News Notes From Dayton Grove and Nearby Towns
Dayton Grove notes cover visits to Marengo and Iowa City, local travel by residents, sick lists, and gatherings at Lexington Methodist Sunday school. J G C meeting at Florence Gass’s home includes officers Florence Gass president Dorothy Disney secretary Bessie Ferguson treasurer plus a visiting guest Geneva Casey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
Will Embree
Harry Dusenberry
Billy
Marengo
Glen McCall
Bessie McCall
Iowa City
Florence Gass
Marguerite Ferguson
Bessie Ferguson
Albin Knotts
Pilotsburg
Geneva Casey
Ferguson
Lucile Strum
Lexington
Lexington Methodist Sunday School
Sprague
Geneva Blattner
Mildred Leet
Lucile Strom
Dorthy Disney
Local Roundup Reports Fair Attendance and Farm News
Ed Simmering shipped a cow from Havre to Chicago via the Farmer's Union last Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Frank Kephart and Mr and Mrs Chas Kephart attended the Columbus Junction Fair. Simmering and Kephart helped Dewey Coffman thresh Tuesday afternoon. Cal Beenblossom lost a horse last Tuesday. Several neighbors are at the Columbus Junction fair today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Simmering
Farmer's Union
Havre
Chicago
Frank Kephart
Chas
Kephart
Columbus Junction Fair
Dewey Coffman
Columbus Junction
Cal Beenblossom
Pleasant Hill Social News Highlights
Kari and Rey Kephart and families and Rev B W Pettit visited Homer Kephart's home. John Putnam and George Chalupa families and Fred Chalupa spent Sunday at Ed Chalupa's home. Mrs A B Carr returned from Illinois. Will Caldwell and daughters visited Bryan Swift. Neighbors attended Scotch Highlanders band concert in Washington. Some attended the Columbus Junction fair. Sam Baker's children have whooping cough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Sam Baker
Les MecCreedy
Iowa City
Geo. Ebner
Mr. Farrington
Leo
Rank Embree
M. D. MccCreedy
Paul Mundt
Sarah E. Warner
John Godlove
Harold Godlove
Embrees
Chas. Hazen
Washington
Frank Ullrich
Mapleton
Iowa
J. C. Mathers
Gregory
Childen
Zene Edwards
Walter Nicholson
J. KB. Booth
Ethel
Dunbar
Wis
J. L. Sands
Lydia Reed
L. Twinim
Beulah Meridith
K. L. Binney
Ralph Stafford
Fred Iseman
Burlington
Walter Moehn
John Sutton
Middletown
Crawfordsville social notes and local visits
Visitors from Huntington Beach and Washington DC stayed at the Huston home. Local children had tonsil and adenoid surgery in Washington. Residents attended the Columbus Junction fair and several families visited relatives here and in Winfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Will Lease
Muscatine
Mary Lease
T. E. Maxwell
Execelsior Springs
C. B. Martin
J. R. Lease
Mina McCleary
Winfield
Ellig Kongable
West Chester Highlights Local Life and Plymouth News
Aug. 10 notes from West Chester show J Coffey returning from Chicago with son Wilson amid widespread building in Chicago and Iowa City 189 new houses while rural areas lag. Readers discuss college costs and farm wages as towns expand and communities visit friends, attend picnics and church events across Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ott
Oskaloosa
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Brighton Social News Roundup From Aug 11
Brighten notes from Brighton Iowa recount visits by Mrs Glenn Gowey of Medford and others, local trips to Richland Des Moines and Fairfield, several engagements including marriages and births, a Ladies Aid supper raising funds, booster day plans for Sept 8, travel to Minneapolis and Lexington reunions, and community events across multiple families and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Glenn Gowey
Medford
Wis
Richland
Parental & R. Gowey
Chasey
O. W. Knappe
Waverly
Rex Brier
Jimmie
Washington
Janie Harris
Ernest Rudolph
Fairfield
Kate Snyder
C. R. Thomas
Ed Bierman
Des Moines
Jesse Berry
Mediapolis
Frank Berry
Floncene Parks
W. S. Parks
Iowa
M. E. Church
Minear
Marjorie Follen
J. R. Elder
A. R. Gowey
Oskaloosa
Roscoe Bartlett
Goldie
Minneapolis
Shourney
C. L. Stone
Chauncey
Memphis
Wellman Notices of Visits and Local Accident
Mrs F D Snavely and daughter Maxine returned from Des Moines after two months studying music. Mr and Mrs L P Utter and Mary left for Westboro Mo after a week with Geo Struble. Eardley Bell Jr and Cochran were en route to Chicago. Cochran later lay unconscious near the Ossman residence from a fall caused by a loose telephone wire. Fred Schroeder took the Durant auto agency, using his former Ford space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Maneys
Merle Munson
Chas. Crawford
Morning Sun
Chas. Steninger
Lee Taylor and Son
Fairbanks
Iowa
M. €. Struble
Iowa City
Minnie
Arnold von Soene
Erma Nesmith
John
Emma Booth
West Branch
Mary Crossett
Washington
Aline Taylor
Hugh Graef
Colorado
Burrel Mackey
J. R. Crossett
M. E. Crossett
Geo. Struble
L. P. Utter
Westboro
C. M. Cross
Crawfordsville Social News Reported Visits and Family Updates
In Crawfordsville on August 12 visitors included Mr. and Mrs. John McClelland of Selma California at the J J Anwyl and J H Lease homes. Hazel Anwyl touring Ottumwa and Centerville. Grace Lease back from Ft Madison. Mrs Luther Gormly and Eva return from a two week Colorado Springs trip. A two year old Riley child improving after illness as teeth cut and neck gland swelling subsides. Monday of this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
John McClelland
Selma
Calif
J. J. Anwyl
J. H. Lease
Hazel Anwyl
Ottumwa
Centerville
Grace Lease
Cecil
Ft. Madison
Luther Gormly
Eva
Colorado Springs
Colo
Walter Orris
Jess Riley
Unusual Spasm Pattern Targets One Side
Report notes three spasms affecting only the body side that bore a new tooth and enlarged gland, indicating a localized neurological response rather than a general disturbance. Medical observers seek to correlate the side of facial changes with motor symptoms for diagnosis.
Iowa Hogs Exported to South Africa From Iowa
The first shipment of purebred Iowa Duroc-Jersey hogs will be sent to South Africa. Prof H H Kitchee of Iowa State College oversees purchases for Transvaal University at Pretoria. Prof A M Bosman ordered the stock and Mr Kildee arranges translation and logistics for the voyage. The load, including sows and boars, is expected to travel by express as a pioneer shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
South Africa
H. H. Kitchee
Towa Oak College
Transvaal University
Pretoria
A. M. Bosman
Kildee
Norwegians to Gather for Estherville Lag Meet
Sandhordland Lag of America prepares for its annual two day gathering in Estherville August 22 23 with speakers including Lars W Bos president of St Olaf College Northfield Minn L Skromme Roland Oscar Larson Luther College Devorah Havneraas Mabel Minn and music by the Estherville band and Miss Jeanette Doshowe Story City story and a Spirit Lake excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esthervilile
America
Norway
Lars W. Bos
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
L. Skromme
Roland
Oscar Larson
Luther
Strikers Dislike Work as Threshers in Creston
Creston, Aug 1. Railroad strikers and farmer’s boys swapped jobs as harvesters and strikebreakers. Strikers complain of low pay and long hours in threshing. Few return to threshing, as farmers note railroad men won’t work like they do, and one farmer paid high wages to keep them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Kendall Sees Coal Abundant in Iowa Despite Crisis
Des Moines August 12 Iowa is ahead of middle and southwestern states in coal famine prep Governor Kendall said on return from St Paul conference He will name Iowa's Washington representative during emergency Kendall elected president of the Northwestern Governors Conference and coal surveys will measure fuel needs in each state Governors urged President Harding to seize mines and railroads if needed to avert health and prosperity risks and proposed state representatives join a Washington committee Preus Blain Nestors Kendall and McMasters signed the resolution suggesting seizure of roads hauling coal to lake ports for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Kendall
Conference of Governors
St. Paul
Northwestern Governors Conference
Washington
Northwest States
Harding
Preus
Blain
Nestors
McMasters
Minnesota
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Dora Gray
Lafe Stout
E. F. Bauer
Dale Ebner
Cecil Cole
Clara Birney
Pleasant Hill
West Chester
Coffey
Wilson
Haskins
Opal
Lois Godlove
S. B. Wallin
G. G. Ebner
Sig Wallace
Eldora
Bird Roberts
Davenport
Wm. Wallace
Will Atha
Ray Singleton
Grant Humston
Billy Brinton
Kansas City
Addison Brinton
Lawrence Lemley
Fanny Sales
Anamosa
Kay Plecker
Letha Ashby
Ledder & Straus
Fred Herr
Wm. Wagamon
Arvid
Floyd Weidlein
Wilbur Harvey
Wellman, Kinross and
Liberty
Little Creek
Wellman
Keota
Dolly Iversons
Harold Furman
Walter Furman
Newton
Lee Messenger
Cornell
Nort Messenger
Consolidated School
Ndhordland
Estherville
Journal
Washington County
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