Union town news and events highlight week
Union reports include a successful children's day at Christian church, a large crowd at market day with band meals raising $80, and Miss Carrie Fouts closing a fine district No. 3 term. Obituaries note Mrs. E. W. Smith's passing, with five children and husband left to mourn. Local society details cover Wednesday club officers, measles, visitors, and community happenings across Timber Valley and Point Pleasant districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Union
Carrie Fouts
Union Township
Elizabeth
Henry Chapin
Myrta Hunt
Anna Hagy
Maud Doty
Com
Allie Packer
Treas
Eva Pentman
Eldora People Attend G A R Encampment and Visit
Mrs J A Miller attended the G A R encampment in Mason City last week. Mr and Mrs Geo Lane and son of Eldora visited the G F Cobb home Sunday. Vern Square spends summer vacation at Aunt Mrs G F Cobb. C F Miller attended I O O F memorial services in Marshalltown Sunday. Mrs C H Boynton returned to Strawberry Point after a two week visit. Mr and Mrs W Barnard were in a serious accident returning from Eldora when their horse carriage upset after frightening at Mr Greer’s automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Community health and church fundraiser notices
Will Ziesman and Mrs. Wilhelm Ziesman are listed as sick. Henry Ziesman Jr. shows a new bogey while Walter Danger works for Wil ls Wehrman. Rev. Plumb and wife visited from St Anthony. Children’s day exercises are planned at Rough Woods on Sunday June 26. A basket and ice cream social for the Rough Woods church will be at Henry Ziesman’s Tuesday evening June 21. Everyone is invited to bring baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Danger
Wills Wehrman
Plumb
St. Anthony
Rough Woods
Point Pleasant
Henry Ziesman
Various Town Visitants and Family Gatherings
Mrs Alice Jackson spent Monday in town on business. Dr and Mrs Burgess were Sunday at the David home. Miss Minnie Whitney returns home from Sibley. Mr Urmson visits relatives from England. Mr Bighme has W W Jones occupy and T R Holmes paints his house. Mr and Mrs Russell Laferta of Dows visit Gardner home. Robt Bennett from Chicago stays with H Bennett. Miss Lydia Pagel travels through town to Eagan S D from Chicago. Mrs James Harp visits with son Oliver and Alden friends. Children celebrate father J Combellick’s 80th birthday at the family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Whitney
Hillsdale Farm
Clark Whitney
Ethel Whitney
David Olson
Glen Flora
Wis
Robbie Meeker
Alice Jackson
Mrs. Burgess
David
Minnie Whitney
Sibley
Mr. Urmson
England
Mr. Bighme
W. W. Jones
T. R. Holmes
Russell LaFerta
Dows
Gardner
Coos Robt. Bennett
Chicago
H. Bennett
Lydia Pagel
Eagan
S. D
James Harp
Oliver
Alden
J. Combellick
Franklin County
Grant Oler
Fred Gatewood
Lawn Hill Social and School Notes
In Lawn Hill and nearby areas a series of local updates covers illness within Mr. Hunts family and Mrs. Henry suffering a severe cold. Meetings at the parsonage, visits from Mrs. Guire of Conrad to L. A. Johnson, and upcoming Children’s Day services at the chapel.
Local Social Notes From Eldora and Surrounding Towns
S. BE. Lathrop conducted business in Eldora Tuesday. Claus Rose and family of Hardin City visited Mr. Hurd Sunday. Everett Kreminga and sister Lena visited Geneva on Sunday. Jess Johns has his house painted by KE. F. Bedford of Iowa Falls. Mrs. Gardner, two weeks at Hazelton, returned Friday. O. EB. Reece and family spent Sunday with their parents at New Providence. Mrs. Bedford of Iowa Falls, visiting her sister Mrs. W. F. Clover and other relatives, returned home Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. BE. Lathrop
Eldora
Claus Rose
Hardin City
New Providence
Bedford
Iowa
W. F. Clover
Local residents visit kin and travel notices
S D Andrews and wife were Hub bard visitors Sunday. L B Swaggart was a business caller at Nevada Saturday. O E Reece and family of Abbott were Sunday visitors in this locality. L R Adamson and family of Bangor visited at the O A Rubottom. Miss Kate Thompson, attending school in the south, came home last week. Mr and Mrs Tanzsy of Sherman township and Levi Rubottom visited in the Chester neighborhood Sunday. G F Thompson was in Oklahoma last week visiting his brother and considering locating there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D. Andrews
Hubbard
L. B. Swaggart
Nevada
O. E. Reece
Abbott
L. R. Adamson
Bangor
O. A
G.F. Thompson
Oklahoma
AT THE CHURCHES AND TOWN NOTES FROM ELDORA
Announcements list Sunday services at Pleasant chapel near Lawn Hill and Presbyterian, Baptist, and Congregational churches with morning and afternoon sessions. Also notes about residents moving to Eldora, local businesses, a firing at a creamery, new river launch, and a wedding plans in Alden with Bertha Bennett. Includes Davis & Moser selling Wheeler screens.
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Ganvass Indian
Herald
Cleves
Etta Ulfers
Rev. Smith
Kossuth
A. N. Gerdes
Rev. H. Gerdes
Lennox
Ludemann
Germany
H. Bunger
Emery
J. A. Kreger
Clear Lake
Robertson
Nellie
Simpson
Dennis
Ott
J. W. Stobser’s
Fred Klocow
Iowa Falls
Jim Klopp
Buckeye
Hayid Club
Pleasant Ridge
W. Barnard
Cecil Corbett
Jennie Whitney
C. M. Tucker
Zelma Strothers
Mary Ingram
Robert Miller
Marshalltown
Mrs. M
Pearl Ward
Ridge
Mr. Barnard
Mr. Greer
Minnesota
Timber Valley
Anna Mitchell
Lillie van Patter
Frank Hoyt
Meeker School
J. D. Bickel Co
Wilson Drug Cu
Eldora Junction
J. A. Miller
Mason City
Will Ziesman
Nina Wilson
Henry Ziesman Jr
Wilhelm Ziesman
Iit
Mart
Lawn Hill
Mr. Hunt
W. M.S
Bethel
Eidora
Dan Hooker
Laura
Pearry
Fairview
Pleasant Chapel
Presbyterian
Cross
Presbyterian Church
Baptist
Rev
Stanley
Methodist
Geo. B. Shoemaker
Congregational Church
Hadley
Providence Township
Jos. Wallace
Wilson Drug Co
B. BE. Purcell
Mben Prothroe
Iowa River
C. EB. Greer
Grundy Center
Grundy
Jas, C. Gillispie
Tracr Star-Clipper
Bertha Bennett
Mississippi River
St. Paul
St. Louis
Davis & Moser
Wheeler
Louis Harnest
Vansville
Ind
Hollister’s
Rocky Mountain
Sele
Dr. White’Electric Comb Co
Decatur, IL
Tebe N.R. van Avery
Quick, CO. Burling
Eldorn
P. Harteey
J Michael
Secor
Callidark
Jackson Bros
W. P. Hartley
the Telephone Appliance CO
Madison Ave
Dept. F. A. D
New York City
Albert A. Leverton
Steamboat Rock
Lowa
Glearing Sale
Wellsburg
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