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Wellman Offers Bountiful Local News In Early December
Bidwell and Son opened a crowded furniture sale as new stock is expected soon. The farmers institute arrives December 14 for four days with prizes for corn, chickens, oats, seed, and baked goods. Local residents attend gatherings at the M E Aid bazaar and church refreshment rooms. Sherman road notes and rail links to Des Moines spur comments. Notables include Dr. Ivan Weidline visiting family, Gerald Carney returning to Marshalltown duties, and travel for RFardley Bell Jr. Deer venison gifts arrive from Wisconsin as A. J. Nichols visits Cedar Rapids on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Bidwell and Son
Farmers Institute
Harry Durian
Ft. Dodge
Iowa
Fred Durian
Durian
John Davenport
South English
Des Moines
M. D. Swartzendruber
Sarah McKinnley
Comine
Gerald Carney
Marshalltown
Zoe Cresswell
Fort Scott
Kansas
Gerald
Marshalltown High School
Ivan Weidline
Columbus
Ohio
J. G. Weidline
Earl
Guy
Slaughbaugh
Yoder
Rfardley Bell, Jr
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Toledo
Tama
Earl Sample
Persia
Merengo
Sadie Thurman
Iowa City
Maranda K. Murphy
William
James Murphy
Wisconsin
A. J. Nichols
Joe Powell
Frytown