West Chester News Briefs From Feb 23
Correspondents report local happenings in West Chester including Beatty and Rhodebeck en route to Barnes City to check on ailing mother Mrs Beatty. School resumes after two lost weeks with moving day anticipated. Stock cars shipped to Chicago. Ernest Van Sickle ill with La Grippe. A 27 year wedding anniversary observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
S. P. Beatty
Charlie Rhodebeck
Barnes City
Beatty
Chicago
Guy Eckerman
Anamosa
Kalona Notes on Health Funerals and Social Life
Kalona echoes with influenza reports and funerals as Little Jane Yoder L. W. Brooks and Don Figgins are laid to rest. Community members visit relatives in Iowa City Des Moines and Washington while church events and bake sales support local needs.
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Kalona
Geo. Amlong
Iowa City
Ransom
Bugh Dunlap
Davenport
O. H. Dunlap
Des Moines
John Davis
Colfax
Iowa
E. R. Roup
P. J. Huff
Beck
Missionary Ladies of the Christian Church
Little Jane
Pete D. Yoder
Christian Church
L. W. Brooks
Lovell
J. H. Brooks
Loyal Dierdorff
L. G. Wandby
Brooks
Listey Stricken With Illness In Town Area
Chas Listey is quite sick with a ton ailment. Mrs. George Struble and Wilitis spent Saturday at her brother Joe Crossett’s residence north of town.
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Chas
Listey
Ton
Wilitis
George Struble
Joe Crossett
Infant Mary Hoover Dies of Influenza in Brighton
Mary Julia Hoover four week old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gienn Hoover died Sunday at eleven from influenza. Burial was in Hill Crest cemetery. The four week old babe weighed two pounds and could not survive the epidemic sweeping the community. Little Billy Reedy is improving. Mrs. M. C. Terry visits Washington to Charlies Keck home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Palmer
Decorah
Knowlton
Chas. Rowe
Keota
Chas. Miller
Nira
Cedar Rapids
Hellen Schrader
Jenette Hunter
Iowa City
J. W. Hunter
Emma Zillmer
Green Valley
Jake Chapman
John Mauney
E. J. Coffey
la Grippe
Felberg
John McKinley
Claud Cresswell
Brighton
Mary Julia Hoover
Gienn Hoover
Hill Crest Cemetery
Billy Reedy
M. C. Terry
Washington
Charlies Keck
Community Notes From Clay Area February Updates
Mrs. Jas Clark returned home after visiting her mother Mrs. Meacham. Residents attended the Cooper stock sale in Hedrick. Brighton High staged Mrs Briggs of the Poultry Yard at the Club House. A Friday farewell party at Myers and Meacham marked moving plans for neighbors. Oyster supper enjoyed by all. Will Tucker vacates O E Harken farm and plans to move to Jefferson County. Walter Dutton loading goods for move near W Liberty. The Waterhouse family and Ruth and Allen traveled from Belknap to their new home near What Cheer. Mrs. Anna Stalker moving to Richland after purchasing property. Arnold Turner rents farm locally this year. Mildred Horton and Myra Gowey of Brighton visited Warren Morgan. Farm Bureau meeting held in Washington. H A Meacham to move stock and goods to Malcolm area.
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Clay
Jas. Clark
Packwood
M. J. Meacham
Cooper
Hedrick
Brighton High School
Myers and Meacham
Will Tucker
O. E. Harken
Jefferson County
Walter Dutton
W. Liberty
Glenn Waterhouse
Ruth
Allen
Belknaps
What Cheer
Anna Stalker
Richland
Arnold Turner
Mildred Horton
Myra Gowey
Brighton
Jeanette
Mildred Woodford Warren Morgan
Co. Farm Bureau
Washington
H. A. Meacham
Malcolm, Fa
Daily farm trades and family visits noted across communities
Mr Miller renting the G W Myers or Wallingford farm makes daily truck trips from Wayland with goods. Roy Robinson and family visited the Roy Waggoner family at Bright on Sunday. W G Fleig and family visited his brother Frank near Packwood on Sunday. A J Morgan left Monday for Amelia to attend the State Highway Commissioners convention. The passage mentions a family misfortune with multiple deaths and a large estate, noting a family’s hardship and ongoing farming efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Miller
G. W. Myers
Wallingford
Wayland
Roy Robinson
Roy Waggoner
Brighton
W. G. Fleig
Frank
Packwood
A. J. Morgan
Amelia
Crawfordsville Area Notes and Visits
Dr and Mrs A M Cowden of Washington spent the day yesterday visiting the ailing Mrs Sarah Crawford. The Rev G W Henna left for Monroe to assist in evangelistic meetings for a week. H B Graham returned home after a vacation visiting relatives in Illinois. Mr and Mrs E L Clark were visitors in Washington yesterday.
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Crawfordsville
A. M. Cowden
Washington
Mis
Sarah Crawford
G. W. Henna
Monroe
H. B. Graham
Illinois
Four Davis Family Struck by Fatal Flu Outbreak
In M'Gregor on February 23, four members of the George Davis family are dead and nine others are sick with the flu. Ten days earlier the parents and eleven children were found seriously ill and nurses were unavailable for three days, allowing the illness to become virulent. The youngest child is 2 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M'Gregor
George Davis
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Don Figgins
M. E. Church
Tou
Helen
Bert Doud
Hugh Great
Warren Bishop
George Bishop
Warren
Kate Bishop
Beckenstein
Jack Cas
Dalla Immerman
Gardner and Hambright
Albert Roupe
H. L. Karr
BE. H. Mackey
Oskaloosa
Robert Cousing
Misa Roseland Hamilton
W. T. Hamilton
Roseland
Atty. E. D. Morrison
Little Son
Durham
Eardley Bell, ‘Jr
Lincoln Cresswell
Don Figgans
Albert Glider
Partnell
Wellman Wellman
Mr. Hue
Sloan
Muse
Sciatica
Eiece
Davis
In Nuenza
Cascaraes Quinine
Mr. Hill
Mark
Cole
Mannhardt
Washington, Iowa
Maxwell
Equator
Maxwerk
T. C. Kyle
East Second Street
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