Wellman notes snow storm and village life in December
County Wellman reports a heavy snow and rain storm from Thursday night into Friday with strong winds and mild cold. The piece mentions corn harvests, schoolhouse roof work, a football banquet, injuries from a car accident near Clyde Cox farm, visits to Iowa City and Chicago, local travels, a death in the community, and several social visits among families and neighbors. Wayne Kenneth Kelley is born, and a marriage near Late France New York is announced.
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Wellman
Chas
Suhach
Ellen O'Pierhty
Bridge
Clela Garrett
Helen MccCreedy
Marcia Coffy
Margaret Lce
Ellen O'Flerhty
Keith Adams
Kermith Rhoads
KE. O. Culver
Ward Eastburn
Mike Slaughbaugh
Carrol
Durian
Coach Anderson
O'Flerhty
Lloyd Mapplethorpe
Rock Island
Illinois
Jim Aggison
Ray Furman
Nira
Wellman High School
Dee
Iowa City
John Crawford
Tillie Millice
Clyde Cox
Crawford
Town City
Fred Schrader
Robert Lantz
Howard Lantz
Wes Lantz
Keswick
Struble
Chicago
Clifford
Benard
Walter
Detroit
Eardley Bell, Jr
Fred Schroder
Dr. Foreman
Washington
Tom McAvoy
Lexington
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets Ad
Is Your Child Thin and Weak McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets promise rapid weight gain and healthier flesh. Useful after illness or suspected rickets they replace bitter cod liver oil and are said to be easy to take like candy with a 60 cent 60 tablet package and money back if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Lemmon
McCoy
Riverside Social News Recap From West Riverside
Riverside reports include the Whist club event at Mr and Mrs Wm Griffin residence with high scores by Mrs Robert Heitzman and Joseph Knebel. Visitors and movers include Miss Dorothy Schneider and Viola Gerot heading to Cedar Falls for State Teachers College.
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Riverside
Wm. Griffin
West Riverside
Robert Heitzman
Joseph Knebel
R. A. Knittel
E. E. Blythe
Dorothy Schneider
Viola Gerot
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Clara Mingo
Oakland
California
Anna Mottet
Iowa City
John Mottet
C.S. Cummings
Everett Cumming and Sons
Chicago
Local Brighton Notes Show Ills, Visits, and Busy Social Life
George Mc Clintie remains hospitalized after a severe hip fracture from a fall. Several residents plan winter departures for Texas, while John Lamansky stays in critical condition after recent surgery. Social events include a doughnut sale by the W F M S and a Ladies Aid fundraiser, with multiple visits, travels, and local sports noting a basketball loss at Crawfordsville.
Quarantine Ends for Cotter Cotter-Ray Quinns
Cotter Cotter Ray Quinns will be released from quarantine this week. Mr and Mrs Frank Hawenstein Co C Stapps and Miss Irene Stapp visited Washington Tuesday night and attended the show The Iron Horse. Bennett Peters traveled to Iowa City Thursday for hand operation.
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Cotter
Ray Quinns
Frank Hawenstein
C. Stapp
Irene Stapp
Washington
Bennett Peters
Iowa City
Columbus Junction News Highlights 1926 Events and Visits
Dates for the Columbus Junction fair in 1926 are set from August 30 to September 2. Johnston will attend the state fair managers meeting in Des Moines December 7 to 9. An anniversary sale runs at Main and Walnut streets, honoring forty years in the location. Visitors include Mrs. Harold Guernsey and three sons, Dr. Harold McWilliams and family, and Arlene Moulton of Detroit. The Escher Jean Runyon Trio appears at the Columbus High School auditorium Thursday evening.
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Charlie Bennett
Lloyd Donovan
Lloyd
Texas
John Lamansky
Ottumwa Hospital
R. N. Reedy
E. Hi. Faris
Des Moines
E.S. Rudolph
Margaret Jean
Geo. Lechner
Henry Leehner
Henry
Fred van Winkle
New York
Brighton Produce Co
Eugene Brinton
Chicago
Bessie Nace
Richland
BE. S. Rudolph
Clark Tracy
H. Frederick
Oskaloosa
Pete Saerman
Thomas
al Bales
Washington
Columbus Junction
Johnston
W. A. Carr
Main
Walnut Streets
Carr
Harold Guernsey
Clinton
John May
Columbus City
Harold McWilliams
Farmington
Willard Wylie
U. P. Church of Washington
U. P
Martha George
Fredonia
Arlene Moulton
Detroit
R. B. Moulton
Emmett Taft
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Maud Green
Blanch Masonholder
Ethel Gabriel
Maud Dwinell
Blanche Lewis
Escher Jean Runyon
Columbus High School
J. A. Hanft
Presbyterian Women Plan Meetings and Visit At Burlington
The Women’s Bible class of the Presbyterian church and Christie made plans this week. Mrs Wm Deford visited her niece Mrs K DPD Cochran in Burlington during the visit.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Christie
Wm. Deford
K. Dpd. Cochran
Burlington
Washington Democrat prize canvass praised by Homestead Farm readers
Readers praise editors for promoting energetic economassers as subscription solicitors for the Washington Democrat prizes. The note recounts long distance travel anecdotes from Yosemite to Yellowstone and vehicle tests, noting Ford and Dodge performances and a local electric light agent's canvassing.
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Homestead Farm
Washington Democrat
Democrat
Yosemite Valley
Stockton
Redding
Grants Pass
Salem
Portland
the Dalles
Arlington
Pendleton
Noise
Pocatello
Blackfoot
Yellowstone Park
California
Washington
Kansas City
Topeka
Salina
Kit Carson
Pueblo
Trinidad
Bas
Kansas
Colorado
Joseph Gingerich
English River
Johnson County
Delco
Pity the Poor Man and Other Local Items
Editor Elder’s piece on the liquor question urged readers to consider Bolshevism rhetoric behind beer for workers. The Homestead Farm Lady notes White Leghorn roosters facing unexplained deaths amid harsh winter. The writer laments ongoing winter storms as life’s pattern.
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Elder
Evening Journal
Homestead
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