Local notes and events from town life
Johnson's bakery offers fresh pies and goods. A band concert is set for March 6 with late popular music. L. S. Patterson returns from New York business. Mrs Kilgore visits from West Chester. Loren Baird travels from Fairfield to Ainsworth on business. Mr and Mrs Lewis return from Brighton after funeral of Mrs Vincent. Supt Crone travels to Des Moines for State Athletic board meeting. Bert Dixon to referee Muscatine vs Ottumwa basketball for state title. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised for rheumatism relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
R. B. Crone
Des Moines
State Athletic Board
Doings of the People in County Communities
In NIRA on February 28 John Glantz and wife moved to their new Matthews farm home. Gil Cherry and Alex Smith delivered oats. Patsy Malicky visited Wellman. Republican caucus met with Gil Cherry and Bert England chosen as delegates. Frank Furman sold a horse to Mrs. Booth. Mr Imen moved to Stapleton farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Glantz
Matthews Farm
Gil Cherry
Alex Smith
Patsy Malicky
Bert England
Frank Furman
Booth
Imen
Stapleton Farm
Residents make routine visits and returns to Ottumwa
On February 29, Mrs. Alice Breen returned to Ottumwa after visiting her ill mother Mrs. John Hazen. Mrs. A. J. Peterson came back from Cedar Rapids where she visited her son Arthur. Mrs. Mary James of Des Moines arrived to help care for her seriously ill mother Mrs. Jane Bumbarger. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Peterson were in Washington. Nat Rush of Washington visited local friends. Mrs. Jean Carden of Osage visited her mother Mrs. Alex Clegg. Miss Cora EB Porter was a business visitor here yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Breen
Ottumwa
John Hazen
A. J. Peterson
Arthur
Cedar Rapids
Mary James
Des Moines
Jane Bumbarger
Washington
Nat Rush
Jean Carden
Osage
Alex Clegg
Cora EB. Porter
Russia
Mary Maxwell
Presbyterian
E.S. Genung
United Presbyterian
W. G. Robertson
J. H. Taylor
R. S. White
Maud Murphy
M. D. Yard
Robert de Harpoort
John McCleary
J. B. McCoy
J. H. Cherryholmes
Peter Conrad
Harvey Barnes
Alfred Peterson
Hazel
Lois Davidson
J. M. Maxwell
Mr. Barnes
Bluffton
Ind
Chicago
Jessie Anderson
Wyman
J. H. Huston
Jane Cowger
Vera Cowger
Winfield
Ray Miller
Miss Wait Vesey
Mt. Pleasant
Riverside Social Roundup Feb 28 Local Notes
Feb 28 Riverside brief notes report visits and travel by residents. Friese family moving to Seattle. Dennis Brennan mourns sister Julia Holmes in Los Angeles with funeral plans. Local sickness, school events, and various visits and moves noted among neighbors and family.
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Anna Kroes
Riverside
Thittum
Albert Sharpe
Calif
Lucile
Dennis
Bridget Leeney
California
Grandma Shalla
Frank Blecha
Maple Grove School
Miss Elma Vacha Teaches at Local School
A fragment notes Miss Elma Vacha as the teacher at a local school. The readable text emphasizes her role in instruction and classroom presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Elma Vacha
Local Notes on Area Movements and Roadside Repairs
Feb 29 reports Mr and Mrs Ross Han cock leaving for Bloomfield Iowa to visit relatives. Tom O Conner moves to the Tanner farm bought last fall. Mr Grosscup moves from Coppock area to the farm south of town vacated by Walt Crawford. Irving Marr returns to work in Minnesota. Frank Welleiver runs the hardware store during the proprietor absence as mutuals repair their line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Hancock
Bloomfield
Iowa
Tom O'Conner
Jast Fall
Grosscup
Coppock
Walt Crawford
Irving Marr
Minnesota
Frank Welleiver
Lecture Sparks Discussion on Wealth Paradise at Washington
Feb 28 visitors included Mr and Mrs J H Rhea Clarence Young W E Walker Jake Sommers and C E Anderson. Mrs J G Miller and Miss Ina Caldwell of Burlington visited the Rhea home this week. Ralph Parlette delivered a lecture titled Pockets and Paradise praising restraint from wealth rush and contrasting Adam’s paradise with modern wealth obsessed life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Rhea
Clarence Young
W. E. Walker
Jake Sommers
C. E. Anderson
Washington
J. G. Miller
Ina Caldwell
Burlington
A. R. Miller
Grace Twinam
Ralph Parlette
Lectures Spark National Pride and Local Visitors Arrive
A traveler’s Russia lecture captivated audience members, illustrating American citizenship. Mary Maxwell returned from Washington after a winter there. Various residents and visitors, including Rev E S Genung and Rev W G Robertson, were noted in town.
Kling and Hueston to Play for World Pool Championship
Kansas City report states Johnny Kling and Hueston will contest the world pool title for 1000 dollars a side at 600 points in a four night match starting next Wednesday. Kling, who travelled to St Louis to finalize plans, lost to Hueston in a previous 750 point affair seven years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Hueston
Johnny Kling
John Kling
St. Louis
Kling
Company D Basketball Team Heads to Nichols Game
The Company D basketball squad travels to Nichols to face an independents team tonight. Lineup includes Richardson at center, Hout and Gibson as forwards, Pattison and Coppock as guards, with J Adams as referee and F Stebbins timekeeper. Grover Springman accompanies to observe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company D
Nichols
Richardson
Hout
Gibson
Pattison
Coppock
J. Adams
F. Stebbins
Grover Springman
Local commuters noted in morning train rides
Sam Ross and James Walker rode the westbound No. 1 train home from West Chester. B Friese from northeast of the city also rode the same line westward this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Ross
James Walker
West Chester
B. Friese
Hall's Catarrh Cure praised as a universal remedy
A long advertisement declares Hall's Catarrh Cure a constitutional remedy taken internally to reach blood and mucous surfaces. It offers 100 dollars for any un cured case and promotes accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
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