Local social notes from Crawfordsville on April 11
Mrs. C. B. Gallagher arrived from Washington to visit her mother Mrs. Sarah Davidson for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gormly returned to Fairfield after visiting relatives. Mrs. Jesse Fordyce of Washington visited Sabbath with Mrs. Davidson. Rev. G. W. Hanna traveled to Washington for the Keokuk Presbytery spring meeting. Frank Macon came from Washington to supervise sale of school grounds buildings. S R Harper bought a house for 300 dollars and will move it near his current home. Alfred Nash bought the shed and J C Husto bought the barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
C. BR. Gallagher
Washington
Sarah Davidson
Robert Gormly
Fairfield
Jesse Fordyce
G. W. Hanna
Keokuk
Frank Macon
R. Harper
Alfred Nash
J. C. Husto
Brighton
Jesse Berry
Mediapolis
Frank Berry
Geo. Matlock
Des Moines
Effie Mullin
Winfield
Oskaloosa
Lizzie Flitner
Mullins
Iowa City
Arthur
Vernon Coffman
Glenn Willits
Washington County Hospital
Cora Winn
Muscatine
L. M. Shyrock
Jeanette Lemley
Waverly
J. W. Lemley
Louise Bolling
Robi. Edwards
Clarence Locke
Henry Speilman
Hazel Shepherd
Ed Shepherd
Olds
Martha Emry
Joe Day
Ralph Mortimore
Parsons College
Rubio Rubio April Rain Keeps City in Waiting Mood
The Rubio area notes prolonged rain with Easter weather hopes. Local sickness improves with Mrs Van Gabby and Miss Sargent recovering. Several residents travel and visit kin as windstorm damages homes and crops, including unroofed corn cribs and broken windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Nordyke
Ottumwa
Tw Rubio Shipping Association
Chicago
Clurch
William Snider
Teachers to Lead Rubio School Next Year
Mrs. Bertha Smith helps her aunt Mrs. William Gatten with preparations as teachers for the next school year are named Miss Helen Pfrimmer and Miss Bonnie Cassady from Brighton. Several local residents report travel and daily routines with notes of town come and go. Members of the Rudolph and Luithly families make weekend visits and observe road damage near Ollie. Peter Rudolph works at the Steinbeck garage with Blanche Steinbeck and Keith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Smith
William Gatten
Rubio
Helen Pfrimmer
Bonnie Cassady
Brighton
Wesley Hollingsworth
L. B
Elias Rudolph
Ekldon
Ollie
Peter Rudolph
Alfred Steinbeck
Blanche Steinbeck
Keith
L. B. Luithly
Pleasant Hill Community News Arrivals and Visits
Birth announced for Mr and Mrs George Howard a son born April 6. Visits unfold as Miss Mable Moore visits Bryan Swift home and families including the Caldwells and Kep hart household. Ladies Aid bake sale planned in Washington on April 15 offering eggs butter cream chicken and cottage cheese near Shermans Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
George Howard
Howard
A. B. Carr
Mable Moore
Washington
Bryan Swift
Lizzie Corbin
Marion Caldwell
Eva Caldwell
Rock Island
Sam Baker
Earl
Will Caldwell
Ed Chalupa
Eugene
Silas Caldwell
Roy Kephart
Cal Beenblossom's
Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid
Sherman's Drug Store
Ainsworth Weather and Community Notes After Storms
Sup Robertson attended the Teachers convention in Oskaloosa. A Saturday night storm damaged Ainsworth with broken window panes at Hugh Hall and Frank Chihak stores and the A Jef fr y home. A windmill tower and a chicken house with 21 setting hens were demolished.Residents endured a stormy weekend amid a fire Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Robertson
Oskaloosa
Hugh Hall
Frank Chihak
A. O. Jeffery
Miss Féin Duncan
Washington
Miles Stearns
Donald Rabhenold
Rena Breed
California
W. T. Marr
FE. R. Rhodes
Evaline
Beatrice
Clarinda
Rhodes
Local Clergy and Visitors Reported in Small-Town Notes
Rev D M Devis of the United Presbyterian church attends Keokuk Presbytery in Washington this week. Mrs M L Miller visits Columbus Junction over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Devis
United Presbyterian Church
Keokuk
Washington
M. Lb. Miller
Columbus Junction
Community notes on visits projects and weather in Brighton
Brighton items record visits from Mediapolis and Des Moines residents, teachers from Winfield and Waverly, school attendance honors, and local storms. The week includes a spelling contest won by Cleone Caldwell, a Legion smoker in Keota, and extensive storm damage with several structures and fruit trees damaged. Residents tend strawberry plants, currants, and seed corn as mold concerns rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Axthelm
American Legion
Ed Helscher
Rolling Green Visitors Reach Washington
Miss Lucille Sheetz and Miss Mary Gregory pupils at Rolling Green school Dutch Creek township visited Washington Saturday. The trip showcased local education ties and social exchanges between students and teachers in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolling Green
Lucille Sheetz
Mary Gregory
Rolling Green School
Dutch Creek Township
Washington
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Liver Aid
Color faded passage claims Olive Tablets by Dr Edwards were created after 17 years of study as a vegetable compound to purify the liver and bowels. It promises clearer skin brighter eyes and relief from constipation with a nightly dose, selling millions of boxes at 15 and 30 cents.
Tragic death of Miss Helen Long at school fire
Miss Helen Long died after bravely fighting a fire that she started while trying to extinguish flames in her garments. The community extends deep sympathy to her parents, brothers, and sister amid the bereavement and widespread shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Long
Miss Long
American Legion Posts Lead in Iowa Growth
Figures through March 31 show Iowa with 33,360 legionaires and renewals at about 200 daily. Argonne post Des Moines topped Monahan Sioux City month, with Monahan second and Hanford Cedar Rapids third, followed by Waterlo o Ottumwa Mason City Marshalltown Davenport Grinnell Council Bluffs. Districts range from 92 percent to 78 percent of 1921 membership. several posts exceed 1921 totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
James F. Barton
Iowa
Argonne Post
Iowa Posts Strive For Membership Lead Ahead of May Push
Iowa battles Ohio for fourth in department standings as Massachusetts, Minnesota, and others follow. Adjutant Barton predicts Iowa will pass 121,000 members before May 1 with many posts still in drives. delinquent members from the April 1 cutoff expected to rejoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Riverside
Donohue
Watlcott
Independence
Manchester
Eldora
Fairbank
Hudson
Owlwein
Waucoma
Marshalltown
Lisbon
Monticello
Walkerm
Mingo
Indianola
Polk City
Corning
Tabor
Mystic
Avoca
Wilisea
Carson
Emerson
Havelock
Ruthven
Kanawha
Lohrville
Kingsted
Templeton
Randolph
Pantine
Merril
Kingsley
Holstein
Wall Lake
Sanborn
Marcus
Supe
Oakland
Delhi
Dysart
Gophers
Hawkeyes
Adjutant Barton
Iowa
Ilowa Legionaire
Camel Trip Butter Story Across Arabian Trails
A traveling tale notes the mater with two goatskins of mic and butter churned by a camel’s rolling stride as he journeys among Arabian tribes seeking sustenance and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mater
Childish Frankieres Enjoys Family Visit and Dinner
A child named Charles spends the day at his grandparents with his parents. After finishing dinner he eagerly wants to play with toys and is prompted to say thank you. He responds with an earnest but quirky line about the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Fincelf
Laundry Work Restored by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Remedy
Taunton Massachusetts woman Mrs Stvta 69 Grant St credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing back and leg pain and allowing her to work in the laundry and manage housework again. She says the remedy helped her feel alive after months of debility and urges others with similar troubles to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunton
Maas
Lydia E. Pinkham
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J. H. Steinbeck
Missouri
Jo Hartnells
Jo Kerrigan
Jo Augustine
Milwaukee
J. A. Luithly
Ardith
Rose Sabasky
James B. McCale
DD. T. Gowey
Jas. McCaleb
Robert
Robert McCaleb
Cue
Cleone Caldwell
Marion Township
Jake Conrad
Lawrence
Samuel Gregory
Florence
Andrew Brown
Curran Baughman
Johnson’s
Royal Excelsior
Dornell
Skinner's
Richard Johnson
Iowa Ave
American Legion Growing
Mareh
Frankieres
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