News Notes from Ainsworth and Nearby Towns
Ainsworth items include three Des Moines and Kansas City visitors, Trotter family guests, and a WCTU meeting at Mrs. Minnie Jackson’s home. The town plans park improvements, high school play Looks Like Rain drew crowds, and Miles Stearns to wed Lou Wilson in Washington DC. Upcoming events: WRC meeting, senior events, and graduation speakers.
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Ainsworth Ainsworth
Trotter
James
Jack
Des Moines
Willis
Kansas City
Minnie Jackson
Harold Gray
Daryl
Oskaloosa
Enid Moore
Eldon
E. K. Annas
Monty Mansfield
Dyron McWhiernan
Reggie Vanwert
Terry Marsh
Elmor Armstrong
Chas. Hazlett
Jerry Watson
Tommy Wolfe
Nellie Watson
Martha Sands
Martha Watson
Isabelle Wolfe
Vilut Hickey
Leah Turner
Prudence Johns Hosts Surprise Party for Mrs Davidson
In Crawfordsville on May 14 Miss Prudence Johns entertained fifteen friends at her home in honor of Mrs Alwyn Davidson. The surprise gathering featured games and music before the hostess assisted by the guest of honor.
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Crawfordsville
Prudence Johns
Alwyn Davidson
Community shares sympathy and local events in Glendale
The Glendale column notes Mrs. William Miller Jr. mourning her mother Mrs. James McCreedy and mentions visits by neighbors. It records a Sunday visit to Martin Koehler, Tuesday visit by Mrs. Logan Ahrens, a trip to West Chester, a Pine Grove party, a sick child Phillis Jean Miller, a neighborhood dance hosted by the Nicholssons, corn planting for good weather, and a woodpecker feeding its young in a garden hole observed by residents.
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Glendale
William Miller Jr
James McCreedy
McCreedy
Hevineg
Clark Hoppine
Virginia
Mable Hopping
Martin Koehler
Logan Ahrens
Caroline Koehler
Cyrus Wagner
John O'Brian
West Chester
Thomas Gerdes
Harry
Tena Gerdes
Minnie Miller
Fred Schroeder
Pine Grove
Phillis Jean Miller
William Miller
Tom Nicholson
Nicholson
Richland News Roundup Highlights Local Events
Se nior banquet held at M E church basement last Friday. Senior class play slated for next Thursday and Friday at the opera house. Twenty members in the class this year. Womans Club and Poinsettia Club observed Mothers Day with a program and refreshments. Several locals visit relatives and attend funerals in Clarion Iowa. School exhibit praised and 5th grade exams underway. Various residents travel, host, and assist with community activities.
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Richland Richland
M. E. Church
Opera House
Mary Long
Jno. Chacey
Clarion
Iowa
W. A. Cox
Womans Club
Poinsetta Club
John Califf
Carthage
Ill
Gladstone Califf
al Johnson
Tressa Bottorofft
Fairfield
Adrian Bottoff
Shriner
R. M. Tracey
Tracey
P. B. Chaney
Chicago, IL
J. M. Larimer
Peoria
W. E. Dodds
Dodds
Frances Lee Chaney
Kalona
Crawfordsville R R
Mrs. Fred Spangler attended the funeral of her stepfather E W Allen in Washington. Mrs. L L Neiswanger visited in East Chicago atVictor In. Mrs John Shebeck and Mrs Jake Shrader drove to Washington by car. Mrs Shrader visited her daughter Mrs Loran Horton and Mrs Shebeck visited at Lewis Baker's. Geneve Shebeck returned from Earl Kephart’s with the group.
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Crawfordsville
R. R
Fred Spangler
E. W. Allen
Washington
L. L. Neiswanger
Victor
Chicago
Indiana
John Shebeck
Jake Shrader
Shrader
Loran Horton
Shebeck
Lewis
Alvin
Harriet
Mildred
Earl Kephart
Geneva Shebeck
Earl Kepharts
Valley Family News Notes From Local Homes
May 13 item list of visits and births in Valley area. Mr and Mrs Raymond King and son Gerald of North English visited Wallace family. Mr and Mrs G W Black welcomed an infant son on May 6. R V Bower family and Geo Breitenbach family visited E L Breitenbach. Miss Addie Wallace was reported dangerously threatened with St Vidus.
Pleasant Hill Community Notes and Nearby Visits
Pleasant Hill held a Saturday school closure with a noon picnic by parents. Mother's Day was observed at the church with a large Sunday school turnout of 114. Rev. B. W. Pettit delivered an apt closing talk. Families visited and hosted gatherings at various homes including Ballard, Homer Kephart, and Kephart families. A funeral detachment noted the service for Mrs. Join Swift at St. Mary Church in Washington.
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J. J. Fitzgerald
Howard Stewart
Fannie Rowan
Rena Endsley
Ella Rowan
A. N. Enner
Washington
Wellston
Ainsworth
Pleasant Hill
B. W. Pettit
Will Miller
Jamniate
Ballard
Pleasant Slain
John Gimble
Homer Kepharts
Charles Anderson
Charley Keevens
Will Stiles
Nagley
Fairfield
Roy Foes
Fred Telford
W. W Stafford
Velma
Earl Kephart
Bertha
Beatrice
Ben and
Join Swift
St. Mary Church
Social News From Washington and Surrounding Areas
Mrs Chas Blackburn of Detroit and Mrs Walter Nickelson with two boys came Friday to see L Edwards while he remains ill in Washington. Misses Margaret Schmitt and Marjorie McCreedy spent the weekend in Davenport. Clara Birney visited at the Albert Wehr home southwest of Washington. Mrs Charles Hazen and two boys from Washington visited her parents the Edwardses. M D McCreedy and family and Frank Embree and family spent Sunday with the parental Godlove Eithel Booth. Dr Alcorn his wife and daughter Helen of Ainsworth were callers at Wm Beardsley and Mrs L E Mathers Sunday afternoon. Mrs Myrtle Welliver arrived Friday to spend a few days at the Ebner and Loren Haven homes before returning to Mt Pleasant. Mrs Una Gordon and brother Harold Codlove shopped in Washington Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Sarah EB Warner accompanied them home for a few days. The C W Society met Wednesday afternoon with Marjorie McCreedy.
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Olive Pfeifer
Harold Pepper
C. Churchehill
Washington
Valley School
W. J. Pfeifer
Germanville
Mattie Bales
Richland
Feltz
Gerald
W. J. Pfeffer
Agnes Bucher
Pairfield
George Frank
Andy Sheety
Ethel Churchill
Myrtle Frank
Dr. Walker
Keota
Charles Hazen
Z. L. Edwards
M. D. MccCreedy
Frank Embree
Dr. Alcorn
Helen of
Ainsworth
Teachers Dine At Columbus City Junction High School
Columbus City and Columbus Junction teachers held a six o’clock dinner at the high school Monday evening to honor Bupt. with plans for the affair announced.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus City
Bupt
Montrose and Columbus City Briefs Spark Local Happenings
School awards and exams noted as Frank Wilcox Jr. leads Montrose seniors with a top average. Local bake sale hosted by Women's Relief Corps planned at McQueen's furniture store. Funeral for Mary Simmons, 11, set for Friday at Columbus City Methodist Church with burial in Columbus City cemetery.
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Seave— Roebuck Agricultural Foundaton
Bozzie Weetfall
Oakville
Mary Simmons
John Simmons
Winfield
Methodist Church
Columbus City
Scots shift from porridge to ham and eyes at breakfast
Edinburgh reports a dietary change as porridge wanes in favor of ham and eyes in Scotland. The shift, traced to ten to twelve years ago, was highlighted at a Board of Agriculture inquiry.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Board of Agriculture
Advertisement Response Advises Merchant on Feedback
A brief notice instructs readers to inform the merchant about an advertisement issue. It calls for direct communication to resolve discrepancies and improve future postings. The item emphasizes prompt reporting to ensure accurate promotional content.
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Norval
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Miss Glen
Flora Wylie
McKenzie Home
Eleanor Mitchell
Aletha Holmes
Mrs. Bullers
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W. W. Twinam
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Parsons College
N. J. Lease
Deg Moipes
State Medical Association
Wm. Brady
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Haskins
Eithel Booth
Vernon Martin
Milliona
Lily
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JH. W. Russel
Rock Island
Washington, Iowa
C. C. Anderson
Rock Davenport
Rock Island Lines
Wm. Blender
Peoria, I
T. J. Klotz
FE. O. Newell
Newell
L. M. Lieberknecht
Beloit
Wisconsin
Columbus High School
Jay Robertson
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