Local Visitors and Travel Notes From Mason City Area
Mr and Mrs E F Simpkins of Mason City Iowa visit daughter Mrs H L Busby and son Will and family of Ainsworth Also Crone families relatives of Mrs Simpkins and friends Here Residents of Washington County in prior years M O Hunter returns from Iowa City after visit with son Billy Hunter who had hip access operation at Children s Hospital and is recovering Mrs Hunter stays for his recovery Mrs Wilbur Miller and son Charles travel to Chicago Minneapolis and Waterloo to visit relatives Carolyn Hamilton teaches singing at Residence Studio 221 FE Main Street during summer months Call or phone GRO WSUS for lessons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Simpkins
Mason City
Iowa
H. L. Busby
Will
Ainsworth
Crone
M. O. Hanter
Iowa City
Billy Hunter
Children’s Hospital
Wilbur Miller
Charles
Chicago
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Karl Simmerman
C. H. Frank
Frank
Simmerman
Miller
Carolyn Hamilton
Main Street
Local visitors and travelers share brief notes from town
Mr and Mrs Charles Clark and son Bobby S FE Wallen and Miss Eva Ebner return from Dunbar Wisconsin after a week with John Sands. Business callers include Mrs Nick Snyder Dor othy Well man Doris Stebbins and Mrs Har Nelson Winfield Otis Dean Chicago and others. O G Sappington of Cincinnati now buyer for J Charles McCullough Seed Co. Mrs Marvin Williamson recovered well from appendicitis. Richard Johnson returns from South Bend after his father Claus Johnson’s operation. Ida Barker of Iowa City visits Ruth Annis. Neale Knowles Ames Home Demonstration leader in town for clothing project planning. Promotion offer at Phillips and Herner for shaving cream and Ever Ready Safety Razor. Mrs J B Allen visits Fairfield after weeks with daughter Mrs W P Jorging. Mrs Jasper Wright returns to Fairfield from visit with sister Mrs John Malin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clark
Bobby
S. FE. Wallen
Eva Ebner
Dunbar
Wisconsin
John Sands
Nick Snyder
Dorothy
Wellman
Doris Stebbins
Har Nelson
Winfield
Otis Dean
Chicago
Sam Turkington
Wyman
E. M. Richards
Cotter
R. H. McCracken
Richland
Neale Knowles
Ames
Funeral service for Mrs Oliver Crawford scheduled
Funeral services for Mrs Oliver Crawford who died yesterday afternoon at 402 East Jefferson Street will be held at 2 30 Thursday afternoon at L A Jones funeral home. Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery. Naomi Anne Ashley born January 20 1839 in Indiana is the last of seven children. The family moved through Graves county Kentucky to Memphis and back to Kentucky. She married John R Maxwell in Memphis in 1860 and followed him to Dutch Creek township Washington county Iowa in 1861. They traveled to California in 1864 returning to Dutch Creek in 1868. Mr Maxwell died in 1877. Mrs Crawford married Oliver Crawford in 1880, no biological children but she cared for three of his children and adopted one, Ethel Nevins. Mr Crawford died 1910. Since then she remained in her home almost blind and bedridden after a January 1927 lip fracture, dying yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Crawford
East
Jefferson Street
L. A
Prairie County
Arkansas
Kentucky
Memphis
Tennessee
Naomi Anne Ashley
John R. Maxwell
Tenn
Maxwell
Dutch Creek Township
Washington County
Towa
Washingeton
Town
Irving Hines
Muscatine
Iowa
Crawford
Various Local Residents Leave Towns and Travel
Community notes list Robert Sage heading to Iowa City for summer school at the University of Iowa while Hubert Beal returns from Fairfield and other residents visit relatives in Excelsior Springs Ames Cedar Falls and Wellman. A. L. Griffith conducts Crawfordsville business. Fay Freshwaters ends school. Hazel Kelsey undergoes a minor operation at Iowa City hospital. Chapins orchestra plays at a Wellman dance. Karl Busby writes home from the U S Marines voyage to China aboard the President Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Sage
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Local Visitors Arrive for Weeklong Visits
Mr and Mrs M Huston from Wyman are in town today. Mrs Pearl Sowash of Moline ll spends days with her mother in law. Mrs Al Sowash Edith Snethurst and Mrs B Booth of New Manchester England arrive to visit Mrs Snethurst’s sister Mrs F W Eastwood for several weeks. The New Haven Social Union plans a Bake Sale Saturday at the Washington Cleaners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huston
Wyman
Pearl Sowash
Moline, Ll
Mrs
al Sowash
Edith Snethurst
B. Booth
New Manchester
England
Snethurst
F. W. Eastwood
New Haven Social Union
Washington Cleaners
Too Late to Classics Wanted to Rent Garage
Classified note seeking a close in garage for rent with contact 205 YSts.
Flower Exhibit Preparations by Garden Club at City Hall
The Fortnightly Club Garden Club prepares for the annual flower show to be held in the city hall gym this Friday from 1 to 8 PM. Amateur growers may enter exhibits by 11 AM Friday for judging by competent out of town judges. A 10 cent attendee fee supports expenses. refreshments will be served at the west entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Rifle Shot Triggers Explosion. Boy Killed at Nebraska Fair
A 12 year old boy, Marvin Fults, died after a rifle fired at a bird nest under the fair ticket office detonated explosives hidden beneath a fair building. The blast damaged nearby structures at the Beaver City grounds and shook the town. Authorities believe the bullet struck a cache of nitroglycerine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver City
Nebr
Marvin Fults
Summer visits and a public sale in Iowa notices
Miss Eatiel Gibson visits her parents in Charles City for the summer. Mrs. W A Watts travels to Eldon after visiting in Charles City. Mrs. Howard Richardson spends a day in Sigourney. Gladys Burroughs goes to Brigsten to visit Miss Irene Keeran. Karl Little to auction Estelle Adams property including a sewing machine truck rug and chairs in Washington on June 24 1927 at 10 00 AM to satisfy storage lien. Cash bid highest bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Little
Estelle Adams
Ewing
Washington
Washington County
Iowa
Olock
Coolidge To Vacation In Black Hills At Western Welcome
Rapid City dispatch reports President Coolidge will vacation in the Black Hills and be welcomed by locals. Hermosa Mayor Georg Kimble praised the visit saying the president will feel at home and his presence offers a rare chance to see him up close. Kimble recalls Black Hills figures from the gold rush era and local lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
Sdp
Kimble
United States
Iowa Moose Elect Officers for Year
Cedar Rapids June 8 Loyal Order of Moose annual convention elected J Emmett Fines of Des Moines as president for the coming year. Officers named include H K Strachn Webster City Fred W Cabel Davenport I B Walker Dubuque and others with Wm Shea prelate Gustav Steuben Ed Meyer and William Karlan among key posts and trustees A J Bremman Clinton and W B Kurtz Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Loyal Order of Moose
J. Emmett Fines
Des Moines
State Association
H. KE. Strachn
Webster City
Fred W. Cabel
Davenport
I. Bo Walker
Dubuque
Wm Shea
Sioux City
Gustav Steuben
Ed Meyer
William Karlan
W. FE. Walsher
Iowa
W. L. Glessner
Revolutions
Heo B. Naber
Wesley Hall
Newton
Fred W.W. Zahel
George Weslan
Waterloo
R. Sorenson
Les Moines
A. J. Bremman
Clinton
W. B. Kurtz
Towa City
Elgar Friends Visit Ainsworth as Thompson Arrives
Edith and Esther Elgar visited Ainsworth to stay with Dorothy Reubsam. Nial Thompson arrived from Winfield to spend several days with local friends. Mrs. A G Clark returned to Oskaloosa after mourning Dorothy James Redd’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Esther Elgar
Ainsworth
Dorothy Reubsam
Nial Thompson
Winfield
A. G. Clark
Oskaloosa
James Redd
Local Notes and Incoming Visitors in Mt Pleasant Area
Miss Wilma Dunbar nurse from Normal Illinois visits grandparents Mr and Mrs J E Harvey before returning to West Chester Iowa. Alma Hearne Holland from India visits Senator Smith W Brookhart home in Mt Pleasant. Mrs F L Rownd arrives from Kansas City to stay with sister in law Miss Aliee Rownd and relatives. Lloyd Gable of Des Moines visits Raymond Bambrick and friends. Miss Mabelle Fleming from Fairfield attends Parsons College last year and will summer with her parents. Floyd Bowers from Mt Pleasant attends Iowa Wesleyan College. Library hours 9 11 am and 2 6 pm with no evening hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Dunbar
Normal
J. E. Harvey
West Chester
Alma Hearne Holland
India
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Senator Smith W. Brookhart
F. L. Rownd
Kansas City
Aliee Rownd
Mabelle Fleming
Fairfield
Parsons College
Will Fleming
Wife Struck by Husband Faces Fine in Celina
Mrs Lena Miller of Celina Ohio temporarily lost her speech after her husband struck her on the jaw. Miller was fined ten dollars and costs on a charge of striking his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Miller
Celina
Ohio
Miller
Cadet Hosiery Offered At $1.95 A Pair
A local store promotes Cadet Silk Hosiery with pointed heel and a manufacturer guarantee. The ad directs Washington readers to purchase pairs for $1.95 each and highlights a full range of colors. It humorously warns against wife striking while linking sales to municipal fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Local notes on visits and student return home
Miss Eunice Hammer arrived from Oxford Ohio where she studied this past semester. She will spend the summer with her parents Mr and Mrs E B Hammer. Mrs John McConahey came from New London for a brief visit. Mrs Leonard Stenberg heads to Burlington Iowa to visit her parents and friends. Miss Hazel and Opal Hessel tine travel to Havre to stay with grandmother Mrs Lewis Baker for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Hammer
Oxford
Ohio
Mrs
E. B. Hammer
John McConahey
New London
Leonard Stenberg
Burlington
Iowa
August Janseen
Hazel
Opal Hesseltine
Havre
Lewis Baker
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FOX
Lyatrice Joy
William Boyd
Kid George
Conway Tearle
Lupino Lane Comedy
301
I. Jefferson
Phil Crail
Lindy
Paris
Jeanette
Rothuscimld
The
Red Cross
W. M. Keeley
Ed Bryson
Esther McGugin
Geo L. Macdaniel
McKilhinney Drug Company
O. G. Sappington
Cincinnati
Bruns Seed Company
J. Charles McCullough Seed Company
Cincinnatti
Marvin Williamson
Richard Johnson
South Bend
Ind
Claus Johnson
Johnson
Richard
Misa Ida Barker
Ruth Annis
Phillip’s and
Herner
J. B. Allen
W. PF
Edith Hickenbottom
Jasper Wright
John Malin
NERAL
Hubert Beal
Glenn Beal
Boston
Will Atchison
Excelsior Springs
P. D. Hoard
D. W. Harvey
M. W. Bailey
New York City
A. L. Griffith
Crawfordsville
Farl *Schultz
Ames Helda
Hazel Kelsey
R. H. Kelsey
University Hospital
Charles Brown
J. A. McAvoy
Eller. Sass
R. K. Atchison
Rimersurge
Associate Presbyterian Synod
Minneola
Kansas
J. H. Warren
Mt. Vernon
Elizabeth Dawson
Phillips & Hebner
Chapin
Leonard Allen
Pana, Il
John Allen
H. S. Busby
Karl Busby
China
Ualright
J. A. Harwood & Son
Graham
Hunman
Pathe News
Eatiel Gibson
Charles City
W. A. Gibson
W. A. Watts
Eldon
Howard Richardson
Sigourney
Gladys Burroughs
Brigsten
Irene Keeran
Coolidge
Black Hills
MOOSE
Cleaning Service
South Side Square
Wisie Long
Prop
D. F. Macon
Reid
American Pearl Button Co
Lloyd Gable
Raymond Bambrick
Floyd Bowers
Iowa Wesleyan College
A. E. Atchison Florsheims
George Saunders
Black Martin
Stanford
Ourteen
Sabin Carr
Yale
William
Johnny Farrell
Princeton
Tweddell
American Pearl Sutton Co
John Shields
Hans
the Wardrobe Cleaners
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