Community Ladies Aid and Local Socials Highlight Keota Day
Keota notices detail Methodist Ladies Aid luncheon at Mrs Martin home raising 6.70 for the treasury and a social for teachers. Presbyterian Kensington hosted by Mrs Hochstadtler with dime donations. Dorcas society held an all day meeting with a ten cent dinner. Residents travel to Gordon Wisconsin Corpus Christi Texas and Chicago for visits and business. Local workers report new windows and pork butchering plans as winter设 begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
D. P. Martin
Presbyterian Kensington
Hochstadtler
Dorcas Society of the Christian Church
Nettie Stattler
Santa Claus
Nora Bennett
A. E. Adams
Prairie City
Iowa
Visitors and departures mark local holiday end of visit
December 16 notes Teresa Stephens returning to Waterloo after a month with sister Mrs Will Reany and family. Nora D Martin leaves for Chicago after visiting her father Jesse Marr for a month. Mrs A J Peterson shopped in Washington today. Wright McConnell and wife depart for Cedar Rapids to spend Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs J J McConnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresa Stephens
Waterloo
Will Reany
Nora D. Martin
Jesse Marr
Chicago
A. J. Peterson
Washington
Wright McConnell
Cedar Rapids
J. J. McConnell
Local births and holiday events noted in Washington
Dec 17 report lists a newborn daughter for Mr and Mrs Eli White and names several residents visiting Washington. It records an opera house program with the Boyd duo and others, a Christmas trip by Mrs Wightshoe to Ottumwa, and church services for Presbyterian U P and M E with times and a Fairfield preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli White
H. L. Cherryholmes
John Lease
Bruce
E. Anderson
Harvey Karnes
Edward White
Clarence Young
David Willams
J. G. Maxwell
L. L. Twinam
J. A. Hawthorne
Nan Rickey
J. M. Maxwell
M. C. DeLong
Irene
E. J. Davidson
J. Maxwell
John Briley
Floyd Maxwell
Washington
Boyd
Opera House
South Dakota
Hink
House of Fairfield
U. P
M. E
Visit notes reveal local households
John Stiner and Wellman visitation on Tuesday appears in brief local notes. Cora Wade stays with her sister, indicating family arrangements during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stiner
Vistors
Cora Wade
Local Social Notes From Washington And Brighton
Sunday visits and Monday hog deliveries mark the week with residents like Fred Taylor Lin Richardson and W W Watson tied to family and neighbors. A new piano for Mrs Ernest Miller and a five dollar dog reward highlight local life alongside sick lists and Ladies Aid gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Taylor
Fred Mauthe
Lin Richardson
W. W. Watson
Washington
Ernest Miller
Brighton
Ollie Richardson
Sam Richardson
Susie Johnson
Fred Garrett
Sherm Crone
Sherm
Edith Thoma
Haskins
Elmer Thoma
Chicago
Titus
Sam Miller
Ladies Aid Society
Elmer Thoma’s
Local notes from Kalona area reflect community activity
December postings report residents visiting or returning home. Charles Bear, Warl Beck, Tom Brewer, Er C Hartman, John Huitemeister and others are listed with travel, hog and cattle shipments, and farm sales. Sleighing returns amid social events, health issues, and a high price sale at $120 per acre for a farm north of Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Bear
South Prairie District
Warl Beck
Frytown
George Beck
Tom Brewer
Tom
Er. C. Hartman
Hannibal
R. R. Co
John Huitemeister
Huff and Grady
John
Chicago
Jake Fry
Yoder
Jay Fry
Oregon
Henry Lauser
Welman
Lauser
Mrs Horace Seagley Called to Cedar Rapids Neb
The notice states Mrs Horace Seagley was called to Cedar Rapids Nebraska on December 17. It records a personal travel or family matter without further context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Sgeley
Cedar Rapids, Nebr
Local Notices from Fairfield Area Residents
The passage records social and visitors notes from Fairfield including Mrs Jane Byers illness, Mrs Lydia Bales returning home, Vera Friend visiting Fairfield, Miss Florence Steigier visiting Livvie Kilmer, Karl Fry returning to Columbus after visit with his mother-in-law, and various Christmas program events. It also reports Elmer Bennett family visits, John Neal business visits, Sade Downs Iowa City visit, Rev. C L Walker traveling to Floris for meetings, Mrs Muller Effie Lizzie Flitner Fairfield visits, A A Wall Rubio returning home, Brimm son pneumonia illness, Pfemfer serious illness, Mort and Nick Neff visiting, Grandpa Shuster death and funeral at Methodist church conducted by Rev Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Byers
Lydia Bales
Richland
Cal Stevens
Vera Friend
Fairfield
Florence Steigier
Packwood
Livvie Kilmer
Karl Fry
Columbus
Ohio
Belle Spohn
Eugene Brinton
Harold Hill
Elmer ”Bennett
Charlie Bennett
John Neal
Sade Downs
Iowa City
C. L. Walker
Floris
Muller
Effie
Lizzie Flitner
A. A. Wall of
Rubio
B. Bennett
Brimm
Methodist
Mr. Lewis
Crawfordsville Broadening Travel and Health News
In Crawfordsville on December 18 passengers, including Mr. and Mrs. Holmes and several others, traveled to Washington while David Gordon arrived from Wyman. Visitors from Burlington arrived to see Miss Alice Hobart. Henry Hagie family and Mrs. McKee went to Winfield. Captain J. W. Harper suffered another stroke. his daughter took him to Hedrick where he showed some improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Holmes
S. K. Orris
Emma Wonderly
Blanche Neiswanger
Maude Murphy
Farre! Huston
R. V. Davis
Harvey
Henry Hough
A. E. Gault
J. H. Glancey
Washington
David Gordon
Wyman
Donovan
Burlington
Alice Hobart
Henry Hagie
Margaret McKee
Winfield
J. W. Harper
Ilis
Mrs. Bennett
Hedrick
Pretty home wedding bonds Miss Leeper and Robert Long
Mrs Clifton of Washington visits during December. A wedding was held at the bride's father Robert Leeper home with Alice Leeper and Robert Long of Wyman married by Rev. Collier. The couple will live on the bride's father's farm southwest of town. A birth and several local visits are noted along with farm work and institute attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Washington
Robert Leeper
Mr. Collier
M. E Church
Alice Leeper
Robert Long
Wyman
Leeper
Jos. T. Wenger
John Oswalt
Ida
Milford
Nebr
Menno Freinberger
Farmers’ Institute
Noble Bros
Emanuel Stutzman
Daniel Erb
Oregon
Canada
Nichol
Stay at Home for Tuberculosis Care Says Iowa Lecturer
A. E. Kepford, State Lecturer on Tuberculosis, urges lungers to stay in their own communities rather than travel to the West or South for climate treatment. He notes climate is only marginally effective and warns of prejudice against consumptives. Iowa offers comparable relief with rest, good food, fresh air, and sunshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Denver
Colorado Springs
Puerto
Trinidad
Colorado
Dalhart
el Paso
Texas
New Mexico
Lunger
Junger
Iowa
Towa
A. E. Kepford
Milford visitors travel with delegation and sleighing good
Roth of Milford Nebraska joins a large local delegation at the county seat with sleighing good for travel. John D. Conrad is in Chicago for missionary business, accompanied by Cani Altiman and Elmer Saltzman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
As Roth
Milford
Nebr
John D. Conrad
Chicago
Cani Altiman
Elmer Saltzman
Encouraging Sign in Political Campaigns Not Linked to Salt River
The article notes an optimistic trend that a candidate can lose a political race without being accused of reckless behavior or a wild journey up Salt river, implying restraint and orderly processes in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt River
Five Daughters Born to Peasant Family Near Serres
Five daughters were born to the wife of a peasant named Gaira near Serres in Macedonia. The newborns were named at christening with ribbons of different colors tied around their necks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaira
Serres
Macedonia
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