Marriages and Fires Highlight Over County News
Carrie Speilman and Ernest Hi Peasley wed in Fairfield at noon joining families and planning to live there after January 1 1920. Leona Bidwell and William Gingles marry at home. after a train trip they visit relatives. A house on Foster Street burned fully after a match sparked the blaze. partial furniture saved. Local residents Arnold Pringle and Mrs Pringle visit from Lyons Kansas while Charles Duke and family return from Kansas City after course work. Mrs Julia Nordyke travels to Winfield for a visit. Lulu Anderson and children return home to Aberdeen after two weeks with Lamotte family.
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Carrie M. Speilman
Ernest Hi. Peasley
Fairfield
Levi Peasley
Polly
Christian Church
Peasia
Leader Variety
Fairfile Driety
Peasley
Iowa
Leona Bidwell
William Gingles
Henry Bidwell
George Anderson
Ottumwa
Red Oak
Harry Bidwell
Brighton
Richland
J. W. Foster
Arnold Pringle
Harry Pringle
Lyons
Kan
Charles Duke
Kansas City
Aberdeen
S. Dak
Lafe Lamotte
Mayer Family Leaves Dublin for Washington
Mr and Mrs J L Mayer plan to move to Washington this week. They hosted their sons and daughters in law at a surprise roast goose dinner on Thanksgiving day and will be missed by the local neighborhood.
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Dublin Publin
J. L. Mayer
Washington
Rippling Rhymes and Then Dubuque Journeys in Ford
The fragment sketches Walt Mason verses about financial calm and fear, then shifts to a travelogue from Dubuque Iowa. It praises the city’s wealth, churches, parks, and youth facilities, notes Eagle Point and a future tuberculosis sanitarium, and ends with a Ford road trip inland toward Maquoketa and Davenport along rugged routes.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Dakota
Washington
Dubuque
Maquoketa
Burlington Way
Burlington
Dewitt
Davenport
Local Socials and Travel Notes of Keota and Verdi Area
Mr and Mrs J B McCaleb hosted a fine Thanksgiving dinner for their children. Frank Mayer visited her parents near Keota. W E Augustine Clarence Hotle and Howard Leveet shopped in Washington Tuesday. Will Hotle sale near Verdi underway today. Mrs W E Augustine sold six dozen Leg horn hens to Mrs Will Dee this morning. George Hotle and Homer Porter spent Monday in Washington for dental work. Will Augustine suffers from toe pain, J L Banks helps today. J B McCaleby and Rob carpentry at Bert Smiths today.
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J. B. McCaleb
Frank Mayer
Keota
W. E. Augustine
Clarence Hotle
Howard Leveet
Washington
Will Hotle
Verdi
Will Dee
George Hotle
Homer Porter
Geo
Will Augustine
J. L. Banks
J. B. McCaleby
Rob
Bert Smith
Many Farm Closings Predicted as Market Shrinks
Maple Grove notes in the Evening Journal show eighty sale dates in sixty five days with over half for farm sales. The piece questions why farmers close out, citing high rents taxes and labor and reflecting on currency shifts from gold to greenbacks. It mentions a scenic Iowa drive toward Mt Vernon and a proposed park at The Palisades near Cedar River.
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Maple Grove
Journal
Evening Journal
Iowa
Iowa City
Salon
Mt. Vernon
Anamosa
Monticello
Cascade
Dubuque
Cedar River
Red Man
Palisades
Iowa City Commercial Club
Not One Day Without Mrs Mary Fricke and Peruna
Mrs Mary Fricke of Belleville Illinois shares a testimonial praising Peruna for curing stomach cramps headaches and other ailments after years of suffering She credits twelve bottles for a full recovery and reports regained strength weight gain and the ability to work without a doctor for about fifteen years Her tale urges other women to try Peruna as a health solution and inspiration.
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Mary Fricke
Bornman
Belleville
Peruna
Peru
Great stone south wall of Iowa's state reformatory
Anamosa penitentary landmark description notes a great stone wall on the south side of Iowa's state reformatory with reference to the town of Anamosa and the historic prison exterior.
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Iowa
Fortnightly Home Economics Meeting Postponed
The Evening Section of the Fortnightly Club Home Economics Department postpones its December 9 meeting and planned spread at the home of Mrs. Ralph Dougherty. More details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortnigtly Club
Ralph Dougherty
Postponement Noted for Thursday Night December 11
A late notice indicates an event has been moved to Thursday night December 11. Details on location or participants are not provided in the readable text.
Choir and Orchestra rehearse to save coal Friday night
The Methodist church choir and orchestra will rehearse in the chapel Friday night to conserve coal. The orchestra begins at seven o'clock and ends the choir at eight.
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Methodist Church
Farm family tips and subscription invitation
The notice invites farm families to subscribe and offers a convenient coupon attached for adding names to the subscription list. It emphasizes practical, everyday usefulness and broad family usefulness across all members. It encourages farm owners and operators to join.
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Geves Sowpanoe
Publishers City Baitor
Sereneeneel
East Main Street
Mutual
Over County
Walt Mason
Accurst
Dole
Linn
Jones
Mississippi
Eagle Point
Waters
Mas, Mary Frickb
Thursady
E. T. Meredith
Successful Farming
Des Moines, Iowa
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