Local residents share summer visits and travel updates
Supt. and Mrs. R J McNelly and two sons returned Monday from Clear Lake Iowa where they visited over the weekend. Numerous residents, including Miss Hilda Miler and Miss Ethel McKeegan, arrived home for summer vacation from Mitchell and Milwaukee. Other travelers were Frank Large to Onawa Iowa and Mr Mrs F E B Corwin to New York. Several families moved or planned outings to Wisconsin Minnesota and South Dakota with Farm Bureau activities noted in Sioux Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. McNelly
Clear Lake
Iowa
Ethel McKeegan
Milwaukee
Wis
John McKeegan
Big for sale and wart ads in local classifieds
Local notices list cobs, potatoes, ducks eggs and baby chicks for sale or rent. Modern homes with garage advertised by Rock Valley Lumber. plus welding and machine services by Greiner Bros. Crazy Crystal sale items and regional social notices fill the page with community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Valley Lumber Company
PLATO TOWNSHIP NEWS ITEMS
Placed as a social column, the report lists multiple Sunday visits among local families. Cecil and Mrs Smith of Rock Valley visited Edwin Miller. Fred Gayer and family and Herman Dierks visited John Heuer. Ernest Miller and family dined with Clifton Moore near Alvord. Decoration Day guests in Simon Barron’s Doon home. Simon Vander Schaaf and family at Edward Degen’s near Alvord. Vander Schaaf visitors in George Bartlett’s near Ireton. Iris Johnson and family visited Hans Moeller. John Tank and F C Dierks families visited KR Dierks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Relander
River Falls
Wisconsin
Laverne Relander
St. Paul
Alvord News
TEMS
Wm. Mulvihill
Ellsworth, Minn
T. J. Frexbyen
Plato Township
Cecil Smith
Rock Valley
Edwin Miller
Fred Gayer
Herman Dierks
John Heuer
Ernest Miller
Clifton Moore
Alvord
Simon Vander Schaaf
Simon Barron
Doon
Simon van Otterlon
Near Alvord
Edward Degen Homse
George Bartlett
Ireton
Iris
Fred Johnson
Hans Moeller
John Tank
F. C. Dierks
KR. Dierks
Novel Alibi Fails On Great Western Train Attack
Melvine TM Mock of Manning Iowa faced charges after he climbed into a Great Western train cab near Carroll and struck fireman Ed Abrahamson with coal. Engineer Spaulding kept the train at 60 mph as Mock fought the fireman before being subdued. He confessed to intoxication and assault and battery, receiving a sixty day sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvine
Mock
Manning
Iowa
Omaha
St. Paul
Carroll
Ed Abrahamson
W. W. Spaulding
Fnally
Carroll Mack
Mack
Magnet to Recover Lost Drill at Sibley Wells
Workmen sinking the central shaft of Sibley municipal wells in Oseedla county lost a drill. A large electric magnet is being prepared in Des Moines to recover the tool and will be shipped to Sibley for lowering into the shaft. The operation will pause until contact is made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibley
Oseedla County
Des Moines
Cyclone Delivers Peculiar Note From Maxwell Area
A Maxwell Iowa story notes a tornado bringing an odd feature as a farmer’s son finds a fluttering paper in his yard after the storm. The incident occurred when the youth, visiting a friend about three miles away, picked up the note dropped by the wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell
Story County
William
Troop
Cyclone Hits Home Lands Family Unscathed
Young Troop notes his father's name on a piece of paper as a cyclone tears through his area. He rushes home to find the barn twisted from its foundation the house damaged and other outbuildings demolished. The family escape unharmed. The cyclone also carries his own news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit van Nimwegen
Alton
Rock Valley
Gerrit
the Democrat
van Nimavegen
Alton Democrat
Elsie ¥. Clark
Burlington
Clark
Clark Home
Young Troop
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary
Inene Tuynmag
Mitchell, S. D
Hilda Miler
Mitchell
Harold
Frank Griffin
Salem
S. D
Mas. Grifin
Frank Large
Onawa
Towa
Mrs. Large
F. EB. Corvin
Richard
State of
New York
Henry Ver Wey
Town City
The
State University
Minnesota
Jerry Steck
Lone Rock
Steck
Leslie Walpole
Steve Dedewaard
Alex Heyman
G. van Nimwegen
Farm Bureau
Sioux Center
Dick Geeman
Armour, M. D
Geeman
Valley Poultry Yards
Armour
James. Griffin
James Vander Poel
Canby
Minn
M. C. Waite
Storm Lake
Mors
A. J. Pritts
H. E. Hastings
Sioux City
Market Report
Poeswine
Fanny
Benson
Leo Grossenbarg
H. J. Driesen
Stanley McKeegan
Dick Steck
Greiner Bros. Super Service
Tows
E. Wright
Sam Miedena
Dave Vander Pol
Boyden
W S. Bogart
Catherine Nelson
Torkelson
Hudson
Anne Vander Pol
Guardian
Owen Manning
Martin
Larchwood
Gerrit Vander Brink
Inwood
Winifred Hill
John Vander Plaee
Juliana Martin
Gerrit Van’t Hul
Bernard Walhof
Bernard
Mike van Duy
Ciimion
Bee
Cinton Herald
Mary Quinlan
Rochester
Mayo
James Quinlan
Gerrit Vugteveen
Miss Quinlan
J. DeJongh
Odams
Nebr
DeJongh
Hannah Vanderbeek
DeJonghs
J. Men‘ning
Rock Rapids
Minard Renshaw
FL. Renshaw
Wenatehee
Washington
Seattle
Minard
Columbus Hospital
Delixe Bloen
Stock Valley
Reorganized Security National Bank of
Delko
First National Bank of
Sheldon
Order of the Eastern Star
Hull
H. C. Miller
Gerdes
Miller
Guillet Grove
Consolidated
Ocheyeden
C. H. Schemmer
Albert Klemoux
Doon Rendering Works
E. Roorda
H. Roorda, Jr
Bessie Roorda
Sioux Falls
Amy TePaske
Ralph Board
Quincy, Alleh
Ursula Manning
Columbus College
D. J. Scanlan
Algona
Flc Scanlan
ML Gacke
Lou Erdmann
Milford
Afr
Wm. Wenzel
Near
Muriel Rogers
Cherokee
St. Akars's Academy
Marcella O'Meara
Inalle Bannon
A. M. Bradley
Valley
A Levens
Miss Thoring
D. W. Thompson
Alvord-Corn Huskers
C. J. Barron
J. F. Kelley
Josephine Goldsmith
Carrton
Orpheum Theatre
Buster Grabbe
Frances Dee
America
SUN
Paul Lukas
Loretta Young
Ire
George O’brien
Zane: Grey's
Rock Valley Creamery Co
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