News of Nearby Towns Harvest Weather and Visits
The district enjoyed fine weather and a good threshing yield. John Moody and family visited Otis Clark and family last week. Greely school opens Monday with Florence Elis from Givin as teacher. Residents attended the county fair play last Thursday. Dick Van Gorp and Frank Bartlow made business trips Saturday. John Moody Sr and daughters Rebecca and Nellie visited the Moody home in Oskaloosa on Sunday.
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John Moody
Otis Clark
Greely
Florence Elis
Givin
Frank Bartlow
Jno. Moody Sr
Dughters
Rebecca
Nellie
Oskaloo
John van Haalen
Harold Wilson
Laura Stoner
Ernest Wilson
Spencer
H. A. Phillips
W. A. Philips
Des Moines
Professor Phillips
J. M. Gilbert
Roll Ward
Runnells
Nebraska
New Sharon News Highlights Involving Travel and Welcome Home
Mrs C A Post returns to Kirksville with husband, others travel to Albia, Keokuk and What Cheer visit relatives. Omaha visitor Harvey Jacobson travels to Keokuk by auto. E G Miller plans to make Excelsior Springs home for health reasons. Local marriages and property improvements noted, plus a farewell to Rev Hueser before wartime departure and Sparks reunion details. A vandalism-related auto theft scare ends with cautionary warnings.
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C. A. Post
Kirksville
Albia
John Steen
Nellie Mimmelaar
Patterson
New Jersey
Vanderschaal
Harvey Jacobson
Omaha
Nebr
C. J. Klinker
Keokuk
Iowa
Hattie Galbraith
Lewis Shroyer
E. G. Miller
Excelsior Springs
Wilma Lawrence
Helen Williams
Clear Lake
Miss Lawrence
Mitchell
Dak
Miss Williams
Wm. Linstead
Mary Martin
Des Moines
Taintor
J. F. Leonard
Washington
Hattie Alford
Putnam
Okla
Nicholson
Taintors
Arthur Hueser
Claude Longaker
Sparks
Old Settlers’ Park
J. W. Potter
Traer
Trulove Sparks
Marshalltown
Hackett
Grinnell
Lyle Sparks
Eddyville
Prairie City Brief Entry Messy Birth Note
Fragmentary Prairie City item notes a birth announced by a family, with names and details too garbled to confirm. The legible fragments indicate a newborn and parental references but lack coherent identifying data for a full card.
Knoxville News Highlights Local Family Trips and Wartime Notices
Mrs J L Young and children from Sioux City Iowa visit Knoxville relatives. Marsh Black returns from Des Moines hospital and expects improved health. Wetherall the Knoxville printer called to colors may enlist. John Hall family expands western tour planning Utah visits. Lucile Tusseling departs to direct Mt Pleasant Utah schools. Sniff family farewells as grandson Lee Gardner sails to Newport RI. Phil Schell rises to foreman with De La Hunt Sewer. Grace Neely visits Knoxville with cousin Catherine Fuhr. Howard Taggart serves with U S Engineers at Vancouver WA en route possibly to Russia. Wilma Taggart sustains arm fracture in accident. Jacob Bayless birthday celebrated with friends. McMillen family visits from Tribune Kansas. John F busy with 80 acres of soup beans for harvest and possible shipment to France. Navy beans rising in popularity with Army and Navy nicknames.
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J. L. Young
Wilson and
Donald
Sioux City
Iowa
Carroll Times
Carroll
Colors
John Hall
Attica
J. H.hall
Olathe
Colo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Lucile Tusseling
Mt. Pleasant
Denver
Colorado Springs
J. C. Sniff
Des Moines
Lee Gardner
Naval
Newport
R. I
de la Hunt Sewer Company
Knoxville
Phil
Grace Neely
Jacob Neely
Henry Neely
Neely
Catherine Fuhr
Macomb
Howard Taggart
W. E. Taggart
Co. C
Fourth Corps
U. S. Engineers
Washington Township
Dubes
Finarty
Jacob Bayless
William Bayless
Tuluca
Ill
Geo. J. Dennis
Jacob
D. A. Thompson
J. F. McMillen
Tribune
Kan
B. J. Marke
James Forest
Forest
McMillen
McMillens
Kansas
John F
France
Navy
Army
Wormhoudts at Pella in steady spell of visits and delays
Eddyville notes show Mr. and Mrs. I A Wormhoudt visiting Pella for business and family matters while Mrs. Wormhoudt visits his mother. The opening of the new public school building has been postponed due to late equipment. Other items include a tractor trial at the electric plant to cut fuel costs and several local visits and social gatherings.
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Mrs. I. A. Wormhoudt
Pella
Mr. Wormhoudt
Mrs. Wormhoudt
Henry
Tennis van Zante
Geddas
Lake Andes
John Wynberg
Leighton
Ladies’ Society
The
Christian Reformed Church
Henry Vanderpol, Jr
Vanderpol
G. W. Cummings
D. van Loon
Local officials change as marshal resigns and duties shift
A. DeWild, longtime marshal and street commissioner, resigns to become watchman at Rock Island arsenal. A. L. Surburn acts as marshal amid new instructions to curb weed growth. Mayor Lamis emphasizes enforcing weed-cutting while civic routines continue. Nearby residents Lloyd Waters and family visit relatives, attend events, and travel between Ottumwa Des Moines and Huntington, while Dr. Eppie S. McCrea and Mrs. J. B. Wylie return from a three week trip including Burlington, the Mississippi boat ride, Twin Cities resorts, Rochester clinics, and a cool pleasant spell.
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A. DeWild
Arsenal
Rock Island
Ill
A. L. Surbner
Lamis
Lloyd Waters
N. B. McNeese
Lloyd
Ottumwa
Fred Waters
Fred
Huntington
W. Va
Des Moines
Eppie
S. McCrea
J. B. Wylie
Burlington
Dubuque
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Twin Cities
Rochester
Minn
Epple
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Cuamberlan
F. D. Stubenrauch
Books for Mahaska Co school supplies cataloged
Vander Linden's Bazar advertises a complete line of school books and supplies for rural Mahaska County schools, offering to supply districts, teachers, and students with educational materials.
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Mahaska CO
Mahaska County
Vander Linden
BAZAR
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