Local notes from the Hendersons and neighbors
Seventy six lines report visits threshing help and shopping around Keota Washington and Keota areas. Families mentioned include the Hendersons Hills Powells Mayers Romines Linings and Morisons. Rain delays threshing and a rodeo drew local attendees during the week. Ellen Morrison returned from Chicago and will stay with her parents E D Morrison for the rest of summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Morrison
Chicago
Art Institute
Mrs
E. D. Morrison
Petition to sever territory from Columbus City limits filed
Former State Senator Jonas D. Buser and six residents of Conesville filed in Muscatine district court seeking to detach specified territory from Columbus City. Other plaintiffs include Cleveland, Guy, Moyle, Roy W. Jean and Freeman Estle. Funeral services for Margaret Whitaker were held at Gladwin church with burial in Beauchamp cemetery. Surviving relatives listed. Local residents visit and hospital notes among Columbus City and Morning Sun figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Jonas D. Buser
Conesville
Muscatine
Mr. Buser
Cleveland
Guy, Pean
Leonard Moyle
Roy W. Jean
Freeman Estle
Margaret Whitaker
Margaret Warnstaff
Gladwin
Ten Years Ago Today Visitors Stay With Local Families
Ten years ago today Mrs. Glen Shinabarger and her son Robert of Philadelphia are guests at the Alex Lytle Boyd Berdo and Hollingsworth homes. An ad for Peen-a-Mim chewing gum laxative and Oh Boy Root Beer promotes thirst quenching. Weather notes predict partly cloudy skies tonight and cooler temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Shinabarger
Robert
Philadelphia
Alex Lytle
Boyd Berdo
Holingsworth
Wellman Notes Crop Outlook and Local News for Aug 6 1928
In Wellman Iowa area crop conditions show oats needing dry weather, potatoes rot in ground, corn promising a bumper year, and farmers report favorable crop progress. Local residents include Messrs Schroeder, Schneider Brothers, Mackey, Glider, Arthur, Perrin, McCrabb, and Bell Jr with various travels, visits, and business tied to farms, banks, and service stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Louis Schroeder
Williamb Ourg
Iowa
F. (. Schroeder
W. F. Emde
Er. N. Foster
Washington
Schneider Brothers
Iowa City
Harry Kennard
E. H. Mackey
Alfred Glider
Marengo
Mackey
Glider
Wellman Lodge
Larence Arthur
Everett Perrin
Cedar Rapids
Oxford
Max McCrabb
Kinross
Eardley Bell, Jr
Jackson
E. N. Foster
Grinnell
Beatrice Anderson
Mark Anderson
Russel Winegarden
Grand Junction
Colorado Springs
Colo
H. D. MacGuein
John Madtingin
S. U. IT
Carl Blumenstein
Standard Oil Co
Park Griggs
Carl
Kansas City
Frank Snavely
J. G. Wehrle
Mid- Continent Petroleum Corporation
Turnipseed
Ryan
Mack McReynolds
J. A. Ryan
Mary Nick
Ruth Endicott
Davenport
Leslie Turnipseed
Sigourney Hospital
Una Ayres
Perry Ayres
Chicago
Orlo Green
Chapins to Play at Berdo's Barn In August
Local notes report Chapins will perform at Berdo's barn on Thursday night August 9 with other community visits. Mrs. Amos Durst visits West Chester to spend the day at the Ferguson and Hewitt homes and join a paying celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapins
Berdo’s Barn
Amos Durst
West Chester
R. Co. Ferguson
KL. Hewitt
C. H. Davis
Jean Schlatter
Wayland
I. E. Coffey
Mildred Craig
J. B. Coffey
West Chester letter on farm bill and political critique
Dayton correspondent vents at Al Smith and farm policy, mocking party politics and inflationary costs. He recalls past farm prices, suggests farmers unite to influence markets, criticizes campaigning, and likens politics to a joke and bootlegging. Gas prices rise as he predicts crop yields and hogs extend gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
al Smith
Hfe
Coolidge
al. Ann
United States
Washington County
Confirmation class of Swedesburg holds pictures in Washington
Rev. O. A. Elmquist led 19 in his Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran confirmation class to Washington for photographs. The group includes Louise Lindeen Ralph Krantz Walter Johnson and others. The new brick Swedesburg church replaces a former white church struck by lightning and this is the first class confirmed since dedication two weeks ago. Nearby visits include W. W. Morrison and Elmer Morrison in Chicago with relatives in Monroe Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Elmquist
Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church
Washington
Louise Lindeen
Ralph Krantz
Walter Johnson
Frederick Hult
Maynard Peterson
Bernice Woline
June Woline
Marie Lindeen
Harold Langer
Roger Langer
Chester A. Morgan
Helen Johnson
Marcile Lund
Margaret Anderson
Marjorie Olson
Violet Bergstrom
Helena Johnson
Arditharson
Nene Benson
Swedesburg
Wanted at once good used piano
Homer Stephen prints a notice seeking a good used piano. Several local residents are mentioned visiting relatives and traveling between towns such as Williams burg Crawfordsville Webster City Washington Ft Madison Keokuk and West Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good
Homer Stephen
Walter Willson
Junior
Jane
Webster City
Washington
T. H. Berdo
Ft. Madison
Keokuk
Notable local visits and travels in Washington area
Max Orr, recent Cincinnati School of Embalming graduate, visits his Columbus Junction parents after a Washington stop. Mrs. D. R. Munro and daughter return from Davenport. Mrs. Verne Madden and sons return from Des Moines. Several residents travel to Chicago Des Moines and Dublin, with Creston and Burlington mentions, plus visits from Rev. Andrew Hills and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Orr
Cincinatti School of Embalming
Cincinatti Ohio
Columbus Junction
Washington
Mrs Orlo Page Dies in Mt Pleasant Hospital
Mrs Orlo Page of just west of Wellman died in Mt Pleasant hospital last week. Funeral services were held in the M E Church in Wellman Saturday and she was buried in Elm Grove cemetery in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlo - Page
Wellman
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
M. E. Church
Elm Grove
Washington
Crossett Plans Two Week Vacation From Iowa Utilities
Roy Crossett will take a two week vacation from Iowa Southern Utilities. He and his family will travel to Minneapolis next week. Meanwhile Cedar Rapids families Mr and Mrs David Pugh and children Eugene and Warren and Mrs Sarah Pugh of Williamsburg visited the Anwyl and Duncan households on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Dupuis
Ruth
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
Roy Crossett
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Minneapolis
David Pugh
Eugene and
Warren
Cedar Rapids
Elmer Pugh
Dorothy
Richard
Sarah Pugh
Williamsburg
Nave Anwyl
Wil) Duncan
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Fox
Adolphe Menjou
Comedy
Carl Laemmle Pare
P.G. Wodehouse’ Great Story
Mabel Horning
Stanleigh Henderson
James
Bart Gregory
Lloyd Hill
Bobby
William Hill
John Powell
John Will
Henderson
Gam Henderson
Hazel Huber
William Shaeffer
John Mayers
Darlene
Llord Miller
Betty Jean
Keota
Keneth Bell
George McDonald
Frank Pulver
Hilton Gregory
George Mayers
Frank Romine
Albert Dayton
Albert Olinger
Harry Huber
David
Arthur Romine
Francis Romine
Martha Butler
Mr. Johnston
Beauchamp Cemetery
Rosa Manley
Fairfield
Fannie Patterson
Mies Marie Schmidt
Waterloo
J. C. Neiswanger
FE. BE. Huff
Columbus City
Muscatine Hospital
Frank Deford
Rock Island
Wm. Deford
Robert EK
Queens
Jennie BE. Duncan
Cedar Falls
Sher
Emnora
Eollege
Agnes Francis
C. N. Johnston
Jennie Baird
Mary
Gladys
May Sterritt
Des Moines
Rd Hudson
Morning Sun
Elsie Freeman
J. Fred Moore
Robert Paird
Netta Moore
GEO. L. McDaniel Druggist
Old Homestead
Thompson’s Sanitary Market
East Side Square
Sitter
Cal Sehurr
Detroit
Michigan
Sigourney
Terry Moore
Mr. Schurr
Juanita Rosenbalm
D. J. Freeman
W. A. Shannon
Ode Ferguson
R. C. Ferguson
Lucile Jones
Crawfordsville
Emma Bennett
J. D. Dayton
W. W. Morrison
Elmer Morrison
Jack and
Elmer Jr
Monroe
Louisiana
Enna Jettick Health
Pawl Setka
Raymond
Arnold Pedersen
L. G. Hogan
M. E. Dicken
Bessie McCoy
N. L. Long
Pleriee Schultz
Bryan Coakley
D. R. Munro
A. B. Dicken
el Reno
Oklahoma
Andrew Hills
Tonnawanda
New York
The
Valley Church
Dutch Creek Township
O. Stoner
Samuel Evans
Rees Davis
Newt Davis
Wyman
J. D. Robertson
Bluford, Ir
Mr. Robertson
D. D. Robertson
Dublin
Joe Hart
Burlington
Della Neil
Frank Smith
Burlington Depot
Jesse
John Winja
Winfield
Keith Molesworth
Monmouth
Ill
Ed Gray
Margaret Hanlon
Howard Richardson
Margaret
Richardson
Graha Theatre If
the Legion of the Condemned
Fay Wray
Gary Cooper
Arts Cafe
Washington Cleaners
South Side Square
We Clean
Wisie Long
Prop
al Grocars
Cone
Tas
John Shields & Sons
C. S. Lemmon Optometrist
Clark & Enslin
West Side
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