Neighboring Town Notes Highlight Social Visits
In Egypt and nearby areas, families like the Sojkas, Beraneks, Horaks, Mareks, Kiefers, and Kessells hosted relatives and friends throughout the week. A Milwaukee Chicago trip for IBC A convention featured Mr. Carberry’s singing and a tour of Lincoln Park and stockyards. Local gatherings included church events, Rebekah lodge, and multiple Sunday visits across Keota Washington Richland Fairfield.
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Griswold
Newton
Independence
Iowa
Mt. Morris
Carberry
Milwaukee
Chicago
Lake Road
Lincoln Park
Union Stock Yards
Swift
Aurora
Rock Island
Davenport
Washington
Muscatine
Clark
Presbyterian Church
Geo. Kessell
Fairfield
Wilma
Virginia
Edgar Kessell
Curtis Kessell
C. V. Robison
Mildred Horton
Kamberling Lodge
Jenkins
Evelyn Davis
Kronvy Krews
Mildred Woodford
Clay Township
Lodge notice for Da mas kas Damascus Shrifte No 10 WS
Regular meeting of Damascus Shrifte Lodge No 10 WS of Jo Regular held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Masonic Temple rooms. Grace E K Twinam and J W Bidwell listed as W Scribe with other officers.
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Washington Lodge No
A. FP
A. M
Glenn Mace
W. M
A. W. Yard
Damascus Shrifte
Masonic Temple
Grace EK
Twinam
W. H
J. W Bidwell
W. Scribe
Train Schedule Fragments From Washington Station
Fragmentary timetable notes show a passenger schedule with trains leaving Washington 12:35 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to Fort, with service on Monday Wednesday Friday and daily trains referenced. Bell is listed as agent in the fragment.
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Washingee
Coscoene
Washington
Southwest Lim
W. ©. Bell
Donald Tucker Home from Hospital After Illness
Donald Tucker returns home from Washington county hospital on a Friday evening and reports steady improvement. The community thanks everyone for support during illness as threshing continues and neighbors gather for visits and chores around the Tucker residence near Packwood and Brighton.
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Sandy Hook
Donald Tucker
Washington County Hospital
Jillness
Donald
Rennie Dawson
Will Stafford
Caroline Tucker
Havre
Roth family reunion gathers fifty in Noble Iowa
The Joseph Roth family reunion occurred in Noble Iowa with about fifty descendants attending including Mr. and Mrs. KE Roth and many relatives. Joseph Roth could not attend as his granddaughter Hadith cared for him. Ruth Mitchell and Joseph Mast visited the Burling ton fair, while Milton Frey and son Arnold stayed at the Frey home. Eight members joined Emanuel Mennonite church.
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Pleasant Plain
Leo Kiefer
Gertrude Ruttler
Harper
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Leo
Carina
St. Joseph Convent
Florence Crawford
Harold Pepper
Frank Vogel
Sisourney
Olds
John Roth
South
Washington
Wm. Conrad
Sam Roth
Joseph Roth
Hadith
Ruth Mitchell
Joseph Mast
Burlington
Milton Frey
Arnold
J. A Frey
Kalona Local Visitors and Trips Across Iowa
Kalona news notes frequent visits and trips around Iowa. Roy Homsbottom family from Creston visited Charles and Gertrude Drollinger, with a Davenport outing and Muscatine site seen. Several residents toured Cedar Rapids Washington Wellman and Minnesota, with family visits in Kalona and Decatur Tennessee during August.
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Kalona
Towa
Roy Homsbottom
Creston
Charles Drollinger
Davenport
Wild Cat den
Muscatine
Clifford Page
Kermit Ehrenfelt
Cedar Rapids
Ray Ehrentfelt
Washington
M. B. Ehrenfelt
H. B. Armour
Des Moines
M. E
Gerald Teets
Gertrude May Noecker
Frank Rowe
M. P. Rowe
Isaiah Yoder
West
H. A Swartzendruber
Yoder
John Arnold
Ottumwa
Wesley Boehme
Alva Niffeneger
Roy Sommers
Anna Snider
Tom Lahey
Gertrude
Crawford hosts bridge party Saturday evening
Mr and Mrs Nate Crawford entertained at a bridge party on Saturday evening, continuing a social gathering reported by Jean White.
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Ainsworth
Nate Crawford
Blackberry harvest and social rounds in Mt Pleasant area
Local residents report selling over 100 blackberry boxes with acres left to pick. Visitors from Washington toured Burlington. A Methodist church musical program, a Sunday school young married folks party, and a six table rook game concluded with home made ice cream and cake.
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Don Rabenold
Frank Trotter
Glasgow
J. L. Buenneke
Floyd Blankenhorn
Crawford
W. FD. Roberts
Ll. DD
Roberts
J B. Spencer
Mt. H Pleasant
Methodist
Afneworth
Karl White
Connie
Gerald White
Washington
Burlington
Iowa
Davis
Martha Davis
Clarence Work
Brown
Will Roberts
Everette Roberts
Earl White
Route 3
Methodist Church
Ed Rees
Rook
Isle of Crete Known For Citron, Olive Oil and Raisins
The island of Crete in the Mediterranean is famed for citrons olive oil and especially sultana raisins. In large estates and at the ports one can observe dark factories where the grapes are processed into the golden sultanas. Immense wharves at Sitha are covered with the fruit, a sight not quickly forgotten.
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Crete
Mediterranean
America
Sitha
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Ed Hora
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John W. Applegate
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H. W. Mineart
Ralph Frazey
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Florence Hesseltine
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Jack Swift
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Fred Garrett
Illeah Farrier
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