West Chester News Highlights Local Happenings
Washington visitors W 5 Rover and Lee Craig. post office moved to a new building. school principals reshuffled with Mr. Ott resigning and Mr. Reiley taking over. Kalona vs West Chester basketball called off due to bad roads. Leaders of M EB church played 17 to 20 underdog win for the school. Various social visits, farming, and illness notes fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Rover
Lee Craig
Washington
Miss Green
Ralph Hamilton
Keota
Will Plummer
Charles Ott
University At
Iowa City
Reiley
Des Moines
No On
Kalona High
M. EB. Church
Mrs Barbara Rich Dies After Brights Disease Fight
Stringtown notes report the death of Mrs Barbara Rich at her daughter’s Wayland home after a prolonged Brights disease. Other items record eighth grade exam travels by Stringtown and Eicher students, local dinners, and the death of Fred Hagie of Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringtown
Barbara Rich
Bright
C. K. Schantz
Wayland
Mable Graber
Alma Rinner
Mae Alliman
Emerson Avitting
Bennie Schantz
Clarence Goff
Elmer Graber
Stringtown School
Vernelda Tucker
Eicher School
Washington
P. R. Schantz
Daniel Graber
David Graber
Peter Graber
Fred Hagie
Mt. Pleasant
Pleasant Plain News Roundup of Local Visits and Events
Pleasant Plain residents report relatives visiting from Nome West Chester and Richland. Visitors include Farrier family members Miss Oprah Farrier and Charlotte Allard along with Bertha and Mabel Coffin. Alta Farrier recovering from rheumatism and a school term starts with joy. Dr Bailey of Pleasant Plain plans lead mine investigations in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismark
C. W. Bailey
Pleasant Plain
Local Social Roundup From Young America
Feb 5 notes show Mr and Mrs Elmer Cherry visiting uncle Robert Cherry. Mrs J N Phillipa improves slowly. Mrs Frank Pringle visited Mrs Lloyd Humston. John Cherry assists at Thompson Boot Shop sale after Mr Meyer bought stock. N Phillips buys two new teams. Mrs Charles Cherry has the grippe and Mrs Glen Schwartz is unwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young America
Elmer Cherry
Robert Cherry
J. N. Phillipa
Frank Pringle
Lloyd Humston
John Cherry
Meyer
J. N. Phillips
Mrs Gunt Lundquist dies after illness at Olds home
Mrs Gunt Lundquist died at her Olds home Wednesday evening after a long illness. Funeral services were held Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the home of her daughter Mrs Tony Johnson. She leaves two daughters Irene and Ruth, a son in Puerto Rico, one brother, and is buried in Olds Congregational cemetery. Various local residents are noted visiting, attending church, and sharing condolences.
Community News from Ainsworth District
Local notes report Lee Thopson papering for Ed Lins, Crawford & Martin shipping cattle and hogs, and Mary OConnor visiting school. Families travel to Washington for exams and visits. Mrs. Paul and C C Love from Spearspih visiting. Lee Ebner’s baby recovering. M L Jennings dies in Washington after living here long time. Rev Pickens and Rev Fields visit, Friendship club forms, Local No 99 to meet next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford & Martin
Mary O'Connor
W. UH. S
W. E. Paul
Washington
Lee Ebner
Miss Peterson
Ainsworth
Duane Hazen
Chas Palmer
Harry Dye
Local Social Notes From New Haven Area
Mine Jane Logan rests at home with mumps while Mrs. Geo Smith of Atlantic Iowa and Mrs. Frank Smith visit Mrs Curt Wella in West Chester. Families share memories, and several neighbors report health, travel, and small-town happenings including a 90th birthday soon for John McKinstry and local farm labor, plus visits by Agatha Baver and Ina Gore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Jane Logan
Geo. Smith
Atlantic
Frank Smith
Curt Wella
West Chester
Joe Smith
Skinner
Keith Wells
Tom Nicholson
Washington
A. R. Strum
Alvin
Marion Smith
John McKinstry
Nicholson
McKinstry
Little Grace Stattler
Strum
Hazel Stattler
Riverside Community Notes Feb visits and arrivals
Clair Mot tet of Iowa City visits the John Mottet and John Knittel homes for two weeks. West Liberty residents Lyle Hauschild visit sister Mrs. Joseph Pailliotet. Mrs. Robert Heizman and daughter Gertrude return from Cedar Rapids after visiting Mrs. Nettle Hahn. Joseph Quinn welcomes a daughter born Saturday Feb 3. Mrs. E H Sommers visits relatives here then travels to Emmetsburg and Colorado Springs. Miss Mary Shebanek returns from Cedar Rapids millinery week. Robert Allen W. R. C. to stage patriotic program Saturday Feb 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Fel
Clair Mottet
Iowa City
John Mottet
John Knittel
Lyle Hauschild
West Liberty
Joseph Pailliotet
Robert Heizman
Gertrude
Cedar Rapids
Nettle C. Hahn
Joseph Quinn
E. H. Sommers
Prosser
Washington
William Griffin
Emmetsborg
Oscar Critz
Colorado Springs
Cole
Ed Beranek
Wash
Mary Shebanek
Frank Shimitz
Robert Allen W. R. C
Richmond News Briefs and Local Obituaries
The Richmond column notes the birth of a baby boy to Mr and Mrs William Chapek named Robert Frances and the baptism of infant sons of Chapek and Robert Welte. Mrs John Schhneider returns from Mercy Hospital. Mrs Joseph Bourgeois of Kalona Iowa dies after illness. Sympathy extended to the bereaved family. Tom Marhafer visits Richmond. Prizes at L C B J hall for a mask event listed. A large crowd gathers at the Casino Sunday night despite bad roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Wm. Chapek
Robert Frances
John Sehneider
Mercy Hospital
Joseph Bourgeois
Kalona
Iowa
Robert Welte
Tom Marhafer
L. C
Groundhog joke hints at early spring in GRAY item
Gray column notes weather whimsy as residents joke about February second shadow sighting. anecdote mentions Floyd and Earl Perry spending Sunday together and hints at local mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croundhoe
Floyd
Earl Perry
Neighborhood News And Social Happenings
Asa Harter and family visited the Thoxworth home on Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ed Myall. Mrs George Brown hosted the H H club last Thursday afternoon. Farr Birney and R D Mayer couples spent Wednesday at Wayland. Donald Applegate returns from their wedding trip. We welcome them to the neighborhood. Mrs 8 R Finch visited Genkinger and her ill mother Mrs Noecker. The Gray School to hold a box and candy supper Friday evening with a program to follow.
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Lloyd Hameton
Ben
Lloyd
Edgar Porter
Donald McLaughlin
Woods
Town
Frank Prymek
Son
Riverside
Homer Prymek
Homer
J. D. McLaughlin
Donald
Hennadine Jones
Harold Briley
Armory
John Palmer
Will Leeper
J. N. Phillips
Helen Dutnter
Young American School
Lloyd Phillips
Ainsworth
Thoxworth
Asa Harter
Ed Myall
George Brown
H. H. Club
Farr Birney
R. D. Mayer
Wayland
Donald Applegate
R. Finch
Genkinger
Blind student earns top honors at Northwestern Law
George H. Weinman of Chicago, blind since infancy, wins the Rufus H. Sage scholarship for 1922-23 and the Charles A. Koepke prize at Northwestern University Law School. He also earns a place on the Honor Roll while in his junior year, crediting his mother for reading and briefing his law texts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwestern University Law School
George H. Weinmen
Rufus H. Sage
Law School
Charles A. Koepke
John H. Wigmore
Weinman
Abraham Lincoln
Weinman Aims For Bar Exam After Public School Tactics
Weinman aged 23 recalls learning a system of false type fending in Chicago public schools. He says he might dream of a Supreme Court bench someday but for now he seeks to pass the Plinoff bar examination.
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Weinman
Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
Plinoff
Intellectual Giant Quote From Atchison Ghote
A terse remark defines an intellectual giant as one who can tell troetorta intelligently to reach the feat towel, attributed to Atchison Ghote in a brief quote.
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Atchison Ghote
Gifts of the Gods
A fragmentary note discusses divine generosity and human desires, contrasting what is suitable versus what is pleasing, and the relationship between giver and receiver in a reflective moral tone.
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Gladys Knapp
Cornell College
Cloyd Knapp
Harriet Phillips
Tinb
V. Farrier
Nome
Thomas Farrier
Mr. Palmer
Anna Far
Charles Cherry
Glen Schwartz
Srippe
Glenn Schwartz
Briley
Bertha B. Woodson
Burlington
Jno. Barquist
Edna
Mildred
Florence Conover
Carrie Anderson
Horace Folsom
Roy CC. Woods
Wilemek
John Huston
Clyde Grim
Alfred Morgan
Louise
S. P. Morgan
Lee Thopson
Ed Lins
Agatha Baver
Sylvester Bauer
Dayton
Ohio
Dayton National Hospital
R. Carroll
Sumner
William Hl
Ina Gore
Springville
L. K. Stemen
Loop
Cleveland
M*y
Buffalo
Cleveland Daily Livestock News
The
Cleveland Union Stock Yards Company
Cleveland Ohio
Comssion Firma
Nat'l Livestock Commission Co
Creene, Banbry Go
Benstead, Bryan & Co
Shipper's Commission Co
Bower & Bower
Meeks, Borell & Thompson
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