News from Journal correspondents highlights local farm and family notes
Geo Stewart completed a fine well for Chas Rowe. Omer Green takes vacation from Farmers store. Kincaid family away Sunday. Mrs Tom Levelle gifted an electric fan from Snavely's. Zelma Herr visiting Thelma Eckerman. LeRoy Rowe aids his uncle Ollie with hay. Wellman kids visit Will Curl. Weather notes: late corn and potatoes need rain but early corn thriving. Mrs Chas Monahan dies in Iowa City after long illness. Ice cream supper and bazaar at Grace Hill draws neighbors.
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Nira Nira
Geo. Stewart
Chas
Rowe
Omer Green
Kincaid
Tom Levelle
Heavy Rainfall Destroys Crops and Floods Roads
Brighton area suffers seven inches of rain in a single night. Creeks overflowed. many bridges and culverts washed away or damaged. Honey Creek and Skunk River surged, halting traffic and damaging fields. T. J. Parker’s barn burned by lightning. Bryce Pringie’s barn damaged. Wayne Savage ill. Carlton Jones visit relatives.
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Brighton
Honey Creek
Skunk
Tts
T. J. Parker
Bryce Pringie
Local Visitors Attend Children's Day Exercises
June 21 New Haven notes detail Ira Meyers visiting relatives near Grace Hill and a large gathering at Marion Smith's home for Children's Day. The program featured songs, recitations, solos, duets, and an offertory, with weather and local farm work briefly mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Ira Meyers Ofolorado
Aces Robertson
Grace Hill
Will Meyers
Bertha Pratt
Emma Temple
Valley
Bert Smith
Ira Waterhouse
Brighton
Mildred Parcel
Fairfield
Marion Smith
Vanda
Lucile Smith
H. J. Cuddeback
Bashie Burroughs
Lucile Robertson
Myron Burroughs
Isabelle Combs
Ira Meyers
Winifred Carris
Merle Robertson
Mildren Parcel
Home Sweet Home
Six Flowers
Mrs. Lottie Robertson
Mias Rosenberger
Wand
Gail Wells
Des Moines
E. A. Anderson
Henry Keine
Alice
A. R. Strum
J. C. Caner
Frank Smith
Jesse Pearson
Donald and
Jane
Ainsworth
Cal
WRASE BILL GRACE HILL NEWS NOTES AND RAIN RELIEF
Mrs. W J Taylor of Washington visited Mrs Pore cre Thursday and Friday, several locals attended an ice cream supper at Valley. Families hosted visitors, including Porter and Strohm kinfolk. Heavy rain boosted crops but damaged creekside wheat and oats. Clover hay, Fourth of July Wellston picnic plans, and local fruit harvest progress are reported with community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. C. C. Strohm
Wayne, Ill
Whl Draper
Havre
Cecile Hotte
Dublin
Homer Mayer
Wesley
Howard
Geo. Hiel
Oliver Dunbar
Wellston
B. F. Beitel
Haskins Haskins Social Nets $15. Local Notes
The C. W. society held an ice cream social on church lane Thursday evening, raising $15. Ola Foster leaves for Cedar Rapids for six weeks of summer school at Coe College. Various townsfolk, including Ralph Stafford, Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn, and Zero Edwards, figure in family and accident news across Haskins and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskins Haskins
C. W. Society
Church Lane
Ola Foster
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Ralph Stafford
Washington
Chas. Blackburn
Zero Edwards
Haskins
Mr. Black
Ainsworth Telephone stockholders meet in 1921 notice
A notice from Ainsworth Telephone Company in Ainsworth Iowa announces a stockholders meeting held April 29 1921 at the office in Ainsworth Washington County Iowa with present company officials and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth Telephone Company
Ihe
Ainsworth
Washington County
Iowa
Dissolution of Corporation Ordered and Executed
The corporation was dissolved by unanimous vote and order, with termination on April 29, 1921, under officers’ resolution. Witness dated April 26, 1921, with Lincoln Noble as General Manager. Also includes Want Ads and Pleasant Hill Bible school contest notes in Washington County news.
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Pleasant Hill Bible School
Indianapolis
Bic
Keota
Keota N
Pettit
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Mrs. 5
Leal
Wayne Savage
Carlton Jones
Libertyville
Paul Harvey
Iowa City
Faith Brown
Porter
Homer Porter
Mr. and
Mia
Howard Hotte
Baby Richard
Near Verdi
Edith Thompson
Des Motes
1. D. Ramble
Batavia
Mro Evert Foster
Hilleboro
Billingsley
Chas. Davis
M. FE. Ebner
Will
Jim Davie
Bethe
Mr. Lambert
Middleton
Br. W. Cole
Mrs. Cole
Will Martin
Dr. Alcorn
Aineworth
Dale Cole
Nat Rush
Colfax
Fred
Rochester
Robert Des
Robert
McCredy
Dee
C. A. Carter
ME Pleasant
Mra
Reed
Waterloo
Green
Hille
Visitel
J. H. Reed
Rod
Mural
Leslie McCreely
Cedar Rapida
Marjorie
Riverside
Arlene McCreedy
Jake Moran
Ainsworth Telephone
Ainsworth, Iowa
TRADE
Madras
H. J. Ward & CO
Gaul
Bruns Seed Store
Lincoln Noble
E. Main. ST
C.J. Dankwardt
Washington, IA
R. A. Knittle
J. A. Lemley
Brighton Farmers Co-op
L. L. Elliott & Co
Winfield
William Beardsley
R. L. Lytle Farmers’ Elevator
Wayland Farmers’ Union Blev
Washington Elevator CO
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