Local Notes From Lexington and Crawfordsville 1911
Lexington and Crawfordsville gossip items from December 1911 include Blaine Holmes visiting West Chester, visits among Timmins and Faulkner families, Epworth Leaguers event with oysters, school and church notes, and town changes in Brighton with mill relocation plans. Mentions of local residents, visits, and social events fill the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Blaine Holmes
West Chester
Mary Maude Timmins
Clarence Timmins
Hazelle Sehulty
Rosa Faulkner
Duane McClure
Epworth
Chas. Hoxworth
South of Washington
Edward Boon
Tacoma
Wash
Tom Schulty
Clara Faulkner
Cedar Center
King’s Heralds
Marguerite Fleming
Wellman
Dave Tipton
Floyd Timmins
Keota
Don Brindley
Charlie Faulkner
Bartholow
Local Notices From Grace Hill and Vicinity
Grace Hill Iowa December 7 1911 updates on visits sales trips and family news. Mr Coates of Wayne county visiting his niece Mrs Bob Blick's family with granddaughter and another niece present. Carl Miller arrive Westport South Carolina home. Walter Strohm at home then travels to Boston Mass for Omaha district sales meeting at Dennison Mfg Co. Fred Garret ill after minor operation. George Lemley wood hauling for Harve Corpman. John and Harry Hanley cutting wood at Will Dunbar’s. John Hanley hauling hogs to West Chester. Al Bales barn complete Ed Libe house near finish. Perry Deal dehorned cattle at Tom Groendycke's. Cline brothers closing out sale December 28 including farm and stock. New windmill erected on Richardson place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Hill
Iowa
Coates
Wayne County
Bob Blick
Dennison Mfg. Co
Boston
Mass
Fred Garret
George Lemley
Mr. Strohm
Harve Corpman
John
Harry Hanley
Will Dunbar
John Hanley
West Chester
al Bales
Ed Libe
Perry
Tom Groendycke
Cline Brothers
Richardson Place
Keota News Roundup: funerals visits and town events
Brighton and Keota notes record visits and family news. Grandma Knorr’s funeral is noted with family survived by three sons and three daughters. Local church events include a Christmas bazaar and a lecture by Tahan the Indian. Residents travel to Chicago, Washington, and Cedar Rapids for shows and visits.
Local notes from town events and travels
Last evening to visit at the M L Olds home Mrs Thomas Wilson left today for Wichita Kansas due to illness of a relative. A Brighton report says the Cry Baby show was the season’s best and this evening’s performance will be held here. Miss Mary Freding leaves for Washington to attend a short course today. Harry Hazlett went to a sale north of town yesterday. J A Chambers delivered mail for him. Charles Olds recovers from tonsillitis and returns to the restaurant. A parish bazaar and chicken pie supper at the Methodist basement drew a large crowd and raised over one hundred dollars. Grace Adams and Mabel Crawford attend business college in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Anderson
Washington
Lawrence Walton
Fred Sweet
Woodford
Tom McCoy
Ed Fritz
Will Garrett
Mr. Garrett
Will
Belle
Iva Brinton
Kate Frazey
Cedar Falls
Brighton
Siren
Central Depot
Matt Brinton
Tom Brinton
C. E. Bennett
Edmondson
A. B. Endicott
California
Doctor Dash
Elmer Bennett
Richland
Frank Miksch
Mr. Linn
Lydia Madden
Keota
Ladies of the Baptist Church
L. H. Smith
Broadway
Richard Moore
Mae
Lorena Carris
Iowa City
John Carris
Ed van Fossen
Chicago
Ladies’ Town Improvement Club
E. C. Gilbert
S. Dings
W. C. Hoth
Ray Kirkpatrick
Gilbert
Clifford Walters
Jacksonville
M. Walters
Gertrude Tyrrill
Alta Harding
Nita
Bessie Stamp
Stella Sloat
Cedar Rapids
John Ramsey
Martha Gray
Mildred Rice
Glover
Florence Wright
Madie Baker
Gladys Smith
Roy Holmes
Will Aten
Fred Arubure
Indianola
8. S. Wright
Naomi Stewart
Tressie Coffman
Nellie Stevenson
Monmouth
Everett Hulse
Ames
Harry Henderson
Kansas
Sue H. Lytle
James Glover
Tahan
M. L. Olds
Thomas Wilson
Wichita
Kan
Mary Freding
Haskins
Harry Hazlett
Here
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Funeral services for Ly man Iden held at Riverside M E church
Riverside December 7 1911 funeral rites for Ly man Iden born October 15 1836 Perry county Ohio died December 4 1911 Mt Pleasant Iowa after civil war service with Company E 10th Iowa Infantry. He leaves wife three daughters Carrie Iden Margaret Cress Minnie Holtz and Cyrus son and eleven grandchildren a Kansas brother James Iden. Interment Riverside cemetery with out of town attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Iden
Margaret Cress
Minnie Holtz
Ottumwa
Cyrus
Wellman
James Iden
Kansas
Riverside Cemetery
Samuel Younkin
Wayne Cress
Cedar Rapids
Everette Lewis
Lester Godlove
Orlando Schaeffer
South English
Wellman Social and Business Roundup Dec 7 1911
Local items from Wellman describe F D Snavely and wife attending a Des Moines hardware convention. Funeral attendance for L A Iden. trips to Chicago for fat stock show. Riverside and Iowa City business visits. multiple residents visiting relatives. Epworth League social at L B Gardner home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
F. D. Snavely
Des Moines
RE. D. Lewis
Chicago
Bert Deen
Kalona
Ezra Bradford
I. N. Carr
Fred Klockenteger
T. D. Adams
Theo. Baker
L. BF. Gardner
Two Drown as Ice Breaks in Wisconsin Bay
Miss Mae Clark of Milwaukee and Hugh Tierney of Okauchee drowned while skating on thin ice near Okauchee station. Rescue efforts continued as the bodies had not been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oconomowoc
Wis
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Frpp
Te Wrer
Walt
Poet Philosopher
Walt Mason
George Matthews Adams
Crawfordsville
John Reed
M. C. DeLong
Irene
R. S. White
Sarah Davis
William Carson
Robert Davis
Sprague Warren
A. B. Orris
Myrtle
Luther Gormley
William Edgar
Finley
Clarinda
Town
Max Keller
W A. Harper
R. H. Clyde
J. A. Hawthorne
James McFadden
Anna Mary Haines
Ida Long
Geo. Brown
Geo. Trieschmann
Erna Messenger
W. P. Gardner
Florence Kirkendall
Hazel Wimner
C. C. Gardner
L. EB. Fleming
Vernon Sigler
Mellicker
A. J. Nichols
Newt Turnipseed
Hazel Foster
Fred Taylor
Ladies ‘Aid
Opera House
Chas. Lantz
Robert Gudgell
Ocean
Fairfield
Dick Gudgell
Grandma Knorr
John Dey
T. D. Dodsworth
Presbyterian Church
Gandma Knerr
George
Mediapolis
Burlington
Adam
Montana
Whistler
Donovan
John Shields
Big Chunk
Fairbanks-Morse
U. S
Mason Transfer & Storage CO
Washington, Iowa
Riverside
Verry
Queen Quality Shoes
Atchison & Finney
Leni
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