Social Update From Washington Area Families
Mr and Mrs Walter Gardner and children Florence Elwyn visited the Sam Baker home on Sunday. Charles Adams was a business visitor in Ainsworth on Tuesday. Mrs Adams traveled with her mother to Warsaw Illinois and plans to stay several days before returning home. Mrs Chas Kephart helped care for her sister in law Mrs Robert Kephart at the Arthur Ruebley home from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
F. NO. 4
Walter Gardner
Florence
Elwyn
Sam Baker
Charles Adams
Ainsworth
Warsaw
Illinois
Chas. Kephart
Arthur Rueblay
Robert Kephart
Local Notes From Ainsworth March Meeting Highlights
Grace Stone has been ill with la gripp. Ed Lins built a broader house. Chas Palmer helped Will Martin deliver hogs. Mrs Quinn, sister-in-law of Mrs Will Martin, died in Maryland. L. G. club held a hard time party with Ed Lins as worst dressed. Committ ees planned next meeting at Mark Campbell’s. Several residents visited family and shopped in Washington. Road conditions and seed corn questions noted. Kyee Pringle reports forty nine spring pigs from five sows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
R. No. 2
Grace Stone
la Gripp
W. A. Palmer
West of Washington
Chas. Palmer
Ed Lins
Henry Witting
Arlin
W. C. Richards
Chas
Palmer
Will Martin
Washington
L. G. Club
L. W
Fairfield
Dale Cole
Laird
Nelson Woodford
Keithsburg
Stanard and Son
Jeanette Woodford
Edgar Kessell
C. D. Robinson
S. Woodford
Eliza Wheelock
Anson Woodford
Hattie Prizer
A. W. Woodford
Kyee Pringle
Pleasant Hill Community Notes March Visitations
Pleasant Hill residents report Sunday visits among neighbors including Cal Beanblossom at Roy Kephart s and Walter Gardner at Sam Baker s. A. B. Carr delivered hogs to Joe Link in Washington and Fred Telford plastered for Earl Kephart. Mrs Silas Caldwell is quite poorly. Don’t forget preaching services at Pleasant Hill Sunday, April end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Cal Beanblossom
Roy Kephart
Walter Gardner
Sam Baker
Sryan Swift
Will Caldwell
Howard Baker
Earl Kephart
John Shebeck
Silas Caldwell
A. B. Carr
Joe Link
Washington
Fred Telford
Sam Sigafoose
John Pratt
W. L. Jackson
Funeral for Martha Ruby Black in Clay Church
Mrs. Martha Ruby Black is mourned after her funeral at the Congregational church in Clay. Rev J Grinnell and the Friends Church pastor conducted services with a large turnout. She leaves a husband and an infant. Community sympathy flows to the family as Laird Woodford ships about forty fat pigs, five and a half months old, averaging 216 pounds each, fed on self feeders with milk through winter.
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Brighton
R. No
Terry Gowey
Don Gowey
Lem Reeds
Martha Ruby Black
Congregational Church
Clay
J. &. Grinnell
Friends Church
Rubio
Laird Woodford
Oswalds Visit Freyenberger Home as Obituary and Accidents Reported
Joe Oswald and family of Aurora visit Freyenberger relatives while Mrs. Oswald is noted as Mrs. Chris Freyenberger’s daughter. Ebner dies in Chicago after pneumonia. body brought for burial Wednesday with arrangements pending. Lawrence Stortz injured by a horse kick and taken to Washington hospital. Lilly Imhoff hosts a party. Paul Leeper visits Washington. A B Rin ner to Peoria sanitarium for rheumatic fever. Rinner in helpless condition leaving with Mrs Rin ner hoping for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ble Noble
Joe Oswald
Aurora
Ned
Freyenberger
Oswald
Chris Freyenberger
Ebner
Chicago
Lawrence Stortz
Stortz
Washington
Laneenwalier
Mr. Stortzin
Lilly Imhoff
Paul Leeper
A. EB. Rinner
Peoria
Mr. Rinner
Mrs. Kinner
Lexington Social News round up of local visits and events
March 28 Lexington notices show Mr and Mrs Roy Gardner with children visiting the Bill Flynn home. Junior class play at Wellan Friday night. Mrs Duane McClure of Crawfordsville stayed with her mother Mrs Milo Patterson. Mrs John McCrabb visited Des Moines. Frank Wilson family at Jim Echulty home. Everett Fleming and Donald guests at Warren Mathess home. Bible class party at Lexington Sunday school basement. Irene Oldfield recovering after illness. Max McCrabb, a U L student, spent the weekend at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Roy Gardner
Bill Flynn
Paul
Floyd
Bernice
Wellan
Duane McClure
Crawfordsville
Milo Patterson
John McCrabb
Des Moines
Frank Wilson
Jim Echulty
Everett Fleming
Donald
Warren Mathess
Lexington Sunday School
Irene Oldfield
Lacrippo
Max McCrabb
U. L
Rolling Green to Send Two to County Spelling Contest
Dutch Creek township will send two representatives from Rolling Green for the county spelling contest Lucille Sheetz 13 and Kenneth Baughman 10 are the pupils. Rolling Green notes it had the highest grades among nine area schools. Joseph Lambert of Keota visits with son Arthur to help build a hog-tight fence. Life Bernard Hahn returns to Arena School after two months away.
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Rolling Green
Mar
Dutch Creek Township
Lucille Sheetz
Kenneth Baughman
Joseph Lambert
Keota
Arthur
Bernard Hahn
Arena School
Local notes include illness recovery and community updates
A village column reports residents returning from illness and vacations, Mrs Daryl Mathers plans to join her husband in St. Louis, and Mrs Raymond Trier showing improvement. It notes tile work by Sturgeon Bros, an ear abscess for Mrs Arthur Lambert, Nick Hahn’s new mule team, a funeral at Clear Creek Catholic church, and a postponed county spelling contest to April 1 due to weather. Nearby Hen house praised for modern features impressing neighbors.
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Daryl Mathers
Hagkins
Geo. Brown
St. Louis
Mathers
Sem
Raymond Trier
Sturgeon Bros
Arthur Lambert
Nick Hahn
Richmond
John Lillig
Clear Creek Catholic
Clear Creek
Washington
Hahn
Smoking ban in New York reversed after error in ordinance
News from March 30 reports Police Commissioner Enright lifting a ban on women smoking in public as Alderman McGuinness’ anti smoking bill was not passed or signed. Prohibition caused closures and gloom in cafes and smoke rooms while taxi drivers worry about bans spreading to public places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Knright
McGuinniss
Board of Alderman
Hyland
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Greenwich Village
Commissioner Enright
Startling Figures on Cost of Crime in Iowa Revealed
Chief Rosco Saunders estimated the Pleasantville bank robbery spanned costs of 127414 dollars for state and Marion county. He noted annual penitentiary costs of 42276 dollars per inmate and broke down totals for three inmates at forty years and one at thirty years plus the 61000 robbers’ haul and 5000 in capture costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Hank Hawkins
Pleasantville
State of
Marion County
P Lc
Rosco
Saunders
Posterity Snubs Advice as Characters Debate Motives
A chaotic exchange features Hokke and august ruler debating posterity. Yen Pincha accuses Gun Slinga of villainy while Gun Slinga ironizes as a direct-action profiteer. San Bagge defends conserving fortune in a satirical dialogue excerpt from a Chicago Daily News item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yen Pincha
Gun Slinga
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promise Clear Skin
Advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle calomel substitute. Claims include cleansing blood and bowels, improving complexion, banishing bad breath and constipation, with a vegetable formula sold in 25¢ and 50¢ sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Edwards
Coes Mor
Edwards
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound touted for female troubles
A testimonial from Mrs. Peula Sc woz of St. Louis praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for easing monthly cramps pains and backache. The ad touts nearly fifty years in use and claims the plant based formula restores balance and ends disagreeable symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louie
Lydia E. Pinkham
Peula Scwouz
Salisbury Street
St. Louis
Mia Scholz
Houghton Receives Final Instructions For Berlin Mission
Washington March 80 Ambassador designate Alanson I Houghton received final instructions from President Harding before leaving for New York He plans to sail Saturday and visit London to confer with Sir Harcourt Harvey and then call on Ambassador Herrick in Paris en route to Berlin arriving April 20 The instructions reportedly include forming a commission to map postwar Germany United States relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alanson
Houghton
Germany
Harding
New York
Mougtten
London
Ane Hassider Harvey
Herrick
Marts
Berlin
Henghron
United States
Armour On Witness Stand In Kansas City Hearing
Armour & Co head Ogden Armour testified at the Department of Agriculture hearing on alleged unfair practices at Mistletoe stock yards. He argued world conditions drive markets, not packers, addressing J H Mercer and Dr O F Woolf in Ottawa Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ogden Armour
Armour & Co
Armour
J. Hi. Mercer
Kenans
OF. O. Woolf
Ottawa
Kan
National
Live Stock Producers’ Association
Baby Dies Alone in Auto Near Webster City
Keith Glin infant son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Thoma resided northeast of town. Found dead in their car parked in front of a clothing store after parents shopped. Doctors ruled heart trouble caused the death. Mrs Hartley Scott returned home to Keota after visiting C W Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Keith Glin
Melvin Thoma
Smith Clothing Store
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Lincoln
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