What the Folks at Sumner Are Doing
Compiled from Sumner notices detailing visits by Hurmence relatives from Elkhart Indiana and Chicago. reunions at W. E. Hurmence home. Epworth League Institute attendees at Clear Lake. travel to Canada. hospital recoveries. local see also social visits and summer outings at Clear Lake and nearby towns. The column records many individuals by name with their connections to Sumner families and nearby cities, including Neighbors, relatives, and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League Convent
Paul P. Pease
Myra
Gertrude
Norman Hurmence
David Chadwick
Stanley Roberts
Epworth League Institute
Clear Lake
Numerous Summer Visitors Fill Sumner Homes
A long list of relatives and friends traveled to Sumner or returned home after Fourth of July visits. Residents hosted guests from St Paul Chicago Cedar Rapids Brookings Joliet Omaha Milwaukee and many Iowa towns, with weekend stays in the homes of the Latimer Lantow Wells and others as they marked Independence Day and summer visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanne Shoemaker
Waucoma
Ben Winks
Sarah Thull
Helen
Waterloo
Sumner
Lewis Llewellyn
Clyde Kemp
Chardan
Iowa
O. Llewellyn
Bonnie Pease
Chicago
Alma Pease
Bonnie
Evanston Academy of Fine Arts
Elmer Grannemann
Ottumwa
C. H. Grannemann
Melvin Fridley
Betty Jean
Milwaukee
Harold Nieman
Dubuque
H. H. Nieman
L. P. Winks
Betty Lou Winks
Clear Lake
L. D. Wescott
Helene Wescott
Viola Younker
Joliet, Ill
Arlie Younker
Decatur
W. P. Duhrkopf
C. C. Crawford
F. C. Ragsdale
Robert Cady
Joliet
George Finley
Henry Bohnam
Aurora
George Cady
Margaret
W. D. Burford
Violet Ambrose
Tripoli
H. M. Karsten
Clair Tibbitts
Cedar Rapids
R. E. Tibbitts
B. A. Finch and
Lamont
Allenstein
Lloyd Wells
Harold Wells
Bay City
Mich
J. P. Wells
Oscar Bartels
St. Paul
J. F. Bartels
E. C. Schildbach
Sterling
A. C. Schuknecht
W. R. McClure
H. G. Dangremond
Luverne
Minn
W. A. Schuknecht
Dean
Til
Ill
Spring Valley
O. E. Bethel
Wilbur
Northwood
E. Amundson
Do. A
George Diercks
Edwin Borcherding
Gwenyth Darrah
Burlington
Fred Borcherding
A. B. Schultz
Wausau
Wis
Randalia
P. M. Sorg
Frances Ragsdale
Allen Memorial Hospital
E. A. Mabon
H. S. Shales
S. C. Sexton
Merlin Sexton
Ralston
S. R. Sexton
Louis Evans
Lyle Beck
O. Goldsberry
Centerville
Elmer Glass
Humboldt
Art Gretty
Helen Grauer
Oelwein
Morris Jacob
Maxine Park
Ryger Farrand
Iowa State University
Iowa City
Mernal Pierce
Grundy Center
Henry Johnson
Esther Klett
Galena
Fern Linn
Goshen
Ind
W. B. Linn
Edna Latimer
Neil
C. J. Mardorf
Ruth
Osceola
Arthur Thompson
Des Moines
Ames
D. N
Austin
Hawkeye
Sidney Root
Charles City
Matt Wagner
Milo Lease
Floyd Fox
Independence
Oran Fox
Paul Aubrey
Winona
Frank Aubrey
Oakland
Mabel Federer
Lake Delavan
Upper Town University
Henry Geyer
A. J. Shotts
Minot
North Dakota
David Stalin
Hamburg
Marilyn
John Lantow
Alfred Lantow
Ray Baxter
Rockford, Ill
Edna Bunch
Martin Lantow
Mankato
B. H. Cottrill and Son
A. H. Wilkening
Readlyn
Ray Wells
Elkader
F. J. Wells
Big Tent Show Promises Aerial Menagerie Display
A mammoth tent venue with seating for over 1 000 will host a grand show. Performances are set for 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., doors open an hour early for guests to view the menagerie. The Great Peters, famed for an iron neck act, will drop 75 feet through a hangman’s noose in a Europe import making its U S debut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Peters
Europe
America
Do Not Beg Rides Message to Youth and Motorists
A cautionary column warns that boys or girls who beg rides threaten society and urges motorists to refuse lifts. The piece emphasizes self reliance, condemning begging as forming a dependent mindset and portraying it as unsafe and improper behavior for youths and drivers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civi
Agai Me
Mora
Sells-Floto Circus to Show at Waterloo
Sells Floto Circus plans a Waterloo engagement on Thursday July 16. A top feature is Tom Mix and his horse Tony with a vast array of acts in three rings and two stages. The bill includes Hobsons Albert Hodgins troupe Schwarz Sisters flying acts the Hugoni Sisters Dangwills Oranto Brothers Suarez Brothers Koban and Berta Beeson plus Wright Duo and more. Five herds of elephants two hundred performing horses and an enlarged zoological department highlight the show. Three special trains are required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sells-Floto Circus
America
Waterloo
Tom Mix
Tony
Riding Hobsons
Albert Hodgins
Schwarz Sisters
Germany
Flying Thrillers
Arthur Concello
Hugoni Sisters
Italy
Dangwills
Austria
Oranto Brothers
Belgium
Suarez Brothers
Mexico
Koban
Berta Beeson
Madcap
The
Wire
Wright Duo
Zoological Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sumnerites
C. A. Hurmence
Ralph Hurmence
Elkhart
Howard
M. J. Messesseroine
V. A. Hurmence
P. A. Smith
Hurmence
W. E. Hurmence
George Rodman
Chilocco
Okla
Evelyn
Robert Hurmence
E. H. Wendland
West Union
Edith Hammer
Vinton
EF. A. Hurmence
Father Churchill
Urban Churchill
Countml
Mercy Hospital
South Bend
Prescott
Father Ferring
Columbia Academy
C. C. Dickman
Anna Hausner
Otto Meyerhoff
Pease
Robert Dickman
Lincoln, Neb
Canada
W. C. Tibbitts
Yvonne
Duhamel
Alberta
E. E. Seers
Heaverlo
Oskaloosa
al Heaverlo
Heaverly
Veterans Hospital
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Kansas City
Jackie Potratz
BE. E. Potratz
Henry Luken
G. F. Pagel
Hazel
South Dakota
M. E. Norton and Son
Minneapolis
M. J. Messesser
Zilphy Long
Dallas
E. F. Lantow
Buechele Lumber Co
Tripoli, Lowa
Thancorp
Ccormick
McCormick - Deering Threshers
Tripol
Mose Firestone Tires
Firestone
Nee
Ford
Gardner
Chevrolet
Armon
Peerless
Ford Enustic
Stud
Chrysler. A
Whippet
Viking
Erskine
Plymouth
Franklin
Hudson
Chandler
DeSoto
Hop’hile
Dodge
LaSalle
Durant
Packard
Graham P
Pierce-A
Ponitiae Stutz
Cadillac
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Willys-Ke
Essex
Nash
Marquette Our Our
Olds
Buick
Auburn
Oldfield
D. Tire
Wm. Ambrose Auto Co
Ford Sales and Service
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