Local social notes from Keota and surrounding towns
Mrs A M McGraw of Keota visited Washington on Saturday. Mrs Bert Eason and her two children came from Scranton Town to stay with relatives at the Phillips home. Judge Henry F Wagner spent the weekend in Oskaloosa and returned to resume court. Mrs James Cowger from Burlington transacted business here. Prof Hugh Brower returned to Fairfield after preaching yesterday. Misses Ruth Eggers and Orpha Morgan go to Davenport to begin nurse training at St Luke's Hospital. Rev A R Oates had a good weekend at home and heads to Peoria Illinois. Alaska climate talk by P A Thelin at high school Tuesday evening.
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Bert Eason
Scranton
W. A. Phillips
Eason
Phillips
Henry F. Wagner
Oskaloosa
District Court
Ruth Eggers
Orpha Morgan
Davenport
St. Luke's Hospital
Bert van Meter
Letts
Grandview
Evelyn Newell
Washington
Hh. H. Matin
Wayne Petersen
Mt. Pleasant
R. J. Reaney
Women’s Relief Corps
Anna Johnston
Columbus City
Junction
Marshalltown
Lone Tree Independents
Columbus Independents
Lone Tree Quintet
Columbus
Lone Tree
D. of V's
Jennie Sheridan
Clarence Kremer
Wapello
Mildred Joplin
Herman Valquardsen
Joe Arington
G. W. Brock
California
S. J. Earle
Escanaba
Michigan
J. E. Reaney
J. R. Hammond
Farmer's Union
Harper
John T Aiken
Rhode Island
Penn
West Virginia
Ed Alsip
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Ford Battery Service Ad and Local Notices
A string of short items mentions Ford batteries and genuine Ford service at local stations in Washington, Davenport, and West Chester. It also notes a Des Moines clerical transfer for Frances Wilson, a township board meeting February 2 1925 to select a road superintendent, a birth Theresa Clara at nine pounds, and various local visits and community activities in early February 1925.
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Frances Wilson
Des Moines
Frances
Washington Motor Company
Board of Trustees
Cedar Township
Washington County
H. J. Meyers
Not Old Enough to Know Inquisitive Post Reader Question
A reader from the Houston Post Dispatch asks at what age men stop noticing feminine fashions. The query notes the commentator is sixty and suggests others must inquire for older perspectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Post Dispatch
Genuine English Army Blankets On Sale At Crail's
Advertisements note blankets in grey brown and tan weighing five and six pounds with original price seven dollars now four dollars at Crail's. Various goods and local notices follow including visits, church singing by Donald Anderson, hospital updates, marriage licenses, and local business movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crail's
Czarist Census Returns Master and Mistress of the Empire
The Revolution Museum received a Moscow government census return from 1897. The czar and czarina answered the question about their profession as master and mistress of the Russian empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leningrad
Revolution Museum
Moscow
Cgarina
West Chester notes and rural Iowa updates
The column mixes local humor and observations from West Chester California climate talk and readers’ letters. It reports livestock sales at a Dan Rohr sale, a Jersey cow price discussion, farm work plans, and social events at Columbus Junction and surrounding towns with multiple names and places, including Dan Rohr sale, Dougherty Bros, and Lexington Church. It also lists rural school exams at Columbus High School on February 6 and 7, plus community notices from Union and D. of V chapters and local residents’ travels and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Dan Rohr
W. G. Tam
Haskins Haskins Community Notes Update
Jan 24 report from Haskins notes poor church dinner attendance due to colds. Visitors include Dr Eastwood and Rev Mazzai. Local stock shipments: seven carloads from Haskins with several farmers named. Womens Missionary Society reelects officers. Families prepare for relocation. village youths plan a play next week.
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M. &. Ebner
Loren Hazen
Frank Skubal
Harley Stafford
Ross McCreedy
Wm Luckey
Womens Missionary Society
J. E. Booth
Godlove
Olive Moore
Geo. Ebner
Booth
Treas
Chas
Davis
Warren McIntyre
Ohio
Mac Gordon
W. Society
Bank cashier shifts in Crawfordsville
Lee Mak resigns from First Savings bank to become cashier at Ainsworth bank on February 1. Lee Huston is elected cashier of the First Savings bank, with assistant cashier position still vacant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Lee Mak
First Savings Bank
Ainsworth Bank
Lee Huston
Local Cashiers Change Hands and Community Ties
Mr. Mak retires as cashier after valued service and Mr. Huston is appointed in his place. The McNeills attend county hospital nurses’ graduation with Doris McNeill, who plans training in Des Moines and Chicago. The Rodgers family of Winfield visited the McNeills yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mak
Huston
Dayton McNeill
Thhe County Hospital
Washington
None of These Names Tell the Whole Story of Farm Life
A quirky column from Homestead Farm recalls a parade of surnames and stories from farm life. It muses on luck, crime turning to talent, and the aching loneliness of winter as it sketches memories of neighbors, travel woes, and a farmer’s barnyard wisdom.
Inauspicious Winter Toll on the Elderly
A nurse and several health experts discuss winter dangers for seniors. They note that colds often precede illness and that diet and substances like alcohol and tobacco may contribute to deaths. The piece presents differing views on what makes people sick and dying.
Sojkas Welcome Daughter Darlene Rose
Mr and Mrs Wess Sojka of Ainsworth welcome daughter Darlene Rose born January 17 weighing eight pounds The infant is the couple's first child and milestone in local family news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wess Sojka
Ainsworth
Darlene Rose
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