Portland Gleanings From the Wyat Stott Home Social
A busy note from Portland details gatherings at the Wyat Stott home with C. P. Circle members hosting.Neighbors and families share visits, ailments, farm tasks, and local rearrangements as the community plans for the November 16 meeting at Jas. Sewick’s. A car collision near town caused minor damage with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyat Stott
C. P
G. D. Stone
del Fitch
A. A. Graham
L. B. Daniels
Lewis Larson
Burt
Leona Putz
Harry
Rep
Albert Leek
Grand River
Herman Putz
Irs
Jas
Sewick
Girlie
C. E. Sigshee
Grave Beane
Algona
C. P. Circle
Jas. Sewick
Thermhers
Ted Ringsdorf
Ross
Ring
Jas. Lewick
Portland
Red Cross
Pete Dremmer
Fitch's
R. A. Bleich
Racs Farm
C. J. Bisgard
Ed Wiesk
Will Kregar
Bert Philips
Herbert MacHer
Emil Wiese
Batchester Corner
W.W. Kregar
Id Witske
Jay Grover
Lathan
Ray Walker
Aurelia
Madelin Huber
C. E. Sigsbee
Rowena McWhorter
Sigsbee
Cara
Iowa A Frontier In Civil War Time
Iowa was a sparsely settled frontier in the Civil War era with few counties above one hundred residents and only six cities over five thousand. Transportation was limited with about six hundred miles of rail, no statewide telegraph to Des Moines, and a telegraph line built later from Keokuk to Burlington at state expense for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ivan L. Pollock
State Historical Society of
Mississippi River
Des Moines
Keokuk
Burlington
Germania
Chester
Baby Comforts Growling Infant Notions in Nursery
A mother finds her baby pulling Billy's curls and crying aloud. Billy calmly notes the child merely learns through the discomfort, while the mother rushes to soothe the distressed infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Harperg
Wesley community social notes and visits
Wesley residents report a busy spell of visits and events. Prof Fearing toured with Miss Reese as the Young Ladies Club hosted guests while Mrs Ed Kunz led a large Society of Christian Mothers group. Local trades and travels include Emil Wester’s Wisconsin trip and Curtis visits with T B Peterman. Additional items mention BR S A district convention in Corwith, Clayton Stapler lectures on art, a Saturday market cay sale, and several Algona Britt and Des Moines trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veronica Glenn
Young Ladies’ Club
Prof
Fearing
Miss Reese
Ed Kunz
Society of Christian Mothers
Emil Wester
Wisconsin
Curtis
Wester
T. B. Peterman
Wesley
Julius Studer
Camp Dodge
Braley
Britt
Peter Haverly
Whittamore
Feltham
Mike Wingert
Carmody
Fred Corey
Algona
Ella
Nelson
Waukee
A. M. Anderson
Gardner
Wesley Friends
Wes Laties
BR. S. A
Corwith
Mesdames Ten Felt
Joseph Cosgrove
John Kennedy
Wm. Sturdivant
Mesdames M. M. Robinson
Oscar Franzen
Helen Hanson
Odell Camren
Felt
St. Paul
Navy
Youth's Companion offers 1918 subscriptions with double year deal
The Youth's Companion invites readers to renew for 1918 with famed contributors and serials. An extraordinary offer pairs The Youth's Companion with McCall's Magazine for $2.25, including 12 issues of 1918, remaining 1917 issues, and the 1918 Home Calendar. New subscriptions welcomed at Commonwealth Ave Boston office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Companion
Taft
Alexander Graham Bell
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
John Burroughs
Maursen F. Egan
United States
Denmark
Agnes Repplier
Rupert Blue
Walter Camp
Charles King
Youth's Companion
McCall’s Magazine
McCall's
Commonwealth Ave
Boston
Mass
Conserving Things by Walt Mason Highlights Meatless Weekdays
A humorous verse outlining strict meatless days to aid the war effort. The speaker laments the dull diet and waning spirits as Mondays to Sundays become progressively frugal, hoping the sacrifice weakens the foe and supports the front. The piece blends satire with wartime food-saving rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt. Mason
Wilhelm
Blistering Blessing From The Country Soldier Sock
At American Lake cantonment a soldier received socks knitted by his sweetheart. While riding a long bike he developed severe foot pain and had to quit. A surgeon found nothing wrong until the sock was turned inside out and a wad of paper fell out containing the message God bless your poor tired foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Lake Cantonment
Doldier
Jon
Noisy Nights and Marital Missteps in Humorous Verse
A humorous verse requests a law against nighttime noises as the speaker seeks sleep. The piece describes a noisy night with animals, street sounds, and a guitar, then shifts to a minstrel joke about a southern man seeking a divorce after marriage.
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W. J. Denton
Kruse
Lamoreux
W. A. Wise
the Farmers’ Co-Operative Society of Wesley
Wm. Spangler
Hotel Lamoreux
A, H, Weber
California
Rock Island
Golden State
Scenic Colorado
Salt Lake
el Paso
Ray
Jake Elman
Milton ,Pringle
G. L. Dalton, Cleth
Merk Farm
Jersey
John A. Miller
Matern & Kunz, Auctioneers
Guy M. Butts
Walt Mason
Darkey
Sam
Liza
Yassir
Bosa
Hyarybody
Many 8 Church
Oda Joba
Devil
Ginger
Washington
Chicago Daily
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