Lexington News Briefs From June Weather and Weekend Visits
Lexington June 24. Light showers blessed the area. Clarence Timmins and family and Mrs Laura Longwell with daughter, Dave Tipton and wife, Frank Fleming and his daughter, Mr Walt Patterson and James hosted at the John and E B Fleming home last Sunday. Albert Holdhouser and family visited H E Matthess. Mela Shalla and wife plus Mr and Mrs Steve Renuagtoed to New London in Mr Shalla s Stevens Six. Rex Dunshee and wife visited Frank Dunshee over Sunday. Mrs Lissa Timmins and daughter Phyllis and Miss Edna Munson rode from Des Moines last Monday. Edna returns to Des Moines next week. Mrs Timmins and daughter stay five weeks to house for Cy Timmins while Mary finishes at Drake.
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Lexington
Clarence Timmins
Laura Longwell
Dave Tipton
Frank Fleming
Walt Patterson
James
John
E. EB. Fleming
Albert Holdhouser
H. E. Matthess
Mela Shalla
Steve Reneu
New London
Shalla
New Stevens
Rex Dunshee
Frank Dunshee
Lissa Timmins
Phyllis
Edna Munson
Des Moines
Edna
Timmins
Cy Timmins
Mary
Drake
Crawfordsville Visitors Move Through town in June
Crawfordsville June 24 Harlan Strain and his mother Mrs John Strain of Rockford Illinois arrived Tuesday night to visit at the RC Holmes home Harlan returned last night Mr and Mrs RC McCleary Mr and Mrs RC Wells Mr and Mrs TE Maxwell and son Mrs JF Buxbaum and Mary Manners were visitors in Washington yesterday evening HJ Ward and his little daughter of Washington were visitors in town yesterday Leland Maxwell underwent an operation yesterday at Iowa City for straightening his limb He passed through the operation successfully.
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Crawfordsville
Harlan Strain
John Strain
Rockford
R. C. Holmes
Harlan
R. C. McCleary
R. C. Wells
T. E. Maxwell
J. F. Buxbaum
Mary Manners
Washington
H. J. Ward
Little Daughter
Leland Maxwell
Iowa City
Celebration in Richmond Prompts Weekend Visitors
Richmond held a big celebration on the fifth and hosted numerous visitors from Washington Muscatine and Hills Iowa. Local residents including Mr and Mrs Joe Lohberger and Mr and Mrs Anton Eberly were noted visitors with others like Miss Bessie Kelfer heading to St Louis and Zenek Blecha returning from Moline Davenport. Wayne Lintz recently returned from Camp Grant at Rockford Jr and local families were seen out and about with various church and town figures mentioned.
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Richmond
Joe Lohberger
Washington
Anton Eberly
Riverside
Guy Stumpf
Washington Hospital
Sth
Bessie Kelfer
St. Louis
Bert Schilig
Muscatine
Falk
St. Patrick's Church
Omaha
Neb
Will Schillig
Zenek Blecha
Moline
Davenport
Wayne Lintz
Camp Grant
Rockford, Jr
Frank Lintz
Henry Te Bockhorst
Fr. Stahl
Hills
Iowa
Will Koenig
Town
Eureka Eureka Community Notes June Events and Visitors
Eureka notes social visits including Mr and Mrs Geo Tooman at the Potraz home and Mr and Mrs Lester Wagner with their baby. Wesley Brannen hosted a young folks gathering, Waggner siblings attended Rosella Stewart’s Lexington wedding, and the Sunday school plans Children’s Day at 3 pm with an invitation. Howard Wagner shows a new Dodge five passenger touring car. Rev W H Slack and family observed Children’s day plans.
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Eureka
Geo. Tooman
Potraz
Lester Wagner
Baby
Howard Wagner
Wesley Brannen
Fred Waggner
Rosella Stewart
Lexington
Eureka Sunday
Hornets Grow to Largest Size in England
United States exported 284 million dollars more gold last year than it imported, highlighting a substantial trade imbalance and shifts in bullion flows.
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England
United States
Social clubs and gatherings fill town diary of events
Mrs Linas Wood hosted a social club gathering with fifteen members and two guests Miss Stick of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Otto of Wapello. The Braden club met at Mrs Jennie Longs home with twelve members and five visitors. Programs included games like a spelling school a wonder ball and the story Love of Mike the Butchers Boy. The B E O class banquet at the Methodist church drew over eighty attendees with an ornate setup decorated by Owen Hayes and a toast by Mary Louise Harwood. A late recital by Miss Carolyn Hamiltons pupils and many neighborhood club activities follow including launderings care of clothes home sanitation talks and a fifty sixth birthday and wedding surprise for John Messenger Sr.and Jr. plus more social events and outings across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linas Wood
Miss Stick
Cedar Rapids
Otto
Wapello
Braden Club
Jennie Long
Dune
Edison
Doris Long
L.S. Patterson
H. S. Young
Mary Forman
Lottie Norton
Mike
Patterson
Owen Hayes
Mary Louise Harwood
John Dodd
John Messenger
Mr. Messenger
John Messenger, Jr
Glenn Powers
Doral Boileau
Wheat acreage in Kansas tops ten million bushels
Topeka June 25 Incomplete returns from county assessors show Kansas planted wheat last fall exceeding ten million acres. The current crop is estimated at 110 900070 000 bushels with spring wheat about 250 000 bushels. The harvest period beginning June 15 will become general in the wheat belt this week and next.
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Topeka
Kanews
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Ownns
Russel Goodin
M. H. Fedderson
Harrison Dodder
Louis F Henderson
Jerome Williams
Alice Rownd
W. W. Bowers
B. E
Thomas Studio
Helen Snelson
Elizabeth Redd
Edwin Wilson
Elisabeth McBlain
James A. Work, Jr
Clara Eagle
Mies Jessie Kerr
Arnold Hall
David Chumley
Mies Marguerite MacGugin
Mark Critz
Elisabeth Henke
John K. Ream
Samuel Hall
C. EB. Plumly
Harry Thomas
E. J. Harmeier
W.S. Elton
Carolyn Hamilton
Arthur Weade
Kolah Club
Steve Crawford
Clayde Knapp
Charles Wolfe
Sophia Ahrens
Messenger
Powers
Myrtle Boice
William Boice
C. A. Boice
Kathryn Pilzer
Elizabeth Disque
Burlington
Marsh Bailey
Paul Bundy
Fairfield
Lowash
Sevilla
Boice
Presbyterian Church
Damascus
Jerusalem
Moose Hall
McCleery Shack
Burlington Shrine
Capitol
Will Mangenhausen
Jack Castle
Wellman
C. K. Gray
Dorothy McKiernan
Mies OpaltIseminger
Ainsworth
Hocking
Meer
Norwalk
Chas. Hebner
Washington, Iowa
Nick
Dot Dress
USL Battery
Smalley
Goodyear
Mason’s
Express
South Side Square
Kansas
Lemley
Farmers Union Store
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