbury Neb. Mrs. Ben F. Wilson consulted Des Moines surgeons about her husband injured in a mine accident. Deputy Conrey jailed Leonard Miller for stealing shoes from a patient at the Inebriate hospital. Miss Jennie McCorkle returns from Lambert Iowa then Chicago and Wisconsin visit. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Strasburger plan a month at lake region near Alexandria Minn. The Ramsays may join the campers. J B Gamble Des Moines visited Knoxville. Ira Gamble era noted as grandfather of a three year old. Mrs J F Gamble’s husband is a grandson of Judge Gamble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Ver Beek
Pella
Ed Pratt
Pratt
J. H. Young
Lewis Kendall
Bussey
G. W. Vanderwilt
Des Moines
Guy Aikens
Huron
Dak
Aiken
Wilbur Brown
Fairbury
Nebr
Omaha
Ben F. Wilson
Wilson
Allen Evans
Walter
Ray Smith
Wapello County
Blakesburg
Glenn
Howard
Ray
Conrey
Leonard Miller
Clarinda
Inebriate Hospital
Miller
Squire Brobst
Balhy
Jennie McCorkle
D. C. McCorkle
Lambert
Iowa
Maggie McHarry
Mary Hessler
Chicago
Harry Boggess
Font du Lac
Wig
Ben Strasburger
Alexandria
Minn
Minneapolis
Robert Ramsay
J. B. (Hol) Gamble
J. D. Gamble
W. H. Allen
J. F. Gamble
Little
DaKalb
J. F. Gambel
Judge Gamble
Ira Gamble
Knoxville
Jay McMillen
Lincoln
Fort Snelling Training and Local News Notes
Friday reports Mr McMillen to join at Fort Snelling Mind training station. Jay in the officers reserve corps to finish August 16 then visit before active service. Tennessee colony deaths. Skidmore and Craddick families return home from Virginia. Bellamy family sorrow over grandchildren ill in Rapid City South Dakota. one child dead. Theft at H C Cannon residence on East Robinson. nineteen nickels stolen and missing gold cuff links. calls for stern punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabe Husband
McMillen
Ft. Snelling
Jay
Fort
Tennessee
J. D. Skidmore
N. A. Craddick
Tennessee Mountains
Pennsylvania Gap
Virginia
Bellamy
Paul
South Dakota
Hardingrove
Rapid City
H. C. Cawnon
East Robinson Street
Atole Aittle Steel Bank
Des Moines Man Squeezed Between Interurban and Obstruction
In Des Moines a man was squeezed between an interurban car and a platform or obstruction beside the track last Thursday. Initial fears of pelvic fracture were ruled out by X rays taken Saturday, but he remains badly bruised and confined to bed. Details are scarce as officials investigate the accident between Des Moines and Fort Dodge lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ft. Dodge
Untitled fragment on interurban accident recovery progress
Fragmentary report notes an accident involving an interurban line worker and a accompanying person, mentions a sister Mrs. Floyd Bivans from this city visiting the patient on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Bivans
Hfe Tathe
Cham berlain s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Praised
John F. Jantzen of Delmeny Saskatchewan reports strong approval for Chamberlain s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he has used it personally and with his family and commends it as an exceptionally fine preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
John F. Jantzen
Delmeny, Sask
Chamberisin
F. D
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Greely
Prairie City
Garrett Klein
John P. de Wit
Mildred
Thelma
Prairie City Infantry Company
A. van Zante
A. B. van Zante
Tacoma
Wash
R. M. Adair
Hugo Steenhoek
van Buren
Mae Bison
Reasner
Minnie van Heukelem
Jas. R. Timmins
Leighton
Ruth
Grace Larsh
C. F
Stehouwer
Fred Warner
Graham
Monroe
the Tribune
F. Brunia
Charles Kirby
Louisiana
Albia
Miers Ridge
Beacon
Peter Miller
Ed Worral
New Sharon
Journal
Ned Faspetsey
OY Toe Diu
Castoria
Willard Eye
J. E. ‘Cornelius & CO
South Pella
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