Illness Update and Local Visits Highlight OCA News
H Palmer is seriously ill at home after a blood transfusion and preparing for surgery. Social notes mention Mrs. Floyd Blankenhorn of Crawfordsville shopping locally, and Mrs Ruth Anderson Johnson of Alhambra leaving for home. Visitors include James Van Nostrand and Virginia Wilson of Newton and years of travel among Des Moines Riverton and Chicago residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Palmer
Cities Service
Floyd Blankenhorn
Crawfordsville
Ruth Anderson Johnon
Alhambra
Calif
C. W. Southwell
Tommy Anderson
Des Moines
G Alabama meeting to be held Tuesday afternoon
A meeting in G Alabama is set for Tuesday afternoon at a hall after ? o'clock. M. Thompson is named commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ala
M. Thompson
Kerrs welcome granddaughter Martha Ann Manning
Local notes report Mr and Mrs W R B Kerr have a new granddaughter Martha Ann Manning daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell Mannine of San Clemente California. Martha Ann has a sister Dorothy Jean. Raph Shannon returned from a week long business trip to the northern part of the state. Mrs K L C Crawford takes a week vacation from J C Penney Co store. Ed Conner also takes a two week vacation from J C Penney Co. Mr and Mrs Stover of Keota shopped here today. Jim Adams and Walter Bennett of Keota were in town today. Miss Pearl Hamil is ill and unable to work at J C Penney Co store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KL. C. Crawford
J. C. Penney Co
Ed Conner
Stover
Keota
Jim Adams
Walter Bennett
Pearl Hamil
Myrtle Owens
Ina
Harold
David Owen
Coulterville
Julia Darrow
Chicago
R. J. McCleery
K. A. Kilpatrick
St. Paul
Keokuk
G. R. Bruce
Walter Cline
Sone
Cyril
Theodore
Silvis
Ill
Trenton
J. E. Milan
J. Luke's Hospital
H. Krudenier
Marence
Monmouth
U. S&s. Ramadale
Columbus City
Mary Thompson van Horne
H. J. Church
West Side
Edith Faris
H. J. Ward
Harold Faris
Hallie M. Ward
Jimmie
Mrs. Ward
Burlington
Mr. Ward
Fort Dodge
Bertha Benda
East Pleasant Plain
J. H. Kennedy
Chris
John
Mary
Hazel Statler
Graham
Faye Swickard
Elore
Henry Sendbeuhler
Davenport
Curtus Landers
Stockport
Verne
Fred Hahn
H. F. Griffin
Gerald Creas
E. EB. Blythe
W. HH. Cress
Frank Salladay
Myron
W. Ingram
Carrolton
Patricia
Alice R
Seevelt
Joneworthh
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
United States
Theodore the First
Roosevelt
Franklin
Theodore Roosevelt
Hoover
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Teddy
Theodore, Jr
Philippines
Franklin D
al Smith
Hope Hale edits Love Mirror from Columbus Junction
Martha Butler reports that Hope Hale, former Columbus Junction girl, has become editor of Love Mirror a national magazine she started in New York City. The piece traces Hale's career from Corcoran Art School to Life magazine promotion and her writing in Spicy Stories and College Life. It notes her marriage to Claud Cockburn and mentions local society visits and a Pine Brothers Aviation company organized in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Hope Hale
Corcoran Art School
George Washington University
Stuart Walkers Repertory Theaters
Europe
Plain Talk
Washington
Life
Spicy Stories
New Yorker
the Bookman
College Life
Love Mirror
Hope Hale i
Claud Cockburn
London Times
New York City
Campers Tour Midwest From Des Moines To Ipswich
Milburn McKay Maurice Mayo and Harold Schneider began a multiweek camping trip near Cone with stops at Spirit Lake Pipestone Minn Huroy and Miller S D Ipswich S D and Lake Koronis during a fishing laden journey. Several locals returned from weekend visits and business trips across Iowa Chicago and Des Moines with updates on crops and weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milburn McKay
Maurice Mayo
Harold Schneider
Cone
Winfield Smouse
Claire Dewey
Des Moines
Spirit Lake
Pipestone
Minn
Huroy and Miller
S. D
Ipswich
Aberdeen
Pigousville
Lake Koronis
Plainsville
Orlez
Speer
Della Brookhart
Chicago
Faye Holland
Barton Peel
Mt. Union
Ida Patterson
Ainsworth
Della Miller
Merle Green
Fairfield
Bliven Family Reunion Set for Columbus Park
The Bliven family reunion is scheduled for Sunday at Columbus Chautauqua Park. Miss Martha Smylie plans to attend the University of Iowa summer term. Mrs. John Nash and her son from Cedar Rapids visit the former's sister Mrs. Wubert C. Jatner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bliven
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Martha Smylie
University of Iowa
Mis
John Nash
Cedar Rapids
Wubert C. Jatner
Ten Years Ago Today Local Hog Prices and Weather Tale
Ten years ago today Harry Whittaker haggled and secured W. W. Mills of Keo to run his blacksmith shop. Hog prices topped at five dollars. Weather was cloudy with showers likely tonight and Tuesday, followed by warmer conditions on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Whittaker Hag
W. W. Mills
Keokuk
Rain Interferes With Inter-city Tennis Meet
Rain disrupted part of the inter-city tennis match between Washington and Muscatine. Washington players posted solid scores as Tommy Cantoni beat Alya Runyon 6-4 6-4, Cline and Little won doubles 6-2 6-4, while Cline led 6-1 4-0 before rain halted play. Harold Sehneder led 6-4 4-3 with three points in the next game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Muscatine
Tommy Cantoni
Alya Runyon
Cline
Little
Ashalter
Harper
Schneider
Harold
Kenneth Cline Henry Little
Harold Sehneider
Bill Hesseltine
Dayton Grove Social News From July Activities
Dayton Grove reports neighbors gathering for Sunday visits with the Forish and Sears families near West Chester. threshing work begins with favorable weather improving grain quality and yields. multiple residents hosted or visited kin including Moore, Harlan, Anderson, Knotts, Embree, and Campbell households in Washington and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
Wm. Embree
Fred Foriash
West Chester
Harry Camppbell
Herman Sears
Harry Dusenberry
Wa. Embree
Mabel Harlan
Lyall Moore
Mrs. Anderson
Near Washington
Harry
Knotts
J. B. Moore
Harry Anderson
Albert Dayton
Washington
Riverside Ladies Aid entertains with a July Riverside gathering
Members of the Sharon Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. K E W Ford home in Riverside for an afternoon program and pot luck dinner. Guests from Nebraska Iowa Michigan and Missouri attended including Mrs Whisler Mrs Hirt Mrs Armstrong and others. A surprise party honored Miss Marie Pesler on her seventeenth birthday with gifts and a slumber party later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Sharon Ladies’ Aid Society
KE. W. Ford
Whisler
Omaha
Nebr
Laura Hirt
Eileen
Hills
Rose Armstrong
Reinbeck
Iowa
Misa Ida Cavender
Washington
Gladys Phelps
Detroit
Mich
Howard Bailey
Euniecé
Leona
Maxine Kessler
Kalona
Joseph Stransky
L. K. Kates
Marie Feasler
Lyle Fessler
Marie
Roy Gerot
Eon Robert
William Gerot
Peter Gerot
George Gerot
Guy Feeler
Muscatiu S
Join Riggs
Leo Grimm
Iowa City
Charles Windess
Flake
Mildred
Pauline Flake
Lone Tree
Marshalltown
Magdalen
Mello Schnoebelen
Des Moines
Schnoebelen
Elizabeth Shebeck
B. Jacobemeier
August Begins in Iowa with Autumnlike Weather
Des Moines August 1 Iowa opens the month under fall like skies with lingering overcast and showers. Rainfall was widespread across the state with stations reporting over an inch. Keokuk led at 4.16 inches followed by Cres ton 3.98 and Marshalltown 3.00 inches. State highs reached around R&T degrees at Decorah and cool lows of 59 degrees at Estherville and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Keoku
Creston
Marshalltown
Pocahontas
Ottumwa
Boone
Towa City
Indianola
R&t
Decorah
Estherville
Cedar Tapide
Wanted Vmodeen House on Pavement Six or Seven Rooms
Classified note seeks a house on pavement with six or seven rooms preferably with a double garage. Respond to A. VT care of Journal. vaars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vmodeen
A. VT Eare
Journal
Farm Bureau Officials Meet to Discuss Problems
Officials of the American Farm Bureau Federation gather in Chicago for a session on finance and membership. Charles F Hearst chairs with Daisy Williams as secretary, and speakers include R W Brown M S Winder M C Townsend James Moore Edith Wagar and others from Missouri Illinois Michigan and Minnesota. The meeting continues through Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Charles F. Hearst
Marshalltown
Daisy Williams
Des Moines
Seasion
R. W. Brown
Columbia
V. Vadman
M.S. Winder
Chi Cneo
M. C. Townsend
James Moore
Indianapolis
Edith Wagar
Lansing
Mich
George DB. Kennard
Mitchell
OF. K. Beeler
V. Ripley
St. Paul
Charles Schuttlern
Local residents share travel and family news
Mrs. F E Berry returns from two week trip to Battle Creek and Chicago. Tucker and Bicher crew win trips for selling cars and auto parts. Hillsboro couple visit Alfred Faulkner home as daughters Wilma and Irma return home. Ed Bambrick family and C K Snyder family also visit and return. Carl Roberts travels after sister Miss Mary Hoover dies in Ypsilanti with funeral held there. Washington girls head to Wapsie camp near Cedar Rapids. Richland Clara Smith and Louise Allen, Kalona Sylvia June Maxwell apply for wedding license. Donald Wheelan and Pat Kailey visit Davenport to see Leonard Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Berry
Battle Creek
Mich
Chicago
John Tucker
Terry Marsh
Tucker & Bicher Earage
Davenport Zone
Ed Bambrick
Evelyn
Seymour
C. K. Snyder
Dorothy
Wellman
Carl Roberts
Ypsilanti, Mich
Mary Hoover
Virginija Shannon
Clara Smith
Louise Allen
Richland
Willard Marvin Hole
Sylvia June Maxwell
Kalona
Icense
Donald Wheelan
Pat Kailey
Davenport
Leonard Bailey
Local Social Notes From Iowa City And Surroundings
Key Weeks returns to Iowa City after visiting Dr. W D Dwyer. Miss Josephine Stewart and Miss Vera Harvey spend the weekend here visiting while attending summer school at Cedar Falls. Miss Martha Crone goes to Des Moines to visit sisters Arabelle Crone and Mrs Lester Carson. Mr and Mrs Jess Busby travel to Ames to visit his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Stewart
Vera Harvey
Cedar Falls
Martha Crone
Des Moines
Arabelle Crone
Lester Carson
Jess Busby
Ames
Mr. Busby
Also Mentioned on This Page
Katherine Brush
Saturday Evening Post
Sean Harlow
Chester Morris
McKesson
OCA
Smith W
Brookhart
Joe
Myrtle Poole
T. J. Brookhart
Senator Brookhart
American Legion
Port Doder
James van Nostrand
Virginia Wilson
Newton
Ross van Nostrand
Charles Long
A. B. Bernacchi
Leonardy
Harry Watkins
Lillian Crone
Titonka
Mae Crone
Despin @s
Irvin Koenig
James Quint
Gladwna
Mila
Chu
Kunath East End Grocery
North End Grocery
Farmer's Cooperative Exchange
Martha Butler
Dave Livingston
Bobby
Chiccago
Winterset
Mrs. Livingston
Loretta
Agnes Wheelan
Miss Decely Wheelan
Owen Williamson
B. Howell
Washington Cafe
Helen Bailey
Tko O. L. McDaniel Druggist
J. C. Moore
Rosevelt
Pre’ Theodore Rossvelt
Farm Bureau
Meet
Bob Lytle
Art Jones
Jackson
Sumner
Mia
Adda Daviness
Mae Esther
Packwood
Washington Cleaners
South Side
Wisie Long
F. A. Williamson
Hillsboro
Alfred Faulkner
Wilma
Irma
Westphal
W. Davis
W. D. Dwyer
Macon
Tucker & Eicher
Chevrolet Sales & Service
Washington Co
Pereasa
John Shields & Sons
Dixie Pep
Wens
DO Azzep
Washington Oil Co
Washington, Iowa
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