Picnic party visits former farm south of town
A Keota group including Mr and Mrs Charles Cherry and others traveled to a farm where Robert Cherry once lived. The article notes social visits, a motor trip to Burlington, a sick list, a road mishap involving a pupil’s buggy, and a Farmers Union meeting at the schoolhouse with reports on the Des Moines convention.
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Young America
Charles Cherry
Robt. Cherry
Lula
Albert Frank
Robert Vincent
Keota
George Masson
F. D. Cherry
Robert Cherry
Donald McLaughlin
Chicago
McLaughlin
Parent's
C. A. Brook
Lee Sitwell
Claud Rhodebeck
H. B. Porter
Clarence Jackson
John Carris
Pringle
Lloyd Humston
Raymond
Burlington
Lloyd
Ernest Carlson
Muscatine
Humston
Farmers Union
Des Moines
Charles Jackson
Chickens Sold for Boston Shipment in Davenport Trade Tale
Capeton and Snider Produce sold a ton of chickens Monday to Hell Jones Produce in Davenport destined for Boston. The item sits amid a weather, road, and social update featuring rainfall, ruined dust, a Farmers Bureau picnic, and local visits by residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Capeton and Snider Produce Company
Hell Jones Produce Company
Davenport
Boston
J. C. Lindsey
Bumble Bee
Cedar Rapids
Joe McClellan
Alexis Wade
Kalona
Farmers Bureau
George Cochran
Iowa City
Eardley Bell, Jr
Org Starr
C. C. Gardner
E. C. Hambright
Washington
W. F. Flemming
Everette Flemming
Lexington Aid Society
Church Hall
Gerald Stewart
A. J. Nichols
Steel
Joe Nick
Marengo
F. C. Shroder
Local notices and social items from Ottumwa week
A sweep of social updates covers farm sales and purchases including Alexis Wade buying 110 acres at 135 per acre, Pimmey purchasing a farm and building a bungalow, and multiple trips to Cedar Rapids Iowa City and New York. Church groups, family visits, hog sales, lectures, chicken dinners, and society events span the week with travel plans and wedding attendances noted.
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Wilts, Jr
Wm. We, Sr
South Dakota
Alexis Wade
Wm. Wade
Wade
Andrew Pimmey
Mr. Pimmey
Chas. Singleman
Chas
Saleing
Red Path Company
Iowa City
Clark Roupe
Emma Dixon
Albert Roupe
Dixon Pent
Fardley Bell, Jr
Cal Hull
Maggie Nicola
Lewis
Washington
E. E. Lawrence
Pilotsburg Ladies Aid Society
Howard Ayers Sale
Albert Topping
Dallas
Cedar Rapids
Ike Bradford
New York City
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
Beckentine
J. L. Coffey
Chicago
FE. I Coffey
West Chester
Brighton Brighton Lawrence Lemley family rent Wentworth home
The Lawrence Lemley family rented the Harry Wentworth home for the winter furnished. Miss Blanche Irelan visited Drakesville for the weekend. Mrs. A E Horton and daughter Mildred shopped in Ottumwa. Mrs. Hugh Henry went to Hindale sanitarium for goitre treatment with Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Adams. Mrs. Adams will visit her parents nearby. Miss Cora Winn and Miss Ferryl Adkinson visited over
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Irelan
Drakesville
A. E. Horton
Mildred
Ottumwa
Hugh Henry
Hindale
Goitre
Forrest Adams
Adams
Cora Winn
Ferryl Adkinson
Wild Cat Stocks Being Sold Again in Mt Pleasant
Mt Pleasant News reports slick salesmen for wild cat companies are again targeting farmers. They push oil and mining stock with little chance of profit, while major financiers buy promising wells or mines. Caution urged as many have lost money. fix with first mortgages on farms or Liberty Bonds. Beware of stock salesmen and use a club for argument.
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Mt. Pleasant
Quicklime Method to Dismantle Old Wall
A historical note proposes using quicklime to bring down an old masonry wall. Drill a bottle-shaped bore with a small opening, fill with lime, add water to slake, and seal with a wooden plug. The generated pressure allegedly collapses the wall.
A Rare Bird Peoptimist In Afilight Quip
A quirky line from The Afilight notes a peoptimist using back doors chimneys and roofs when front access is blocked. The playful saying implies persistence and unconventional paths to reach goals.
Fright and Awakening at the Assembly
Cynthia, at a lakeside cottage, plans to meet the famed speaker Dr. Raymond Randall during a summer assembly. When a power outage strands her alone, a burglar confronts her, only to discover the host’s guest is present and a chance encounter reshapes the evening.
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W. ON
Yoibia
Birde
Cynthia
Home Literary Club
Divine
Grace
Raymond Randall
Miller's
Aspiantivy
Woni
Naire
Ates
Mrs. Miller
Dr. Randall
Wasted Man Power Circa Early Industrial Opinion
In the Christian Science Monitor excerpt readers note that efficiency experts’ claims may be exaggerated and that new methods, though useful, are not always popular. The text humorously observes that two adults are still needed to train one child to operate a three-ring circus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
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Harry Barricklow
Louisa Savege
Kansas City
Sedalia
Barricklow
Bert Christie
Wapello
Arthur Parks
W. S. Parks
Clinton’s
Hagans
Gasaway
Roy Hinson
Mayme Lee Evans
Atkins
Society For the Friendless
H. W. Helmick
C. V. Robis
Evelyn Davis
Brighton
Lawrence Lemley
Harry Wentworth
Crynthia
Diane
Centhin
Jone
Cynethin
Mre. Miller
Trecause
Miller
Chesterfield
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
Igarett
Jod Tunkins
Hall of Fame
Farm Bureau
State
American Federation
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Service
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