Local Happenings Across Kalona Area May Days
John J. Miller and wife visited Iowa City Monday. L Kirkpatrick of Wellman and Mr. and Mrs. R W Manatt of Burlington called on relatives this week. Fred Radda traveled to Iowa City Tuesday. Charles Bush rode east Tuesday morning. A C Sleichter and A Mellenger of Iowa City visited home folks over the weekend. Ira Fry came from Moline to visit relatives. Velma Sleichter returned from Iowa City. C B Oldaker of Wellman was a business visitor Saturday. Emimet Louck returned from Centralia Missouri with friends.
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Kalona
John J. Miller
Iowa City
Bo L. Kirkpatrick
Wellman
R. W. Manatt
Barington
Fred Radda
Charles Bush
A. C. Sleichter
A. Mellinger
Iowa
City
Ira Fry
Moline
Velma Sleichter
Sherman
C. B. Oldaker
Emimet Louck
Centralia
Rural Route News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Socials
Mrs Eva Houten visits at Samuel Neill home and Miss Maud McGuire sews for Mrs Bessie Benson. A pie social at Lincoln school house Friday invites all. Several local families host and visit, with visits to grandparents, church assignments, and farming activity noted.
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Eva Houten
Samuel Neill
Maud McGuire
Bessie Benson
Lincoln School House
Win Sitler
Wellman
N. W
Lillie
Mildred
Henry Horning
Ethel Larson
Schenefelt
Academy
Egypt April 9 Visitors Reach Richmond Area
Charley Korak and daughters visited with friends in Richmond. O L Kucera of Riverside stayed over Sunday with relatives nearby. John Hovel called on business in Iowa City last Monday. J F Shalla Joe Mallich ky Lad Vacha spent Sunday at John Shalla’s. Ed Kos family visited Kos in Richmond. Charles Kos was a business caller in Riverside Saturday.
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Egypt
Charley Korak
Richmond
O. L. Kucera
Riverside
John Hovel
Iowa City
J. F. Shalla
Joe Mallichky
Lad Vacha
John Shalla
Ed Kos
Joe Kos
Charles Kos
Social visits and family notices from Washington area
Lavonnia Dodder of Washington spent a few days last week at George Verna Tomlinson and returned home Thursday after visiting her sister Mrs Clyde Hillhouse. Donald and Ina Mitchell of Ainsworth visited their grandparents Mr and Mrs John Hillhouse Saturday. Edith and Bessie Swift visited at the Elmer Kephart home Sunday. Elmer Kephart went to Lane Tree Sunday and learned of the serious illness of his sister Mrs James Nicholson of that place. Mr and Mrs Jim Moothart spent Sunday at Will Savile's. Roll Gamon and children visited Willis Wagner Sunday. Will Stafford and family attended Richer church services Sunday. John Putman and wife visited in Washington Sunday. Mr and Mrs B F Miller visited at the George Benson home Sunday after Sunday school. Mr and Mrs Clyde Hillhouse vis-
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John Putman
Washington
Will Mitchell
Ainsworth
John Hillhouse
J. B. Crooks
Grandma Caldwell
Silas Caldwell
Lavonnia Dodder
George Hillhouse
Verna Tomlinson
Clyde Hillhouse
Donald
Ina Mitchell
John I Hlllhouse
Edith
Bessie Swift
Elmer Kephart
Lane
James Nicholson
Jim Moothart
Will Savile's
Roll Gamon
Willis Wagner
Will Stafford
F. Miller
George Benson
Uncle Walt the Poet Philosopher Classic Wrestler Parody
A humorous poem by Adams contrasts wrestling life with the comforts of a peeler and long hours of sleep. It laments the brutal training and injuries of fighters while imagining a gentler, sleep filled life away from the ring. The speaker declares preferring a watcher’s ease over the grind of combat.
Local residents visit relatives and travel notes at Ainsworth
May 7 and 9 notices show Elizabeth Chambers of Bristol Ohio arriving to visit brothers L A and J A Chambers while H H Wickham of Chicago visits parents P T Wickham and wife. Grace Limerman, Elizabeth Watson, Co C Chambers and others travel to visit relatives in Washington Muscatine and North Dakota trips noted.
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Ainsworth
Elizabeth Chambers
Bristol
Ohio
L.A
J.A. Chambers
H. H. Wickham
Chicago
PT. Y. Wickham
Grace Limerman
West Chester
Jacob Limerman
Local Notes and Visits From Crawfordsville May 10
Crawfordsville reports include the Rev J L Sawyer returning home from a ten day Indiana visit. O T Smith of Washington was in town on business. John W Maxwell of Washington visits relatives here. Fred Shaffer returns from Albia. Elizabeth Ferguson Calvin Cummings and Harold White visit Washington today. The Rev J J Sawyer and J H McCleary travel to Washington for a called meeting of down City presbytery. Mrs J ou McCleary visits at Lee McCleary home in Washington.
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Crawfordsville
J. L. Sawyer
Indiana
O. T. Smith
Washington
John W. Maxwell
Fred Shaffer
Albia
Elizabeth Ferguson
Calvin Cummings
Harold White
J. J. Sawyer
J. H. McCleary
Down City
West Chester Social Notes and Local Trades
West Chester on May 14 reports a ME people social at Rev Cg Rammgarten home. Augustine Lewis shipped stock to Chicago and Will Augustine of Dutch Creek delivered stock locally. Herman Luers traveled to Washington Monday evening. Mr Hartman of Washington visited, then drove to his farm. Ed Seaberry aided Plain Holmes northeast of town to plant corn. PF G Martyn is adding to his residence. The Rock brand has twenty five.
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West Chester
Cg Rammgarten
Augustine
Lewis
Chicago
Herman Luers
Washington
Mr. Hartman
Will Augustine
Dutch Creek
Ed Seaberry
Plain Holmes
Local patio talk as residents visit and move notes
Men help fix up the road and lay in intes. Eugene Smith and wife of Winfield visited Mrs. S. Hi. Ross over Sunday and returned Monday morning. Tony Wallace moved into the Peter McDoil property.
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Eugene Smith
Winfield
S. Hi. Ross
Tony Wallace
Peter McDoil
Glendenning Family Visits Bloomfield After Graduation
Mrs J A Glendenning and her two daughters Janet and Jean traveled from Ainsworth to Bloomfield yesterday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Payne. W T Trotter was an east bound passenger this morning. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Rev J A Glendenning at the Methodist church next Sunday evening for the high school graduates.
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Ainsworth
J. A. Glendenning
Janet
Jean
Bloomfield
Payne
W. T. Trotter
Methodist Church
Hieh School
Mission lecture postponed to Friday at 7 50 pm
Rev R A Mair's lecture at Covenanter church has been postponed from Tuesday to Friday evening at 7 50 o clock. Rev Clair, a longtime R P mission worker in China, is a lively speaker now returning from the field. Those interested in mission work will be pleased and instructed by the talk.
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R. A. Mair
Covenanter
Clair
R. P
China
Big John Robinson Shows Band Delights Circus Fans
The feature of the program is the continuous excellent melody by the John Robinson Shows band of thirty soloists. A half hour concert accompanies the audience seating, praised for exquisite harmony. The big shows arrive May 24th.
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John Robinson
Foley Kidney Pills Promote Relief for Backache Say Comrade
Isaac Cook of Kewanee Illinois endorses Foley Kidney Pills after two months of use. He reports relief from backache and bladder pain and plans to recommend them widely through Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
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Isaac Cook
Above
Kewanee
Ill
Foley
Lemmon
McElhinney Drug Co
First Call for Breakfast in Pullman Sleeper
A Pullman sleeper at about seven in the morning woke with a crying baby in a stateroom. The porter opened the door and sang out First call for breakfast, causing everyone to laugh aboard the Columbia Missouri Herald report.
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Columbia (Mo
K. A. Presbyterian Church Youth Meet At Sunset Park
The K. A. boys of the Presbyterian church held their first Sun set park meet last evening with Nate Burris scoring 11 points. Mrs B Kelley announces the coming marriage of her daughter Helen Blanche to Ben Myenberger set for May 12 in Chicago and the couple will reside in New York.
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K. A
The
Presbyterian Church
Sunset Park
Nate Burris
B. Kelley
Helen Blanche
Ben Myenberger
Indiana Avenue
Chicago
Ill
New York
Fortnightly Lecture By Mrs Heseler At Academy Chapel
Fortnightly members are reminded of a lecture by Mrs J C Heseler on Thursday at 3 p m in the Academy chapel. Admission is 25 cents for members, less for others. The talk by a practical home keeper covers questions of interest to the home-maker. A 2:30 business meeting precedes the lecture.
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Ely
J. C. Heseler
Thur
Academy Chapel
Ifzow
Homesteaders Withhold Regular Meeting in Woodtan Hall
A Woodtan Hall gathering by homesteaders was postponed or canceled this evening as no regular meeting proceeded, leaving members without planned attendance or agenda updates.
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Woodtan Hall
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Meets on Thursday
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will meet Thursday at 2 50 p m at Miss Mary Parker's home East Second Street. Devotional topic Sin and its Wages Rom 623 led by Mrs erquist General discussion Children As Wage Earners led by Mrs Join Taylor. Expect good attendance. Participants urged to come in a prayerful spirit seeking to relieve the nation s hindrances to home and foreign mission work.
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Woman's Christan Temperance Union
Mary Parker
East Second Street
Erquist
Join Taylor
Peary’s Arctic Camp Tents Prove Snow Proof in Harsh Conditions
The description details Peary’s polar campsite gear including snow proof canvas tents, a pyramidal design, sewed fly with a circular opening, and a snowbound kitchen box with oil stoves. It explains sleeping in musk ox skins, food routines, and two meals daily aligned to daylight for field work.
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Arctic
Peary
Hampton's
Noted Tex land deal misstatement joke from Missouri buyer
A Missouri buyer boasted a Tex land bargain by claiming its value doubled since purchase. The prospective buyer challenged the claim noting the price matched the original cost. The seller replied that doubling was due to paying twice its worth. Kansas City Star.
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Texas
Kansas City Star
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