Maples Grove News Reports A Prosperous Iowa Crop Outlook
Maple Grove Iowa May 23 reports a favorable outlook for corn and small grains across Keokuk and Mahaska counties toward Oskaloosa. Farmers plow seed beds, cultivate corn, and prepare fields while noting road quality along the Great White Way and local roadwork.
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Maple Grove
Keokuk
Mahaska
Oskaloosa
Skunk River
Keota
Iowa
White Way
Shenk River
North Fork
Mahaska County
Elijah Bailey
Wesley Heigler
Sigourney
English River
Iowa City Park
Raymond Hasty
Washington
Jardon
John Dann
Riverside
Carl Emde
John
Charley
Ann. Pieper
Elijah Bailey Tuesaday
Kalona
John Horas
Brighton Visitors Track through Decoration Day Season
Mrs Olive Crist and two children of Laconia visit Brighton until Decoration Day, Mr Crist returning home after a brief stay. Mr Chas Pierce and son of Fort Morgan Colorado visit the T K Fierce home overland in a Cole Eight sedan. Mrs Melinda Bridwell goes to Corning to see ill sister Mrs Martha Wikoff. Dr H L Gordon family go to Kirksville Missouri for osteopathy course. Carrie Fenner of Prairies takes two weeks with mother Mrs Emma Bim. Gilbert Day returns from Kirkville Missouri for summer. Rev Reeser delivers baccalaureate to 1921 seniors at Club House. A L Middleton of Eagle Grove to speak Thursday at park on farmers marketing system. Mrs Cummings of Fairfield visits Dr J N Irwin.
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Brighton
Olive Crist
Laconia
Mary Fox
Wikoff
Carrie Fenner
Emma Bim
Gilbert Day
Kirkville
Reeser
The
Christian Church
Club
A. L. Middleton
Eagle Crove
Brighton Community Club
Middleton
Cummings
Fairfield
J. N. Irwin
Clay News Briefs From Richland Class Play And Local Visits
A Clay note reports many attended Richland's class play Safety Fire with praise for the performance. Vera Woodford graduates this year. A. J. Morgan hosted a Sunday dinner for several families including Hendricks and Bosworth. Clay school ends Friday with a picnic and program led by Miss Gertrude Reed. Miss Ruth Morgan finishes Black Hawk school this week with a Tuesday program.
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Clay
Richland
Vera Woodford
A. J. Morgan
Wesley Hendricks
M. L. Bosworth
BE. Miller
Clarence Brown
Frank Parcell
Fairfield
Clay School
Gertrude Reed
Ruth Morgan
Black Hawk
Local notes on visits, barn work, and graduation events
Mrs Mary MacConahey visits Mrs F M Smith this week. B Yard raises barn roof ten feet May 20. Mrs Earl Pain and Alice visit Mrs Cain in Harlan Braton. Geo Dittmer shears for local farmers this week. Miss Maude Work to return home tonight. Orlin Witting visits Clyde Maxwell. Crawfordsville commencement features baccalaureate play Marys Millions and Prof Weller lecture. Leland Maxwell graduates. Herman Twinam leads old fashioned barn raising May 20 with 25 men. Olds eighth graders praised at Orris home May 13 and return after visiting with teacher Miss Lillian Holmes.
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Earl Pain
Alice
Mrs. Cain
Washington
Harlan Braton
A. R. Smith
Geo. Dittmer
C. B. Yard
Henry Fredrickson
Henry Witting
Sam Witting
Orlin Witting
Clyde Maxwell
Crawfordsville
Joe Wittriz
John
Olds School
Jay B. Orris
Mrs Nieckleson Visits Daughter on May 29
Mrs Nieckleson visited the home of her daughter Mrs Hernan Twi nam Friday May 29 according to the brief notes in the society column.
Hogs and cattle shipments plus social visits in Havre
One car of hogs and one of cattle were shipped to Chicago. Ode Merguson accompanied the hogs. Several local residents visited relatives in Marshalltown and Riverside. The Havre Cooperative Co received lumber from Burlington. Church members in Washington visited Martin Weston’s home to raise funds for a new parsonage.
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Havre
Ode Merguson
Chicago
Aaron Stafford
Caroline Tucker
Velma Stafford
Marshalltown
Golia Miller
McCleary
Washington
Howard McBride
Will McBride
Havre Cooperative Co
Burlington
Martin Weston
New Haven Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Graduations
May 22 report from New Haven records a sequence of visits and events. Rev. E F A Anderson and family from West Chester dined with H J Cuddeback. Local graduates Mina Johnston and Vernaida Johnston are noted, along with several calls and social visits at homes, and a funeral at Richland.
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New Haven
EF. A. Anderson
West Chester
H. J. Cuddeback
Isabelle Combs
Winnifred Carris
Near Titus
Isabell
Marion
Chas. Tucker
Washington
Della Neal
Acel Robertson
Cecil
Howard Snyder
Sigourney
Mina
Vernaida Johnston
Elam Johnston
Myra
Bertha Pratt
Florence Smith
Marion Smith
Curtis Snyder
Virginia Pauline
Andy Augustine
Wm. Lasty
Richland
Tom Nicholson and Sons
J. Statler
Chas. Churchill
Andy Sheets
Valley
Heaseltine
A. R. Strum
Hazel Sutton
Johnson
Jacobs
Robertson
C. R. Wells
Local families visit and help with farm chores
Marion Smith hosts today as Gail and James Franklin from near Brighton assist with corn planting at her home with her son Roy and family. Nearby visitors include D. C. Stouffer Roy and others at Walter Sheets home and Curtis Snyder.
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Ing
Roy
Bert Smith
Gail
James Franklin
Brighton
Marion Smith
D. C. Stouffer
Frank Smith
Della Neal
Plowman
Douds
Charles McKinstry
James Combs
Wert Smith
Ira Waterhouse
Walter Sheets
Valley
Merle Stattier
Grace
Washington
Cora Snyder
Curtis Snyder
Death of Henry Wells in El Paso
Dr and Mrs J F Wells mourn the death of their son Henry at El Paso Texas from consumption. He was the couple's second son and leaves behind his parents three brothers Ira Alfred Charlie and sister Flora Wella. The Wells family receives community sympathy.
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Cedar Rapids
Struble
Wayne Foster
J. S. Kabaker
J. Rothschild
Chicago
Tom Adams
Iowa City
H. B. Knight
Helen Nichols
Washington
Albert Roupe
Degalford
J. W. Oldaker
Fred Klockenteger
California
Otto
G. W. Klockentecer
Denver
Colo
Marner
George Tracy
Mt. Pleasant
Desing
F. D. Snavely
Wellman Shriners
Fort Madison
Wellman
Sherm Henderson
Hugh Grafe
Muscatine
Wellman Area Social Roundup and Local Movements
Local residents attend court and Shrine events in Iowa City and Washington while visitors arrive from Cedar Rapids and St Paul. Marriage of Miss Launee Anderson to Rollie Miller in Marion noted. hospital work and construction progress mentioned as well as upcoming job moves and garden conditions.
Fishers Visit son in Huron South Dakota
Mr and Mrs J B Fisher drove to Huron South Dakota to visit their son Merton who is in the undertak ing business They expect to make an extended visit and return home soon suggesting ongoing family travel notes in the week.
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Fisher
Huron
South Dakota
Merton
Selznick Feature Opens at Fox with Elaine Hammerstein
Next Thursday Fox Theatre presents the Selznick film Poor Dear Margaret Kirby starring Elaine Hammerstein as a society matron who turns her home into a boarding house after her husband’s business troubles. Supporting cast includes William Davidson Warburton Camble Ellen Cassidy Helen Lindroth and Tom Brook with direction by William P. S. Farle.
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Fox Theatre
Selznick
Elaine Hammerstein
Margaret Kirby
Kathleen Norris
Miss Hammerstein
William Davidson
Warburton Camble
Ellen Cassidy
Helen Lindroth
Tom Brook
William P. S. Farle
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Restores Health
A reader claims long standing stomach and liver trouble cleared after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. They spent $1,200 with doctors before trying it and report complete recovery, noting the product removes catarrhal mucus and reduces inflammation. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises availability everywhere.
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Mayr
Lemmon’s
Drugvista
Advt
Old Friends and Secrets Highlighted in Humorous Exchange
In a witty dialogue from the newspaper, Harriet Hardfax notes old friends keep memories of age and family secrets, while Resten Globe counters that such memories are not friendly. The exchange plays on loyalty and the burden of shared history.
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Smith
Harriet Hardfax
Resten Globe
Ames Unit to Go to Darkest Africa
Seven Iowa State College students organize an Ames Unit to work in Africa carrying gospel and agricultural expertise. They seek life service bureau backing of the Methodist Episcopal church and plan to build and operate an agricultural engineering Christian outpost in north Africa.
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Chicago
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Africa
Benson Baker
Life Service Bureau
Foreign Missionary Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Faker
India
Board of Foreign Missions
Committee of Conservation and Advance
Ekach
North
Baker
America
Dr. Baker
Child Bitten by Snake in Des Moines Garden
Two year old Laverne Cruikshank was bitten by a water moccasin in her home garden at 34th Street and Douglas Avenue. The child, now recovering at Methodist Hospital, was aided by her mother who sucked the venom from the wound.
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Des Moines
Little Leverne Cruikshank
Thirty-fourth Street
Douglas Avenue
Methodist Hospital
Walking fish research in England sparks headlines
English scientists pursue a walking fish project amid media chatter about bizarre creatures. The tongue in cheek quip from the Detroit Free Press reflects a global appetite for oddity as experts explore amphibious locomotion.
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Detroit Free Press
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H. L. Gordon
Kirksville
Braden Braden
Mary MacConahey
F. M. Smith
B. Yard
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Washington
Meint Koehler
Ainsworth
Philip Geerdes
Crawfordaville
Carl Zieglowsky
Albert
August
John Baer
Aspen
John Zieglowsky
Iowa Gas & Electric Company
United States
Electric Light and Power
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Attorney Swift
North English
Kaneman
Eardley Bell, Jr
Mell Whetating
Town City
Buttler
Mra
Wm. Imes
Lindsey
Mitchell
M. E. Church
Ethel Law
A. P. Miller
Enos Miller
Henry Stricker
John Aultmouse
Land City
Lon Husey
Mercy Hospital
Mr. Husey
John Kitzenmeyer
F. D. Sna
Mrs. Arch Cruikshank
Laverne
B. Thrifty
Washis
Frank R. Sage
Leslie EK. Dunlap
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