Handicraft and old time cookery club meeting in Wales
A report of a community gathering led by Mrs Sprague on Handicraft from grandmother’s day and old time cookery with talks by Mrs Mary Jones and Mrs Hazel Moorhead. Guests wore crepe paper caps and shared dishes like chicken legs, mashed potatoes, cranberries, and ginger snaps. Local notices mention sales, visitors, and postponed high school games due to small pox vaccination.
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Wales
James K. Polk
Sprague
Mary Jones
Hazel Moorhead
Howard Crozier
Joe Porter
C. R. Gallagher
Washington
Fred Sipe
Leo Mark
Ainsworth
Mak
Mre. Mak
William Indwarde
Olds Fr
Olds
New London
Lb. T Woody
Lake City
Myron Hayes
Mayes
News Notes from Ainsworth and Nearby Towns
Mrs Maud Bronson returns home after months visiting relatives in Burlington St Louis and Mounds J W Davia sustains head cut but is recovering Wanda Spessard resumes Parsons College classes after weekend at home Scarlet fever affects Mrs Miller and several Hawkins children Mrs D W Davis of Alexis IL visiting friends here Mrs E R Richards hosts Kensington club and next lecture a musical program by The Elsie Beebe Company Attendees report Lincoln play benefiting Fox Theatre Feb 11 12 in Ainworth John Coakley visits from West Chester Mrs Bobce Kurtz and son return from Washington Mrs Henry Matthess visits daughter and Ewart Young attends Arnet Mathers home Ewart Young attends to chores and local pupils take Washington exams Floyd Pauli at Ames for short course Milo Flo Eyestone hold butchering demo at home. Ames-bound pupil Floyd Pauli involved shoppers in Washington and Cal Griggs family visit Washington. Ewart Young hauls hogs to West Chester. Carl Keck visits with Dan Huber family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Maud Bronson
Burlington
St. Louis
Mounds
J. W. Davia
Wanda Spessard
Parsons College
Elsie Beebe Company
Minnie Jackson
James Fitzgerald
Simpkins
Moore
Columbus Janet
Wm. Gibson
Frank Kurtz
Ainaworth
John Coakley
West Chester
Bobce Kurtz
Little Son
Washington
E. W. Spesard
Henry Matthess
Ewart Young
Arnet Mathers
Haskins
Milo
Allen Patterson
Flo ‘Eyestone
Helen Young
Cathryn White
Winn Eyestone
Ames
Floyd Pauli
Apw
Cal Griggs
Carl Keck
Dan Huber
Young America
Frank Pringle
Son Furl
Sibley’s
Davenport
Charles
John
Elmer Cherry
Cloyd Knapp
Willis Peterson
John Cherry
Peterson
Val
Burl
Ehota
J. N. Phillips
Carl
Jessie
Harriet
Donald McLaughlin
B. C. Briley
Crawfordsville
Miss La Vera Stewart Weekend Visit Noted
Lexington report notes Miss La Vera Stewart spent last weekend with her aunt southwest of Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Matthess and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
LaVera Stewart
Washington
Warren Matthess
Pilotsburg Farm Bureau Notes and Local Incidents
The Pilotsburg district Farm Bureau group met with Mrs. F. E. Rickey. L. A. 8. will meet with Mrs. Ethel Shatty Thursday instead of Mrs. Oldfield who is ill. Chas. Rickey delivered hogs to Weisman. Neighbors dehorned cattle at Frank Strarsky’s. Hiomer Turnipseed broke his arm cranking a car. Mildred Benson and Muriel Stransky attend Ames short course. Allison Maas took hogs to Chicago. The community shared visits to Fay Goodwin and Albert Maas homes.
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Pilotsburg
L. A
Ethel Shatty
Maria Oldfield
Wellman
Farm Bureau
F. E. Rickey
Rickey
Weisman
Mildred Benson
Muriel Stransky
Ames
Allison Maas
Chicago
Cress Rowe
Fay Goodwin
Local society notes and funeral in Ainsworth area
Misses Vivian Booth Hazel Booth and Marjorie McCreedy shopped in Washington last Thursday. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Haskins church for the father of L Wallace, with many relatives from Rock Island Lone Tree Davenport New London and Burlington attending. A double wedding was reported in Ainsworth this Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskins
Vivian
Hazel Booth
Marjorie McCreedy
Washington
J. R. McCreedy
Ainsworth
Jim Wallace
Paul
Rock Island
James
Lone Tree
Bonnie Roberts
Davenport
Iowa
Kline
New London
Wallace
Andle
Ellen Roberts
Ethel Booth
Havre Neighborhood Notes From Havp E Havre
Local items report new Chevrolet for Frei Klopfenstein and carload of wheat hauled by Joe Klopenstein. Moves and visits mark weekly life with social events, parties, and neighbors stopping by. School news, sales, and church group meetings fill the Havre community roundup.
Colonial tea hosts share relics from bygone days
In Crawfordsville Iowa on February 5 Mrs Daisy Huber and Mrs Ella De Long hosted a Care-Away Circle tea. Guests brought historic keepsakes, including a 100 year old tortoise shell back comb from New Orleans, a 122 year old sampler, and a wooden butter print, creating a rich display of maternal heirlooms.
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Crawfordsville
Iowa
Daisy Huber
Ella de Long
Adams
Miss van Horn
Mrs. Hayes
Mary Maxwell
New Orleans
Noble notices and upcoming wedding at Sutter Weber event
Kathryn Wenger engagement announced as she nears marriage to Otto Sutter at her parents home Joe Wenger. Guests brought suitable gifts while ice cream and cake were served. Various local families hosted dinners and moved homes, with school events and a teachers meeting noted in Noble.
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Milton
Raymond Nicolson
Dave Richard
A. Rich
Olds
Mildred Goff
Dorothy Rinner
Iowa Wesleyan
Paul Leichty
Mic Hible
Hoble Place
Tupeday
Ernest Eisley
Joel Zing
Noble
Crewfordeville
C. F. Frey
Pan
Verdi
Who Is Your Skinny Friend Ethel
Advertisement for McCoy Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets promising weight gain and health benefits. Claims sugar coated tablets conceal taste, 60 tablets for 60 cents, refund if goals unmet. Highlights include a woman gaining 15 pounds in six weeks and general age groups improving health.
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Ethel
McCoy Laboratories
New York
McCoy
J. EB. Lemmon
McCoy's
Local Youths and Residents Noted in Short Items
The clipping mentions Geneva Shebeck traveling to Washington for the eighth grade examinations and Elmer Collins returning to Pryor Oklahoma. It also references the Fred Zieglowsky home in an itemized note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Zieglowsky
Geneva Shebeck
Washington
Elmer Collins
Pryor
Oklahoma
Local Y A social notes and gatherings chronology
Community notes from Young America recount visits and entertainments. Families like Pringle Cherry and Briley host others, with numerous suppers and calls across the week. A radio play broadcast from Davenport and the Y M C A dedication supplement a busy period.
Neighborhood Radio Fans Share Refreshments
Leg and Mrs. Elmer Cherry helped to serve refreshments while Burl Bringle becomes the latest radio fan in the neighborhood, purchasing a one tube set.
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Leg
Elmer Cherry
Burl Bringle
Community Socials and Family Visits in Indian Creek
Levi Shiddier Joe Arnold and Will Dunbar helped Charlie Corpman with a big summer meat. Mrs Dunbar and Mrs Mary Barrows of Washington helped Mrs Corpman cook dinner. The Farrier families visited and shopped locally. About a hundred attended a Fred Garrett home gathering with dancing and refreshments. Frances Dunbar assisted with house work.
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Indian Creek
Levi Shiddier
Joe Arnold
Will Dunbar
Charlie Corpman
Dunbar
Mary Barrows
Washington
Arnold
Corpman
Tom Farrier
Pleasant Plain
Garrett
Frances Dunbar
Mabel Griffith
Wellston
Finley Garrett
H. A. Engle
Dublin
M. Farrier
Charlie Farrier
Bighton
Christine Mineart
N. A
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charmer
Thoma
Mrytle Rose
Bella
Ora
Maurice “Letty” Flynn
Yale
Letty
Scott
Havre
Frei Klopfenstein
Joe Klopenstein
Bruce Stewart
Will Easter
Will McBride
Clem Edgars
Dewey Coffman
Melvin Donaldson
Walter Gardner
Lars Galloway
Lee Hesseltine
Jim Lone
Fred Berger
Buntenbach
Sunshine Community Club
John Green
Green
Edgar Meyer
Pleasant Hill
Florence Gardner
Dean Stewart
John Baer
Jim Swift
Kennedy
Ernest Carlson
St. Paul Evangelical Ladies Aid
England
Albert G Hill
Ohio
Hill
Khar Leufachna
Milwaukee
Roy
Hausschild
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