Neighboring Towns and Communities Notes
May 20 report from VEO records a family gathering at home for dinner with Mr and Mrs Jose Rice and several children including Raymond Rumer and Barbara Joe at Fairfield and Hazel and Chester Rice. Mrs Juula Martin, mother of Mrs Geo Chambers, visited Indianola since Saturday. The Loyal Twelve club met as usual on the last Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veo
Jose Rice
Raymond Rumer
Barbara Joe
Fairfield
Caral
Et Wayne
Ind
Hazel
Chester
Juula Martin
Geo. Chambers
Indianola
J. E. Davis
Jacob Graber
Joe Witting
Allen Meyer
EB. G. Rittler
Leonard Martin
Noah Leiehty
Warren Allen
S. EF. Wenger
Crawfordsville
Judd Witting
Clara Wenger
Avin Rich
Amasa
Don Royce
Mahlon Miller
Pekin
Paul Brennenman
Mt. Leasant
John Beese Hose
Walter Howard
Oskaloosa
Sam Bergh
Fred Messenger
Mustazine
Messenger
Neltlig Alen
Will Jone
Cotter
H. H Hills
Vleasant
Omerhus Hart
When Your Daughter Comes to Womanhood
An old notice urges using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for teen girls health. Social notes describe local gatherings at Jere Elmore and Luther homes, visiting relatives in Fairfield and Pleasant Plain, and family members traveling from Ft. Wayne to visit in rural communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Memorial day services mark Bethel church gathering
East Jackson May 29 eighty four people attended Bethel Sunday services on May 28 with a Memorial day sermon. Activities upcoming include Women’s Missionary society meeting on Wednesday at two, a Community Social Friday June 2, and a June 11 Children’s Day program. The notes mention lawn care, school graduations, doll show plans, and various local visits and travels.
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East Jackson
Bethel
Women's Missionary Society of Bethel
Nellie Juzeler
Floyd Lette
Wolff’s Hatchery
Washington
Ernest Green
Doyle Plecker l
Ernest Gideon
Cactus Joe on Winners and Losses and Sympathy
A witty remark from Cactus Joe defines a "good loser" as someone who refuses to dwell on failures or seek unearned sympathy. The quote contrasts stoic resilience with wasteful self-pity. It reflects sportsmanship and frontier humor in a compact rural setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cactus Joe
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Promises Energy Boost
An old advertisement urges readers to wake up the liver with Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming to restore two pounds of bile daily, improve digestion, reduce gas and blemishes, and lift energy without harsh laxatives. It cautions against substitutes and notes the 25 cent price in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
C. M. Ce
Firestone
Havre Tackle Talker Correspondent Report
May 31 note from Havre lists Mr and Mrs Harry McConnell and their son visiting Mrs Carr for her birthday with A B Carr and other children. Bob Tippit of Little York Illinois joined the gathering. Minnie Carr spent Sunday in Ottumwa practicing with the band as one of the 400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Clark
Frank Clark
Ottumwa
Norman Clark
And
Wayland Memorial Program Held At High School
The followup Memorial program took place in the Wayland high school auditorium Sunday afternoon May 28 with martial music, song and invocation. Rev Basinger paid tribute to civil war veteran Mr Shaffer as Wiayland community members joined in song led by the men’s octette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Ricks
Theorin
Rick
Vernon Tsehantz
Doris Mowery
Otttumwa
John Veneer
Edd Witting
Ted Tschantz
Hubert Weyer
Frank Magdefrau
Michigan
J. A. Taylor
Daughters
Washington
Taylor
Jamith
Wayland
Shively
West Wayland
America
Basinger Triebute
Shaffer
Ciwr Sodergren
Local Train Schedule Details From Washington Note
Train 261 leaves Washington at 9 46 a m on weekdays with freight service on Tuesday Thursday Saturday. Train 25 departs Washington Southwest Line Bay an No 91 Local Freight on schedule 10 25 a m Eastbound from Washlet. Train 92 Local Freight runs 11 59 4 m on Monday Wednesday Friday. Passenger trains daily per agent W C Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southwest Line
Southwest Lisree
Pentences Wenw
W. C. Bell
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J. E Wheeler
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Wayn
Leila Marie Varsons
Luther Elmore
Fred Simmons
Fay and
Dick Wer
Claud Watson
Woolson
Ernest
Maurice Meyer
Carl Rothlisberger
Helen Donaldson
Theodore Meyer
Fred Shaw
Sterling Holmes
Ben Fitzgerald
Charley Kolesick
Bohumil Kos
Jane Rothlisberger
Peters
Brighton
Carl
Jane Alice Rothlisberger
Betty McCartney
Miss Stalder
South Prairie
Walter
Lorene Sofka
Grand Praise
Ruth and
Mae Gideon
Elmer Krantz
Swedesburg
Roy Kephart
Alvin
Margaret
Donna
Joan Chalupa
Frank Schneider
Selina Wittmer
S. CC
Wittmer
Fred Kephart
Bnney Linder
Harry McConnell
W. IL
McConnell Hars
Lloyd
Harry Bishop
Linder
Fdna Westen
Grace Thompson
Virgil Wittmer
Lyle Hering
Carl Zeiglowsky
Ernie Bimen
Frytow
Howard Baker
Geo Chalapa
Geo
Chalupa
Edd Chalupa
Baker
Will Shuman
Leroy Martin
St. Louis
Mr Martin
Mrs
F. G. Rich
Wayne Allen
Dickly
Morning Sun
Sonny Ford Dearborn
Medh
Indianapolis
Firestone Super Oldfield
Ead
Firestone Sentinel
Frown Onder
Pirestons
Wady
Havre
Tackle
Correspondet
Ezra Wittmer
Washington Lodge No
A. Fpf
A. M
T L Brookhart
W. M
A. Ww. Yard
Ally
Golden State Limited
Nally
Dally
Brana
California
el Paso
Brighton Fairfield
Eldon
Belknap
Centerville
Seymour
Allerton
Princeton
Suiekards
Excelsior Springs
Liberty
Goodlander
J. C. McKay
P&p RR OO
Froin
Ineton
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Washington Oil Company
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