Library Notes Additions and Local Weddings
The Chilcote Library gains new fiction and juvenile titles including works by Margaret Ashman Elizabeth Cooper and Zane Grey. New reference sets for youth include The World’s Book and a world geography introduction. A local wedding in Lone Oak sees Miss Edith Pretz and Neil Smith wed with Rev. John Gabriel presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilcote
Anon
Margaret Ashman
Temple, Bailey
Wallflowers
Johnson Brigham
Saelans
Old Fort Des Moines
Elizabeth Cooper
Davis
Gilman
W. J
C. W. Dawson
T. R. Elliot
Hugh Laval
Susan Ertz
New East
Willa Cather
Archbishop
Bedford
West
Bert Blair
Edith Pretz
J. H. Pretz
Neil Smith
James C. Smith
Lone Oak
John Gabriel
Blue Grass
Christmas Bank Closures and Local Social Notes in Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction banks closed for Christmas observance. Local society notes include meetings and transfers of residents, births in area families, holiday visits, and a Christmas program at Ferdonia Methodist Sunday School. Notable items: Mr. and Mrs. Max Fuhlman welcome a son born Dec 23. educators Sadie DeWitt and Eva McKee visiting family. residents visiting relatives in Bloomingdale and Crawfordsville. teachers at Parsons College spending holidays at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Louisa County National
P. FE. O
R. W. Owen
Harriet Moore
Merle Cecil
Sioux City
Max Fuhlman
Conesville
E B. Tucker
Henry Gray
Mechanicsville
Tives
Emma [Linn of
Letts
Agnes Garner
Lessie Delzell
Lucy Hanft
Margaret Robertson
Frances Alsip
Gertrude Hoffman
Parsons College
Fairfield
Nellie DeWitt
Chicago
W. R. DeWitt
Fredonia
Eva McKee
Teachers’ College
Pittshurch
Kansas
James McKee
Ferdonia Methodist Sunday School
Walter Simmons
Detroit
S. B. Paxton
Frank Boulton
Frank Deford
Rock Island
Wm. Deford
Robert Owens
Nina Johnson
Cedar Falls
Howard Brown
Perry Deal
John Redlinger
Glenn Little
Chas. Mayer
Rosamond Johnson
Town City
Elam Johnson
McCutcheon
Ernie Earlil
Mrs
Therion Hansen
Wesley
Johnson
Death and gatherings mark Wayland community
Obituaries and holiday events in Wayland detail Fred L. Neff’s death at Mt. Pleasant after a ten day illness. Survivors include Clara Wood Neff and three children, plus Mrs. Wash Neff and several siblings. The note also lists numerous Christmas and college-bound visitors, class of 1926 attendees, and Christmas Day gatherings among local families and alumni across multiple households.
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Wayland
Fred L. Neff
Mt. Pleasant
Clara Wood Neff
Charles
Elizabeth
Jean
Wash Neff
C. L. Garrick
Barbara Garrick
Olds
C. O. Barr
John Kieth
Dee
Gwendolyn Basinger
Freeman
South Dakota
Elmer Basinger
Vernon Schantz
Mary Virginia
Mary Vaughn
Lioyd Swartzendruber
Gwendolyn
LaVern
LaNette
Grace
Carliss
Joyce
Dan Boller
Carl Shippey
Chicago
Carrie Funk
Mayprice Stone
Edward Wenger
Kansas
China
Bartel
Detroit
Mich
Martha Graber
S. M. Musselman
Bluffton
Raymond Schantz
C. K. Schantz
Erna Christner
Ted Shively
Anna Miller
Verda Roth
Lyly Bower
Clarence Koebel
Oria Miller
Frances Stier
Andy Shantz
Mildred Magdefran
Clarence Goldsmith
Florence Berg
Clarence Nelson
Harry Wenger
Will Widmer
Madia Roth
Ruth Augsburger
Paul Wolfe
Edece Smith
Mauds Winter Neff
Wilma Barr
Bessie Alfred McGuire
Charles Turner
Millard Wyse
Ralph Wenger
Geneva Orendorff
Rachel Gerig
Vivian Zear
Eldora Altman
Ruth Taylor
Raymond Shantz
Edgar Smith
Geneva Roeder
Cedar Falls
Jacob Roth
Wayne Allen
Warren Bergh
Sam Bergh
Arvilla Witting
Dorothy Rinner
Mary Spiedel
Ethel Boshart
Beatrice Klophenstien
Freda Zear Nicola
Lester Smith
Leo Magdefran
Willis Magdefran
Clarmce Ballard
Willard Leichty
Whipped Green excerpt on human nature and light
A reflective quotation on human nature noting that people are multi faceted. It argues that outcomes depend on what exposes individuals to light and that only the illuminated aspects become visible. The voice suggests complexity and varying moral shades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoffrey Moss
The Curse of the Egyptian Dreamstone
Viola and husband recount the tale of Lotus and the emerald dreamstone. A family drama unfolds around a jeweled brooch believed to be cursed, leading to peril, rescue, and a planned wedding with Lotus choosing a pragmatic gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Lotus
Brandt
Sea Lions Rule Island According to Swedish Doctor
Dr Du Reitz of Upsala reports sea lions dominate Auckland, Snares Islands. Dense brush yields only animal created paths as the party travels, with seals appearing calm and unbothered by visitors. He notes 65 sea lions counted in one group on Enderby Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Fut
Brandt
Lotus
Raymond Birkley
Viola
Darling
Raymond
Connie
Auckland Islands
Snares Islands
du Reitz
Royal University of
Upsala
Sweden
Enderby Island
Christmas Visitor Log From Washington Families
In Dublin and nearby towns on Christmas week, the Payne and Nickerson families hosted and visited relatives. Irene Roscoe Robertson and the Trier and McCutcheon households shared festive days with local families, with many residents attending gatherings and helping with farm duties and store invoicing.
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Library Notes
M. H. Farnham
Zane Grey
G. H. Hill
Thea White Flower
J. C. Lincoln
Miss Brewster
W. J. Docke
L. J. Miln
Kathleen Norris
Barberry Bush
Edith Olliver
Martha Ostenso
The
W. L. Phelphs
Kipling
G. S. Richmond
B. M. Sinclair
Adam Chasers
C. Stone
R. T. Townsend
Dorothy van Dorens
Maud van Buren
Mary Webb
Precious Kane
H. G. Wells
Glenway Wescott
W. P. White
Sweetwater Range
H. K. Webster
F. H. Young
I. G. Carpenter
H. A. Frank
Mexico
Central America
P. A. Knowlton
A. A. Milne
P. W. Pyroft
Lowell Thomas
Col. Lawrance
Happy Hour
M. W. Blanco
Skin Horse
Rose Fulmann
Kitty Kruse Dolly Book
Cornelia Meigs
L. E. Richards
Star Bright
Marjory Williams
Velveteen Rabbit
Martha Butler
W. G. Robertson
Margaret
J. E. Switzer
Bloomington
Ind
W. G. Lewis
Crawfordsville
Rela
Ezra Wittmer
Randolph Clark
LA Sall
Hotel Sherman
College Inn
Hotel
Sherman
Ernest Byfield
Frank W. Bering
D. J. Walsh
Miola
Jim
Raymound
Dublin
Des
Hermit Payne
Washington
John Nickerson Jr
Nick Tinnes
Henry Sheetz
Arch Sanders
Olive
Roscoe Robertson
Maggie Trier
Keota
Ward McCutcheon
Ed Mayhew
Frank Efarll
Howard Mangold
F. E. Hutt's
Jake Seethout
Chas. Corpman’s
Wellston
Alvin Strum
Jeanne
Dee Engle’s
Walter Wolfe
Cleo
W. C. Robertson
D. C. Robertson
Fred Hutt
Crescent
Jcpenneyuo
West Side Square
Washington, Iowa
McCall
J. C. Penney Company