Funeral of Mrs Ellen Colbert Reported in Riverside
The funeral for the late Mrs Ellen Colbert was held Tuesday from her home with a 9am service at St Marys church. Interment followed at Mt Olivet cemetery. Surviving children include seven sons and two daughters with one daughter critically ill. Numerous relatives and friends from nearby towns attended, including Mrs Angie Tobins and Mrs M Harty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colbert
William
Timothy
John
Edward
Thomas
James
Martin
Mary
Katherine
Miss Katherine
Angie Tobins
Iowa City
M. Harty
Lone Tree
Ellen Colbert
Pleasant Hill Social Visits and Family News
Pleasant Hill residents report visitors and gatherings including the Kepharts and Shebecks visiting Baker McCall Wagner Witting and Keating families. Chalupa of Richmond cares for her new grandson at Chaulpa home. Madison Jones visited his brother Harry Jones. Caldwell visits sister Alliman near Sciota. Kephart and Carr hauled stock to Chicago on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Alliman
Sciota
Frank Kephart
A. B. Carr
Chicago
Crone Visitors Call at Shilling Home In Havre
Mr and Mrs Sherm Crone of Washington were callers at the Tom Shilling home Monday evening as the Farmers Union discussed building plans and local activities in Havre on Aug 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Shilling
Mr. Johnson
Washington
Ben Miller
Golia
George Hillhouse
Glennie
Richland
Oscar Dawson
Cedar Rapids
Will Stafford
Havre
Prairie Flower News Roundup Aug 11 Prairie farming notes
Merle Green and Charlie Brinning joined Ralph Scott in Chicago to drive back new Bevins Motor Co cars. Amana colony visitors included C B Mouser, Pickling, Fishburn, Bear families. Miss Mattie McGuire returned to Indiana after a long visit. Threshing finished on the Smith farm as rain arrives to boost corn prospects. Mrs Ralph Scott and daughter spent the weekend with Mrs Mary Scott while her husband was away. Walter E Smith and Horack Helwick Co machines completed threshing early in the week. Earl Smith Co began a 10 day run southwest of Prairie Flower. Farmers praise threshing meals as helpers stay nourished. George Fulton and family visited Dave Benson's home. A pigeon adopts four chicks and nurses them, inspiring reflections on divine love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower
Merle Green
Charlie Brinning
Ralph Scott
Chicago
Bevins Motor Co
C. B. Mouser
Pickling
Fishburn
Bear
Amana Colony
Mattie McGuire
Indiana
Smith Farm
Mary Scott
Walter E. Smith and Horack and Helwick Company
Earl Smith Company
George Fulton
West Chester
Dave Benson
Chicken Yard
God
Crawford in Chicago buys fall stock. local notes
AINSWORTH Aug 2 H G Crawford is in Chicago this week purchasing fall stock. Grover Neiswanger returned home from Des Moines where he was in hospital for treatment. Bertha Williver came home from Arl bernette Iowa after two weeks with friends. Mr and Mrs S S Wilcox and daughter Olive are Keokuk visitors this week. Mrs Francis Parrow is very ill. many friends extend sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
H. G. Crawford
Chicago
Grover Neiswanger
Des Moines
Bertha Williver
Arlbernette
Iowa
Wilcox
Olive
Keokuk
Francis Parrow
Kellogg Tasteless Castor Oil Marketed By Kellogg
Spencer Kellogg & Sons introduces a tasteless castor oil process making the product less nauseating while preserving strength and purity. Physicians and druggists praise the improvement. the oil remains 100 percent castor oil and is sold in tasteless laboratory filled bottles in three sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc
Kellogg
Local social notes record visits and birthdays in Crawfordsville area
Miss Stella Barnett arrived from New York City to visit her parents Rev J F Barnett and family. The Barnetts planned a West Grove trip, while others including Mrs Rebecca Chrissinger and Mr John Neal with daughter Mary were noted visitors in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Stella Barnett
New York City
J. F. Barnett
Barnett
Mary
Ruth Barnett
West Grove
Iowa
Lease
Cecil
Washington
County Churches Host Youth Group Visit and Service
The Prairie Flower young people will lead the Washington B Y P A visit next Sunday at 6 30 p m with Miss Ruth Phillips presiding and the theme Lessons from the Poets Ex 15 1 11 The Bible school meets at 10 a m All are welcome FE A Anderson pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington B. Y. P. A
Prairie Flower
Ruth Phillips
Bible School
FE. A. Anderson
Investigator tests blindfolded walking in circles
A Tennessee investigator conducted more than fifty experiments to disprove the claim that blindfolded people walk in circles. He found all subjects deviated from a straight line as they moved away from the starting point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Relief Promised To Iowa Shippers By Interstate Commission
Washington August 12 The interstate commerce commission pledged quick action to secure adequate grain cars after appeals by Iowa Governor Harding and J R Howard of the American Federation of Farm Bureaus. Proposals include equalizing grain rates between rail and water routes, restoring eastern rail equipment, restricting returned cars to westbound grain loads, and using water shipping for west of Lake Michigan grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Iowa
J. R. Howard
American Federation of Farm Bureaus
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Buffalo
New York
Howard
Lake Michigan
Oil Prospects Near Muscatine Iowa Sparks Leasing Push
August 11 Muscatine county moves toward oil exploration as promoters led by Roy Tooman and the Fagan and Lee Brothers lease about 1600 acres in Sweetland township. Despite uncertainties, locals expect drilling soon after leases and topography favors oil finds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Sweetland Township
Roy Tooman
Fagan
Hartley Banker's Car Identified In Old Event Recalled
A note recalls an automobile once linked to G. E. Knaack, a Hartley banker in O'Brien County, about a year or eighty ago, tying the vehicle to local people and past events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Knaack
Hartley
O’brien County
Description of sugar cane growth and harvest process
The leaves of the sugar cane are long and narrow with hard thick stalks. It resembles corn in appearance but grows taller, reaching up to 16 to 18 feet. When the cane ripens it is cut and transported to a sugar mill for processing.
Hale County Texas 1919 1920 Farm Yields and Developments
The Hale County report highlights Joe Keltner netting 27000 from wheat with 400 head of steers, 270 acres of oats at 62 bushels, I C Lamb raising hogs worth 65000, and A G Hinn building a 225 car load grain elevator finished in 1920. It notes widespread machinery adoption, a 500000 bushel grain elevator plan, Parker and Jarvis netting over 55000, 97 threshing machines plus 50 combined harvesters, and Hale County’s strong rural schools with Texas leading funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Hinn
Hale County
C. Axtell
Texas
United States
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John Florang
Edward Florang
Cornelius Schneider
Louis Knebel
William Knebel
Elizabeth Sanders
Fort Madison
Mary Sanders
Hunter McClelland
James McClelland
Town City
Arnold
Joseph Baschnagel
Fred Frank
H. Thomann
Davenport
M. Thomann
Nellie Ruebsam
The
Citizen's Savings Bank
Victor
Sophieg Rummelhart
Muriel Krebs
Denver
Colo
J. Kirby
Stella
Delphine Rummellhart
Hubertine Kueneman
Geneva Shebek
Mary Saur
Della
Richmond
John Dawn
Collins
Minn
Frances Tischer
Kinross
Magdelena Droll
W. J. Guinan
Parnell
BR. Jacobsmeier
Edgar Meyers
Grace Hill
Will Easter
Lloyd Easter
Arlere
Nebraska
Colorado
John Davison
Roy Davison
Coppock
Pleasant Hill
Alice Townsend
Monticello
Mr. Means
Lee Thompson
Mary Pollen
Long Beach
Cal
Canada
John Neal
Clarksville
Ira
Sterling Holmes
Howard McElwain
Airsworth
Rebecca Chrissinger
Sister
Inlaw
Woodsmall
Winfield
Commerce Comsession
Ing and
Minnesota
Knaack
Bank
Polk County
Belmont
Chihuaha
Mexico
James T. Nash
St. Louis
Litle Bros
Washington, Iowa
Hale County, Texas
Joe Keltner
J. R. Hubbard
I. C. Lamb
Floyd Davenport
Bigler Brothers
Town
Bradford Cox
Parker and Jarvis
B. F. Carter
of Hale Center
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