Imhoff sells 41 acre farm at auction in Stringtown
Albert Imhoff sold his forty one acre farm at auction on Wednesday May eath. W S Roth bought the property for 110 dollars per acre. Imhoff plans to move to Noble due to poor health. Lester Nicholous, employed by Brown Lynch Scott Co in Monmouth, Illinois, visits his parents P and Mrs Nicholous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringtown
Albert Imhoff
Auetion
W. S. Roth
Mr. Imhoff
Noble
Lester Nicholous
Brown Lynch Scott Co
Monmouth
Linois
P. R. Shanta
Lee Swartzendruber
Aaron Leichty
Emery Leichty
S. Henry Goldsmith
Wyse
Oral Clapper
Washington
P. R. Schantz
Eureka Eureka May Twentysix 1920s Community Notes
Herman Petratz recovers from a severe cold as local corn fields face worm damage. Eureka News covers school activities, road work, a Sunday School convention, upcoming sermons, neighborhood visits, party plans, and farmer remarks on planting techniques and planter adjustments.
Funeral for J C Duncan Held in Columbus Junction
Friends gathered for the funeral of J C Duncan at Mt Pleasant, with burial in Columbus City cemetery. A separate report notes a Saturday auto accident near Cotter involving two intoxicated men in a 1925 Ford. one man, J M Mercer of Burlington, suffered a severe head injury and was hospitalized, the other was jailed pending developments. Liquor was found in the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
J. C. Duncan
Mt. Pleasant
Columbus City
Cotter
Cotter School
O. W. McGrew
J. M. Mercer
Burlington
Mercer
Lou Mulhern
Galesburg
Lizzie Orr
Albia
C. F. Lee
Muscatine
T. F. Hanft
Gail Rogers
Freeport
Illinois
Bessie Holiday
George Brock
Vinton
Genevieve Harper
Girls’ Club
Union Township
Carl Dierks
Florence Fuller
J. A. Chambers
Cedar Rapids
G. C. Neiswanger
Local notes from West Chester reflect tragedy and weather
May 23 report notes L. B. Benett of Dutch Creek Township died after a fall in Colorado, with body to be shipped home for burial. The column also covers hog shipments, warm spells, corn prospects, river and tile conditions, a feather-stunt at a social, weather contrasts, and a letter from Oberlin about a town wiped off the map by steam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Benett
Dutch Creek Township
Colorado
Loren
Craig
Neveing
Oberlin
Ohio
Carl Dunbar
Verdi Notes Wind-Mill Upgrade and Corn Weather
In Verdi Route 7 notes Miss Bernadine Jones visits Grant school. Mr Evans on Brook farm unveils a wind-mill improvement. Town observations praise corn weather, weed growth, and farming methods. A reader discusses corn planting alignment and planter adjustments, recalling Ed Miller’s straight crosswise rows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdi RR
Bernadine Jones
Grant School
Evans
Brook Farm
Ed Miller
Local Social Roundup From Valley Valley May Events
May events in Valley Valley include Aid Day at Evangelical Aid with 17 members 7 visitors and children. activities featured quilting lunch and afternoon ice cream. Residents attended class plays graduation exercises in Richland and a Des Moines visit. garden frost worries threaten crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Fritchen
Ifeifer
Evangelical Aid
Martha Mayer
Gatton
Dora Brinning
Lloyd Elmer
Henry Derby
Boyd Blattner
A. Beller
J. E. Deals
Guy Black
Ots and
Owen
Gene Diggs
Richland
Will Derbys
Grandpa Derby
Agnes Bucher
Donavan Wallace
Miss Bucher
Addie
Opal Wallace
Olive Pfeifer
Lillie Feltz
Gerald
J. E. Deal
Enterprise School
Winnie Belter
Guy
Otis
Owen Black
Lee Henry
Irene Black
E. L. Breitenbache
Wellman
Keota
Walter Mayer
Jerome
Maxine
Des Moines
E. L. Breitenbach
Frankie
Tina
Frances Feltz
Washington
Mae Campbell
Wellston
Wellman Community Club Elects Officers and Plans Summer Work
At a May 25 meeting in Fontain Ir, Flerhty was elected resident and J G Wherle named vice president. FE C Flambright becomes treasurer and Fontain Ir wins secretary. They appointed committees for summer work as outgoing president J S Kabaker commends his tenure.
Wellman prepares Decoration Day and community events
The town plans Decoration Day with the Wellman band providing music for a full afternoon program. Various residents are noted in local updates including arrests, travels, new business openings, and social visits. Revival meetings attract large crowds as local life remains active amid heat and dry wells.
Local greetings mark Crawfordsville graduates and visitors
May 26 Crawfordsville notes celebrate Miss Hope Huston’s high school graduation and cable from Cloyce Huston in Cairo. Durian of Wellman visited. Mr Craig from Keosauqua took his daughter Hazel home for summer. Miss Jeanette Wooley has accepted a town job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Hope Huston
Cloyce Huston
Cairo
Egypt
Durian
of Wellman
Craig
Keosauqua
Hazel
Jeanette Wooley
City schools welcome second grade teacher with salary raise
The note praises a second grade teacher as a splendid primary educator and mentions her gratifying salary advance. Local social items report Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Work of Washington visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lease. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Herring Saturday. Milton Davidson of Columbus Junction visits here. Decoration day services are set for Saturday at 1 30 PM in the high school auditorium with Dr Naboth Osborne of Burlington as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Kabaker
O'Flerhty
Daryl Dayton
West Chester
Arden Crawford
Sheriff Sweet
C. C. Gardner
J. R Handley
Dewey
E. I. Coffy
Des Moines
Federation of Womens Clubs
G. M. Struble
Hubert Doud
M. K E. Crossett
Riverside
Edd Dalley
Cedar Rapids
Cetting
Catley
Franklin Church
B. R. Steinger
Mr Herkley
Iowa City
Leonard Shachner
Chicago
Wm. Shachner
K. of P.s
Wes Lantz
Keswick
Wilbur
Wayne Lewis
Eardley Bell Jr
Attorney Swift
Atty Swift
Sam Steevkley
John Loyd
Pioneere Creamery Company
John R. Manney
Lone Tree
Kalona
J. R. Manney
Chas, Miller
Oklahoma City
Okla
George Tracy
M. D. Work
Washington
Lee Lease
Clarence Herring
Milton Davidson
Shellasbarger Drug
Columbus Junction
Naboth Osborne
Burlington
Not Known to Science on Atmospheric Sprites
A fragment notes geologists’ belief that sprites or electrical phenomena within storms relate to outside air pressure changes on springs and barometers. It suggests such conditions would be subtle and few streams of this kind have been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geological Survey
Masifessy Minister Questioned by Village Woman
A village woman meets another parishioner in the street and reports the new minister caused concern by telling her husband to beware being weighed and found wanting. The remark echoes a biblical warning about judgment.
Fragmented Text From Local Notice
The readable portion mentions a transportation or service topic with uncertain details. Specific names, dates, places, or organizations are unclear due to damaged OCR. The item appears to describe a potential timetable or sequence of events without verifiable facts.
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Noah Wyse
Fpurika
Herman Petratz
Lecter Beenblossom
Wilbur Beenblossom
Roy Randall
Clarence Randal
D. G. Beenblossom
Everett G. Beenblossom
Eureka
Miss Leffler
Cedar Falls
D. O. Davidson
A. R. Davison
Marion Township
Eureka M. E
Lewis Rinner
Co. Association
John Tracy
Eureka Church
Lansing
Mich
Margaret Crawford
Davenport
Norah Ball
Quasqueton
Ralph Bailey
Patterson
Wapello
Ruby O'Neil
H. A. Krieger
Nevada Smith
Urbana
Iowa State Teachers’ College
H. T. Kruger
Waterloo
Florence Burston
Lotta Letts
O. M. Cain
Cavin
Virginia
Adam
Evening Journal Saturday Evening
Africa
Everett Denison
Dillon
Ottumwa
L. S. Bennett
Loren Bennett
Los Angeles
George McKee
McKee
James Nelson
Kyoto
Nelson
California
Gray
John Libe
John
W. J. Douthitt
Blanchard
Eda
Verdi
Oro
Chas
Char Éy
L. B. Bidwell
Burrell Foster
Roy Durian
Knight Templar
Washington Temple
Frank Romine
Edith Cooper
Jessie Gardner
Fred Skola
Geo. Struble
Eardley Bell, Jr
H. Lo Karr
Russell Darnell
Prince of Wales
Dougherty
Windsor
Ont
Masifessy Unlikely
Seriyit
Cariment
Sita Stetenabteomns
Iowa
Oxford
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