News from Washington Iowa Farm Community Notes
Correspondents report on farm work social visits and harvest tasks in Washington and nearby areas. Hedge pulling for Crawford and Martin, corn husking woes, hog sale plans by Ernest Carlson, and local gatherings at the Nicholson and Leeper households. Activities include visits from Misses Eckles and Lulu Rose Orr, and outings to Walnut river for a fall picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Portey
Biiley
Crawford and
Martin
Ainsworth
Bell
Bartholow
Mary
Nettie Eckles
Charles Cherry
Mise Tressa Phillipa
Iowa City
Lloyd Humston
Raymond
Burlington
Ernest Carlson
Frank Pringle
Keota
Frank Bandy Sr
Edgar Porter
H. B. Porter
Louise
Robert
John
Leland
Burl
Ben Briley
Harold
Will Maxine
John Cheery
Walter Nicholson
Kenne
Washington
Crawford
Willoul
Harm Rodamaker
Fedderson
H. Rodamaker
M. L. Jennings
Maggie Black
Ruth Hazen
George Weigman
Minneapolis
Chas, Davis
Milt Denison
L. G. Club
M G. Campbell
Nate Crawford
Odebolt
Iowa
Wilbur Gardner
Ames
Mary Barbour
Lulu Rose Orr
Columbus Junction
Lola Matson
Kien Briley
Northwest
Robert Lewis
Fairfield
Will Paul
Ainsworth Notes On Local Farms And Visits
Will Paul completed a new chicken house last week. Will Crawford and John Sullivan built corn cribs this past week. Local residents Mr and Mrs Harm Rodamaker Mr and Mrs Ed Lins and Chas Palmer spent Oct 5 in Ainsworth.
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Ainsworth Roth
Ainsworth R
Will Paul
Will Crawford
John Sullivan
Harm Rodamaker
Ed Lins
Chas. Palmer
Ainsworth
M. E
Will Richards
Ed Richards
Galesburg
Ill
Mark Campbell
Lenox
Iowa
D. M. Davis
R. M. Smith
Ottumwa
Teachers’ Institute
Washington
Miller Relatives Celebrate at Olds Visit
Rit us Titus Fd Miller hosted a Sunday gathering with numerous Miller family members from Olds. The group included Ben R Miller and spouse and many children and in laws. A noon three course dinner, brick ice cream, angel food cake, coffee, cake and cookies followed a day of visiting.
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Titus
Fd Miller
Ben R. Miller
Olds
Miller
Verna
Bennie
Joe Miller
Bessie
Earl
Jake Miller
Ace Pane
Donald
Forest Lancer
Charley Grey
Lloyd
John Miller
Edith
Letha
Harold
Virgil
Delmer
Ed Miller
Brighton Notes and Local Visits Abound This Week
Rev and Mrs Jas FE Resser attended the Christian churches convention in Ottumwa. Mrs Edmondson of Columbus Junction visits RE L Edmondson. Verne Heacock and Delbert, Fred Jeffries return to Hannibal after visiting Heacock relatives. Mrs Win Norton returns from Darlington Wisconsin with Mr Norton driving to Cedar Rapids. H H Mason and Mrs Mason of Lincoln Nebraska visit Mrs Dave Irwin. Mrs S B Mason of Beatrice Nebraska departs. Mrs Drummond of Richland visits Chase Johnson. Meiles sells Variety store to Forrest Adams. Hugh Henry in charge. Meiles family plans Fergus Falls Minnesota winter. spring move to a Wisconsin small farm. Miss Ocean La Grille of Muscatine visits Geo Kessel and kin. Mr and Mrs W D Blackwood and son Grover visit niece Mrs Joe Keegan. Gilbert White of Duluth arrives with mother Mrs Joe.
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Norton
Cedar Rapids
H. H. Mason
Lincoln
Nebr
Dave Irwin
California
B. Mason
Beatrice
Drummond
Richland
Chase Johnson
Meiles
Forrest Adams
Hugh Henry
Fergus Falls
Minn
Wisconsin
Ocean la Grille
Muscatine
Geo. Kessel
Local Notices and Social Updates from Washington County
Community details include illness of Mrs White and visits by Mrs James Johnson and son Gerald, property trades between T Thompson and Lawrence Lemley, marriage of Grant Hamston and Vivian Wikoff in Fairfield, travels to Burlington and Iowa City, Presbyterian Dollar Special fundraiser with sixty attendees raising around 30 dollars, Emma Brim’s visit home, and a public sale notice of J A Morrison and Lola Morrison in Ainsworth with sheriff sale set for October 22 1921 at 2:30 pm in Washington County Iowa.
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White
James Johnson
Gerald
Charlie Deeds
Ottumwa
T. Thompson
Lawrence Lemley
Mr. Lemley
Washington
Mr. Thompson
Mr Lemley
John Lemley
Harry Wentworth
Lawrence
Grant Hamston
Clay Humston
Vivian Wikoff
Wikoff
Fairfield
Baptist Parsonage
Oscar Kessel
Hazel Humston
Burlington
Howard Johnson
Humston
Washington Road
Harry Huddleston
Ruth Christman
Nevada
L. C. Freak
Iowa City
The
Presbyterian Church
Dr. McGuire
District Court
Washington County
Iowa
J. A. Morrison
Lola Morrison
Ainsworth
Charles C. Brock
Cash
Charles M. Denison
Washington Co
Writ of Special Execution Directed to Me
By virtue of a writ of special execution directed to me I proceed to enforce the judgment debt. The document sets authority for seizure and sale of debtor property to satisfy the court order.
Man Recalls Life Insurance Refusal and Ongoing Health Struggles
A man recounts being denied life insurance five years ago due to heart symptoms though doctors linked them to stomach gas pressure. He notes medicine failed and his condition worsened over time with years passing since the initial denial.
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Endorsed by Druggist
A druggist recommends Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as the best life insurance and claims a single dose will convince or money refunded. The ad asserts the product removes catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and relieves stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. Lemmon's Pharmacy and teaching druggists everywhere carry it.
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Mayr
Lemmon’s
Advt
Love What Is the More Excellent Way in Corinth
Lesson outline on 1 Corinthians 12 13 and 14 focusing on the primacy of love over gifts and eloquence. It notes church faction, unity through one body by the Spirit, and details attributes permanence and future hope of love as central to Christian life.
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Corinth
Paul
Apollos
Peter
Christ
Jesus Christ
God
The Search for God and the Quest for Faith
A fragmentary reflection on humanity seeking God across the ages. The text recalls Phillips Brooks guiding Helen Keller during isolation, noting her response about knowledge of God, and ends with an enigmatic quotation. The piece hints at religious instruction, faith, doubt, and the hunger of the heart.
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Phillips Brooks
Helen Kellar
Westegay Chrietian Acvoest
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Paramount
H. Ince
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Briggs
Sheriff’s Sale
South 2Nd Ave
Lincoln School
J. F. H. Taylor
Frank Macon
Jminum
Ser
J. A. Conningham
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