Local News Notes Highlight Community Life
Local notes recap visits and travel across towns. Miss Fae Lankelma returns from Des Moines. Ames football trip enjoyed by Gertrude Klein and Josie Beintema. Des Moines visitors with Mrs. Sargent and baby. Masons meetings in Des Moines. Various residents report illness travel and family visits with mentions of local ads and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fae Lankelma
Des Moines
Wilson
Gertrude Klein
Josie Beintema
Ames
R.sargent
Baby
W. W. Talbot
Udell Hendricks
W. A. Butt
Blommers Mill
John VanderKamp
Fifield
Pel-la
East Third Street
Mothers Grays Sweet Powders for Feverishness
An old advertisement promoting Mothers Gray s Sweet Powders for feverishness bad stomach teething disorders to regulate the bowels and expel worms. Sold by druggists for 25 cents with a sample offer, claimed to be trusted by mothers for 28 years.
Closing Out Sale of Farm Near Otley and Cordova
The owner living two miles south of Otley and near Cordova will auction on December 14 1916 at 10 a m all livestock including 11 horses 50 cattle 25 dozen chickens and farming implements wagons buggies carriages road carts harness and 16 tons fine timothy hay plus other stored crops seeds and miscellaneous farm items Terms: cash on sums 10 or less 12 months credit on bankable notes at 6 percent interest from sale date if not paid when due 8 percent from sale date to payment 2 percent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otley
Fifield
Cordova
Pella
Timothy Hay
Stack
Settlement Reached After Grounds Cash Claim
A cash settlement was reached after a dispute over non removal of goods or property from the grounds. No items were taken before the settlement, and the matter was resolved through financial clearance.
Wizard Pancake Flour Ad Block Lands On Tray
Advertising blurb urges savoring meals and chewing well to ease sour stomach with Chamberlains Tablets after supper. Then notes Wizard Pancake Flour sold in 15 and 25 cent packages by grocers. Mentions names P H Kuyper Paul Scholte H H Sadler and Jelle Heerema as participants in a local event or listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Kuyper
Paul Scholte
H. H. Sadler
Jelle Heerema
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bell Clothing House
Faassen & den Adel CO
Harold VanMaren
Ed. VanGorp
Masons
Murray TenHagen
Max
Prairie City
C. VanArkel
L. Colyn
Seymour
Lineville
Washtella Cigar Co
John Verhey
New Sharon
K. Verhey
Oskaloosa
Ina DeGooyer
Monroe
Nettie DeGooyer
W. W. Sadler
Sanborn
Iowa
I. J. Ketman
Winterset
Winterset Commercial Association
A. B. van Houweling
Portland
Ore
Sioux City
Chas. Finn
Bonaparte
M. A. Clark
South Dakota
The
Star Auto Co
Overland Company
Overland
Mabel VanGorp
C. VanGorp
Lynville
Martha Society
Star
John Vos
Prairie View
Kansas
Brownie
Kodaks
Stubenrauchs
Gray
Cole
Mother Gray, Co
Leroy. N
ST. Nicholas
Vander Ploeg’s Bakery
H. S. Keuning
Chamberlain
F. D. Stubenrauch
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