Society Notes Honor Guests At Banquet And Meetings
A society gathering celebrated mothers with a six thirty banquet in the Y M C A community room attended by about sixty. A piano and tulip bowls decorated tables. Miss Katherine Mann addressed Educations Fund growth and Memorial Library value. Several groups met, including the American Legion auxiliary, PE 6 and Chapter 1 PE 6, with talks on local education and fundraising. Margaret Applegate hosted a progressive dance evening with refreshments.
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Ted Michels
Northtown Avenue
Katherine Mann
P. EE. D
Mann
Mt Pleasant
Memorial
United States
Miss Mann
Cotter College
T. J. Brookhart
Chapter 1
King’s Heralds and Home Guards Hold Annual Box Opening
At the Methodist church Wednesday afternoon after school Mrs. Hoover led devotions and Mrs. Jacobs supervised the Wyint slenary lesson with Mrs. Hoover handling the foreign study. The annual seal box opening raised enough money for three life members and Virginia Shannon was chosen as a five member.
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King’s Heralds
Home Guards
Methodist Church
Community announcements from May events and meetings
The Hed club plans a Thursday meeting with Mrs Gola Maler to discuss furnishing household linen and sharing samples and heirloom textiles. Several church and community groups announce May meetings, flower exchanges, potluck dishes, and a Mother's Day event, with locations at homes and churches in town.
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Hed. Club
Gola Maler
Unclear fragment on plant watering tea solution
Fragment mentions cold tea for watering plants and a method using one teaspoonful of amt sonia per quart of water to freshen ferns. No clear event or named entities.
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Sonia
Weliston Community Notes From Weekend Activities
Weekend visitors and local events fill Weliston notices. Hog shipments to Ottumwa arrive. August purchased near Ainsworth. lawmen check roads. Families relocate homes, farm work continues, and neighbors share visits. A surprise party, student exams, and a school outing add local color to a busy week.
Pigeon of Verdun to be honored with monument
Paris plans a monument to the Pigeon of Verdun, famed carrier pigeon that delivered a final message from Fort Vaux during Verdun’s siege. The bird, awarded the Croix de Guerre, guided rescue attempts amid gas and shelling, becoming a symbol of endurance in war.
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Paris
Verdun
National Federation of
Fort Vaux
Fort Worth
Ragnaldenburg
Verd
Frenel
Florent
Mnistic
Universal Military Service
Carrier Pigeon Service
Kalona News In Brief and Local Notes
May 2 Kalona notes report the Deven Gerich family moving to the former Whetstine property now owned by M N Adams. Mrs Noah Rowe is homebound with rheumatism. A visiting group from Reish called on Mrs Shannon Fourt and her mother. Blakely, recently at A J Wotruba, seeks employment at Hotel Jefferson Mire. Gerald Foots visited Cod e Rapids. Mr and Mrs Warren Mathes and Mrs John Ehu lty from Prairie Flower visited Kalona. Lewis Duven recovering at Mercy hospital due to an infected hand. W H Jackson of Washington was in town on business. Dora Randall, formerly at Wellman, weekend visit. Kalona Juniors hosted Seniors at a junior-senior banquet. The annual Baptists meeting was conducted by members Monday evening.
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Devengerich
Whetstine
M.N. Adams
Noah Rowe
Shannon Fourt
Reish
Vt Hochstetler
Aney Blakely
A. J. Wotruba Hone
Town City
Jefferson Mire
Gerald ‘Foots
Code Rapids
Warren
Mathes
John Ehulty
Prairie, Flower
Katona
Thesday
Lewis Duven
Mercy Hospital
Kalo
Pat Town City
Hiness
W. H. Jackson
Washingtor
Dora Randall
Wellman
Katona High School
Last Civil War veteran of Andrew Iowa dies in May
R F. McMeans, longtime township resident and last Civil War veteran in Andrew, Iowa, died yesterday after a paralytic stroke. He enlisted at 19 in Company M, Second Iowa, and was the sole survivor of the R M Smith G A R post, which disbanded years ago for lack of members. He had appeared in the Memorial Day parade for several years.
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A, Ja
R. FP
McMeans
Iowa
R. M. Smith G. A. R. Post
Andrew
Montreal to Free Bridges From Tolls After Government Decision
Quebec government will not levy tolls on new bridges linking Montreal Island to the north country. Traffic remains heavy with motorists traveling toward Mont Laurier and beyond. The measure clears the way for free flow of vehicles and supports the provincial road network from Montreal through mountains toward Maniwaki and Hull.
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Montreal
Vian and Laches
Quebec
Pa Fs
Ety
Mont Laurier
Maniwaki
Hull
Valley Correspondent Reports Local Life and Health Notes
Local Valley notes cover household illnesses including ivy-like poisoning from trimming shrubs, family moves near and far, farm tasks such as sheep shearing, and community updates. Mentions include Mr and Mrs Chas, children relocating after school, and neighbors assisting with farm and home duties. The piece also touches on political calls to action and a special congressional session with Senator Robinson presiding as chairman.
Mississippi Valley Senate Conference Yields Decision
Senators from Mississippi Valley states met in a conference today and reached a decision. The outcome and specific details remain unclear due to fragmented text. Authorities indicated the meeting involved regional issues under discussion.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
Printer's Bible misread in old typographical fence
A fragment notes an amusing error Hed “Printer's Bible” as an old edition of a typographical fence reading Printers Gus 1 of Princes. The quirky misprint highlights how scripture phrases were distorted in early printing and the wit of a bygone press.
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Bief
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Audrey Peet
King’s Herald Life
Cunset Park
Tin
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Bill Shieldy
Jim Davidson
Jary
Margaret Applegate
John Applegate
MAYO
Home Bakery
Guther Studio
Commercial Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Baptist Young Womans Missonary Society
Young Peoples
The
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J. C. Carris
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Reb
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Cloves Stewart
West Chester
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Virginia
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Ottumwa
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Arthur Mayer
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Welston
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King Eat Joe
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Whd
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Harold Gries
Dllie
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Luers
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Tom Porters
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Esther Hanley
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Engel
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Viola Stout
Nupite
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Charlie Hill
George Ereter
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Guy Ack
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Zohn
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Fort
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Arkansas
Sackett
Kentucky
Brookhart
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Ake
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Oriez & Speer
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Washington Motor CO
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