Community notes roll through Wellman and beyond
Local items from Wellman and nearby towns document community movements including visits by Walter Leighton and family to Iowa City, residents attending commencements, moving of Rev. Arthur Woods to Horton, and plans to vote June 12 on a new school site. Numerous family visits, illness updates, and social gatherings color a busy rural county scene with ties to Iowa City, Keota, Kalona, Lone Tree, and Crawfordsville.
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Walter Leighton
Iowa City
Vic Volton
Keota
Mabel Oldaker
Frytown
Jove King
Melbourne
Welliiao
Charles Maplethorpe
Toledo
Mr Marechal
W. KK
Maplethorpe
Hotie Meernaiay Ste. Mills
Kalona
Tino Miller
Ale Smith
Perlee
Neb
Pilotburg
Carr
Tlandston
John Flering
Otto Klockentexer
Henry Mentz
Son
Marion Spears
K of P
Chicago
J. Yoder
Hert Steninger
Riverside
Robert Henderson
Davenport
Arthur Woods
Horton
Woods
Baptist Church
George Brown
Crawfordsville
Jarvis
Ira Wells
Washington
J. No Carr
Uoon
Ora Starr
W. S. Brown
Hevis
North English
Nancy Nesmith
Oxford
Jennie
Kilmer Herr
Bert Williams
Harold
J. A. Dodds
Kelso
Lone Tree
M. E. Church
J. J. Ward
Lake Benton
Minn
Merton Fisher
Wm. Maske
Hoerlin
John Carter
Fred Taylor
Keokuk
Crawfordsville News Highlights Local Happenings
The Crawfordsville column reports social visits, commencements, and church events. Rev. Hamilton to preach at Prairie Flower church June 4. Miss Minnie Jackson ill with tonsillitis, Lulu Duvall attends Washington commencement with Eva Fleming. Local entertainment by Mrs. Pool ee praised. hot weather kept crowds light. Various residents travel to Washington and Mt Pleasant for events and studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Prairie Flower
Minnie Jackson
Yniptls
Rosetta Schwartz
Prairie Les Thureday
Will Palmer
Geo. McAvoy
Will Phillips
Chris Schwartz
Miason
Minnie Browner
Mun Eatine
Delia Fetters
Verdi
Mr. Hamilton
Prairie Flower Church
Lulu Duvall
Washington
Eva Fleming
Opera House
Foley Kidney Pills Offer Kidney and Bladder Support
Foley Kidney Pills contain ingredients to regulate and strengthen kidney and bladder action. For sale by all druggists.
Postal savings plan expands to 450 offices
Postmaster General announces extension from two to 140 offices per week with 1 000 depositors by July 1. By then first class offices in large cities join the program while 50 more depositories were designated today totaling 450. Deposits begin July 1, including Carrollton. The note ends with a product advertisement for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iliteheocek
Chamberlain
Lemmon
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promoted For Wounds Burns
An old advertisement claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve provides prompt treatment to prevent blood poisoning or gangrene from cuts and wounds. It touts use for burns boils sores skin eruptions eczema chapped hands piles and more. Lemmon’s Pharmacy sells a 25 cent tin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Humor and Philosophy Reflections on Work and Time
A collection of wry maxims on human behavior and effort. Remarks on neighbors pride money time and expertise question the value of hard work and criticism. The tone blends humor with layered philosophical observations.
Women Will Collectors Now
A terse dialogue notes fear of a woman and a claim that collectors of women will appear. The exchange hints at social tension and shifting roles without providing context or names.
Sign of Age and Checkers Dialogue Fragment
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts evolution with human limits and a scorching track. It includes lines about wings and a speaker asking to play checkers, replying that the other underestimates him as a grandfather.
Too Bad to Spoil It Dialect Sketch
A lively two person dialogue about storytelling and ambition. A narrator and interlocutors discuss the futility of sharing a story and the hope of finding work writing dialect poetry, while noting that dialect poetry rarely gets read.
What’s sillier than a fool girl in this scene
A terse, stagey exchange centers on a fool girl paired with a fool boy. The dialogue hints at social roles and gendered humor, presenting a brisk, ironic bite within a short vignette.
Markets Roiled by Mixed Reports Across Livestock and Grains
Chicago market notes show receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep with mixed prospects. Wheat corn oats and other items list opening and closing figures along with week totals and shipments from the Washington City market and local grain firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington City
Senate Ats
Reister & Son
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FOX & Dewey
Tahia
Washington National Bank
Tramping Lake and
Houghton Lake Districts
Saskatchewan
Canada
St. Paul
Great Northern Ry
Luse Land & Development Company, Ltd
Southwell & McEculley
Mars
Iowa
Washington County
County Savings Bank
INE County News
HK Olr
Wellman
tHieniiton
le L. Godlove
Bert Hamilton
Tows
Chas. Conklin
Florence Kirkendall
Leando
Philosophier
Pated de Verne
Walt
Gethewa Adama
Pomteses
le Vatpalate
KKK
Wm. Phillips
Ruth
Pella
Farrel Huston
Hitchcock
South Dakota
Juston
J. (. Currie
Mroo
J. FF
Buxbaum
John Buxbaum
Grace Hill
Henry McCoy
Ildren
Mr. Pleasant
J. B. McCoy
Florence Truax
Shockley
Sam+ Bailey
Jeanette Wooley
Charles Fishburn Vis
Mt. Pleasant
Car
Dawson
Cooper
Willia Owen
Columbus
S. W. Huston
Thomas Harvey
N. I. Lame Home
U. L. Twinam
Haskins
Lenore
Gutius
Purtty
McElhinney Drug Co
Washington, Tow
Baseball
Nicola
Harmon
Carrollla
Satan
S Tung
Ing
Shiher
Texas
Reaen-Wickham Grain Company
Iolinois
Hans Ribeiterae
Meesa
John A. Babcock
U. &. Yards
Illinos
Mr. Merchant
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