Revival Ends as Reverend Couple Leaves County
The county notes a Christmas season wrap up with the Rev Mr and Mrs Richardson returning to Chicago after revival meetings. The Albrights and their son David spend holidays in Danville Iowa. Various Meachams visit from Grinnell and Correctionville. A J Morgan attends a hospital board meeting in Washington with Mrs Morgan and children Ruth and Carroll and Will McKearse visiting from Coatsville.
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Correctionville
A. J. Morgan
Washington
The
New Hospital
Morgan
Ruth
Carroll
Will McKearse
Coatsville
Helen Waterman
Orange City
Kalona church meeting opens amid anticipation
In Kalona on Sunday Rev Brown led the Christian church gathering with deep interest and promising outlook for a successful meeting. Mrs PD A Miller is seriously ill with pneumonia, with a nurse and doctor from Iowa City assisting. A. J. Rogers announces Miss Millie Rogers will wed Dr Enos Miller December 28 at seven. Various locals, including Miss Nina Shaver and Miss Estelle Bush, visit relatives in Iowa City and area, with multiple residents traveling for holidays and family care.
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Kalona
Christian Church
Rev. Brown
PD. A. Miller
Iowa City
Jess Kauffman
Washington
Lizzie Tice
Mr. Hott
Millie
A. J. Rogers
Enos Miller
Wellman
Clem Grady
Des Moines
Irvin Sierdartl
Edna Allen
Ilinois
Kathona Chas
Hesselwerdt
Montezuma
Mouser
Prairie Flower
Alice Palmer
Mother Thompson
Jose Allen
Louck
Frank Smith
Cedar Rapids
Mary Dawson
John A. Yoder
J. L. Shillig
Riverside
Harvey A. Swartzendruber
John Northup
Bert
Bert Northup
Ainsworthville Visitors and Local Arrivals
Marl Marshall of Knoxville departed after a visit at the J. M Nicholson home. Ralph Nicholson accompanied him briefly. A. FE. Stites of Union arrived to join his wife visiting at J. M. Stewart’s home. M. F. Crawford of Washington came to see his sick sister Margaret Crawford. James Harding of Mounds visiting his parents. Robert Fish and wife returned from Washington. Mrs. Seaman of Douds arrived to see her aunt Margaret Crawford. J. R. Morrison and wife returned from Bloomfield after Christmas. Miss Carrie Colthurst vacationing at home from school. Howard Miller of Washington visiting his cousin Bryan Miller.
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Ainsworth
Marl Marshall
Knoxville
J. M Nicholson
Ralph Nicholson
A. FE. Stites
Union
Nebr
J. M. Stewart
M. F. Crawford
Washington
Margaret Crawford
James Harding
Mounds
Joseph Harding
Robert Fish
Mr. Fish
Bloomfield
Mrs. Morrison
Carrie Colthurst
Parkersburg
Howard Miller
Bryan Miller
Community Christmas Week Social Sparks in Wellman
Wellman residents gather for Christmas visits and family dinners as Moody Canott returns from the south, Moody’s Chicago travels and Hucke store past link many locals. Other notes include Miss Mamie Shillig’s Chicago trip, visits from Farley, Taylor, and the Oldaker family, plus church events at M. E. and M. B. churches and a Davenport Times representative attending.
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Gus Klockenteger
Clark Wimner
Lillian Livery
Walt Livery
Moody Canott
Moody
South
Chicago
Hucke
Mamie Shillig
Lewis Farley
Muscatine
Farley Pelmar Sample
Alta
Iowa City
M Zimmerman
Jim Turnipseed
Ed Wellman
O} Taylor
Scott Griffith
Isabelle Turnipseed
Harry Jones
Baby
Doctor Downing
Jessie Adams
Violet Palmer
George Brown
Crawfordsville
Claude Cresswell
Poole
Nebr
Jess King
Dudley Oldaker
Pierre
S. D
Leroy Oldaker
Atlantic
Adelaide Oldaker
Win. Lewsadder
Walter
Moline
Lewsadder
Baptist
M. Ik
Boatman
M. EB
Ora Starr
Washington
Mae Blumenstein
Sylvia Dorrance
Iowa City Academy
Glen Cook
Deep River
Ralph Snavely
W. & Brown
Miss Dodds
Carolyn Leighton
Charley Steninger
eRee
Momort Brereise
Hull
Paul Hawk
Marcia Coffey Bupopomtior
John Herr Borg
Kirk
Olive Eee
County Hospital Board Adopts By-Laws Sets Regular Meetings
The county hospital board met in the county supervisors room with all members present. Eleven sites were viewed for the new hospital but a location was not selected. The by-laws establish regular meetings on the second Wednesday of each month and a next meeting is set for January 11.
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County Hospital Board
County Supervisors
Court House
Marsh W. Bailey
A. N. Alberson
C. M. Keck
City
John 8. Wilson
Washington Township
A. J. Morgan
Clay
W. P. Gardner
Wellman
C. J. Dautremont
Kalona
Keota Students Spend Holidays Visiting Relatives
Keota news lists local and visiting residents from Cedar Falls Indianola Cedar Rapids Ames Mt. Vernon Fairfield Iowa City Monmouth Chicago Des Moines and West Chester. Several teachers and families return home for Christmas with travelers including Miss Tressie Coffman Miss Florence Wright and Miss Myrtle Edgington.
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Keota
Tressie Coffman
Cedar Falls
Florence Wright
Indianola
Charles Kirkpatrick
Cedar Rapids
Everett Hulse
Edward Axthelm
Ames
Paul Neal
Mt. Vernon
Harold Page
Fairfield
Ray Uulse
Iowa City
Nellie
Mable Stevenson
Monmouth
Myrtle Edgington
Aberdeen
N. Dak
Carl Rust
Delta
Rusty
William Fitzwilliams
Washington
A. Hochstadler
J. F. Robertson
Muscatine
K. Stewart
Ruth
James van Winkle, Jr
Ray Kirkpatrick
Matthews
Earl Coffman
Earl Home
Kansas
A. E. Stewart
Margaret Ellis
Mr. Home
B. F. Home
Harry D. Williams
Chicago
Babe Mitchell
Colu
Nebr
A. W. Hamill
O. Keiser
Ingenious counterfeit coin chain ends with arrest
A tailor and skilled coiner used his ten year old daughter to smuggle coins hidden in a violin case. The coins moved through six hands from a music master to a fences and a canary cage before a street accident exposed the scheme. Police found chemistry books molds batteries crucibles and chemicals in the rogue’s stock.
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London Telegraph
Henty as an Inventor in Luceys Sixty Years in the Wilderness
The article recounts George Henty as the warmest hearted man who failed at tin smelting attempts and built a self righting reversible boat. He faced repeated capsizes and near drownings before his landlady finally evicted him, ending his boat building ventures.
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George Henty
Henry W. Lucey
Henry
Tim
Stories of the Gravediggers in Grim Humor
A Scottish gravedigger jokes about constant work yet worries on keeping his wife and family. The minister quips he would bury the parish if employed full time. Another digger faced a fee cut for digging a grave of an old, spent woman.
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George
James
Malay Houses Built On Posts For Elevation and Division
Malay houses are always raised on posts four to six feet above ground with bamboo floors. The front section greets visitors and serves as a lounge area while the rear portion is set aside for women and children, shaping the household layout.
City Streets and the Wisdom of Everyday Walks
A Fortnightly quote reflects on Johnson and Millie noting that common places reveal a people's character. The piece uses Fleet Street as a symbol of urban life and traffic as a measure of society. It presents a meditation on how everyday streets teach as much as grand orations.
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Pr. Johnson
Fleet Street
James Millie
A Thorough Optimist Says He Plans Ahead
Washington Star quotes Dustin Stax as an optimist who not only hopes for the best but also makes practical arrangements to achieve it. He emphasizes proactive steps and steady preparation.
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Dustin Stax
Washington Star
Sister’s Love Letter Quote Fills Twenty Seven Pages
A Chicago News item reports on a sister and brother exchange where the sister’s words are said to fill twenty seven pages. The source emphasizes the dramatic scale of her declared affection.
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Chicago News
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