Christmas visitors and social notes from Eureka
Eureka residents report holiday and weekend visits among families including the Fetes Wagner Salterburg and Benson circles. Alumni events, basketball game attendance and multiple Rock Island travelers characterize the week’s social scene with several households hosting guests and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Benson
Eureka
Louis Fetes
George and
Mildred
Chauncey Moore
W. F. Salterburg
Irene Salterburg
Chicago
William Salterburg
Earl Salterburg
Brighton
Louis Fetes, Jr
Rock Island
Illinois
Floyd Wagner
Elwyn Gardner
Donny
Robert Armstrong
Howard Wagner
Steve Wolfer
John Wagner
Dillon
Tarriet Schantz
Clarence Boshart
Clarence Benson
Wayland-Mt
For Sale Just Sold the Last Brood er House
Eelipse Lumber Company advertises a completed er house sale and notes another will be ready soon. Calls to order via phone 71. 27213.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eelipse Lumber Company
Wellston Holiday Visits Mark Christmas Gatherings
Beulah Miksch from Ottumwa and Mar iam Miksch from Chicago visited the Ira Miksch home for Christmas. Frances and Irene Harvey returned from Davenport to spend the holidays with their parents C. H. Harvey and wife. Various local residents shared Christmas visits, with families in Wellman and Wellston taking part and school closing for vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wilson
Wellston
Irene
Jessie Harvey
Forrest Benning
Chris Grinning
Cora Brinning
Statler
George Lemley
Wellman
Mrs. Lemey
Montacute House and its Hill Named by Normans
Near Yeovil Somerset rises Mons Acutus or Sharp mountain shaping the village and Montacute House built by Sir Edward Phelips a queen’s serjeant and later speaker of the commons while Shakespeare wrote his plays a 1599 date appears on a dining room chimneypiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeovil
Somerset
Montacute
Edward Phelips
Elizabeth
House of Commons
Chester Green Visits Henry Schantz Home
Chester Green was a Sunday visitor at the Henry Schantz home, spending time in the residence and sharing Sunday company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Green
Henry Schantz
Poultry Prices and Buyback Terms Listed
The notice details live poultry pricing by weight and type including young roosters leghorn roosters ducks and old roosters with price ranges per pound. It notes a delivery payment of 42 cents per pound to the plant and warns that No 2 poultry with defects will be bought at a discount and all culled poultry will be rejected.
Cleanest City Square Seeps Sunshine Day
The January 1 entry recalls a beautiful New Year’s morning with clear skies. Thanks are given to Blain Holmes and assistants for cleaning the pavement around the square. A light note about cattle sales and local produce is included along with family remarks and distant crop photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blain Holmes
W. J. Crozier
Bobby
Washington
Local Visitors From Wellston and Surrounding Areas
Mr and Mrs George Augustines and Mr Singleton of near White Oak west of Wellston visited Friday morning. Joe Stalder and his son in law Austin Emry of Brighton R2 and Roscoe Robertson of Dublin were present. Roscoe showed a pipe resembling a woodchucks hole in a tree though it is not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Augustines
Mr. Singleton
White Oak
Wellston
Joe Stalder
Austin Emry
Brighton R. 2
Roscoe Robertson
Dublin
Roscoe
Beenblossoms Return After Morrison Visit and Train Sightings
I A Beenblossoms return from a visit with sister and husband M and Mrs Marshall at Morrison Illinois. He describes Northwestern new stream line train in two sections each train of 17 cars running Los Angeles to Chicago in thirty nine and three quarters hours. At Keota Central cafe catfish dinner praised. Funeral for J O Singmaster addressed by Rev Deck er Ottumwa with Rev Vern W Butler singing. Eight hundred attendees from Washington and other places.
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Beenblossom
Northwestern
Los Angeles
Chicago
Alva
Keota
Washington
Christmas Guests at E Frame Home in Amboy District
Christmas guests at the Emmet Frame home include Doyle Frame and family Margorie Frame and Harry Pearson with Wilma Wilma Pearson visits the parental Harry Pearson home. Howard Pearson attended a family dinner at Tom Stirling home John Dea visiting M Hollinger near Washington Will Dea Elizabeth and Franklin celebrated Christmas at M Hollinger home near Washington. Will Richards and family dined with Edna Witting in Washington Beverly Smith of Waterlooville vacationing at Everett Roberts home Glen Adams of Chicago Ralph Morris Jo Ann from Columbus Junction at J Adams home Russell Owens and family Carl Brown Karl White Connie shared Christmas with Dan Griffiths and Will Roberts.
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Earl White
Amboy
Emmet Frame
Doyle Frame
Marjorrie Frame
Harry Pearson
Wilma
Wilma Pearson
Howard Pearson
Tom Stirling
John Dea
M. Hollinger
Washington
Tom Dea
Peers
Lincoln
Will Dea
Elizabeth
Franklin
Will Richards
Edna Witting
Beverly Smith
Waterloors
Everette Roberts
Glen Adams
Chicago
Ralph Morris
Jo Ann
Columbus Junction
J. &. Adams
Russell Owens
Carl Brown
Karl White
Connie
Dan Griffiths
Wil! Roberts
Carl and Dale
L. G. Roberts
Frank Leeper
Wellman
Withl. G. Roberts
Glen Davis
Ronald Glen
Will Roberts
Carl
Dale
Ed Rees
Dorothy
I. G. Roberts
Rodger Colthurst
Betty
George
Waterloo
Everette Stewart
J. M. Stewart
William Neal
Burlington
J. M. Stewarts
Don Rabenold
T H. Will
Clifford Campbell
Muscatine
T. H. Will
Mildred Woodburn
Glen Beenblossom
A. C. Bain
Kathryn Ann
Cedar Rapids
L. O. Beenblossom
Wilbur Beenblossom
Ray Pratt
I. L
Colthurst
Rodger
Robert Atcheson
Karl Megchelsen
Keokuk
Girard Megchelsen
Worrest
Clarence Owens
Myrtle Owens
Sam Baker
Franklin Waggoner
John May
Carl White
Jimmy
Ray Townson
Christhia
Shirley Dowell
W. C
Art Rathmel
New Year Blessing Urges Fresh Start and Hope
The verse urges readers to forget past mistakes and battles and begin anew. It highlights that the coming year may hold meaning and opportunity for each person, encouraging a hopeful mindset.
New Year Greeting From Stillwater Oklahoma Family
Melvin Shebeck and family send warm wishes from 209 Laury Stillwater Oklahoma. They describe business at Stillwater Vill He running diesel engine, producing A and M feed and mash and Goodhome flour and cornmeal with nine trucks. They note local oil well clippings and share updates on Marie Mélva Dee and daily life.
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New Years
Stillwater
Oklo
Melvin Shebeck
Marie
Mejiva Dee
Frank Kos
Shoebeck
Washington
Mélva Dee
Melvin
A and M
Oklahoma
Christmas Socials and Visits Across Washington Area
Families from Wellman to Washington share Christmas together and visit relatives. Numerous gatherings include the Roberts, Stewart, Beenblossom, Owens, McConnell, and Waggoner households with visitors from Waterloo, Keokuk, and Mt. Pleasant. Best wishes for a Happy New Year.
Almanac Print Marks Early American Press Event
Oswald notes in Printing in the Americas that the first non-broadsheet product was Captain William Pierce's Almanac printed by Matthew Day in 1638 for 1639, and no copy has been preserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald
Americas
America
Willian Pierce
Matthew Day
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WANT
Evening Journal
R. L. Gibson
C. E. Root
C. E. Phillips
Washington State Bank
A. M. Clow
Wairfield
Iowa
Albia
Wm. Palmer & Sons
Louis Baird
Athenaeus
Journal
Negus Livestock
Milkee
Midway
Richard Griever
West Chester
T. H. Riley & Son
Crawfordsville
Mildred F
Earl Nicola
Margaret Green
Chuckle Ads
Earnest Esele
The
Evening Journal Classified Advertising Department
Fox
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
W. B. Edwards
Iowa Ave
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Harwood
Cobs
C. EB. Phillips
A. B. Schmoeller
Poland
China
W. E. Leet
Busby Mfg
Washington Oil Company
Eclipse Lumber Company
Piano
Walter
Myr Lemley
W. DeWolf
Forrest Brinning
Famiy
Walter Johnson
Ainsworth
Ira Mikseh
Walter Brown
Wilbur McClelland
Allen Schaeffer
New Haven
Wellston School
Ovan
Reister
Leshorn
Iba
Ainsworth Produce
Lechorn Springs
Ltc Ve
Clarence MacNarlen
West End
I. A. Beenblossoms
Mrs. Marshall
Morrison, Ill
Mr. Marshal
Morrison
BR. J. Decker
Ottumwa
J. O. Singmaster
Vern W. Butler
Howard K. Stewart
Henry Trier
Henry
Son
E. Frame
Joe Caputo
Laury, Stillwater, Okla
Panay
Yangtze River
Yangtze
NEGUS
Washington County
E. D. Rayburn
Herman’ Funeral Home
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