Red Rock community notes and local updates
Cordova and Red Rock residents report a busy period. Amana colony outings by Red Rock school children and Fifield pupils, local corn harvests, and hospital stays are noted. Social events include reunions, birthday and wedding mentions, a Sadie Hawkins parade view, and a county teachers meeting. Nearby travel and changes include new homes, moved families, and a large Otley Otley school rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rock
Amana
Fifield
Lois Legrand Jones
Chillicothe
Harrison Legrand
Henry Aalbers
Monroe
Charles Hodgson
George Brown
Howard
Grant Core
Bill Streeter
Lloyd "Karr
Barney Pate
Cliff Buckman
Walter Pearson
Pete
Mr. Sibert
Mrs. Sibert
Marguerite Ruckman
Irma Karr
Margaret Streeter
Dena Brown
Dwight Harvey
Herman de Heer
Harold Sellers
Leland Balmer
Arthur’ Nichols
Red Rock Aid
Maud Richerd
Merl Price
Vander Zyl
George Dailey
Bob Kaldenberg
Skunk River
Dunreath
Mary Katherine Templeton
Hollandale
Minnesota
Celia
Harvey
Kathy Alley
Judy Alley
Cecil Price
Veterans’ Hospital
Knoxville
Mary Perkey
Jones
Pleasantville
Daisy Buttrey
Newton
Seymour
Texas
Sarah Harvey
Cecil Reese
Joe Templeton
Joy Stevenson
Rollie Adams
RRC
Marion County
Edgar van Arkel
County Association
Otley
Marion County Farm Bureau
Norma Jean Bricker
Des Moines
Europe
Travel Bureau
Jeanie
Lynnville News notes many local social gatherings
The column lists numerous Sunday visits and dinners among Lynnville residents including Fred and Alice Willemsen Bert James Ward James and Chester Figland of Brooklyn. It also covers fires damaging barns and machinery near Lynnville, a fatal burn in an oil stove incident, obituaries, and family visits across nearby towns such as Des Moines Grinnell Sully Marshalltown Oskaloosa and Newton with many local relatives named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Willemsen
Alice Willemsen
Bert James
Ward James
Chester Figland
Brooklyn
Jones Harris
Linda
Lon Huston
Des Moines
Huston
Bernard Huston
Harris
Carl Huston
Barbara Evans
Harrison Terpstra Farm
Lynnville
Russell James
Sully
Ray Hammer
Friends Church
Carl D. Byrd
Dale Ratcliff
Dale Brush
Cl Brush
Harris Wagami
Charles Elscott
Donald
Mozelle
Stephen A. Sparks
Earl van Cleve
Anna Mathew Reynolds
Uge
Z. C. Reynolds
Imogene Deacon
Paul Grandia
Oskaloosa
Dale Roorda
Mike Burk
Keith Beaderstadt
Melinda
Grinnell
Donald Burk
Rhondi
Renee
Newton
Ira
Byran
Mercy
Charles Fenner
Eddie
Council Bluffs
Don Eaton
Vina Renaud
Oakland
C. W. Renaud
Joan
Norma
Mary
Ruth
Nellie Warbel
R. C. Cook
Peoria
Ill
Robert Byrd
Eddyville
Virgil Benson
Roberta
Janice
Harry Williams
Viola Benson
Bessie Norton
Mingo
Don Wisgerhot
Sallie
Davenport
Flora Gertsma
Cecil Gertsma
L. W. Gause
Richard Bull
Richmond
V. R. Simmons
Ray Couch
Walter Needham
Ray Ver
Bill Dunsbergen
Colfax
Rally Gallery of Republican Candidates Meeting
A public rally opened by Fred Kane of D Rock Township welcomed attendees of all political views. Paul Cunningham spoke as the main speaker, with Mary Vrieselaar and Carroll Price presenting remarks. The program ended with the Star Spangled Banner, coffee, and cookies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Liter
Fred Kane
d_ Rock township
America
Mary Vrieselaar
Carroll Price
Mrs. Larson
Carroll
Ver Meer
Paul Cunningham
Otley Church Activity Mix Includes Pulpit and Trips
Otley notes report Rev. A Haverkamp of Pella will lead services next Sunday morning and evening. Several locals join trips and events including Marion County Farm Bureau activities and Drak e University classes. A barn burned at Jim Vanden Dever farm, and Delmar Deaton lost his right hand at Maytag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
C. C. Visser
Sophie Ellen
Charles
Fifield
Highway 14
Knoxville
Albia
Mt. Pleasant
Keokuk
Mississippi River
Illinois
Nauvoo
Ft. Madison
John Slater and Sons
Oskaloosa
George Ryke
Gradus Klein
J. M. van Vliet
Jen Janson
Frank van Zante
Delmar Deaton
Maytag
Skiff
Newton
Robert van Essen
Kenny Robus
Delis van Zante
Doris Lee
Drake University
Bertha Wittmer
Drake
Fair Oaks
Hazelves
Halvorsen
Hagel Wither
Otley Bible Sunshine
Ott
Winnie Breen
Ternoon
Gladys ‘McBee
Hi View
First Ave. Wert
Hattie Ver Steegh
Zack Slocum
Lester Breen
Keete
Otley Reformed Church
First Reformed Church of
Prairie City
University of Iowa Students Nominate Harrison in Mock Convention
On March 18, 1892 University of Iowa students held a mock national convention and nominated Benjamin Harrison nearly three months before his eventual nomination at Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Harrison
University of Iowa
Minneapolis
Ruthven Man Observes 100th Birthday with Barber Visit
S. H. Pedersen of Ruthven marked his 100th birthday on September 25 with several activities including a stop at an Emmetsburg barber shop for a shave and haircut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Pedersen
Ruthven
Emmetsburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cordova News
Roy Karr
Jessie Bruce
Ine Williams
Hugh's
Dorothy
Jane Ann
Edgar
van Arkels
Gerald
Lena
Marla
Diana van Zee
Pella
Lincoln School
Jim Klyn
West Pela
Topper
Otto
Marion
Jasper County
Sadie Hawkins
Edith Okey Flockhart
California
Pearl
Lynnville News
Polk County Federal Savings & Loan
Ays
Keow
Para
H. W. van Pearsem
Otley News
Charles Vander Kolk
ACORD
Elmer Vermeer
State
Legisla
Ture
Vermeer
Vermeer For Representative
Paul Farrer
Earl Pebimann
West 4Th St
Frank C. Warner
Lincoln St
Guernsey
Allis Chalmers
John Deere
Woods Bros
Royker
de Laval
Junior de Laval
International Harvester
Ray Vander Wilt
Connie Vander Zyl
Brooks Klyn
Floyd Vander Zyl
Marion Vander Zyl
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