Residents Visited Davenport and Chicago Relatives
Mrs Horace Stephen and young Francine from Mt Union traveled to Davenport and Chicago to visit kin. Mrs W T Albert and Marie of Victor also visiting. The Shanafelt family hosted guests who planned to return home before long. Mrs Robert Carlin and family joined a birthday celebration at S K Brazier’s West Chester home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Stephen
Little Ter Francixn
Mt. Union
Davenport
Viel
W. T. Eblert
Marie
Victor
Shanafelt
Chiesgo
Robert Carlin
Kitty
Francis
Ed Vinton
Elmer
Yeeeterday
8. K. Brazier
West Chester
Maude Lees
V1. G. Moore
Wellmen
W. B. Anderson
Kanean City
F. D. Letts
Mrs. D. N. Haney
Local Notices and Visits Abroad Hit Busy Morning
Messrs and ladies travel between towns including Oskaloosa Winfield Brigston and North English while others report pharmacy ads and personal visits. Names include Mica Dorothy Fritz Miss Iva Mocinski Steve Stewart Frank Stewart M. E Crayne Rev John Dalton Mrs W N Griffin Mrs W L Datton Mrs V Moore and Miss Laura Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mica Dorothy Fritz
Iva Mocinski
East Pleasant Mein
W. L. Datton
John Dalton
North English
North English End
Londurant
Iowa
Obituary and Community Notes From Over County Brighton
Logan A. Fleak of Brighton born July 19 1886 died at St Mary's Pueblo Colo after WWI service in the Second Division. He served in France won the Croix de Guerre, fell at Soissons, spent years in Kansas Colorado and Oelwein, Iowa. Funeral at his mother's home burial Hill Crest. Also notices of Miss Ella Thomas and Mrs. Cushman visitations, property sales, and residents moving to Omaha Rubio and Sikeston with local social details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Logan
A. Fleak
St. Mary's Hospital
Pueblo
Colo
Kansas
Colorado
Oelwein
Iowa
Davenport
Jefferson Barracks
Texas
Gettyspurg
Imachine
France
Soissons
Jack
America
Ft. Des Moines
Rocky Ford
Dennis
Dennis Freak
Hill Crest Cemetery
Mr. Gardner
Mary Pierson
Champaign
Henry
Liberal
Kan
J. C. Stackhouse
Bedford
Centerville
Ella Thomas
Cedar Falls
King’s Daughters
Geo. Anderson
Miss Thomas
Frank Cushman
Tacoma
Washington
Tom Gassaway
Maury Friend
Oscar Mangold
Omaha
Neb
Mangold
Kay Brinton
Earl Friends
Clarence Brown
Elmer Bennett
Rubio
Scott Diller
Wichita
Des Moines
Eva Lowe
Mr. Kirkpatrick
Ociwein
Local notices and social tidbits from Keota page
Local column recaps visits transfers meals and daily plans. Names include Ruth and Faye Dank of Fairfield, Mrs. Maude Cartwright, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas of Des Moines, and Dr Lydia Whillam. Mentions shipments and events at Deans restaurant and Graham cinema.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Thomas
Des Moines
Maude Cartwright
Shakespearean Reflection on Man’s Shifting Mind
The passage notes a constant fluctuation in human affairs and in the mind. It discusses how the mind grows strong and then wanes into emotion and weakness, acknowledging uncertainty about causes and reasons. The quote attributes these observations to Theophilus Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Theophilus Parsons
Local Ladies Aid and Church Groups Host Active Social Season
Society notes from St Pauls and area churches describe Thursday gatherings with sewing, luncheons, and a $50 relief donation to Germany. Activities include junior Christian Endeavor crafts for orphans, a ten cent social, piano solo, and planned officer elections. An Aid division and Women’s Foreign Missionary society also held meetings with lunches and autumn decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Zieglowsky
St. Paul's Ladies Aid Society
Germany
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Ottumwa
No questions if thief returns bag from Butterfield porch
A note promises no questions if the traveling bag stolen from Butterfield's porch last evening is returned. It offers clemency in exchange for the bag's return and specifies no inquiry into the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butterfield
Excels Nightingale as world’s top singer says forest group
The hermit thrush is declared the most talented singer in the world, surpassing the Nightingale, by the American Forestry Association. The bird has a reddish brown tail, bright back and head, and a heavily spotted black breast, and winters in the Gulf states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Forestry Association
Gulf States
Local visits and travel notes from town residents
Mrs J P Dayton of Westchester visits town as Cox Days approach. Mrs Will Black heads to Pruitland to visit the George Corwin home. Miss Grace Willits travels to Muscatine for a few days. Several residents visit relatives in Winfield Sigourney Grinnell and West Chester. Seed potatoes arrive in Titus Iowa and teachers attend institute entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Black
Pruitland
George Corwin
Miss Grace Willits
Muscatine
Also Mentioned on This Page
FOX Amusements
Nazimova
Bobel —and
Chal Forno Clothing
East Side Square
Franklin County
Illinois
Bidwell
Mystic Lump
Pennsylvania
John Shields & Sons
Owen McGovern
McWmamara Undertaking Co
Lemmon's
Steve Stewart
Frank Stewart
Oskaloosa
M. E&. Crayne
M. L. Thompson
Belknap
J. W. Hirowning
Muncie
Ind
Letis
Winfield
Hal Nelson
Miss Mable
Dorothy
Brigston
Mrs. Nelson
WN. J. Griffin
Mre
Laura Charles
Los Angeles
Isrry Shrader
Richland
Over County
Crail's
Lyon’s
Fox & Dewey
Deans
W. W. Wilson
Ainsworth
Gatt
Graham
Hamlin
C. H
Ruth
Faye Dankword
Fairfield
Lydia Whellam
Lemley’s Grocery
Black
Ohio
Titus, Town
Mrs. C. EB. Carbaugh
Ludlow, Tl
Dp. L. Carbaugh
Gladys Crone
Wellston
Teachers Institute
Rollie Optenberg
Cedar Rapids
Ed Optenberg
Billy
Bruns Seed Co
Mra. F. J. Peterson
Mies Ruth
Frenkie
Madison, Wisc
All Thes
Mra. G. F. Trotter
Lawrence
Kansas City
Keota
Lillian Norton Trotter
George Norton
BE. W. Alten
Iisaac Black
San Diego
Cal
Andy Gilack
Fred Spangler
Crawfordsville
J. W. Grewell
Nelle Grewell
Crete
Nebr
A. J. Droz
Mary
Vlamly’s
C. M. Robinson
F. B. Shoemaker
Marion
Robinson
Angeline Simons
Will Ziegler
Rock Island, al
Elmer Thomas
Mrs. Thomas
Sheboygan Davenport
Lytle Bros
Henry Walthall
Myesterious
Paramount
Society
Delta Alpha
Methodist Sunday School
M. H. Sartor
West Washington Street
Edison
Janet Glendinning
Aid Society
Ainsworth Methodist Church
Ainsworth Car
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of
John Krause
George McCaleb
Eugene Annas
Persdons
Ainsworth Cor
Graham Theatre
Orginal Hind Company
RES OF the Orient EN Route
Hindoo Co
U. S
Washington Telephone Co
J. P. Dayton
West Chestery
Cox
Mrs
Fred Hart
Billy Munday
F.C. Boal
Harry and
Opal
Ray Hoyt
Sigourney and Grinnell
George Baker
Leila
Mis. Claude Pollock
Titus
Marie Jacoby
Hattie Brown
Teachers’ Institute
Jessie Noda
FE. Donovan
Elmer Carlson
Arthur
Verdi
Chas, McCulley
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