Numerous summer activities noted around Iowa Falls area
The column lists family gatherings and outings across Butler and nearby towns. Lyle Morgan, Bert Castor, Miss Edith Smith, the Johnsons, Nellie Seabury, Fred Clark’s family, and others join picnics on riversides and at friends’ homes. Local stores and jobs shift with summer months while church revival efforts yield new members and renewed energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Morgan
Iowa Falls
Bert Castor
Alden
Edith Smith
Brother Logan
Ackley
Johnson
Ard
Berlin Farm News Notes This Week
Wet weather hindered farm work as R L Hartman lost a horse last week. Elmer Fosgle and wife celebrated at Ackley on Saturday. Reynolds Hayden and wife visited Elmer FPeaster's Tuesday. J L Stare and wife visited C W Townsend's Sunday. A J Hayden sold a pair of colts to a man at Abbott and delivered them there last week. Rev Matealf filled in for Rev Gallagher and preached a very good sermon Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Hartman
Elmer Fosgle
Ackley
Reynolds Hayden
Elmer
J. L. Stare
C. W. ‘Townsend
A. J. Hayden
Abbott
Matealf
Gallagher
School Board Officers Reelected In Annual Eldora Meeting
A. B. Hutchins and wife and O. H. Johnson drove to Eldora Wednesday for the annual school board meeting. A. J. Hayden was reelected treasurer BF. A. Courtney was elected president and Ed Ward secretary. C. W. Townsley retired after twenty years as secretary. Ed Ward resigned as director and R. L. Hartman was appointed to fill the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. BE. Hutchins
O. H. Johnson
Eldora
A. J. Hayden
BF. A. Courtney
Ed Ward
C. W. Townsend
R. L. Hartman
Farm Loan Offers At Lowest Rates By J K Mather
J K Mather advertises farm loans at the lowest rates of farm security and invites calls to discuss options before loan placement. Dr Gethmin and wife and N R Van Avery and wife were in Iuwa Falls Friday. G W Parks bought the Ziesmaan restaurant and plans a first class short order house, promising proper operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. KR. Mather
Dr. Gethmin
N. R. van Avery
Iuwa Falls
G. W. Parks
Ziesmaan
Parks
Jones Siding Spirit Encourages Local Boom and Unity
A town booster piece urges residents to embrace Jones Siding pride and keep business local. It praises home industries and civic spirit, calling for residents to advertise the town and attract settlers and investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones’ Siding
Local News Bits From Spirit Lake And Town
Mrs Jennie Allen spends the week at Spirit Lake. A house and lot for sale via Mrs Ripley. A daughter born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Fred Dale. John B Starr and Mrs Geo Starr attended Steamboat Thursday. W M Ziesman and wife sorrowful death of their little son born June 30. Bess Hartman and Bess Walsh visit friends in Iowa Falls. E A Brown of Tarledo visited J A Landis. Bijou hosts bashfulness cure night. C Fordyce of Cedar Rapids visits his daughter Mrs C M Merritt. The Queen of the Arena circus reproduction at Bijou tonight with Mr and Mrs Arry Brookover visiting from Des Moines. Mrs C B Albrook and Mrs G W Ward return from three months in Europe. Board loaned funds action noted in proceedings. City council to curb and pave public square soon. Shooting gallery complaints of late hours. Mrs Jno T Boylan departs for Webster SC to visit husband. Mrs John Crabbett and Avonel Burlingame leave for Spirit Lake. Mrs Joe Fagg kicked by cow with possible rib injuries. Ed Ruxton knocked by hogs and cut forehead near railroad bridge. dressing by Dr Keeneman. Geo Starr has ground ready for new front at store now occupied by C E Petty and Mrs Fagg. Beams support second story. plate glass front planned. Entrance to lobby to be floored with prismatic glass. Brown mission wood, green filler and red marble base. Show cases arranged around walls. Starr plans to occupy room once current lease ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Allen
Spirit Lake
Ripley
Fred Dale
John B. Starr
Geo. Starr
Steamboat
W. M. Ziesman
Bess Hartman
Bess Walsh
Iowa
E. A. Brown
Tarledo
J. A. Landis
C. Fordyce
Cedar Rapids
C. M. Merritt
Arry Brookover
Des Moines
Jno. T. Boylan
Webster
S.C
John Crabbett
Avonel
E. Burlingame
Joe Fagg
Ed Ruxton
Northwestern Railroad
Jasper Street
Keeneman
Ruxton
C. E. Petty
Starr
How Moody Got Out of It at Northfield Conference
D L Moody led a noon conversation hour for about 100 men under a Round Lop tent. He asked who could bear to have faults told, then rebuked a young minister for speaking thirteen times in twelve days, prompting a rebuke and Moody’s blush before he confessed he did not raise his hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody
Northfield
D. L. Moody
Mr. Moody
Fragmentary Verse Fragments From A Humorous Exchange
Readable lines hint at a dialogue between Mr Wornbill and Mrs Hornbill about style and a dress. The text mentions Carlyle, a hogfish metaphor, and a distant sense of time. Limited readable context leaves the exact publication and full meaning uncertain.
Spoiling a Romance in a Rural Elopement Tale
Hattie Cowper and Zed Green plan a dramatic elopement to spark romance at the farm, but a thunderstorm and a stubborn bull derail the plan. They abandon the midnight escape, return home soaked and chastened, and marry six months later in a quiet ceremony.
The Man Who Introduced People in London
George Atherton, an American visitor to London, talks with a well-dressed stranger on Hyde Park bench about introductions at court and the social gates. Tredegar, an American in London, reveals the stranger’s links to high society and a harsher view, noting that real access might come only through notoriety or murder, with Calcraft the hangman as a grim figure in the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Atherton
London
Hyde Park
Atherton
England
America
Tredegar
Criminal Court
Calcraft
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Nellie Seabury
Bertha Barnes
Allmer
Fred Clark
Hytela Frazier
Whitten & Whiteheads
Marshalltown
C. BE
Honey Creek
Burt Wirth
F. Z. Whinnery
Hurb Lenley
Wilson & Chapins
Glenn Rowley
Star Oflive
James Tisdale
State Center
Zearing
George Hauser
Hauser
Union
Bible Clues
R. S. Roger
Christian Church
S. Vines
Conrad
Oscar
Sam Lepley
Wood & Son
Lepley
Elmore
Minn
Chain Lakes
Lou Rogers
Bangaur Township
Stanford
Wednesday Club
Dillon
Peterson Farm
M. FE
Tom Hauser Jr
Jane Humphrey
Jenninga
P. H. Humphrey
Ed Humphrey
Humphrey
Nathan Ball
Robertson
Grace Strahorn
Hazel Green
Sam Brown
Jay Bennett
Ackrey
Stella Windecer
Ella Stotser
Ethel Shaner
Clide Huse
Radcliffe
Lew Eldrid
West Branch
Elizabeth Wilson
Thomas Wilson
Geo. Shanner
I. Klopp
Mr. Shanner
Jackson Township
E. L. Cross’ Grove
Eagle City
Berlin
Europe
Chicago
Jones' Siding
Home Industries
Mr. Wornbill
Mr. Hornbill
Carlyle
M. Quad
T. C. McClure
Misa Hattie Cowper
Zavd Cireen
Zed
Tuttle
Noale
Wehtaing
Huttle
Zeke
Mde
Hattie
Fiimer
Yad Green
Fnally
Horace Gaylord
Kiduru
Haiye
Shailenb
Sila Hospital
Wright
Wilbert Shallenberger
Oakwood Boulevard
Ill
Drexel State Bank
Advertia
C. E Gunner
Winchester
Bonntle Babcook
Owasa
Frank Jackson
Owana
A. D
Board of “Directors
Aymer D. Davis
Southe
Weat Corner
Court House
Herbert A. Huff
Flice First Door
Hoyal Eldora, Towa
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