Monroes Social Notes Toast New School Year
Mr and Mrs Alvin Vandermast depart for Lansing Iowa to begin the new school year. Link Tice builds a new garage and a modern home foundation east of Ed McDuff place near the Hertzog site. Will Hetherington leaves for Omaha to teach violin and sabdphone classes after organizing a local orchestra and band. Household goods go to Des Moines from Moravia friends relocate, and a highway ditch crash near Moravia injures one driver. The group attends a golden wedding anniversary in Harrisonville Missouri for F L Dunkin, with several relatives traveling to Missouri and Kansas City during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Mirror
Alvin Vandermast
Lansing
Iowa
Alvin
Vandermastt
Link Tice
Ed. McDuff
Hertzog
Will Hetherington
Omaha
Will
Methodist Church
Moravia
Warner White
Elmer McKey
W. H. Pickerell
John Pickerell
M. K. Pickerell
Edith
EB. Dennis
Pella
Harrisonville
Missouri
F. L. Dunkin
J. R. Barnett
Mrs. Dunkin
John Wil
Arthur Pickerel
Kansas City
Local Notes From Prairie City and Surroundings
Miss Merle Moore departs for Sigourney to teach history at the high school. Harlan LeCocq returns to Pella after visiting his uncle. Mrs. W. R. Springer and Lorraine visit Oskaloosa. Mr. Springer vacationed in Arkansas City. Miss Carrie Van Der Linden spends a week with A. Van De Lune and attends the fair. Gerrit Van De Lane accompanies her home. The 1918 Ford editor's car was stolen from Epworth League grounds between nine and ten while the editor attended Labor Day events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Moore
Sigourney
Harlan LeCocq
Pella
F. Heimstra
W. R. Springer
Lorraine
L. D. Warner
Oskaloosa
Springer
Arkansas City
Kansas
Carrie van der Linden
A. van de Lune
Gerrit van de Lane
News
Epworth
Minnie Randall
Colfax
Prairie City Road
Ed dyville social notes and church picnic report
Eddyville notes show Will Van Hemert of Pella visiting his uncle Tunis Klein and family. Pella residents Marsh Grant and sister Mrs. Vanderzyl visited. I A Wormhoudt and wife visited H Wormhoudt mother in Pella. Baptist Sunday School and Aid Society held a park picnic with a communal supper and games. A piano recital by Mrs Gerrit Verrips’s pupils drew a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Will van Hemert
Pella
Tunis Klein
Marsh Grant
Fred Vanderzyl
I. A. Wormhoudt
H. Wormhoudt
Sunday School and Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Gerrit Verrips
Favorite Prescription Promises Health For Women
In Cherry Blossom Land rhetoric frames female health as central to beauty. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is promoted as a purely vegetable tonic to cure backache, irregularities, and other womanly ailments, claimed to restore vitality and youth without alcohol. It emphasizes temperance and is sold with labeled free samples and price details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Blossom Land
Pierce
Pane
N. Bey
Des Moines Visitors Share News in Knoxville Area
Miss Mary Forsythe of Des Moines visited Knoxville with Mrs. Lydia Welch and relatives before returning to Des Moines. Mrs. Mae Goldizen and the State Supt. worked in Swan to credit the village schools. Miss Dickey begins her eleventh year teaching seventh and eighth grades in Park Ave. school. The report notes other locals traveling, including Mrs. Dickwood to Des Moines and Mr. Crosby’s family plans in Louisville. A Y M C A outing on the Skunk River involved 14 boys and leaders Rev J E Ward and Robert Avery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Forsythe
Des Moines
Lydia Welch
Mae Goldizen
Swan
William Dickey
Anna
Miss Dickey
Capital City
Park Ave
Dickwood
Cora Reynolds
Wood
Coal Ridge
A. B. Crosby
Louisville
Mary Crosby
Crosby
U S. Income Tax Commission
Robert Avery
Richard Simpson
Skunk River
Pella
Knoxville teachers return to Bussey schools in 1918 19
Miss Lucile Tysseling and Miss Kading with Miss Fry resume teaching in Bussey after 1918 19. Visitors include Mrs. Jane Cassady and daughter Mrs. Hoover from Indianola with Miss Gertrude Cassady. Local incidents cover a dog attack in Lincoln neighborhood injuring a child and Mrs. Jennie Clark, plus a runaway near Coal Ridge injuring W R Van Cleave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Tysseling
Vera Kading
Tressa Fry
Knoxville
Bussey
Miss Tysseling
Miss Kading
Miss Fry
Jane Cassady
Henry Hoover
Indianola
John M. Goldizen
Cassady
Goldizen
Gertrude Cassady
Ft. Des Moines
Miss Cassady
Co. D. O'Neal
Tilden
Neb
John F
Charles Ream
O'Neal
Co. A
Iowa
Nebraska
John F. Ream
Laura Wright
Melcher
Des Moines
Wright
Scott Beaman
Oscar Whitaker
Gilman
Colo
D. C. Belknap
D. C
Daniel March
de Raad
Jennie Clark
Otis Clark
DeRaad
S. M. Magarian
Pasteur Institute
Iowa City
Daughtery
Lincoln
Frank Murphy
W. RR
van Cleve
Coal Ridge
Pella
van Cleave
New Sharon Welcomes Capt Duboc and Visitors
Capt Ray B. Duboc recently discharged from overseas service visited New Sharon last week and appeared well. He joined local friends at the Chris Le Cocq home Sunday with John Sybenga of Pella and family, D R Rubynsburger and wife and son of Sully, and Mr and Mrs Ray Van Maren and son of Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Ray B. Duboc
Sharon
Chris le Cocq
John Sybenga
Pella
D. R. Rbynsburger
Sully
Ray van Maren
Des Moines
Local Social Visits Across Cordova and Nearby Homes
Cordova residents shared Sunday and Monday visits with relatives and friends. Wm Karr home hosted Miss Augusta Cronkhite and Mrs Shilling. Cronkhites and Karr family joined in Knoxville Thursday evening. Leo Taylor, Sibyl Dona hue toured Percy Sunday visiting Lawrence Emerson and family. Mrs Prez DeMoss and daughter of Woodburn spent time with Ralph Hart’s family. Ruby Richerd departed for Sovilla to attend high school. Roy Shilling, Donald and Raymond Shilling joined visits with Lloyd Shilling, Charley Ford, and Donald Ford. Grandma Emerson hosted Sam Martin for Sunday conversations. John Hart and Ralph Hart with Ruth Ann Hart also featured in gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Paul
Harry Cronkhite
Lloyd Shilling
Wm. Karr
Charley Ford
Donald
Ruth Ann
Ruby Richerd
Sovilla
Roy Shilling
Raymond
Charles Ford
Sam Martin
Grandma Emerson
John Hart
Ralph Hart
Ruth
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Monroe
Prairie City
Eddyville
the Journal
F. M. Roberts
Main St
New Sharon
Cordova
Oakland
Dieleman Auto CO
Pella, Iowa
United States
Star Automobile CO
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