Locals Five room house for rent and visits this week
Locals note a five room house for rent with inquiry directed to Mrs. Anna Wilson. Rob J. Brewster made a business trip to Esbow this Thursday. John Loring and P. E. Kalman report new potatoes May 31. G. W. Jones and daughter of Belleville visited Sunday at the C. W. Elliot home. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Godfrey of Topeka were here last week visiting friends from Friday to Sunday. Mrs. J. A. Freeburg went to Kansas City last Friday to visit her son Stanley Schwahn and Mrs. Schwahn. Mrs. C. F. Erickson went to Concordia last Friday to be with her sister, Mrs. Aug. Johnson in the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Jones
Belleville
C. W. Elliot
W. E. Godfrey
Topeka
J. A. Freeburg
Kansas City
Stanley Schwahn
Schwahn
C. F. Erickson
Concordia
Aug. Johnson
George Holmes Returns Home From Nebraska Farm
George Holmes, who worked on a farm near Kearney Nebraska for months, came back home last week. Go to the Princess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Holmes
Kearney
Nebraska
Travel notes and local events in Auto Livery area
A. Ellingson heads to Kansas City for a postmasters convention covering Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri. Miss Harriette Boggess also travels to Kansas City for relatives and friends visits, with trips to Excelsiors Springs. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Sjoholm joined Jamestown residents for the Alumni banquet and returned home. Mrs. Chas Magnuson hosts the Dorcas society at the Lutheran church parlors on Friday June 13 from 2 to 5 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Ellingson
Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Harriette Boggess
Excelsior Springs
A. W. Sjoholm
Jamestown
Chas. Magnuson
Dorcas Society
Lutheran Church
Oliver family visits Belleville relatives
Mrs Wm Oliver and daughter Vivian of Washington Kansas visited relatives in Belleville and spent the day with Adolph Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Oliver
Vivian
Washington, Kans
Belleville
Adolph Nelson
Local Notes On Visits From Area Residents
Miss Edna Roberts arrived from Courtland on Wednesday to visit friends. George Nimocks attended a Shriners meeting in Lincoln on Wednesday. Mrs. D. Kershner traveled from Concordia for Decoration Day and stayed with the G. W. Nimocks home until Tuesday. Miss Norma Bogegess from Kansas City visited her parents, the F. E. Boggess family. Mrs. Eliza Nondorf returned from a week with her daughter and son in law, the Gertsons in Lovewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Kershner
Concordia
G. W. Nimocks
Gulick’s Offers High Grade Coffee at Low Price
Local ad notes Gulick’s selling high grade coffee at cheap prices. Social items mention Mr and Mrs PP Steveland visiting from Randall last Friday. Patti Brueckwell stars in Pitfalls of a Big City at the Princess Saturday. Charlie Hicks buys John Hallgren property KE. M Boggess rents Gransted residence and plans to move next week. Mrs A R Galloway and Grace of Courtland visit C E Wyman home Sunday. Coins used as targets noted as a pastime with a warning about penalties for defacing money.
Miss Charlotte Sparrowhawk Visits Wakefield Kin
Miss Charlotte Sparrowhawk of Wakefield arrived Monday to spend the week with her sister Mrs. O. B. Githens and Mr. Githens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Sparrowhawk
Wakefield
Wakeeney visitors and local Commencement attendees noted
R H Webbs of Wakeeney formerly with Linn and Daniel son visited the firm here on Wednesday. Miss Leonora Paul and Mr Mrs A D Paul of Jamestown with Herbert and Florence Perry of Randall attended last Thursday’s senior class commencement. Presbyterian ladies social postponed to next Wednesday serving two to six in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Webbs
Wakeeney
Linn and Danielson
Leonora Paul
A. D. Paul
Jamestown
Herbert
Florence Perry
Randall
Decoration Day visitor from McDonald Kansas remarks on crops
Harry Hallenback of McDonald Kansas visited for Decoration Day and reported crops in his area looking fine but needing rain which he suspects has since arrived in abundance by now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hallenback
McDonald
Kansas
Mrs Zora Garber Visits Kansas City Relative Ties to 89th Division
Mrs. Zora Garber returned Sunday evening from Kansas City where she visited her nephew who came home with the 89th Division from France. She also met Iver Norden, a local member of the same division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zora Garber
Kansas City
France
Iver Norden
Mrs Ostberg Hosts Beckman Family Farewell
Mrs Ostberg entertained Q Monday evening in honor of the Beckman family prior to their departure for California. Attendees included Miss Josie Nelson, Mr and Mrs B E Beckman and daughters Madeline and Winifred, Mr and Mrs Albert Larson and children. A two course luncheon was served.
Representative Smith Backs Good Roads Plan At Courtland
Swan dia agtoed to Courtand on Wednesday of last week in the interest of good roads. Representative J. J. Smith said many road hustlers favored a single Highway benefit district across the country and urged listeners to hear his explanation of the good roads plans. Courtland Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Smith
Swandia
Courtand
Great Love at Princess Theatre July 4
David W Griffiths special Arterart picture The Great Love shown at the Princess theatre July 4. It is praised as one of the finest by the master producer and a revelation on English war conditions. Henry B Walthall Robert Harron and Lillian Gish lead the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Griffith
Princess Theatre
England
Henry B. Walthall
Robert Harron
Lillian Gish
Strayed sow and pig from Mellen farm near Norway
A black Poland China sow and one pig are missing from the Mellen farm located one mile south of Norway. Notify Mrs. A N Mellen. Farmers Phone 1223.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
China
Mellen Farm
Norway
A. N. Mellen
Farmers
Grand Island Business College Ad in Nebraska
An advertisement for Grand Island Business College in Grand Island Nebraska promotes the oldest largest leading business training school in the West. It invites readers to request a free catalogue and highlights its standard net price of 70 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Grand Island Business College
Grand Island
Nebraska
Miss Lorraine Wooster Bans Face Powder in Kansas Schools
Osborne Farmer comments on a Kansas tale where Lorraine I Wooster alias Lizzie Wooster, a tete superintendent, decrees no female teachers may use face powder cosmetics or conceal aging with hair color, suggesting the rule is hypocritical satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine I. Wooster
Lizzie Wooster
Kansas
Lorraine
Osborne Farmer
Farmers Union Mutual Hail Insurance Ad
Farmers Union members insure growing crops with Farmers Union Mutual Hail Insurance Company for protection not profit. Call R. M. Glenn at 716 Courtland. 21-tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers _Union
Farmers Union Mutual Hail Insurance Company
R. M. Glenn
Courtland
Mrs Adolph Nelson Hosts Mrs W M Oliver in Honor
Mrs Adolph Nelson entertained Monday afternoon in honor of Mrs W M Oliver of Washington Kansas. Guests included Mesdames Oberia Ryan C K Wyman G W Nimocks KE P Ahrens Josephine Nelson and Mrs D Kershner of Concordia. Mrs Laura Lowers of Clyde has rented the Berggren residence on north Kansas Avenue and plans to accommodate part of the commercial trade here. Lowers, with years in hotel and boarding house work, aims to establish a local business presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Nelson
W.M. Oliver
Washington
Kansas
Mesdames Oberia Ryan
C. Kk. Wyman
G. W. Nimocks
KE. P. Ahrens
Josephine Nelson
D. Kershner
Concordia
Laura Lowers
Clyde
Berggren
Kansas Avenue
Lowers
Peoria Fireman Visits Scandia Friends Before Denver Meeting
A. W. Hanson of Peoria Illinois halted in Scandia for a few days visiting former friends. Hanson works as a fireman for a terminal railway company and is en route to Denver for a national meeting of his order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Hanson
Peoria
Illinois
Scandia
Mr. Hanson
Denver
Scandia Erects Cement Flagpole Plaque and Family News
The new cement flag pole base at Scandia bears an inscribed slab crediting O F Werner for inscription and finish by Adolph Nelson. Mr and Mrs Stoktes return from a two week Oklahoma and Kansas trip visiting children in Newkirk Osage City Topeka and Kansas City. Mr Sjoholm and wife report an enjoyable tour noting numerous oil wells in Kansas and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
O. F. Werner
Adolph Nelson
Ada Hawkins Birthday Party Highlighted by String Web Game
Mrs. Hawkins hosted a Monday birthday gathering for her daughter Ada with a string weaving activity ending in sacks for games. A two course lunch followed as Mrs. Hawkins and helpers Miss Ella Hawkins and Miss Lois Tebow organized guests including Harriette Boggess Louise Smith Georgine Preble Mable Berggren Mamie Johnson Gladys Nylund Lena Vandeveer Norma Boggess of Kansas City and couples Mr and Mrs G P Plotner and several Messrs Moe Holler Tebow Davis Johnsonions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgine
Preble Mable Berggren
Mamie Johnson
Gladys Nylund
Lena Vandeveer
Lois Tebow
Norma Boggess
Kansas City
G. P. Plotner
Messers
Paul Moe
Ernest Holler
Fric Tebow
Elmer Davis
Louis and
Earl Johnson
Fewer Grasshoppers This Year in Iowa Survey
Entomologists from the U S Department of Agriculture report a milder grasshopper season in southwestern Iowa. A small number of eggs were laid last fall and most were destroyed by parasitic insects and natural predators. Poisoned bran reduced egg counts on treated farms, while nearby fields remained heavily infested. Peanut butter five pound pail sold for $1.25 at Star Grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Domestic service course aims to lift home work standards
The Young Women's Christian Association promotes a standardized domestic service program for women. The course covers plain cooking, waiting on table, sewing, child care, menus, and laundry. Graduation certifies qualification for home duties and independence in recreation hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women’s Christian Association
Young Worner's Christian Association
Los Angeles
Cal
Man
Lot
Young Women's Christian Association
YWCA Inaugurates Training Courses for Home Assistants
The Young Women's Christian Association starts day by day home assistant training in New York City to dignify domestic service. Workers will clock eight hours daily for 15 dollars a week, not living with or eating with employers, with a lunch hour spent offsite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women's Christian Association
New York City
Miss Marion Porter Decorated With Church War Cross
Miss Marion Porter of New York City received the Church War Cross for moral and spiritual contribution to the war. She has served over a year at a hospital center in Vittel, France, as representative of the YWCA in charge of a nurses' club there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Porter
New York City
Porter
Vittel
France
Aus
Y. Wlc. A
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John A. Freeburg
Anna Wilson
Rob’j. Brewster
Esbow
John Loring
P. E. Kalman
O. N. Bettis
South Seas
Ness
Rush
Samel
Chicago
the Bank OF Scandia
G. W. Nimocks, Pres
J. H. Sandell
Cashier
Gulick’s
Edna Roberts
George Nimocks
Lincoln
The
Shriners
Norma Bogegess
Mrs
FE. M. Boggess
Eliza Nondorf
Ed. Gertson
Mr. Gertson
Lovéwell
Steveland
Gladys Brueckwell
the Princess Saturday
Charlie Hicks
John Hallgren
KE. M. Boggess
Gransted
A. R. Galloway
Grace of Courtland
C. E
Uncle Sam
Mroo
John Stok Tes
Newkirk
Stone
Osage City
Woom. Johnson
August
Oscar
Sjoholm
Star Grocery
Bobo Tits
the Farmers and Merchants Bank
Ellis WM. Clarke
Cy Dawkins
W. Co. A
John Deere
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