Pos visits relatives. Delivers sold to Kiser. rail traffic suspended
Mrs. C A Pos visits relatives in Pella while Chester LeCocq sells his delivery business to Dale Kiser who plans to move to New Sharon. M and St L traffic halted for two days due to washed out bridges. North Skunk river floods damage crops. Newton branch train the only rail service. South Skunk rising. two cars pursued by marshal after tire damage incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
C. A. Pos
Pella
Chester LeCocq
Dale Kiser
Texas
New Sharon
Daily Mail
North Skunk
McDowell
Newton
South Skunk
Hail Strikes Local Areas. Visits Mark Week
Edyville society notes show visits from Mrs. Chas McCarty from Ollie and others to Stuber, Sipes, Shields, and local families. A trip to Leighton drew Wynberg away for a long visit, while two Bluff Creek graduates earned diplomas in Oskaloosa. A heavy hail and rain storm two Tuesday mornings left thick ice on lawns, damaging gardens and potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. McCarty
Chas
Stuber
Ollie
Ed Myrick
Tim Dykstra
Cuba
Frederic
Avery
John Wynberg
Leighton
Mr. Wynberg
Peter Baer
Pella
J. L. Sipes
Ed Shields
Helen Awtry
Marjorie Allbaugh
Bluff Creek
Oskaloosa
C. F. Ream
Prairie City Bus Robbery Suspects Battle Marshal at Rope Trap
Prairie City reports a lawman clashed with two Hudson cars used for bootlegging, laying a rope across the Star barn route to halt them. The roadster backed toward a ditch, the patrolman fired at tires but failed to disable the vehicles, which sped toward Des Moines. The roadster later stopped at Moul's garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis van Wyk
Everett Rouwenhorst
Gladys Louise
Pella
D. M. Hemminger
John
J. C. Mitten
Prairie City
Star Barn
John French
Marshal Patterson
Des Moines
Moul
Monroe News Briefs From Pella to Des Moines Area
Monroe items report visitors and travels including Mrs J T Van Zante and daughter from Pella, Lela Croz Emma Husted and Alice Garrett at summer school, and Miss Margaret Fennema visiting home folks. Local changes note Neal Verheul acquiring J C O Connor restaurant and J C Oldham grocery to convert to White Way lunch. Lieut Hal Cowles in North Carolina base hospital en route to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. van Zante
Pella
Monroe
Lela Croz
Emma Husted
Alice Garrett
Highland Park
Margaret Fennema
Des Moines
O. H. Fisher
Hal Townsend
Ed DeDuff
Muntingh
Vander Meuten
Gerrit Kersbergen
Jefferson
Hal Cowles
North Carolina
Able
France
Sully
Neal Verheul
J. C. O'Connor
J. C. Oldham
White Way
J. A. MacDonald
Otley
A. van Houwelingen
Knoxville social round recounts visits and illnesses
Mrs Tennis Tusseling left for Albia and nearby towns for ten days. Visitors include Mr and Mrs W N LeGrand of Monroe with relatives in Knoxville. Mrs Joe Porter of Pella visited with the Elliott family before a Camp Dodge trip. Mrs Elizabeth Woodyard of Des Moines visited Coal Ridge and Knoxville friends. Mrs Willie Davis, near Everist, is in Oskaloosa hospital for a severe ailment. The six year hospital time of Neifert relative's patient noted. Lewis Clements contract measles. family at Harvey. John R DeMoss reports Steve DeMoss improving after assault in Des Moines. Surgeons may operate to lift skull fragments. Oscar Parker reports two sons.
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Tennis Tusseling
Albia
Hiteman
Chariton
W. N. LeGrand
Monroe
Jake Elliott
Camp Dodge
National Army
Elliott
Vance
Elizabeth Woodyard
Des Moines
C. F. Blackman
Coal Ridge
Knox
Woodyard
Knoxville
Willie Davis
Everist
W. H. Neifert
Abbott’s Hospital
Oskaloosa
Harold
Harvey
John R. DeMoss
Steve
John R
Oscar Parker
Marion County Boys Join U S Army Service And Mail Unit
Lyall the elder aged 22 serves with the 337th Field Artillery at Camp Dodge while Leo aged just past 21 has registered to join the U S mail service He carried registry slip No 1 and started his first mail run that evening Mrs Ruth Blattner of Des Moines visiting Knoxville to locate her mother Carrie Henley missing since the Boone tornado disaster She fears her mother may have been killed or swept away and plans another Boone search for Friday or Saturday
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U. S
Lyall
337Th Field Artillery
Camp Dodge
Leo
Marion County
Ruth Blattner
Des Moines
Knoxville
Ruth McElrea-McCullough
Carrie Henley
Ruth
Dean's Kidney Pills Trusted by Pella Residents
Local testimonial highlights Doan's Kidney Pills helping back pain and kidney issues. L A Beerends of 1114 W Franklin St credits relief after a cold settled on his kidneys causing back ache and irregular function. Manufactured by Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo NY, price 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Dean
Doan
L. A. Beerends
Carpenter
W. Franklin Sr
Puritan Drug Co
Mr. Beerends
Foster-Milusi Co
Mfgrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Goin Barefoot Harsh Rustic Advice From Harper’s Magazine
A rustic verse in Harper's Magazine extols barefoot life, praising the simple joy of walking without shoes. It recalls mothers chiding to play outside, offers tips on walking on rough ground, grass, and stones, and ends with a nostalgic tone about losing hats and shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Magaz
Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhea Remedy Endorsed
A Huntington Indiana resident recommends Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhea Remedy for cholera morbus after her two children fell ill in summer 1911. She notes immediate relief following administration and urges households to keep a bottle on hand. F. D. Stubenrauch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uzic Hood
Chad
Chamberain
Charles Enyeart
Huntington
Ind
Chamberlain
F. D. Stubenrauch
Dry the vegetables to help win the war
A wartime piece explains how dried vegetables such as carrots onions turnips potatoes and cabbage yield 60 servings per pound when made into soup and a 100 pound barrel supplies stock for 6000 people. It notes vast savings in transport and labor and emphasizes the diet and economic impact in support of the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin F. Bowers
Forget-Me-Not legend of a tiny blue flower
A brief legend tells how the Father names each blossom as He distributes colors among them. A small blue flower steps forward and admits it cannot recall its given name. The Father smiles and says the name Forget-Me-Not, granting the flower its enduring identity.
Bargains On Tools Advertised By H. Van Maren
Local ad lists bargains on scoops shovels spades three four and five pronged forks oil axle grease grass scythes rope and many other items, call and see 23 4 H. Van Maren.
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Will Patterson
Ivy
Eddyville
the Tribune
the Journal
H. van Maren
Round Oak
Vandermeulen& CO
Lifu
State of
Iowa
The
Iowa Company
H. Jamison
Western Life
Western Life Insurance CO
United States
Star Auto Company
Pella Motor Company
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