Local notes from Danville and surrounding towns
Helen Cunningham a Danville teacher spends part of her vacation at Mrs. Marsh Bailey's home and will stay until after New Year. R C Wells from Crawfordsville visits town on business. Mr and Mrs J A Chambers of Columbus Junction stay a week at the St Sands home. Mrs Hattie Mayhew returns from Harrisville Missouri where she visited Mrs Earl Draper. Mrs J R Wenger of Wesland shops in town today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Cunningham
Danville, Ll
Marsh Bailey
Mrs
J. A. Chambers
Columbus Junction
St. Sands
Hattie Mayhew
Harrisvile, Mo
Earl Draper
Shopper Grayce Rief Visits West Chester
Grayce Rief of West Chester is seen shopping here today. Harold Briley returned to Iowa City after a week’s vacation with the Briley family to relieve a friend at Perkins hospital. Oyster and ice cream supper planned at Prairie Flower church Tuesday evening December 31. Hugh Douglas and family from Mount Pleasant spent Christmas with the Briley and Van Dyke households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayce Rief
West Chester
Harold Briley
Iowa City
Ben Briley
Perkins Hospital
Prairie Flower Church
Hugh Douglas
Mount Pleasant
Bamford van Dyke
Ten Years Ago Today and Local Advertisements
Ten years ago Jay Brown underwent an operation for appendicitis at the hospital. We now have Wrights Smoke Salt and Wrights Ham Pickle and Condensed Smoke. Children’s cough remedies Nyal Honey and Horehound ease coughs in hours. Hog prices top at 9.90. Weather generally fair tonight and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Brown
Wright
Nyal
Lunch Provided for Wood Cutting Frolic
Rev C W Klein announced today that the feed for the men and boys at the Singmaster farm wood cutting bee in Dutch Creek township next Friday has been provided. A quantity of wood will be worked up by Washington and the Valley community and shipped to town to be used as fuel for needy people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Klein
Singmaster’s
Dutch Creek Township
Washington
Grass Fire at 614 South Second Avenue
Firefighters respond to a grass and weeds blaze at 614 South Second Avenue where a burned pile of papers fueled flames. No damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Second Avenue
Weekend Visit and Local Bee Note
Mr and Mrs Donald Bell and daughter from Mechanicsville Iowa visited friends here over the weekend. Cherie McElhinney Margaret Alice Stewart Esther McCreedy Mary Louise Harwood Jane Godfrey and Edna Mae Hartman drove to Iowa City Sunday afternoon. Mrs Dave Haney and grandson David from Topeka Kansas stayed with Mrs FE L Shaw. Thelma York travelled to Feirfield for two days of business. Tail Talbot of the Washington International Co noted a honey bee entering and leaving the store this afternoon, an unusual sight for December 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Bell
Mechanicsville
Iowa
Cherie McElhinney
Margaret Alice Stewart
Esther McCreedy
Mary Louise Harwood
Jane Godfrey
Edna Mae Hartman
Iowa City
Dave Haney
David
Topeka
Kansas
Tail Talbot
Washington International Co
Local Social Notes from Richland and Surrounding Areas
Kathryn Bostwick returns to Chicago after Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs B F Bostwick Sr. Mr and Mrs Paul Lytle and Mr and Mrs Karl Lite visited Iowa City and Don Beatty's home. S M Cassidy and Bonnie of Brighton visited Mrs W E Howell. Mrs Jane Williams Rev Parker and daughter Mary of Cotter shopped here. Clayton Funston Floyd Green of Keota spent the day here on business. Neela Holmes and Roy Finch spent the weekend in Richland. Schmoeller Bros advertises suits and overcoats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Bostwick
Chicago
Mrs. B. F. Bostwick, Sr
Paul Lytle
Karl Lite
Iowa City
Don Beatty
S. M. Cassidy
Bonnie
Brighton
W. E. Howell
Jane Williams
Clayton Funston
Floyd Green
Keota
Neela Holmes
Roy Finch
Richland
M’ss
Christmas Greetings and Local News in Red Brick
Christmas at multiple homes with families and visitors including Nathan Sayre from New York. School resumes after vacation and local 4-H club met for a Christmas exchange. Families noted include Caldwell Murphy Wagner Hering Dayton Neiswanger Horning and Bruty with Mrs. Ross Gault hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Brick
Todd Wilson
John Caldwell
Nathan Sayre
New York
D. F. Sayre
John Wagner
Joseph Murphy
Crawfordsville
C .E. Hering
Albert Dayton
Washington
Mabel Sayre
Kathleen
Lucy Bruty
Ruth Wilson
Roy Schiebal
Mable Horning
Ross Gault
Notable Jewish Officers in Colonial War Highlighted
The American Hebrew notes 27 Jewish officers with American forces, including Col. David S. Franks the aide de camp to George Washington and Col Solomon Bush. It adds that the Jewish population in early United States was about 8,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David S. Franks
George Washington
Solomon Bush
New
United States
President Hoover Likes His Own Desk In New Quarters
President Hoover uses a large mahogany desk with an American seal in his War Department offices. White House aides moved the desk from the White House to Hoover's new quarters, where it survived a small fire mark. Marie Jackson took a Sunday trip to Cedar Rapids to visit friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Des
Hoover
Farilar
White House
War Department
General Pershing
Mr. Hoover
Marie Jackson
Cedar Rapids
Marriage Licenses Issued At Court House In Iowa City Area
Oramel Stoner of Iowa City and Laurene Nuremberg of Keota. Joseph L. Miller of Kalona and Gertrude Lucille Marner of Wellman. Leonard J. Weaver and Violet D. Black of Farfeld also issued licenses. In other news a concert at 8 pm in the Presbyterian church. Mr and Mrs T A West of West Chester announce birth of daughter Marilyn. Delivery service discontinued January 1 by J A Cunninghams Sons. Florence Shultz of West Chester teaches at Gilman Iowa and will visit Fairfield for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Oramel Stoner
Iowa City
Laurene Nuremberg
Keota
Joseph L. Miller
Kalona
Gertrude Lucille Marner
Wellman
Leonard J. Weaver
Violet D. Black
Farfeld
Florence Shultz
West Chester
Gilman
Iowa
Fairfield
NO HUNTING ON FARM AFTER DAMAGE INCIDENT
Property owner bans hunting on his farm northeast of town following damage caused by two young men last Friday. The notice appears amid local social notes listing visits, travel and shop sales, with community members and nearby towns referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Donovan
Haneys Visit Kin In Macomb And Minden
Mr and Mrs Ned O Haney of Macomb Illinois spent Sunday visiting his parents. They have been visiting at Minden Nebraska at the home of Mrs Haneys parents Mr and Mrs John Reitan for the past week. Concert Monday evening at eight oclock in the Presbyterian church features music students home for the holidays with a silver offering. Theodore Neill returns to Ames to teach part time and attend a science convention this week after attending a Des Moines bureau for the advancement of science. Everyone invited to the concert at eight oclock with silver offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Phillips
Mason City
W. A. Phillips
Illinois
Ned O. Haney
Macomb Ill
Minden
Nebraska
Presbyterian Church
Theodore Neill
Ames
Des Moines
Bureau For the Advancement of Science
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. C. Wells
J. R Wenger
Wesland
Hans
Ilinois
Wilson Coal Company
L. McDaniel Druggis
Thelma York
Feirfield
Tom
Kellogg’s
South End
South Iowa Ave
Sargent
Schmoeller Bros
Marguerite Hering
Graham
Ert Armstrong
James Gleason
Washington Cleaners
South Side Square
Wisie Long
President Hoover
Dougherty Bros
T. A. West
Git
Marilyn
J. A. Cunningham's Sons
Bertha Lyon
Howard Dales
Marjorie Green
George Barr
Wayland
Wilma Barr
Dayton
Ohio
Auctionesia
D. F. Mac
Washington, Iowa
Enna Jettick Health Shoes
A. C. Taylor
East Madison Street
Joliet, Ill
Mrs. Taylor
Virginia Droz
Raymond Cherry
Watersmeet
Michigan
Neva Pauls
Denver
Colorado
George Pauls
East Second, Street
Clark Bell
Packwood
Groceteria
Maxwell House Coffee
Gudahy
Texas Marsh
Thompson’s Market & Groceteria
Westphal
Duco
HILL
Tex
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